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pamelamyers | September 13, 2009

I am 38 weeks and a few days, and here are some new pictures of me. I can’t believe I have less than 2 weeks to go!  It is starting to be really uncomfortable being pregnant now and I can’t wait until Sam is born!  Everyone kept telling me that the last few weeks were the longest, and boy, were they right.  Every day seems like a year.

Let’s not forget my little babies that I already have.  They were nice enough to let me hug them outside for some photos.  Here is me and Muffin, and me and Zephyr. I can’t wait for them to meet Sam.  Wait until she cries for the first time — boy are they in for a shock!

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pamelamyers | September 11, 2009

Well, today I am 38 weeks, and I officially have 2 weeks until my due date.  But we are ALL hoping she makes an appearance before then, which she should, especially if I am induced.  I am ready to do jumping jacks if it will help push her out of there!  It is so insane how fast the time went though.  I still can remember so clearly the day Mark and I found out that I was pregnant.  I was so scared I think I was shaking.  It didn’t seem possible that all our dreams were going to come true, and yet here we are, so close to having everything we always wanted.

My next appointment with the doctor was not scheduled until next Thursday, which seems forever away (considering my last appointment was on a Tuesday — that’s one and a half weeks, which in baby-waiting time may as well be 2 months).  I was debating all day whether I would be a big pain if I called the doctor’s office and tried to get an appointment for Tuesday or Wednesday instead, and lo and behold, they just called me asking if I could come in on Tuesday!  Love how things work out sometimes.

I had another non-stress test today, which is helpful for easing my nervous mommy mind.  I know in my heart that she is doing just fine in there, but it’s always nice to have a professional checking on her and giving me reassurance that yes, she is quite happy and everything is perfect.  I still am not worried about labor and delivery, and least not in the traditional sense of being worried about how much it is going to hurt, etc.  But I do worry about her — I just want everything to go smoothly so that she arrives safe and sound and healthy.  Mark keeps telling me he just wants her born already and I know exactly what he means. I think he is anxious too.  We will just feel better when she is here and we can see her and hold her and know that she is ok.  That’s one thing about being mommy to an unborn little munchkin — you feel sometimes like the entire weight of the world is on your shoulders.  I mean, I know that everyone else who already loves Sam worries about her too, but let’s face it, it’s pretty much all on me because while she is still inside, there is no one else who can keep her safe and healthy the way I can. Although I am so grateful I have so many people looking out for me, and so, by extension, looking out for Sam.  Everyone has been making sure I eat right, and rest, and don’t do too much, and don’t feel stressed out. I am very lucky to have such great support from my family, my friends, and my job. 

I hope that doesn’t sound like I am not enjoying every minute of carrying her around, because I do, of course, even when I can’t get comfortable and can’t sleep or whatever.  All of those things are so….well….just unimportant.  So insignificant.  Nothing compares to the feeling of having my constant little companion with me.  So no matter what I have to do to keep her happy, I will do, without question.  But I am ready to share the responsibility for her health and well-being with her daddy, and her grandparents, and her aunts and uncles, and all of her friends!

Sam, someday hopefully you will read this whole entire blog and realize how very much everyone already loved you since the minute we knew you existed.  You are our little miracle.

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pamelamyers | September 8, 2009

Just a short post today, but I wanted to give an update on how little Sam is progressing.  I saw Dr. Bailey today for my latest checkup.  I was happy to find out that I lost 2 pounds from last week’s visit : )  He was really happy with how things were doing, and how my sugar control has been.  He told me that I “do it better than anyone” and I took really good care of my little girl.  I know this, but it is nice to hear.   Sam is now at “station zero” and I am 100% effaced and 1cm dilated! For anyone (girls) who knows what this means, she is moving along really well!  He again said he does not think there is any way I’d make my due date, but at next week’s visit we are going to choose a date for induction, just in case I don’t go into labor on my own before then.  I told him that the waiting is making the control-freak in me crazy, and he agreed with me that choosing a date might help a little since I will know that at the very latest, she will come on that day.  I can’t wait to find out when she will arrive!  I am just so up in the air about my ideal way it happens….do I want to just go into labor on my own or would I rather know exactly when it is going to happen?  In some ways, being induced would be better — I’d know when things were going to get rolling, I’d know he would be there to deliver her, etc.  But I guess that’s all up to Sam!

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markmyers | September 7, 2009

Today was sauce day in the Myers household. Every few months we carry on Grandma Mancini’s tradition of making homemade tomato sauce. We have have two ridiculously large 32 quart pots in which we slow cook sauce all day. We normally get about 20 dinners worth of sauce (around 16 gallons / 60.5 liters) with meatballs and sausage that we freeze so we can make quick pasta dinners whenever the mood strikes. Our recipe is largely based on my Grandma’s but we adopted a few tips from my mom and Pam’s mom as well. I really like sauce day; it gives me a sense of carrying on those traditions that were important to the Mancini family.

Since we have to stay all day to watch the sauce it gives a us a great opportunity to play lots of music. Today we played Buddy Defranco and Oscar Peterson “Play George Gershwin”, Frank Sinatra “A Swingin’ Affair”, Depeche Mode “Music the Masses”, Frank Sinatra “Come Fly with Me”, Mose Allison “Best Of Mose Allison”, Enya “Watermark”, and Jane Monheit “Taking a Chance on Love”.

Last night we played Frank Sinatra “Point of No Return” and Julie London “By Myself” both of which which Muffin really liked.

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pamelamyers | September 6, 2009

Finally!  I promised months ago it seems that I would post photos of the nursery when everything was done.  Well…drum roll please…it’s finally done!  Everthing is ready for Sam.  Her clothes, blankets, and bottles are washed, the nursery is set up, the crib is made, and everything that can possibly be put away is away.  We even went to the state police on Friday and had our car seat inspection to make sure she is as safe as can be when tooling around in everyone’s Hondas.  Everything is ready….now we just need Sam.

Mark and I worked so hard on the nusery, starting so many years ago when Sam was still just a dream.  I can still remember us in there painting, and painstakingly trying to make the nicest looking clouds.  Mark was in school at the time, and working so hard on getting his Master’s degree.  And yet we still found time to get everything just so.  When we had settled on the green grass/sky blue theme, Mark and his dad put up the chair rail to get things moving.  I was a little worried about that project — not that it wouldn’t turn out well, but that they would wind up killing each other before it was done!  Putting up a chair rail is not as easy at it appears, with all the measuring, cutting and mitering, but they were such a great team that day and they did the most fantastic job and in only one short day. 

Here are some photos, with some commentary:

This photo is what the room looks like as you walk in.  You can see the bassinet clearly, that as I mentioned in an earlier post, Mark’s maternal grandfather made for him to sleep in.  The dresser you see behind it, that is doubling as a changing table, was my grandmother’s.  My mom used it as her dresser when she was a child, now Sam can use it too.  We recently had it refinished (the many years of non-use had dulled the finish a bit) and it is so gorgeous now.  I have to give thanks here to the wonderful man who refinished it for us, Bruce Collins.  He does furniture refinishing on the side, and this is the second piece he did for us (the first was my grandmother’s cedar chest, also a waterfall pattern).  If you live in the area and need any work done, please contact Bruce at bcfurniture@rcn.com.  He does beautiful work and will treat any piece of furniture you give him with love.  The bookcase (which is already full!) was mine as a child.

This is the view as if you were standing in front of the bookcase.  The rocking chair was my grandmother’s.  We painted it to make it more nursery-like.

This is the view if you were standing in front of the rocking chair.  The glider and ottoman, which are SO comfortable, were a shower gift from my mom and Joe.  Mark and I can’t wait to sit in it and rock Sam while we feed her or just give her some hugs.  Behind it you can see yet another piece of old furniture that started out as my grandmom’s.  My mom used the chifferobe, as did I.  It aslo has the same waterfall pattern that Mark and I love.  The crib can be seen in this photo.  Mark’s mom and dad so kindly bought us the crib as a gift.  Sam is a lucky girl to have two sets of such wonderful grandparents who are spoiling her already!

This photo shows the crib the best.  It looks so cute all made up with the animal theme. (Of course, anyone who knows Mark and I would know that we just had to have animals all over the room).  Speaking of animals….we caught Zephyr mid-stride entering the room to see what exciting thing we were doing in there.  She LOVES the nursery and we often catch her napping on either the rocking chair or the glider.

Finally, here is one last photo of the room inspectors, doing their duty and making sure it is all cozy for Sam : )  I don’t think Zephyr and Muffin have quite figured out why we made the room up so nice, but they do love it.  We hope Sam loves it as much as we all do.

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