Today we took Charlotte out of the house for the first time since we got home from the hospital, to go to the pediatrician. And, she had her first bath since being home, which she didn’t mind too much. My friend Julia came to visit too which was really nice.
It’s so much fun watching Charlotte when she is awake–she is really alert and squirmy and loves to look around at everything.
We arrived home with baby Charlotte yesterday afternoon. She spent both nights of our hospital stay in the NICU and we weren’t sure till yesterday if she’d be coming home with us. She is doing great, though. She has a heart murmur which will be monitored for a few months to see if anything needs to be done about it or not. We’ll see her regular doctor next week and then the cardiologist at Children’s Hospital the week after that.
In the meantime, she has been eating a lot, sleeping, burping like a champ and just generally being extremely cute. Here are some extreme closeups:
And on Daddy’s lap:
And there are more pictures on Flickr.
39 weeks and counting! This is one of my few really warm maternity sweaters and I am so sick of wearing it all the time.
This is this year’s ornament that we got last weekend.
I went to the doctor today, but he had no news, really. The baby’s head is down and there are a few signs of labor coming, but the baby is staying put for now. So, for those of you (Kelly) who picked Dec. 17 in the baby pool…I’ll try my best but it’s not looking very likely! I do still have a week till the due date, though. I have been bouncing on our exercise ball, since I read that can help start labor, but, no luck yet. The doctor doesn’t seem concerned about the size of the baby, so if it hasn’t arrived by my appointment next week I’ll ask him what will happen next.
We tried to take a belly picture by the Christmas tree, but the pictures were all fuzzy. I think camera shopping is on this week’s agenda, so we can take some quality pictures when the baby arrives. Otherwise we’re just relaxing–Christmas shopping and wrapping is all done. This past weekend I cooked a few meals to put in the freezer, and I stopped at Trader Joe’s today to stock up on paper goods and frozen meals.
Well, I found out today I am not getting laid off from my job. The magazine I work for is shutting down its print edition, so I’ve been in limbo for a little while now waiting to hear what’s going to happen to me and the other magazine editors. The company laid off about 75 people, 12% of the total workforce, today, so it’s been a sad day in the office. But I’m very relieved to be keeping my job, although I don’t know the exact details of my new role. I am staying in my group and will probably be writing and editing for SearchStorage.com, the online partner of the now-shut-down magazine.
I figure I’ll worry about the details when I get back from maternity leave in March. In the meantime, I can relax and enjoy the next week or two, maybe going for long walks or eating spicy food or finding some other tricks to get this baby to move out!
There’s just a little more than two weeks left till the baby’s due date–Christmas Eve–and it seems like there’s not much left to do but wait. We’re trying to just relax and do fun things on the weekends. This past weekend we saw Bolt in 3-D, and went to brunch and to the MIT museum.
Here’s a picture of the 36-week belly at Thanksgiving:
