Stocking Up

We are 40 weeks and 3 days pregnant today.  Baby Wagener is still perfectly content where he is and even though he is still very active, there's no activity indicating he wants to come out.  We have made sure that we are stocked up on supplies once he does decide to make his big arrival.  Our freezer is stocked full (mainly with Trader Joe's frozen goodness) and we even got some celebratory California wine from Windsor Vineyards (where you can get a personalized label...I went to their "tasting room when I visited Napa/Sonoma/Healdsburg a while back).  I'm just happy that even though we can't buy wine in the grocery store in TN we can at least have some shipped to us -- in MD you couldn't buy in the grocery store OR have it shipped to you.

I decided on a pumpkin label to celebrate our "Little Pumpkin"

Yep, the freezer is pretty full.  

And so is my belly.

 Cayne also spent Sunday crossing things off the task list we made last month.  He even got the gas fireplace working for us (apparently there were directions somewhere inside there) and helped me get the bedskirts put on our beds.  And he started cooking us some baby back ribs for dinner tonight between all these chores -- I can't wait to try them!

I should have taken this while the fire was still on!

Sugar Cookies!

I tried making "purple" for the bats --
 it turned out a little too gray.  

 Last night, I decided that if I started making sugar cookies, Little Bit would probably decide it was time to arrive before I could finish them (I let the dough chill overnight, then bake and wait for them to cool before frosting).  Well, as you can see, he must have decided he wanted a taste of the cookies before his arrival!

So, even though Baby Wagener hasn't joined us yet, at least we get to eat some delicious sugar cookies while we keep waiting!!!

Leaves, pumpkins, ghosts, and a moon.

Unfrosted cookies for those who prefer them without the frosting.  

Little Bit got flour and powdered sugar on him during the process too --
the belly gets in the way of everything!

Pictures of the nursery

Hopefully, Little Bit will be here soon to enjoy his cozy room and decorations.  We still need to get the rocking chair (it will go under the round mirrors).  And I think the yellow color Cayne painted looks much, much better than the grayish-white that was there before!

 

The cards we've received so far and cute decals around the closet.

10/10/10 -- Chihuly at Cheekwood

Most people who know us know that we were really hoping for Little Bit to have a 10/10/10 birthday even though his due date is 10/15/10.  I think it would be a pretty a cool birthday to have, and from Cayne's perspective, it's binary so it would be appropriate for Little "Bit" to have a binary birthday.  Well, it doesn't seem like that's going to happen as Baby Wagener seems perfectly content where he is, for now.

That didn't mean that Cayne and I didn't get to have some fun on October 10, 2010 anyway.  Although Cayne had to get up early to get some work done, by 11:00 we had left the house for a yummy brunch at Ruby Tuesdays before heading to Chihuly at Cheekwood to pass a few hours and then visiting mom, dad, and Sarah at mom & dad's house in Franklin.  We then caught an early evening showing of "The Town" (a pretty good movie) before heading home with some Cold Stone Creamery ice cream.  It was a great day/evening out and we do hope the baby decides that he wants to meet us soon!!

A good "39 weeks" picture!

A spider and web we saw in the Japanese Garden

These "Walla Wallas" are meant to look like onions.  And they kind-of do!

I'm not so good at staring into the sun... 

Me, very happy that I made it all the way to the 13th and final installation.  

Chihuly at Cheekwood was really neat, so anyone in Nashville who hasn't seen it, I recommend stopping by -- it's only there through the end of the month. 

How we spent Week 38

First, Cayne finished painting the nursery and added the cute animal decals to the wall.  We may have gone a little overboard on nursery decorations, but we think it really does look cute!  

First attempt at adding decals was good.  Time to do more!

I put together the little "cubby" shelf

Cayne putting on the tree decal

Adding leaves to the tree decal

And more decals over the crib

Then we went for a walk in Crockett Park in Brentwood on Wednesday.  We were there a little over an hour but have no idea how far we walked.  The City of Brentwood doesn't post maps in the park (at least anywhere we could see) that show where the walking paths go or how far they are.  We thought it would loop around, but since it seemed like we were just going farther and farther up Wilson Pike, we eventually just turned around.  According to the map I found online, we starting on the black trail near the soccer fields and went up the red trail to the second call box (about halfway between Crockett Park and Concord Road) before turning around.  

Of course, on the way back to the soccer fields, I had to take some time to rest

On Thursday, Cayne decided to try installing the infant car seat in our car.  We can't believe how much space it takes up.  No wonder so many families have minivans or crossovers or station wagons!  I'm not entirely sure if anyone else can fit in the back seat now.  

He doesn't look too happy trying to figure it out

The instructions (and our prepared Childbirth teacher, Carol) said to really press the car seat base into the cushioning when installing.  

Yay!  It's installed!!  Eventually, we got the angle correct too.