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Monday, November 20, 2006
 
Saturday's photo session went quite well, but not exactly as I'd envisioned. We ended up with a very cute picture of Annika for our Christmas card this year. The family photos I wanted though? They were a total bust. There were about eight to choose from and between Kris and Annika I think they blinked in 6 of them. And then of course there was a cute little girl who wouldn't always look at the camera too. So, no family picture for us. I'd still like one so maybe after all the Christmas decorating is done Auntie Krystle can come over and do a photo shoot with us. Or maybe if we get some snow before Christmas we can take some outdoor pictures. Annika was pretty cute when we were taking her picture on Saturday. She would give the photographer just this blank stare - no expression at all. So the photographer started sneezing and then I would laugh at that and pretty soon we had Annika grinning. What really cracked her up though was when Kris and I both started laughing. Whenever we laugh, Annika has to join in and laugh too. So, we fake-laughed Annika into some great pictures. Then yesterday Annika wore a cute pink jumper for the first time and I wanted pictures of her in it. I asked her if I could take her picture so she immediately sat down on the steps (that she was coming down), spread her skirt out and cupped her hands in her lap. It was too cute to see her pose like that! I snapped a few pictures and then asked her to stand up so I could get the whole outfit. She obliged but was a little confused. Standing? But Mama, I sit and pose to have my picture taken - don't you remember yesterday? I could just hear her saying that in her head.

We had our hospital tour on Saturday afternoon. Since we're not taking childbirth classes this time, I wanted to at least tour the hospital. It is different from where Annika was born after all. I'm glad we did too. While everything we saw and heard was great (encouraging rooming in with the baby, lots of security and locked doors, huge and private rooms, etc.) there was one thing missing - jetted tubs. Each room has a full bathroom but only with a standard tub. During my first labor I spent a couple hours in the tub at home but because it was a standard tub, the water wasn't deep enough and it would get cold after a while. At our house now though we have a nice, deep soaking tub with jets and an in-line heater. I can soak, have bubbles and have constantly heated water. I plan on staying in there as long as possible before getting out and heading to the hospital this time. Thank goodness the hospital is only a 5 minute car ride away!

Speaking of pregnancy, this one is going pretty well. I was 29 weeks yesterday (only 8 weeks until I'm full term!). Baby Boy still moves around a lot. I'm starting to get more Braxton-Hicks contractions, sometimes 5-6 a day, but they are painless and only slightly uncomfortable at this point. I haven't felt him have any hiccups yet. I think that started around 28 weeks with Annika. I'm looking forward to that and if he doesn't start soon, I might start worrying. I hope he's practicing his breathing in there and just isn't getting hiccups yet or something. There's always something to worry about with pregnancy, even if you're having a textbook one. I haven't heard back from the doctor regarding my glucose screening test or my hemoglobin test so I'm assuming everything came back normal. They were to call if something was out of the ordinary and it's been almost two week now. I'll probably worry about my sugar intake anyway though. I'm just like that.

Posted by Kristina at 11/20/2006 03:32:00 PM



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