In 4 days, we will be meeting our new little girl. 4 days! Technically, I'm not due until Feb. 3, but we found out a few weeks ago that this little love is breech. I've tried doing some exercises and at each apt, the Dr. has done an ultrasound to check her positioning and she is still in the same position. Technically, she's laying in a diagonal position across my belly, and boy is it uncomfortable! Her head sits right under my right lung and her booty is down on the lower left side of my body. From the last ultrasound done with the high-tech machine, her feet were right up in-front of her head. We couldn't get a shot of her sweet face.
I've had a feeling for a long time that she was in an awkward position, because I have just been incredible uncomfortable for the last couple months. WAY more than Sienna. With Sienna, I felt great up until the end (besides the nausea). This time, I've been nauseous probably 80% of this pregnancy. I was sick for 6 months, stopped for a little while, and then around Christmas it all came back. Then came the sciatic nerve pain and the restless leg syndrome at night. I felt like a mess this time, lol. I know it will all be worth it though, when we get to snuggle with that sweet little girl on Monday. Annndd, I'll probably forget about it in a few months and say it wasn't that bad at all!
As for the c-section, I'm quite disappointed about having to have one. My labor and delivery went so well with Sienna (with the help of an epidural!), so the thought of having surgery has been very emotional to me. Some days I feel totally content and at ease with the idea and other days, I am a mess. Everyone I've talked to who has had a c-section gives me a lot of positive reassurance and said it's not too big of a deal, that it's not as bad as they thought, and hearing their experiences make me feel better. Honestly, the only thing that I'm afraid of is not being able to pick up Sienna for a long time (Dr. told me almost 6 weeks). That is what breaks my heart. Yes, she can climb up and sit with me, but she's still my little girl, not even 2 and a half and the thought of not being able to pick her up makes me cry! But, I want to do whatever I need to do to deliver our baby in the healthiest and safest way, so if I need to have a c-section, then that's what I need to do. (Even though I have a lot of chats with her about turning...she has 4 days! Flip, baby, flip!).
Because I'm HORRIBLE at updating the blog, here are some recent happenings at the Gipson home!
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| Sienna playing outside. She likes to wear mommy's sunglasses. This day she wore them non-stop...even while we were out running errands. People in Hobby Lobby were cracking up! |
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| One of the few pictures I have from Thanksgiving...I wasn't good about taking pictures this year! But I love this picture because our little girl LOVES to dance and here she was dancing away at Nana's house. |
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| Here Sienna is with her 3 adorable cousins...Karson, Klaire, and Kimu on Thanksgiving. Boy does Sienna love them!! |
At the end of November, Garth and I had the opportunity to go to New York for a long weekend. We had a blast. It was very cold, but it was so fun to see New York decorated for Christmas. Seriously gorgeous!
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| Here we are in front of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. We got there 1 day after the tree lighting! Bummer. But, it was still beautiful to see. |
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| While we were there, we went to see the Broadway show The Mystery of Edwin Drood, where a great friend of mine had a leading role. She was AMAZING! It was so much fun to watch her show, hang out in her dressing room, and spend time with her. |
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| Here we are with Betsy. |
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| While we were in New York, Sienna helped grandma decorate their Christmas tree. She even got to pick out her own ornament at the store and she chose that fairy on the right. She quickly became obsessed with it and needed it in her sweet hands every time she was at grandma and grandpa's house. |
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| Here we are at a friend's Christmas party. We had a great night! |
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| Our cutie-patootie |
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| Funny story with this Santa. (First off, Sienna made daddy hold Santa's hand for this picture...see her watching him to make sure he does it?). Ok, back to the funny story. So, everyone at the party gathered in the entryway to say a prayer before dinner. We happened to be standing next to that Santa. I look down during the prayer and Sienna is holding Santa's hand with her head bowed and her eyes closed. People were giggling because they saw the same thing, it was just so precious. I wish I had had my camera (although I shouldn't be taking pictures during prayer, right?), it was just too sweet. |
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| Happy New Year!! We had a great time celebrating an "East Coast New Year" in Exeter. We hung out with friends and the kids loved dancing in the street to music before the fireworks went off. Plus, we got to bed at a decent hour! Yay! |
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Sienna loves her babies. I always go in to check on her right before I go to bed and this is how I found her one night-holding 3 of her babies. She is obsessed with her baby dolls lately...getting some practice before her little sister arrives!
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I got a little crafty with the nursery this time around. I did not make a bumper, but I did have someone I found on Etsy make it for me. I did, however, make a ruffled crib skirt. I had done A LOT of research on sewing ruffles (I'm definitely a beginner at sewing), and I had tried several methods. As my due date came closer and closer, I decided I needed to figure out what to do. Then I remembered my friend showing me an amazing tutorial online about hot glue gunning ruffles. I know it sounds completely ghetto, but it was SO easy and I think it looks great. You can't even tell it's hot glued together.
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| First I measured out Sienna's old bedskirt to make an exact copy of it. I bought a $4 twin sized flat sheet from Walmart to use as my base. |
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| I sewed (there was a little sewing involved) the three sides to the part that the mattress lays on. |
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| Then I started hot glue gunning. I used a yard of each fabric for the total bed skirt. I did do a lot of measuring, to make sure I had even ruffles. I would fold the fabric in 1/2, then 1/4's, and then 1/8's and pin them down...that way i didn't have a lot of tight ruffles on one side and run out of fabric by the end. It ended up working out so well and it was SO easy!! I totally recommend this project. |
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| Here is one side complete. I didn't get a picture of all three sides complete because I was so excited, I wanted to put it on the crib right away. |
And here is the rest of baby girl's nursery. With the huge help of my friend Heidi (who made the bunting and tissue paper pom-poms, and helped me make the picture board and the fabric hoops), the nursery is finally done!! I love all the colors. When we first had our home painted, I knew I wanted this room a green color...but I handed the painter the WRONG can and didn't even look inside the paint can to see the actual color...BIG mistake. I came home from work to a dark green room. And although it was pretty, it wasn't what I had expected. We knew it was going to be the future nursery and I didn't know what I would do with it, so after looking at a lot of different fabrics, I found one called Kumari Garden that was beautiful and that is where my inspiration came from.
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| Here is Sienna's old crib with the new bumper and the crib skirt ( a little bummed you can't see the blue ruffles on the bottom. But you will once we eventually lower the mattress down). |
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| The huge white paper is where her name will be. We ordered a white vinyl decal with her name. Those are cheap $1.50 embroidery hoops with fabric in them. |
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| Here is the other side of the room. It is so much prettier in person! |
Ok, I'm going to end this long drawn out post with one of my favorite iphone apps. It is called iSwap Faces. It is $1 or $2, but it is totally worth it! It cracks me up!! You basically take any picture on your phone and then you swap the faces of two people. I was first introduced to it by my friend Jenny. She took this picture:
and made this:
Seriously, even though it's a bit creepy, I still look back on this over a year later and laugh so hard. I think it's HILARIOUS.
Then the other night, I was sitting on my couch with the hubby and my cousin Christy sent me a swapped face picture. Last time we saw Christy, she took this adorable picture of Sienna and her daddy:
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Sienna and her daddy
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Enter iSwap Faces.... and BAM!
It seriously cracks me up!! Look at the little stubble on Sienna's face...and Garth with pigtails!! I know it totally creeps a lot of people out, but I find it simply hilarious.
So, go spend a buck or two and laugh away!!
(and please say some prayers for us on Monday, January 28th, as we get ready to meet our new little girl!...4 days!!!)
