January 25th Hour by Hour

9:30 Wake up to all smiles.

11:00 Breakfast, Estelle eats while I watch TV and cross stitch.

12:00 Estelle Naps. I usually catch a nap too!

1:00 Lunch Time!  Estelle plays while I eat my lunch.

2:00 Estelle finished up her lunch.

3:00 Work Time. Estelle in her bouncer, me at my sewing machine.

4:00 Nap time. I sew with Estelle on the monitor next to me.

5:00 Up from nap.  We watch the snow fall.

6:00 Andy's home. I can work uninterrupted...almost

7:00 Dinner! We got pizza from Dominoes.  It was awful!

8:00 Katelyn stopped by.  What a pleasant surprise.

10:00 Late night feeding and I cross stitch some more.

11:00 Bath and bedtime.  Day well spent.

Climbing Pregnant

This video is me climbing at 8 months.

Mothers Hands.

 Swollen feet, tiny shoes...It helps to go first thing in the day before the heat gets to my feet.

I did switch to my bigger shoes at about 9 months.

 My Busted Toes

Then we come to today...38 weeks pregnant.  10 days till my due date.  My goal with climbing was to climb for as long as I could.  I have had to scale back, no more with the harness, (it didn't fit after a while anyway) I was also such and un-reliable partner.  I couldn't schedule when I would feel up to climbing, so it worked out best when I would go alone.  I really love climbing in The Cave, but overhang problems got harder and harder as my belly grew since my ab strength was going.  So I would just do some easy bouldering, but felt uncomfortable making big moves...so I stuck to traversing.  I decided this would be a good time to work on technique  not strength or crazy moves!  My feet had gotten really sloppy too, so this was a good time to work on them.

So far I'm still able to climb about once a week.  I go early before too many people get there, so I don't get in the way.  I'll try to keep going.  Well until September...I did suspend my membership for a month!  Here's hoping to at least one more climb before the little one arrives!

 

Bump!

My Pets

I have been home and able to spend all day with my pets.  They are so cute...all day long.

Olivia loves sitting in the garden all day.

She will move from char to chair following the birds and the shadows.

Sometimes they can be in the same space!

All I want is Kiko to wear a birthday hat...all day every day.

This makes me so happy!

Kiko is hard to take photos of, she will never sit still, but I guess she will stare at herself in the mirror...I took advantage!

I think Olivia loves taking Glamour shots.

At night I walk Batman.

Baby Moles

One of the things that happens when your pregnant, is that your moles can get darker, or you can get new ones.  I have had this one on my heel, but it's a bit darker now.  I love how it's ring on the center back of my heel.

This one was a surprise!  I found it when I was rock climbing one day.  It's hidden right at the base of my toe.  So cute!

I have one at the tip of the nose of my Montana Tattoo that is getting darker too.

I have one on my belly above my belly button. It's getting a little bigger and a little darker.  But it's not centered!  Or rather I think my belly button is a little off centered. 

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Melanie is Here...and 30!

Birthday's?  I love them!  This year is no exception.  The girls at work were super sweet.  We had a pizza party and they even got me a cake!  Thumbs up!

Andy got me a dozen balloons.  So much better than a dozen roses!  It helped us keep track of Kiko throughout the night.

I set up a photo booth.

I think it worked out OK.

It was such a great day.

The night was filled with smiles and balloons.