More projects

I made 2 changing pads and sets of covers (one for the nursery and one to keep downstairs). They are so soft! To make them I just bought 1" foam at Joann's and then basically made a pillowcase with the green material to cover the foam. Very simple. Then I have the little flannel covers so I don't have to change the main cover often. To make the flannel cover I just cut out a piece of flannel and sewed the edges down on the back.

I made a mei tai using the pattern at this site. If you don't know what a mei tai is, it's a baby carrier. Watch the video about it here.

Finally, I just finished up a baby quilt! I'm making a special purple one for Eleanor, but I started this quilt years ago when I took a quilting class and I recently found the one block I had made. I realized I only had enough fabric left to make a baby quilt (and after 4 years there's little hope of finding more of the same fabric), so I went ahead and made this. The pattern is called Jacob's Ladder. The colors are so much cuter in person!

Practicing

Tonight we watched The Happiest Baby on the Block and it was Hunter's idea that we should try practicing the swaddling technique they described on the video. He was very good at it! He did the penguin you see below, and I did the bear. (The bear was a little hard to work with.)

33 weeks

31 weeks

We have a big baby!

Today I had my 3rd level 2 ultrasound (still 1 more to go) and everything looks great! Eleanor now weighs 4 lbs, 15 oz...and I'm not even quite at 32 weeks yet! She is in the 80th percentile, but the ultrasound tech said she's not surprised at all since Hunter and I are both tall. I'm not surprised either. We asked her how much she thinks Eleanor will weigh when I'm induced just before 38 weeks, and she said probably 8 pounds, or maybe 8 1/2. I don't think I mind that I'm being induced early!

Here are a couple of pictures of Eleanor's face. She has her hands right up next to it. I think her right eye is open in the second one, but I'm not sure.

46 more days!

I am going to the hospital on July 20! I'll go in around 4:00 PM and they'll get some stuff started, but the real induction begins around 7:00 AM the next day with the pitocin. It's just exciting to be able to put it on the calendar!

Besides that, everything is going well. My feet have been swelling a lot lately but my blood pressure was perfect, so there are no worries there. I had another NST and Eleanor did great. I have another Level 2 ultrasound on Monday so we'll get to see how much she has grown!

Still missing

Our cat is still missing. It's been 5 days now and I'm starting to lose hope. We've posted ads on a couple of websites, hung flyers all over the neighborhood, called 3 animal shelters, visited 2 of the shelters (the other said that no cats had been brought in), and called and left descriptions with 6 area vets. At this point there's just nothing more we can do. The thing that bothers me the most is that if she doesn't come back, we'll never know what happened to her. She is very skittish and terrified of every human besides the two of us, so I really don't think she's found a new home. I'm afraid something bad has happened to her. After all, we've seen snakes and bobcats around here and heard about alligator sightings. I just wish I could know what's happened to her, even if it's the worst news. I keep waiting to hear her little paws on the window and I get excited every time the phone rings. I miss my Lincoln. :( Her sister misses her, too.

By the way, I took that picture one day when I was eating cereal. This is how intently she stares at me, waiting for the milk!