Teepee

A Pee-pee Teepee that is! Every since I saw one of these on a tv show, I knew if I had a son I wanted one. Well we just ordered this set from amazon and got them in this week:



Perfect for Mr. Pate's son right? Ha! I know it's a totally frivalous baby item and we could totally exist without it, but I think it's cute and worth trying to not get peed on!

We expected it to be made out of plastic or rubber, but it is actually Terry cloth inside and cotton on the outside. Which that totally makes sense, but wasn't what I expected. We got a pack of 5 for under $10 so it's not that frivalous I suppose. Here are some close ups:







Anyone ever used one of these?

- Mrs.Pate via my iPhone

Progress progress

We have been all about getting things done around the Pate household! Here is what we accomplished this week:

- put the stroller together (wheels on really)
- got the carseat out and installed the bases in our cars
- cleaned the sunroom and got it looking normal again (better than normal actually, it got an upgrade)
- cleaned out the pantry (it is amazing the food that hides in a pantry for three years!)
- reorganized a cabinent so there is room for bottles etc
- cleaned the kitchen
- cleaned and restored our bedroom (all the extra stuff from the old guest room had been living in here with us)
- started preparing Joey (I'll do a whole post on this one)
- finished thank you cards (other than actually mailing, which I am determined to be on top of!)
- Mr. Pate installed my diaper sprayer (thank you so much babe!)
- went to another breastfeeding class

Busy bees!! My "must be done before Griffin comes" list is almost complete! Woo hoo! Today I am going to actually clean the house and finish putting a few things away, then all we have is our clothesline, prep diapers, get a side table for the nursery and we may be good to go.


- Mrs.Pate via my iPhone

37 week OB Appointment

Back to the doctor we went yesterday. These weeklys come up so fast! I am over peeing in a cup every week and waiting forever for a ten minute appointment!

Anyhow, everything looks great. My blood pressure is 92/60, so Dr.Gass is very happy with it still being so low. Griffins heartbeat is 141 still. I am measuring on time. And that's the extint of the update really. The appointments are pretty fast now bc he just saw me and there aren't many questions. Just a waiting game really. I didn't get checked this week but will next week since I will be a week from my due date.

Now it's just a waiting game. I am still hoping he waits till his due date. I want his little brain and lungs to develop as much as they can in there instead of out here where it is harder.

Mr. Pate thinks he will be born sometime the last week of June (which happens to be when we have VBS at church). What do you think??


- Mrs.Pate via my iPhone

Abide

From My Utmost for His Highest today:

"The Spirit of Jesus is put into me by the atonement, then I have to construct with patience the way of thinking that is exactly in accordance with my Lord. God will not make me think like Jesus, I have to do it myself; I have to bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. "Abide in Me"- in intellectual matters, in money matters, in every one of the matters that make human life what it is."


- Mrs.Pate via my iPhone

37 Weeks and Counting...

• How far along: 37 Weeks
• Total Weight Gained: 33 lbs (started 107, currently 140) 
• Sleep: With Mr. Pate being gone this week, it was not a good week for sleep. Friday we slept for 15ish hours! Ha! I still wake up a lot, but I can usually get back to sleep quick. 
• Best Moment of the Week:  Mr. Pate coming home! Laying on the bed and watching Griffin make my belly move in crazy ways. 
• Movement: Yes still lots of it. He constantly pushes out and has hiccups often. When I lay down my belly has waves going on and he likes to move his head too- which is a weird weird feeling.     
• Food Cravings: N/A  
• Food Aversions: N/A
• Symptoms: Swelling when outside, tiring very easily, huffing and puffing, having to pee constantly, cannot roll over and have a harder time getting up from a sitting position, sore tailbone.  
• What I miss: Energy and getting things done! 
• What I'm looking forward to: Getting the house put back together, a breast feeding class this week, and the big arrival!   
• Other news: Well there is still quite a lot to get done in our house, so thats our focus this week. I am officially "full term" so baby should be fine to come anytime. I cannot believe we are 3 weeks away from my due date. This journey has flown by, but at the same time it feels like finding out in October was forever ago! I am still working on all the thank you cards, and hopefully I will get those done this week! I need to review all my Bradley notes on labor since we are getting so close. And we are going to rig up a clothes line this week and then I will prep the diapers! Yay! 
• Gender & Name: It's a Boy! Griffin Alan Pate

Milestones:
According to Babycenter.com : Your baby is now considered "full term," even though your due date is three weeks away. If you go into labor now, his lungs will likely be mature enough to fully adjust to life outside the womb. (Some babies need a bit more time, though. So if you're planning to have a repeat c-section, for example, your practitioner will schedule it for no earlier than 39 weeks unless there's a medical reason to intervene earlier.)
Your baby weighs 6 1/3 pounds and measures a bit over 19 inches, head to heel (like a stalk of Swiss chard). Many babies have a full head of hair at birth, with locks from 1/2 inch to 1 1/2 inches long. But don't be surprised if your baby's hair isn't the same color as yours. Dark-haired couples are sometimes thrown for a loop when their children come out as blonds or redheads, and fair-haired couples have been surprised by Elvis look-alikes. And then, of course, some babies sport only peach fuzz.