Elliot Happenings

When Elliot was 7 days old the health department came to our house for his hearing test and to do his heel prick to test for over 16 different diseases.

 He started out calm

During the heel prick- he was so sad and mad!

My face is saying can't you go any faster 

Little photo shoot with mom

I just love this sweet face!

I love his hairy little ears!

His Zoolander face

Have a great Tuesday!

Mindy

Welcome Elliot!!

On Tuesday July 9, 2013 at 8:35 am Elliot William Anderson was born.  He weighed 6 pounds 8 ounces(2960 grams) and was 19.6 inches long(50 cm).  We were discharged from the hospital Wednesday afternoon and have been enjoying being a family of 3 ever since!  Elliot is such a sweet baby and has been a champion eater since right after he was born.

 Last picture of Elliot in my belly

The hospital gave us the biscuits on the left(Dutch tradition after a baby is born, blue for boys, pink for girls).  Elliot's first pair of wooden shoes.   

 Such a snuggly boy

We are now a family of 3!

Time to go home!

Expect lots of posts and pictures of Elliot!

Have a good week!

Random Happenings

Lots of random pictures from the last couple weeks

My newest purchase for Baby A. It is so soft, I love it!

Canal side dining in Amsterdam 

A couple weeks ago they had a street soccer tournament in the city center.  I cringed every time one of them fell on the cobblestone...ouch! 

Brent got the player of the week trophy in his soccer league last week.  Such a stud :)  

Date night selfie

Sprinkle ice cream cone with a side of big baby belly!

He's always making me laugh

Street fair with friends

38 Weeks

We are getting excited over here!! Less than 2 weeks until baby's due date!

Here is my shot from 10 weeks ago at 28 weeks

The shirt is a lot shorter on me now than it was then!

 I am still feeling pretty good! Sleeping is definitely a challenge but I am just getting used to that.  My sciatic is acting up again and my midwife told me the only fix is to have the baby...so lets go baby A!! 

In prepping for baby to come I decided to start practicing getting my carrier wrapped correctly.

Thankfully we have a monkey that subbed in for baby! Let me tell you it is hard to get the wrap right with a big belly!

My box of "goodies" from our insurance company.  As most of you know we are provided with a Kraamzorg(maternity nurse) in our home for 4-6 hours a day for 5 days after we get home from the hospital.  Because of this we get all of the items that they could possibly need while they are here checking on baby and I.  Speaking of the Kraamzorg, we had our agency visit this past week and they definitely do more that just check the 2 of us.  Apparently, when they come in the morning they will make breakfast if needed, lightly clean the house, do our laundry and prepare dinner so all we will have to do is put it in the oven.  I think I am going to like this Kraamzorg thing!

36 Weeks

We're getting close!!! 

That is one big belly! 

Not a whole lot is new for baby development wise.  Right now he/she is just growing.  I am feeling a little bit of relief in the rib area which must mean baby is slowly dropping.  As of this coming Saturday I will be 37 weeks which is considered Full term.  Obviously we want baby to stay in as long as necessary but it is nice to be at a point where he/she is developed and could be born safely if needed.  We installed the car seat this week so whenever baby is ready to come we are ready!

It has been pretty warm here the past few days(90's) and we don't have AC.  Needless to say I have been wanting a cold body of water to submerge myself in.  If only the canals were cleaner :) Other than that I'm still feeling pretty good.  I definitely get tired a lot easier from things than I did a week ago but I am trying to stay active and just know what my limits are.

Here is my picture from last week, belly is much bigger this week!

Have a good Wednesday!

iPhone Pics

What's been going on lately via my iPhone 

My treats that Brent brought me back from Italy. Yes, the orange one is opened.  No, I couldn't wait to try it until after I took the picture

On our way to Den Haag we saw this man driving with his old pipe in his old Volkswagen.  It seemed picture worthy

Best feeling is having my feet in the sand on a warm day

The only mustache Brent will ever have :)

This has been a regular occurrence, Italian lemon cake flavor with Italian chocolate cookie flavor...Amazing! Come visit  I will buy you one :)

Picnic dinner in the park.  The weather has been wonderful here so there have been many lunches and dinners in the park

Tried getting a shadow shot of the belly- didn't work the best!

The crib is up!! For right now it is in our room since my mom is visiting shortly after baby is born and I don't think she wants a newborn in the room with her :) (the beautiful quilt was made for baby by my sister in law Katie)

34 Weeks

Baby A is just over 34 weeks!

and just for fun here was me 11 weeks ago at 23 weeks

My how I have grown!!

He is or she is compared to a cantaloupe this week and weighs somewhere between 4 and 4 3/4 pounds.  Baby will be packing on the fat layers the next few weeks as he or she prepares for the outside world!
I am still feeling good.  Things are definitely getting a little harder to do than they were before but I can't complain too much.  Not sleeping a ton, but I guess I should get used to that :) 

We haven't picked up too many new baby things lately, but our friends just got back from a long holiday in Australia and brought Baby A a cute souvenir back

It fits in perfect with the travel stuff in baby's room!

I've also been working on getting baby's things organized and finding a place for everything.  Since there is no room for a dresser Ikea came to the rescue with an organizer for the closet

As you can see we have been taking advantage of the sales on diapers :) 

Less than 6 weeks to go!