Team Studer

Rest peacefully, Grandma

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

My sweet grandma passed away on Monday. She will be missed by everyone who met and knew her. Her biggest vice was loving too much. She was beautiful inside and out and I know how lucky I was to be her granddaughter.

Rest peacefully, Gram. You will be loved and missed every single day. I will pass along your stories to your great grandson and he will know who you were and that you loved him.

Mom & Dad visit Erie

We were sooo lucky to have my parents visit Erie this past weekend and help finish up all the remaining things on our "DO BEFORE THE BABY COMES" list. My heart is at rest knowing that we got all of those things that have been weighing on my mind like cleaning the fridge and stove and clearing out the garage. Brandon and I could have done it by ourselves, but with his work schedule and my exhaustion it would have taken three times as longer. We finished everything on our list this weekend and even had time for hanging out and laughing/talking. It was so nice to have them come and visit one last time before our little studerbaby is here and hogging everyone's attention (hehhe, just kidding, baby).

Of course, every time my family is here I somehow manage to put them to work- but let it be announced publicly that after Grey get's here, the only work they'll have to do when they visit is hold, play, and change diapers:)

Washing snot-nosed Bullet windows

Fire marshal dad taking care of junk from the garage/yard

My job for the weekend: resting & sleeping with Bullet

We even got the hammock hung up in the sun room! Brandon's loving it.

Stretch Armstrong

It has been baffling to Brandon and I at how much skin can stretch...mainly the skin on my stomach. I was reading back through some of our old posts and literally laughed out loud when I was making such a big deal about my stomach at 20 some weeks...I even announced aloud (to Bullet, hah), "Holy crap, I wish my stomach was still that small!" I had dramatically posted 'What a difference 14 weeks make'...oh Tabitha, if I only knew what a difference 9 months make?!

I actually would like to take a moment and boast about how our big baby is probably laughing hysterically about how much he can stretch his momma's belly. For the past two months or so, my belly has been measuring 2cms bigger than expected for my due date. So, at 32 weeks, I was measuring 34 cms...and at 35 weeks, I measured 37cm. They even sent me for an ultrasound to make sure that everything looked okay and we got an A+. So, our little babe really wanted to see how much the body is willing to take (his mum's body, of course) and when I went for my 36 week check in...I measured in at a whooping 40 cm!!!! Newsflash little baby- its not funny.

So in honor of my ever expanding belly, I wanted to just really make a mockery of myself and show a progression from the beginning to present day. Granted- I still have 3 weeks left, so who knows what I'll look like by then (think the girl who ate the gum and turned into a blueberry in Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory...minus the blue).

7 weeks