Life is good!

i have been feeling really good since the birth, and i am so ready to get out of the house!

our first outing will most likely be to the chiropractor since my back and hips are still a little out.

here are a few pictures of us 3 days out, taken by barb our midwife.

love you all!

INTRODUCING.....

Zoey Irene Driscoll!!

Born on Oct. 30th at 9:18pm after 13 hours of labor at home, most of which was in the water, but she decided on the bed as her birth place.

6lbs. 6oz. 19 inches long

we are doing great getting to know each other and learning the ins and outs of being a mommy and a baby!

Me at Subway 6 days before giving birth

Daddy's first moments

Laborland

38 WEEKS?!?!!!

how the hell did that happen? i haven't been on here longer than i thought, time has slipped away lately between crazy insomnia inspired nesting and catnaps to recover. i haven't taken a belly picture in forever, always putting it off for tomorrow when i am going to clean the bedroom mirror. i guess i have to get my birth supplies all ready as well and the bed made up for the birth.

we got the liner for the birth pool today, so we can get that set up as well, so exciting and slightly unnerving all at once!

i feel like this baby is 10 pounds tonight, sometimes i hardly notice the belly, but tonight this little one is definitely making its presence known.

my pre-labor has gotten more intense over the last two weeks, making nights nearly impossible to sleep through and making me anxious for the real thing to start soon so i can be done with all this pressure and discomfort. though i know new issues will come with the next stage as well.

the last week has been spent de-flea-ing the cats, poor things... hadn't even thought about shawns cats bringing in the damned awful insects, but i guess its par for having cats. so now i feel bad because they had to get frontline because of how ruthless the little bastards were. 2 baths and lavender spray later, i hadn't even put a dent into the population, so it was time to bring out the big guns. i hate having to put poison on my little babies!

right now i am hoping not to go post-dates, but it changes day to day. sometimes i feel like it would be really nice to have the extra time (those are the more comfortable days) some days i want this baby out now, like in the next 5 minutes now (usually this thought is followed by an emergency chiropractor trip). today i feel like i would be ok to go to 40 weeks, but might kill someone if i go a day over, so right in between i guess.

yeah, thats it for now, maybe i'll clean my mirror tonight so i can take a picture.

say cats?

so,

siobhan made an entry about her kitties and they happen to be in bags.

my cats LOVE bags of any kind and will hide in them to ambush anything that walks across their path.

unfortunately, this also means that at times i have found them in trash bags or if i go to the bathroom while putting away groceries they end up hanging out with the food, usually at the foods expense.

anyway, here are a few bag pictures for you!

here we see Elwood getting in on the bag fun while my cats are fighting.

Elwood is our friend Shawn's cat, he hated bags when he first got here.

but was slowly convinced that they are the BEST THING EVER!

Buster realized i had the camera out, what a ham.

Dougy here, angry about the lack of food in the bag.

this is Buster's baking dish, this is where you can find him 90% of the time.

I need to get him a bigger casserole dish.

giving up convenient transportation

so today craig promised to give back the rental, its just so expensive and we really dont need a car much right now. we especially dont need a $1000 bill for a car worth $0.28.

so looks like i will be going back to shopping at the grocery store a block from my house and going to the farmers market once a week. (not a bad thing, i just got spoiled with being able to cruise down to the store whenever i wanted)

i think i am going to go to the farmers market today, although the one over here by my house is pretty small and lame. i wonder if the hillcrest one is better?

i now am unable to sleep at night, it seems i dont get any real sleep until after 6 am, and i got about 8,000 phone calls this morning starting at 9am. so i'm a little tired today.

maybe getting out and walking around will help, its worth a try.

31 weeks, had a midwife appointment today

i am now getting a visit from the midwives every 2 weeks, seems like a lot, but its how they do it.

everything was good and normal, baby's heartbeat in the 140's, fundal height normal, bp good, weight good, pee good, baby movement good.

so yeah, baby is doing great, i feel ok, little low on energy still but that is normal.

still cant seem to keep the house clean, really need to get better at that.

made some diapers and got others in the mail, still need to sew LOTS before the baby comes.

here's some pictures, as usual, the box that the diapers came in was the biggest hit.

Holy Crap!

so, we have an opening date!

September 9th at 2pm we will be opening the doors to FIVE TWO TATTOO SHOP!

it may still be a bit undone, but everything will be in place to tattoo!

i thought this day would never come. thank fucking god.