my friends have the cutest kids!!
A note: Jacob is too young to really understand Memorial Day. We did talk about it; how soldiers sacrificed their lives for us, but it was quite confusing for him. 
While I am immobile, I am missing out on some of the fun “chores” that moms save for the the end of pregnancy: setting up the nursery and washing and putting away tiny newborn clothing. Thankfully, Josh’s wonderful Aunt Shelly came to the rescue on the clothing! She picked up three crates of clothes and blankets from Jacob’s newborn days and washed them all! She even sent the pictures below of the piles and piles of clean clothes. I know it will make me happy to think of the love and attention in each tiny item as baby O2 wears them. 🙂
Thanks, Aunt Shelly!!
it was a lot more than I could handle. 
The cast is off! I can’t walk on my ankle for two more weeks, but I can move it a bit. The stitches were removed and I can get the incisions wet and everything! There were twelve stitches on the outside and six on the inside of my ankle. The swelling and bruising isn’t as bad as I thought it would be. It’s kind of scary to have this unprotected ankle, but encouraging to see how much I can move it. I feel like I’m really making progress.
Today was a “Sprinkle” for baby O2. Because I saved everything and we don’t need much, a shower wasn’t necessary, but it feels nice to celebrate this baby and how important and well loved he is. It was nice to see special family members and also to debut baby o2’s name!! 
I’m sorry I don’t have much to share. I have some random, not great photos of Jacob and that’s about it. My view lately is my bedroom walls and sometimes living room walls from a reclined position and looking out over the toes of my left foot. I miss my darling Jacob. Even when he is home and I am home, he can’t just sit here with me all day. I miss playing with him and picking him up when he falls down. I miss chasing him and letting him climb on my back for a ride into the kitchen. But I really can’t pout…life is good and he is happy, and that’s all that matters. 🙂
Today I had a checkup on baby O2. He is doing great. His heart sounded perfect, and he even kicked the doctors hand as she tried to catch the sound of his heartbeat in her Doppler. She did tell me that the feeling of pressure in my ankle, which I had expected to go away by now, was most likely sticking around because of the increased blood volume that comes with pregnancy. It was strangely reassuring–at least it doesn’t mean I’m not healing well. He still moves around quite a bit, so this may not last, but he was head-down today.
Good news, all in all! I am grateful!
Today Jacob got to go to work with Bop and Mimi. While there, the building had a gas leak and the fire department responded. Jacob got to meet firemen, tell them his plan of becoming one when he grows up, as even got a badge and hat!
The sweetest part was that, as they were walking back to the office, I guess he said “oh man…I wish I got a hat for baby brother.” What a sweetheart!
Many thanks to the firefighters of the Fountain Valley Fire Department for making his day!
These moments are so precious to me. When he falls asleep at my side and seeks me out in his sleep. He grabs my arm and places his cheek on it. He falls asleep wanting independence, but in his sleep he wants closeness and connection. I love this boy. Each time he moves closer to me I sigh. Although I was hungry and I had to go to the bathroom, I wouldn’t dare break connection with him or miss out on his precious moment. I soak it all in. 
Happy Mother’s Day! It seemed an appropriate time to post about week 34. That, and I was wearing something other than loungewear. 🙂
I was feeling so huge before the ankle injury, and now I just…don’t. I guess the belly that was such a hindrance is just another detail at the moment. It is really hard to get out of bed when I’m like a turtle on its back and have only one leg to assist me. The immobility has caused baby’s movement patterns to feel really different. You get accustomed to moving around all day and then feeling kicks as soon as you sit down. Right now his movements are random and unpredictable. He favors my right side and so my belly is usually uneven (higher on the right) and he is fond of sticking a hand or foot out of the right side of my abdomen. The funny thing is that Jacob did the same thing!! He was always hanging out on the right and I remember pushing on his foot as if protruded from my side. It’s a very unusual place to feel a baby, but I guess with his placenta in the front, I’m more likely to feel things on my sides? Who knows. I didn’t need to worry too much about what I would wear for the warm weather of my final weeks as, like I said, I’ve mainly worn loungewear. I do still hope to start moving around more in the near future! With about 6 weeks to go, it’s starting to feel dangerously close for this ridiculously unprepared mama. I’m hoping that sometime soon I’ll be able to work on his room, wash his clothes (well they are still Jacob’s clothes I suppose!) and prepare for the journey ahead. It’s so very hard to lie still with all of this undone!
My Mother’s Day was lovely. Josh and Jacob had sweet cards for me, and Jacob gave me some nail polish which he picked himself, and apparently carried all over the store. They loaded me in the truck and we ventured to Irvine Park where I was wheeled into the shade to watch Jacob play. After his nap, we watched some family movies. It was surprisingly emotional to see my baby Jacob! I can’t believe I’ll have another sweet baby in the house soon who (I hope) will turn into a kindhearted soul like Jacob. I am blessed beyond measure with that boy.
I hope you all had a wonderful day!
Josh and Korey 