He's here! Calvin Sherwood Was born Wednesday March 21st at 8:56 am. He was 7 lbs 3 oz and 20.5 in long. 
We are so excited to have him here. Silas LOVES his brother and gets very concerned if Calvin cries. Calvin is almost 1 1/2 lbs smaller than Silas was and it blows me away how tiny he is. He's very sweet and sleeps a ton but that might have something to do with the pain killers I'm taking. My recovery is taking a lot longer this time because I had a  bad reaction to morphine and I lost almost a litter of blood during the c-section. But I'm slowly recovering.  Eric is a very proud daddy. We're just so happy to have our little boy finally here. :)

The last of the baby belly pictures! It's almost 2 and the sleeping pill my doctor gave me has worn off. :( but I did have a crazy reaction to it. 15 minutes after taking it I was unable to walk unassisted. It was a little scary since I still had to get ready for bed. But I made it into bed but then a couple of minutes later I ran shaky legged to the bathroom to throw up. So not a fan of whatever that pill was. We go in tomorrow, well I guess it's today, at 6 so only a few more hours of laying in bed left! Wish us luck! :)

Less than two weeks!

No picture because I hate taking baby belly pictures. I feel so dumb in them. So less than two weeks left and I'm so antsy for the 21st to just get here already. I keep making lists of things that need to get done but as I start on the list I just come up with more stuff like switching out Silas's 18 month clothes for 2T since he's almost there anyways. I've stopped sleeping and instead lay in bed thinking about all the stuff I could be working on. I had my hospital tour last week and it got me so excited and I haven't calmed down since then. I only have one more doctors visit left and I'm really looking forward to not having to go every week.

I've been stressing and nesting so much this week that Eric decided I needed a break and took me to Seattle for dinner. It was so fun. Silas got to play with his grandparents and I got to relax and not stress about my to do list. AND it was raining a little so we only got harassed by one bum! So nice. :)

We've decided on Calvin for the baby's name and we felt like he needed a Hobbes. We found ones on etsy for like $50 but I wasn't willing to spend that much so Eric found a free pattern online and I found videos that taught me how to crochet and read crochet patterns and after 4 long days of crocheting every moment that Silas would let me we have our own Hobbes for way cheap! I'm very proud of him and really hope we see the baby and still want to name him Calvin. 
We've got a little over three weeks left and I'm so excited for the 21st to get here! I'm getting pretty uncomfortable at this point. I've finally stopped throwing up for the most part but I'm still dizzy and weak almost everyday. All of my projects that needed to get done are either done or just about there but I still feel a little unprepared.  I still just wish he'd get here!

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My wonderful new clubs. I've only gotten to use them once but it's okay because the belly makes swinging a little awkward. Aren't they pretty?!

5 Weeks Left!

Happy Valentines Day! We had a GREAT day. Eric had the day off so we were all able to sleep in and have a nice big pink breakfast together. Once again Eric spoiled me and got me my own set of golf clubs! I LOVE them! Sorry no picture of them but they're very pretty. I don't really know how to golf but I enjoy faking it. We go to the driving range and give Silas the hand-me-down club he got from his cousin Ryan, tie him up so he can't run away and he enjoys himself yelling and laughing at us.

Only 5 weeks from tomorrow we'll be going to the hospital to have my C-section! I am so excited for these next 5 weeks to be over! I'm getting real uncomfortable. I don't look as big as other girls but I swear it's because the boy is CRUSHING my insides. And I really think I can feel him giving me punches to the kidneys everyonce in a while and makes me flinch like I'm a crazy person. We're close to being completely ready. We had to order minky fabric online because JoAnns had a limited selection. We also had issues finding a SF Giants onesie for him to wear home. I'm having to make my own. We ordered a nice iron on logo and I'm ordering a orange onesie and he'll have his going home outfit. It feels good to be so ready so early!

I've finished the hats and I LOVE them. I'm so proud! I especially love the football one. 

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What a lame weekend we've had! Our little family caught a cold some where and been miserable all weekend. I hate being prego and sick because I can't take anything so I'm up all night coughing. Lame! I feel like Silas and I have been taking turns being sick the last month and I'm really looking forward to not having a sick kid and having the energy to entertain him. But while sick in bed I did relearn to knit. My goal is to make this hat...

for the baby to wear in the hospital because I hate the pink and blue ones they give you. They look more pink than blue. I've made two attempts so far. The first one could almost fit Silas and the second needed some tweaking. As they say third times the charm (hopefully!).
Oh just found this one and need to make it too

And here's Silas, sick, watching Toy Story. 

So we're getting closer to the new kid's arrival! I've been doing a little nesting and stressing about getting ready. I still have a long list of things to get done but yesterday I went nuts and attacked my craft area so that I can now get to sewing bassinet sheets in a clutter free area. 

I didn't take a before picture but this is a HUGE improvement. We also got furniture moved around, peepee teepees made, and some shopping done. I finally found a diaper bag that I think will be big enough. I finally gave up the idea of having a really cute one that doesn't look like a diaper bag. They were all just so expensive and I realized how dirty my current bag gets and I would be super paranoid about things spilling in the cute bag. Someday I'll get to carry a pretty bag again. For now we're going big and easy to clean. 
Today's goal is to get all the baby clothes washed and put away. 

So Carrie (Eric's little sister) got married this weekend and my mom and I made the cake. We had one cake that wasn't level so it didn't get used but you see it got eaten. Clever boy. :)

This is the completed cake. Carrie was pleased so I guess we did alright. 

It was nice after the wedding was all over and we no longer had the stress of the cake we were able to just enjoy having my parents in town. Silas loved having his Grammy and Papa here and loved being constantly spoiled with sugary treats from Papa. We're excited to have them out here again in a couple months when the baby comes. :)

Bassinet Makeover

Eric had his birthday on the 2nd and we had a family dinner and this was his cake which i must say turned out pretty cool. :)
We bought this bassinet for the new baby from Walmart and after putting it together realized it's SO girly. So I decided to take a seam ripper to it and see if it couldn't be improved at all. and...

...this is what I ended up with. While it doesn't scream little boy it goes along with the Calvin and Hobbs theme we'd like to have. By the way tiger fabric is IMPOSSIBLE to find! unless you want pink and black tiger because that's all over the place. We're having to order fabric off the internet to make a matching blanket and I'm not sure how well it'll even match.