Maternity Leave with Baby Bob

I was only back to work 12 days before my doctor decided it was time that I start prepping/resting for Baby Bob from home.

She decided that 35 weeks was a good time since being on my feet so much at work was giving me lots of preterm contractions/Braxton Hicks and back pain.  I was planning on working another week, until August 28th BUT wasn’t going to “fight” my doctor to work. lol  Baby Bob is gaining weight, but mama still isn’t keeping any calories down (yes I’m still barfing!). But we scheduled my csec date for September 23rd…which puts me at 39.5 weeks prego…and I have never made it to 39 weeks. So it should be interesting.

This belly is growing…and growing big!! Baby Bob probably won’t be my smallest baby…hahaha

And my family in Ireland seem to think that I HAVE to be bigger this time around…lets compare.

35 weeks with Owen and 36 weeks with Ella…

Ok yep…I think I’m the biggest this 3rd time around!! haha  And now that I’m looking at these pictures I feel like Bob might be a little girl!?!?

And the kids are starting to get excited about the big surprise. 
Their votes are very apparent. Owen wants a little brother and Ella wants a girl.

 

But back to my maternity leave, since daycare for Ella was paid for through the month I took advantage of my week being kid-free…

And man dropping off and picking my 1st grader up from school everyday is a joy AND its kinda annoying too! haha 8:45 start time and 2:57pm pick up…only gives you a few hours in the middle of the day to yourself. haha Oh the life of being a stay at home mom! Just kidding. I really do love getting to see him at school, how he interacts with his friends and classmates and giving him a kiss when the bell rings.  Being a working mom isn’t easy either…we miss a lot of these little moments. So I’m appreciative I get a taste of it all now.

 

Then you get home and its homework and dinner time before heading out to whichever “activity” is going on that evening.  Its nuts!

When the “at home moms” are probably cleaning and stuff I was deciding to take advantage of some “me time”. Little bit of Bachelor in Paradise and some reading by the pool…it was very nice!

And since Nana usually has Ella on Wednesdays, and she had some appointments to attend to, it was a me and Ella day…and she makes doing anything in the house impossible. 

I starting thinking that maybe I should start packing a hospital bag..I’m now 36 weeks and JUST IN CASE.  But Ella thought she was the only thing that should be going to the hospital with me!

And she only laid down to relax when she knew I was busy doing stuff.  If I even pretended to close my eyes for a nap she was all over me. 

 

The first day I was home all alone I almost felt guilty…like it wasn’t right that I didn’t have my kids.  BUT as my mother keeps reminding me…it won’t be long now before I won’t have ANY alone time. Bob will be sure to keep this mama busy…I’m sure.

Let the nesting begin!! We got 2 of the 4 closets cleaned out…GOSH I’m such a hoarder! 2 more to go! Nana is great help for all the organizing. So take your time Bob…don’t need you showing up earlier than expected! ;)