33-week Photo

This is Heather and BW, now at 33-weeks, standing in the baby room in front of the crib that we just put together.

You know it's getting close to the big day when it's time to start getting the baby room ready, which is what we began this weekend. Since there are only 2 bedrooms in the house, and one of them is for mommy and daddy, the other bedroom is going to share time as both a baby room and an office (where the computer is). With a little shuffling around, we plan to fit the crib, a changing table and a dresser in there. Heather has come up with a plan for decorating, so that will probably be our big project for the next couple weeks.

Country Cousin Song

The Country Cousin girls gave little Baby Woodruff a most excellent Christmas gift at the annual Piercy family Christmas Eve party! (From left to right) Ainsley, Macee, Emmy, Tierney and Auna sang a song that they wrote about BW. You can watch the video by clicking on below:



And here's a transcript of the song lyrics:

Baby Woodruff, Baby Woodruff
what is your name gonna be?
We're so excited, so delighted,
another cousin in the family.

You're already famous,
you have a website
on which they call you B.W.
We've been thinking and we've thought of
just a couple names for you.

If you're a girl, we'll call you Bambi
and you'll run just like a deer.
If you're a boy, we'll call you Wolfgang
and the kids with run with fear.

Ainsley, Tierney, Emmy, Macee,
Debbie, Jackie, Rielee, too.
Please don't give a girl an "E" name,
Wendy Woodruff just won't do.

You're so busy in Mommy's tummy,
you twist and turn all night and day.
You're just getting Mommy ready
for when you're up and want to play.

If you're born 50 pounds
Daddy wants to name you "Beef".
You'll get your picture in the paper,
the biggest baby beyond belief.

You'll be born to be a Husky
and that's fine, just wait and see.
You'll be able to watch the Cougs
win the March Madness Tourney!

Grannie's waiting for your arrival.
She's so nice and so much fun.
But enjoy it, before you know it
"Grannie's Boot Camp" has begun.

Can a baby ride a zip line
or a motorcycle down the hill?
The boys will show you stunts
that will make your mother ill.

The Country Cousins are kind of crazy
and the adults are wacky, too.
When you're dressed up kinda silly
on the float ... well, we warned you.

So, Merry Christmas, Baby Woodruff,
we can't wait until we meet.
We just hope that when we see you,
you don't have your Daddy's feet!

Heather and Rick (and little BW) all want to thank the girls for this awesome performance. We appreciate your thoughtfulness!

Weekly Checkup

Now that BW's birth-day is pretty close, Dr. Zawacki has upped the appointments to weekly. Today's visit to the doctor was much of the same, though with mommy being a little under-the-weather. The nurse checked Heather over, and her vitals looked good ... blood pressure was normal, and as was her temperature. The doctor also did some checks, including respiratory, and that looked OK, too.

The doctor then measured baby's heartbeat at 120 bpm. Heather asked about BW's position, and after feeling around, Dr. Zawacki said that BW's head was on the left side of the tummy, the back was up against the ribs, and the feet were over on the left side. So far, so good!

32 & 1/2-week Photo

Christmas Day, and time for the 32 & 1/2-week photo! We usually take the weekly shot a little earlier, but Heather's flu bug delayed things a bit.

Here's Baby Woodruff spending a little quality belly time with Scott Stephenson, father of Heather's best friend Sara (Dany).

Sick Mommy

All those flu bugs flying around this winter, and I guess one was bound to catch up to Heather. And it did these past couple days. The flu started showing up on Saturday, getting worse on Sunday, and then put her to bed all day on Monday -- Christmas Eve of all days! She was miserable, and sad to have missed many of the festivities that day ... but after a good night's rest, she made a strong comeback on Christmas day. Despite being a little worn out, she managed to put in a full day of visits and present-opening. Through it all, Baby Woodruff stayed active with all of the squirming around, but was nice to mommy by holding back on the hard kung-fu kicks.

Seattle Shower

It was party time for Baby Woodruff this past weekend, when Heather went up to Seattle for her first baby shower. Many of her friends from the metro area came over to Elisabeth's house to see how much little BW had grown.


Here's a photo of Heather and her Seattle friends, including: front row - Laura, Maren, & Elisabeth; back row - Brooke, Nicki, mommy, & Jen. Not pictured but attending the shower was Cori.

Heather really enjoyed spending time with everyone, and she was very grateful for the lovely gifts that she received. It was very nice for her to sit and chat and relax, and enjoy the wonderful food on a rainy Seattle day. Heather also really appreciated Maren's help in opening up presents.

Thanks so much to Laura and Elisabeth for organizing a baby shower to welcome BW. It was very thoughtful, and Heather appreciates all your hard work. Thanks also to Laura, Elisabeth, Cori and Nicki for providing the delicious food.

31-week Photo

We're now up to 31-weeks, which means it's time for the photo of Heather and little Baby Woodruff.

This photo was taken at her friend Elisabeth's house, during a baby shower up in Seattle. The details are all in the next post.

(Apologies for the lateness ... between a business trip and being sick, I got a little off track on keeping up with the blog.)

Quick Check-up

Now that the major blood-work and shots have been done, the check-ups with Dr. Zawacki are just a quick in-and-out. The appointment on Friday was much like before, with Heather getting her temperature and blood pressure measured, then getting asked a dozen questions. And BW's heartbeat was checked as well, staying right at 130 bpm. So, it appears that this is shaping up to be a typical pregnancy, from the doctor's perspective ... that's something we'll be thankful for this Christmas season!

Baby's First Ornament

Thanks to Auntie Greta for giving this sparkly glass bootie ornament to little BW for Christmas. It looks great on the tree!

30-week Photo

It's time for the 30-week Photo, featuring an ever-growing Baby Woodruff and an ever-lovely mommy Heather.

This time, they are standing in front of the Christmas tree that we just got yesterday. We went to George Miller Road up in Silver Lake, and after a lot of searching around, found the perfect Noble Fir just before it got dark. Heather spent today decorating it with ornaments, and now it looks awesome! Little BW would be very excited to see it. Though, if the baby takes after me, it will be the last year that we can hang any of the breakable ornaments down low.

New Books

Heather had a Barnes & Noble gift card that hadn't been used yet, so with a little free time she went to BN to buy some books to read to Baby Woodruff. She found some really neat ones, including "Guess How Much I Love You", and a couple of (timely) Christmas stories: "What is Christmas?" and "The Legend of the Candy Cane".

And of course, she bought the classic "Goodnight Moon", for those bedtime readings. I'll probably have to start reading that one to mommy's belly right now, and hope that it helps BW fall asleep at night, because all of the late night squirming has been making sleep hard to come by for Heather lately.

29-week Photo

Here's Heather and little Baby Woodruff at the 29-week mark. And you can see all the boxes and bins behind them, that it's time for Christmas decorations to go up around the house!

This was the weekend that Heather had planned to do just that, but unfortunately she came down with a miserable cold that made her even more tired than she already was, and also kept her up the last couple nights. But, of course, none of this has slowed BW down at all! The squirming has continued, and based on where the kicks and punches are coming from, we're guessing that the baby is laying sideways in Heather's tummy ... although we'll leave it up to Dr. Zawacki to tell us the exact position.