36 weeks

This week Little Miss is the size of a honey dew! Grow baby grow!

Despite the fact that I have just under a month left of this pregnancy (thank. you. Jesus.) I have decided this question/answer format I've seen on several other preggo blogs might be fun to finish out the time. So, here ya go!
How far along? 36 weeks


Total weight gain: hmmm... can I rethink this question/answer thing now? No? Ok... [cough]35 pounds[cough]

Maternity clothes? About half and half. I really, really, really hate maternity pants so I've been living in larger sized yoga pants/delia's jeans (they're delightfully stretchy at the hips)/etc. and I may or may not have these awesome black pajama pants from Target that I might wear in public, occasionally... haha 

Stretch marks? Ugh, not until recently. But now they suck, since Amelia dropped late last week I feel like my stomach is about to rip apart. Also, I don't know what I was thinking when I got my belly button pierced. If you're considering it, just don't. 

Sleep: Between my ginormo belly that actually requires me to sit up between switching positions, my little gymnast practicing her kick boxing skills, having to pee every 2.2 seconds, and the newly acquired itchiness all over my belly... sleeping has been quite the luxury. I normally get in around 2 hours at a time until around 8 am and then for some reason I can sleep like a rock. So I end up with 6 or 7ish hours of sleep, not too shabby :)

Best moment this week: swimming nearly everyday since sunday has definitely been the highlight so far. We went to the beach on Sunday and then yesterday and today have been filled with lots of pool time when Luke gets off work. My heavy belly is so happy! 

Miss Anything? I miss my energy... and my body... and my really cute clothes... sigh.

Movement: Oh absolutely! That makes it all worth while, being able to feel this little one moving and grooving in my belly definitely makes me forget all my woes. It's even more special now because I can pretty much tell which body part is jabbing me. Her movements are also more like swipes across my belly now which makes for some pretty entertaining kick counting in the evenings.

Food cravings: chinese food, love them crab rangoons! I also craved pizza this week... and let me tell you, that first bite was the best bite of pizza I have ever had in my entire life. Yummmm.

chinese food at the pool. the best of both worlds!

Anything making you queasy or sick: Anxiety. When I get anxious or worked up about anything I feel super nauseas. 

Gender: Girl!

Labor Signs: A few contractions here and there (normally paired with the queasy anxiousness) but nothing constant.

Symptoms: aches and pains in my hips/lower back/pelvis, heartburn like crazy(even water gives me heartburn, ugh), itchy belly, and I'm super tired about 75% of the day.

Belly Button in or out? Almost flat but still a little bit of an innie.

Wedding rings on or off? on :)

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy and excited most of the time, but waaaay emotional when I get tired... Today I dropped my plate of left over pizza and literally burst into tears. It was quite dramatic... and extremely embarrassing.

Looking forward to: Date night/Childbirth class with Luke tomorrow and my Dad and little siblings coming into town on Thursday! Also, the big 36 week appointment where I am supposedly being taken off of 'bed rest' is on Friday so there's excitement all around!


And lastly, since I can no longer reach my toes, my very sweet husband painted them for me tonight. All together now, awwwwwww ;)

33.5 weeks

This week baby is apparently the size of a durian fruit... Seriously, who the heck thinks up this stuff?

A)What in the world is a durian fruit? ...and B)Is every single durian fruit in the world between 17.2 and 18.7 inches?

I think not. But whatevs, the fruit thing was super fun at the beginning and now it's just like yeah, pounds of fruit could fit in my expanding mid section. No biggie. Haha, my favorites are weeks 38 and 39 when supposedly she turns into the size of a pumpkin and then a watermelon! Have you seen the pumpkins they have at state fairs? Yeah. Fun mental image, huh?

The ever expanding tummy... 

In other news, my family came this week. Yay! They were so great to help out with the house stuff and my Dad got the crib and bassinet up which is a huge relief. 

Amelia's crib which was also my crib when I was a baby :)
And yes those are our hospital bags all ready to go! Including our gorgeous new skip hop studio diaper bag!

My mom helped me wash and fold Amelia's clothes, another gigantic relief. Unfortunately they had to go back home on Saturday (insert extreme lip pouting) and I'm left with an even quieter house than before. They are seriously so good to us, not only did they clean up the house but my Dad also stocked my kitchen including not 1, not 2, but 4(!) boxes of nutrigrain bars! Yummm! I just found those tonight when I was looking for a snack and I got so excited Luke thought I was crazy, haha. 

Now we are prepping for one of Luke's college roommates and his wife to visit this week (and by we are prepping, I really mean I am making lists and folding clothes in bed, haha). Then on Saturday Luke's mom and her entire side of the family will be coming down for a week. (They won't be staying with us though) Followed by my aunt and my family again at the end of the month! Lots of vacationers, one of the many joys of living at the beach. But seriously, I love having people down I just wish I wasn't on bed rest. The whole knowing there are a ton of people visiting and I can't do anything to prepare (aka clean my house) and then I also can't go out with them really stinks. But Little Miss will be here before we know it and I'll finally be able to get out of the bed! (Although I may not want to then, haha) The doctor said I can come off bed rest at 37 weeks, so I've only got about 3 more weeks to go. I can totally do that.

In other doctor related news, I was back in the hospital on Friday night. This time with contractions in my back that would not go away. Another shot later and I was feeling just fine. Those shots are serious miracle workers. And I feel like I don't even need to take a tour of the OB ward now because I'm pretty sure I've seen most of the rooms in there... Ok, so I've only seen two but it sure feels like I know the place! Also, when I went in this time the nurses remembered me... kudos to them, slightly embarrassing for me for being 'that mom' but oh well.  

In case anyone is wondering, the craving of the week is diet coke from McDonald's (it is seriously the best, and yes I know how bad diet coke is for me... blah blah blah... I promise I don't indulge this one often) and blueberry nutrigrain bars! Go Daddy for stocking me up on that one! 

The necessities of bed rest...

My bed rest buddy

I am also extremely obsessed with instagram and the vast amounts of preggo / new mommies on there. There are some seriously cute babies on there. I'm also loving the pictures of random cravings from fellow preggos, it won't be long and I'll be on the baby side so I'm trying to enjoy every last minute of pregg-i-ness! (I totally just made that word up.... it reminds me of pigginess but since that is slightly appropriate I'm just going to go with it)

My next doctor appointment is Wednesday... or Thursday... one of those days. Hopefully little miss will be right on track and happy to stay inside until she is nice and plump! And hopefully this will be the last time I'm telling you about hospital visits for awhile! Thanks for visiting!