25 Days?!!??!

37 Week Summary

How am I feeling?
I'm starting to dislike being pregnant.... seriously, I'm happy I've survived this long! I'm ready to go, and now that I know that the baby is healthy weight already and everything looks okay, I wouldn't be upset if I went in to labor NOW!

How do I look? bigger and bigger every day... and my stretch marks are stretching :(

Milestones
Needing LOTS of help, and being winded at the top of the stairs!

What am I craving?
Still no cravings- I've been pretty good throughout this pregnancy!

Aversions?
Nothing really.

What do I miss?
Rolling over without having to pick up my belly, sleeping through the night!

What am I looking forward to?
Waiting for his/her arrival!

Weight gain :
+34 lbs.

Discovery of the week?
We discovered two really cool things last week:
1. Baby Fig is already over 6 1/2 lbs. (and that was an estimate from last week!) The good news is that if the baby was born right now, we would be fine and the doctor would not stop labor. The bad news is that I could easily have a 9 or 10 lb baby!

2. We saw some ultrasound pictures that shows that Baby Fig has a LOT of hair! We'll have to make sure we have hats or bows on hand because he/she will have LOTS to show off!

36 Week Ultrasound

Last week we went for another ultrasound... Baby Fig was actually sticking out his/her tongue! We also heard from the Doctor that we're going to have an above average sized baby. They were guessing that he/she weighs somewhere close to 6 1/2 lbs when we still had 5 weeks to go! Look at the pictures and movie below to see what we saw!

Hands on his/her face

Tongue sticking out!

Tongue sticking out!

A cute little face shot!

A profile shot!

Here's a video of Baby Fig sticking out his/her tongue!

Christmas and Baby Showers!

Hoping everyone had a wonderful Christmas! Things went well here. Eric and I hosted Christmas Eve dinner at our house and we went to Eric's parents' house on Christmas Day.



On Sunday, I had Baby Shower Round 3! My sister hosted my family and friends for a beautiful baby shower!

The beautiful spread!

Opening presents!

The onesies- every one decorated one for me to take home! Such a cute idea!

Things are going well here- we went to the Doctor on Monday and he told us that this baby will likely be larger than 8 or 9 lbs since it is close to 6 lbs already and we still have a month to go! He did also say that even though it's early, if I went into labor at this point, that he would not stop it... so needless to say, I went home and packed my bag right away, just in case! Knowing me and my stubborn husband, I'm sure this baby will need to be coaxed out by induction, but we'll see! Next week, I get an ultrasound, so hopefully I'll have cool pictures to post!

Time for an update....

32 Week Summary

How am I feeling?
I feel great during the day. At about 7:00 I start to peter out. I get tired and my ankles start to swell. I've increased my water intake, so I'm hoping this helps! Thank goodness it's pant weather!

How do I look? HUGE!!! (can you see my nasty stretch mark???)

Milestones
Watching my entire stomach move from left to right... and back again.

What am I craving?
Just food in general!

Aversions?
Not really!

What do I miss?
Being able to be completely independent... carrying things... walking up and down stairs without being winded... not needing to ask for help.

What am I looking forward to?
Meeting him/her for the first time! Maybe childbirth class this weekend also- only parts of it though!

Weight gain :
+29 lbs.

Discovery of the week?
Shaving is REALLY difficult when you're pregnant! I can't bend over that far to get to my legs!

58 Days?!?!?!

Are you kidding me? That can't be all. It seems so soon when you say 58 days! Time is flying by!

I will have an update soon- I promise!

Yes, I AM alive!

Who knew I would take almost a one-month blogging hiatus? Sorry for letting you down, anyway! Here are some pictures from my last ultrasound!

Baby Fig's Face

A foot!

More face shots!

Another foot!

Here's a video of the baby smiling!!!!

I feel good- but I'm getting VERY big! Starting to feel a bit uncomfortable if I'm very busy... but I guess that's to be expected. We go the Dr. again on Monday and I'll probably have another update post after that!!!

(Un)Prepared

I feel VERY unprepared about this baby. There's some kind of instinct inside that's pushing this, but I don't really know why. I know that at my 4- yes FOUR showers (one for work, one for me second job, and one for both my and my in-law's side of the family) that I will get MORE than enough stuff- but there's something that I still feel like I have to do. The thought that the only think I have in my house right now is a crib is just frightening.

I know- I've done it all, registered for the crap, even received two presents (that I haven't yet opened) and I even have the bedding already, but I still feel like I'm forgetting or skipping something. What could it be?

In other news- several of my friends are preggo- which I'm very happy about, because I know some of them have been trying for quite some time! :) Congratulations to them!

So really- what AM I missing (besides my brain of course!)