32 Weeks

Ok so I'm behind again, as of Sunday I am 32 weeks preggers!!!  Finally 8 months and the countdown is on as far as I'm concerned!  Its been a pretty hectic 2 weeks......last Sunday when I was 31 weeks I had my baby shower (which is why I forgot all about posting that day) and  boy was it hot outside.  Despite the heat it was a perfect morning brunch spent with good food, friends, and family :)  Baby Kong already has a closet full of clothes and he's not even here yet!!  Not to mention everything that needs to get folded and put into the dresser.  Nursery is getting closer to being done, Johnny finished the hardwood flooring in the closet area, put up the trim, and I found an area rug that is perfect for the room.  Picked up the rocker from mom and dad's and the dresser from grandma's.....we have decided to use pieces of furniture that have been in the family for the baby's furniture.  The rocker was given to my mom from my grandparent's when they found out that she was pregnant with me, I have many fond memories of that rocker growing up.  The dresser that was my mother's as a child growing up will be the dresser/changing table for the baby.  I just love that these pieces have sentimental value and are able to be passed down like this.  I wouldn't have it any other way.
So things that have gotten worse....HEARTBURN......not fun!  I finally broke down today and bought some tums on my way home from work.  I hate taking them mostly because of the chalky texture but chugging milk every night and attempting to sleep upright was not doing it for me anymore.  Also interestingly enough while I was looking at all of the different flavors of tums at the store I somehow managed to pinch a nerve in between my shoulder blades!!!  You've got to be kidding me, right???!!!  So now I've got this pain right in my upper back that hinders me from moving in certain directions (work should be so much fun tomorrow) and Johnny somehow seems to think that laying next to me while massaging (and not even looking at what he's massaging) is just as efficient.....hmmmmm.  No wonder I got a gift certificate to a spa for massages from him for my shower.....he HATES giving massages, always complains his fingers hurt  hehe.
The weather all last week and so far this week as well has been really hot and I'm now understanding what women mean when they say having a summer baby is tough because the heat affects you that much more when you're pregnant.  I feel disgusting all day long and so uncomfortable when I'm hot.  Today was so humid which makes it even worse.  At one point I went upstairs to my brother's office and just sat in front of his window AC until I was cool enough to go back into the kitchen, it felt SO good!
Baby is moving around like crazy, I'm convinced he doesn't sleep.  I can tell he's running out of space in there because I'm starting to feel movement in the same places over and over.  Apparently he is approximately 19 inches long this week, so really only a couple more to go.  About 4lbs or a little over in weight.  According to my baby books, he is just fattening up at this point, his skin is no longer translucent and actually looks like ours now.  I wonder if he'll suck his thumb, I guess he's been able to suck now for a little while.  My brother sucked his thumb for the longest time and boy was that a hard habit for my parent's to break!
Oh one other thing, Johnny and I had a wedding to go to over the weekend and all I can say is that weddings are NO FUN when pregnant!  I basically sat at a table by myself all night while Johnny was off having a good time.  Oh but I did have a girl talking my face off about having a baby and everything I should expect for a good portion of the night............JOY!!!!

I don't have a ton of pictures from my baby shower, if you can believe it we forgot to pose for pictures!!!  I'm so mad at myself for that.  So I've posted some of what I do have.
My pic of the week:






32 Weeks in nursery which is not yet complete

How many weeks?  32,    19 inches long or longer
Baby is the size of : Over 4lbs in weight
How am I feeling:  My back hurts now and my hip joints are sore at times still, I've not pulled a muscle or pinched a nerve in my upper back right between my shoulder blades (don't even ask me how this happens!!)  Also battling heartburn....yuk!!
Can't eat: starting to realize what gives me heartburn now, no spicy things :(
Energy level: definitely Energy level is surprisingly high I have to say, I think I'm doing pretty well
Maternity Clothes?  Wishing I had some maternity shorts but refuse to go buy anything else at this point, I'm like a month and a half away so it seems pointless to buy more maternity clothes right now.
Movement: Tons of movement but its starting to seem to be in the same general areas which is s sure sign that little man is running out of room inside my tummy :)
Looking forward to:  having the nursery complete and ready my baby Kong's arrival, hopefully will finish up this weekend.

Some more random picks from last weekend when family was in town for my shower:

 Putting together a diaper cake

 Celebrating Elin's 2nd birthday

 Goodies at my shower

Chocolate Mustaches!!!  A sure sign a little man is on his way :)

My 31 week bump at my baby shower, I'm with my cousin Justine who is also pregnant, I'm 3 months ahead of her I think.

30 Weeks

Mother's Day and I was 30 weeks!!!!  I took pics but didn't get a chance to post on Sunday so I'm finally getting around to doing it tonight.  We had our first BBQ at the new house on Sunday and I would say it was a success, too much food of course bu nothing wrong with that!
Big week this week.....my baby shower is Sunday and LOTS to do to get ready.  Along with everything there is still so many things to do to get ready for company this weekend.  Johnny has been working so hard to get the house ready for family coming into town.
Baby is ridiculously active these days, and I have to say its really fun.  My favorite part of the day is when I get into bed at night, watch TV or go on the computer, and little guy is the most active.  He rolls all over in my belly and I can watch it happen.  Lately he's been favoring my right side more and more so my stomach will totally shift and there is a hard bump where either head or bum is pushing out.  Its so neat to experience.  Then maybe a foot or fist or possibly elbow jabs me on the side and can feel the hard little bump pushing on me.  I just love it.  Although it only makes me more anxious to meet him and just wish July would get here already!!  Every time Johnny tries to feel it the baby stops moving, its so weird, like he is playing games or something.
So here is this week's pics:

How many weeks?  30,    17 inches long or longer
Baby is the size of : Over 3lbs in weight
How am I feeling:  My back hurts now and my hip joints are sore at times. Other than that I am feeling pretty good I think
Can't eat: nothing new i guess
Energy level: definitely I'd say its been pretty good considering the circumstances.  Some days I'm much more tired than others, today I was really good
Maternity Clothes? I refuse to buy anything more maternity other than nursing bras!  So I bought some tanks that were a size up which seem to fit because they are a baggy fit anyway, plus I figure I can probably still wear them post pregnancy.
Movement:  LOTS of moving around, rolling and shifting from side to side, and a little foot or fist or something of the sort keeps jabbing me on my side, pretty cool actually
Looking forward to:  This weekend!!! My baby shower :-)


Here are some pics of Johnny and my  Dad power washing and putting new shutters on the house on Mother's Day.......

This was pretty entertaining to watch from down below because Johnny is afraid of heights so it took him a while to get up there...hehe

29 Weeks

OK so I know I've been slacking on the blog lately but for good reason.....we finally moved into our new home!!  We've been in it for about a week now and I didn't have internet for a few days...hence my skipping a week.  Sooooo had my glucose test this past week, this is where they test for gestational diabetes.  Since I haven't heard anything from either doctor or lab I'm going to assume no news is good news :)  I had to not eat anything sweet or with sugar the night before and especially the morning of.  At the lab they gave me a bottle of what looked and tasted like really sweet orange soda which I had to chug and then sit for an hour in the waiting room only to have them then take 2 tubes of blood from my arm...YUCK!   Have I ever mentioned I HATE giving blood, surprisingly I didn't pass out.  I did however end up with 2 large bruises on my arm for whatever reason....hmmm...oh well I'm just glad I didn't fail and have to go back for the 3 hour test!!!
In other news, Johnny and I are finally able to work on the baby's room...super exciting!  We painted the room over the weekend and my dad is coming over to put hardwood floors down tomorrow.  By the way he put them in our family room over the weekend and they look FABULOUS!!!  Can't wait for every other room to have them as well.......in due time of course :)
My baby shower is in just 2 weeks and sooooo much to do before then.  Johnny has been really good about diligently working after work trying to get things done......Thanks Babe!
As far as changes go baby Kong is not just kicking me anymore, he is now elbowing and kneeing me!  He even woke me up in the middle of the night a few nights ago with a huge jab with some appendage scraping my stomach.  You can totally watch my stomach making waves as he moves around.  Today at Scripts my dad and I were watching him move from one side of my belly to the other, I never get sick of watching this happen.  Even though I'm not one of those women that love being pregnant I do think I will miss those little moments when I feel like he's saying "hi mom" with all of his squirming around.   

So here is this weeks pic......not a very good one though, Johnny was NOT in the mood to be taking pics so I'm stuck with this one. 

Here are a couple of Daddy putting the crib together because he is too excited to wait.......we then had to take it apart again when it came time to paint and do the floors :(  Oh well it was neat to see it put together

In the above pic you can see what the room looked like before we made it our weekend project.....I hate the clouds but Johnny likes them so we compromised and left one wall where the crib will go and painted everything else.  I'll post "after pics" when its all finished

How many weeks?  29,   about 17 inches long
Baby is the size of : About 3lbs in weight
How am I feeling:  My back hurts now and my hip joints are sore at times.  I've seemed to have pulled a muscle in one side of my butt........literally everything they say is going to happen during pregnancy  HAPPENS!
Can't eat: nothing really other than the usual stuff you have to avoid if you're prego.  I'm actually not as hungry as I have been up until now since my little bugger is getting so much bigger
Energy level: definitely tired in afternoon and exhausted by bedtime
Maternity Clothes? Yes but I can still fit into some of my tops that I have which I squeeze myself into every chance I get!!  oh and leggings, those still fit. I've also been buying just medium or large size tops which seem to be working as well, maternity sections at stores are often picked over and this way I figure I can still wear post pregnancy.
Movement:  kicking is now jabbing elbows and knees.
Looking forward to:  getting the nursery done and really getting settled into the house.  Oh and my shower and family coming into town!!