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!!