Week 34

How Far Along: 34 weeks

Total Weight Gain: I will get the official weight on Friday when I see the doctor again.

Gender: Girl!

Movement: All the time. Yesterday in Church she was trying to break out or something. She was moving her hand on the left side of my stomach, mom could even see, and kicking everywhere during worship. I guess she liked the song selection yesterday. She really liked moms oven fried chicken, we celebrated Scott's birthday with dad, mom, and Laura. She was in a food comatose after that, we had to take a nap!

Food Craving: Nothing this week, oh wait I wanted lettuce soup on the way to church yesterday. I always think about it when I pass Saukville Meats. It is so delicious!

Favorite moments: Getting letters for her name to hang above the crib, and teasing family members about it. But we are staying firm and not telling anyone, at least I am. Scott really wants to tell people but I am keeping him to secrecy. I am fully in maternity tops, and my rings are not fitting. I almost could not get them off when I wanted to put lotion on.

Sleep: NONE. I woke up every hour last night. I guess I did sleep Saturday night, Scott said I was snoring and he let me go because I was finally sleeping. He knows how hard it has been to catch some shut eye. Although my tossing and turning disrupts his sleep so he doesn't sleep well either. It is a no win situation.

What I am looking forward to: The two baby showers I have coming up this weekend! I am so thankful for the women who are putting it on for me! I really appreciate it!

Scott's Birthday

Scott's Birthday

 Scott and I celebrated his birthday with a little cupcake and taking Rory to agility training. I cleaned the house, which desperately needed it, and made him tacos for dinner. I didn't get him anything because his big present for graduation, Christmas and his birthday was an XBOX 360. Which he has spent every possible moment playing Skyrim and has recently added Call of Duty to his collection. He absolutely loves it!

One of Rory's runs during agility. She is getting really good at everything!

Laura's B-day

Laura is finally 20!

Since we live so close to mom and dad, we try to keep the tradition alive of getting together for people's birthdays even though not everyone can make it. The Sunday afternoon was filled with Chinese, strawberry shortcake, lots of laughs, and a puzzle. The men fell asleep watching the football game after lunch.

KC's Wedding

The Bride and I after we got our hair did

Both Scott and I had the privileged to be a part of Brandon and KC's wedding the first weekend in January. It was cold but a lot of fun, the ceremony was in Port and the reception was at Lakefront Brewery, with plenty of dancing and fun had by all. Scott got to dance with his daughter for the first time. The food was delicious, and I would recommend it to anyone getting married soon! Unfortunately this is the only picture I have of the day, boo. We are so blessed to have friends that live close by and are willing to hang out with us! 

Christmas!

Brooke

 All in all we had a quiet Christmas this year. Christmas Eve we spent it at Adam and Gina's house in Mequon with Scott's family. Very nice relaxing weekend. Christmas day we were over at Mom and Dad's house finally getting some much needed bonding time with the whole family (minus Sara, Gerardo, Katy and Elena) they were truly missed. We ate breakfast traditionally made by the boys, opened presents, watched a movie, and talked. A lot of fun! 

Caden and Brooke

The following weekend we hung out with the Feyereisen family on Saturday catching up with family, comparing my baby bump and Aunt Debbie's baby bump. Sunday we were in Oconomowoc with the Grady family. Scott went sledding, I wasn't allowed to go, took in he Packer game and ate a lot of good food. We didn't have a lot of traveling to do this year which made it more stress free and easier to enjoy!

Scott's Graduation

Scott and Program Director

 I am way behind on our lives on here. Scott graduated from his Specialist in Blood Banking program at BloodCenter of Wisconsin in December. I am so proud of him! He has put a lot of work into his studies but it has finally paid off. He is halfway done with is Masters program and just needs 18 more credits to complete the Masters program.

Rory and Scott hard at work for our first fire!

We also had our first fire that same weekend. I finally convinced Scott that we needed to have one. It didn't last very long because our wood wasn't split but we had one none the less and look forward to having more in the future!

30, 31, 32, and 33 Weeks

32 weeks

How Far Along: 33 weeks only 7 or less more to go.

Total Weight Gain: It is upwards of 25 to 30lbs now that I am reaching the last few weeks.

Gender: Girl!

Movement: She moves a lot. A lot is an understatement. She is about 4.5lbs according to our last ultrasound this last Tuesday and she has these grand movements that take my breath away and scare Scott because I gasp at the sudden movement.

Food Craving: Just sweet things every now and then. We got sour gummy worms at Aldi today because she wanted them.

Favorite moments: WE HAVE A NAME!!! It is so much fun giving hints to people and not revealing it. I found fabric for the curtains for her room, we have a cubby hole unit set up, a rug, and fan and light in one for her room. Krystin gave us clothes this weekend that baby girl can wear. She also let me borrow her maternity clothes. I also went shopping for some clothes of my own so I don't look like a homeless person at work. I actually went out and bought some real maternity pants that don't look like mom jeans. Scott even liked them! We celebrated Scott's birthday, and are slowly getting her room ready.

Sleep: I don't sleep much from around 2 or 3am till the alarm goes off at 6am. My upper back just aches around that time. So in order to get some rest at least I put on my bathrobe, prop myself up with the many pillows that I sleep with and fall back to sleep while sitting up. Once my back starts to feel better again the I lay propped up for till the alarm goes off. So all in all not so much fun in the sleeping world. Although I did nap this weekend and it was glorious!

What I am looking forward to: Getting her room all put together and my vision coming together. My wonderful family is hosting two showers for me in 2 weeks. I know they are all working really hard to make it perfect and I am so grateful for them. I feel so blessed! Having a drink to myself!