Week 38

How Far Along: 38 weeks

Total Weight Gain: Somewhere around 30+ lbs. or so.

Gender: Girl!

Movement: ALL. THE. TIME. She is constantly moving and reminding me that she is still there and running out of room FAST. She has been more active these past few weeks than I can ever remember. She gets the hiccups at least twice a day. You can see my belly move when she has the hiccups, on my left side I can feel limbs of some sort poking out, and I can feel her but on my right side when she moves. This is the craziest thing in the world, so weird.

Food Craving: Sweets. Since the showers in February I have consumed at least 3.5 boxes of thin mints just to myself. I know I should be ashamed but they are sooo good and I cannot say no to them. The bad thing is, I would have done the same thing even if I wasn't pregnant...

Favorite moments: The nursery is DONE! Scott hung up the light we got for her room, with wiring help from dad. I painted the letters for her name and hung them up. I did the final shopping trip to get some little things that we still needed. The sheet is on the crib, changing cover on the changing pad, diapers and wipes stocked, clothes are washed, car seat installed, my bag is packed (along with her stuff), Scott still needs to pack his but that is a little easier than mine, diaper bag is almost stuffed with things. The only thing left to do is hang the curtains aunt Theresa made. I will get pictures up when she arrives because her name is up.

Sleep: Very sporadic. I have to consciously make myself go to the bathroom in the middle of the night so I can move in the morning. I toss and turn every two hours or so, either because I am too warm or my hips are hurting because of the pressure on them. I figured out how to get rid of the back pain while sleeping so it is a but night besides the tossing and turning.

What I am looking forward to: Meeting our sweet precious girl. Scott holding her for the first time. I am a little nervous for the labor and delivery but I try not to think about it, because I am almost to the point of wanting her out of me because I am so uncomfortable. It is starting to be very tiring to do everything here at work. I want to take a nap all the time.

Grandma B Birthday

She turned 89 on the 22nd.

We headed up to Sheboygan on Sunday to celebrate Grandma B's birthday. Kevin and I beat Scott and his aunt Linda in cribbage, and ate some delicious food. It was a great time to get out of the house and socialize with family.

SNOW!!!

Our shed

 With all the beauty around us I had to have some fun and snap some pictures!

Pregnant snow-woman and Rory

Who says you can't have fun while being huge! I was very inspired this last Sunday when it was absolutely beautiful outside. I had to do something while playing Frisbee with Rory. I will have to get more snow pictures from this last snow. We got around 9-12 inches. It comes up to Rory's chest and she is loving it. Scott is not loving it so much because it is heavy and very hard to shovel. But he is being a trooper and keeping it at bay for now. Anyone have a snow blower they know for sale?

Baby Party

Seeing who could drink a bottle of beer the fastest

 The following weekend we went down to the Chicago area to spend some time with Eric, Carol, Caden, and Ethan before we headed to a baby party for Scott's cousin Josh and his wife. They are due in May with a baby girl as well. We spent Saturday in out pajamas until noon and then off to the party.

Corinne and I

After some good times playing games we went off to the casino to have a little fun! We ended up leaving soon after we arrived because the betting limits on the black jack tables were way too high for us. We drove the whole way back home late and night to have a nice relaxing day Sunday. Laura was watching Rory so we lounged around before heading out to do some errands. It was a nice relaxing weekend before Baby Girl comes.

Baby Showers

Nancy, Me, and Gina

Grandma B and I

The first weekend in February my family threw me a baby shower on Saturday and Gina and Nancy threw me a baby shower on Sunday. It was a very busy weekend with the two showers and then having friends over for the Super Bowl. At the showers the guests decorated onesies for her monthly pictures when she decides to show her beautiful face! It was great fun spending time with both sides of the family and comparing notes and getting tips from everyone. Baby Girl is very blessed by the loving families she is being brought into. Thank you to all who blessed her with gifts. She is going to be one stylish little girl!

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!