Wednesday, April 22, 2009

10 Weeks to go and feeling good!!

Holy cow!! Only 10 weeks left!! Already feeling huge!


Last weekend was pretty busy. We loaded up some firewood from a friend of Justin's house. I only carried two pieces at a time, promise!! Things Justin makes me do when 7 months pregnant! (cell phone pictures)



We also got to visit with one of Justin's uncles down from Indiana, as well as the rest of the family. So that was a lot of fun. Got to see all the family kiddies for the second time in 2 weeks, which was great because I hadn't seen them since Christmas! I got some semi-homemade maternity skirts from my mother. Thank goodness she can sew! My $2.88 skirts will be great when I'm melting later this month from the yucky GA heat.

My favorite show to watch at night these days is the "Dancing with Baby Y" show!! He seems so active in the evenings (maybe that is because I am more relaxed and have more time to pay attention). It is super fun to watch my belly move around while he busts a move inside. I really think I am going to miss it when he arrives!! It is like a secret code we have. Thankfully Justin gets to feel him move and see him move also. Last night he got a kick in the mouth for talking loudly to my stomach! I think that Baby Y has also been trying out for the circus with all the acrobatics he has been doing when I'm falling asleep!

30 Weeks belly shots!! Still working that wonky belly shape! Yes, those are one of my 2 pairs of maternity pants. Still holding onto the rest of my regular pants for now though!


Tried to put on one of my shoes while standing on one leg last weekend and pulled something so that has been hindering me this week (probably didn't help when I walked on the treadmill on Monday). After sitting for a while my hip/back area aches a little now, so I definitely have the pregnancy waddle when I first get up this week. I'm hoping some of that might go away when my pulled muscle feels better. Justin says the waddle is here to stay. :-) I think this pregancy thing really is contagious because I have 2 co-workers in my office and 2 regional co-workers who are all pregnant too! Copy cats!

Got our first gift for Baby Y from a non-family member yesterday. It was a super cute farm themed play mat thingy from Kerri and Todd. I already took it out, put it together, played with it and put it back in the storage bag. :-) Just a little excited imagining Baby Y playing on it! I'm hoping to pick up his crib from my friend Kim who is giving us her crib on Monday after my next doctor's appointment. Now, if we could just make room in the hall bedroom to put up the crib. :-) I'm off all day Monday 4/27 for Confederate Memorial Day! Have you ever heard of such a thing?! It is my favorite totally insane and unnecessary holiday, especially since it means a day off!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

Thursday, April 9, 2009

28 weeks!!

Wow! Only 84 days to go!! I'm up 6 lbs total and got some good kudos from my doctor since apparently I will start gaining rapidly in the coming months and will really get huge. No gestational diabetes for me! And the lemon lime glucose drink was actually not as bad as I thought it would be. I am a smidgen anemic, so have to increase the iron, but other than that, all is well with Baby Y! He sure is a mover and a shaker! I really think he must be rearranging furniture in there because he is constantly on the go! He is most active on the right side, which is interesting. I went to a breast feeding class on Tuesday, which was great and very informative. Hopefully all will go well in that area but I was totally at a loss before the class so I'm glad I went!

Celebrated my birthday last weekend! Thanks for all the sweet cards and emails! Nice low key day (minus the communication snafu with my mother for meeting up for lunch!) and yummy homemade cake I got to take home from my mom.

Snowed again this week but back up to 73 degrees again today and the pollen is back to get us all. Everything is coated with the green/yellow tint of spring in Georgia. :-)

Here are the 28 week belly shots! One covered and one uncovered!


Still wearing my regular pants but I am cheating and using the rubber band extention trick I learned from my friend, Meaghan. I am still looking a little lopsized in the belly area, no good round belly for me yet but I blame that on Baby Y and his furniture arrangements.

Hope everyone has a Happy Easter!