Ta-Da

Well...what do you think? I love the colors together, and I think it will look so cute when everything is put together, and we find a few things to put up on the walls.

Just call me Fred

My poor feet.

Progress...Day 2

30 week check-up

This morning was my 30 week check-up and it was great. The baby's heartbeat was bouncing between 145-150 bpm. The only thing is my iron is a little low, so on top of my prenatal vitamins, and I need to take an iron supplement. Everything with me is right on track. My weight gain is right were it should be, a nice 20 lbs.
Now that I am at 30 weeks my appointments will be every 2 weeks instead of every 4 weeks. Things are moving so fast. I can not believe this pregnancy is almost over. Just 10 weeks to go and our sweet baby girl will be here. She is moving around much more frequently and I love it.

Progress

We finally started painting the baby room. That is some bright pink, but it is so cute and it matches the bedding perfectly. The window and closet wall are going to be green. It is going to be soooooo cute, I love it. Over the weekend we were able to pick up the crib, so the sooner we get this room painted the sooner we can get the huge crib box out of my living room,and get the crib put together.

Week 29

Can we say spoiled

Our baby girl has yet to arrive, and already she is making a haul at Christmas. Lucky girl. She ended up with some very cute clothes, and a great pair of red shoes.

Baby's first Neil Diamond Concert.

The concert was great. I love Neil Diamond and so did the baby. She was all over the place. Her favorite place of course was right on top of my bladder. Almost the entire show there she was dancing around. It was a good show but I could not fully enjoy it. My back started hurting after sitting in those stadium seats, my legs were uncomfortable since there was no place for me to put them up, and of course the bladder kicking. I was constantly shifting on my seat. I am still glad I was able to go , since i do not think he will tour again. After everything it was a good evening.

Week 28

With only 12 weeks to go I am feeling pretty good. My feet are still a little swollen, my back starts hurting if I sit in one place to long, and sleep is become less and less. I the middle of the day I feel like I could crash, and when I get home at night all I want to do is sleep. The last few nights I have been so tired I crawled into bed at 8pm and had no problem falling asleep. Then 1 am rolls around and there I lie....wide awake, and the baby is awake too which does not make it any easier to fall asleep. I am sure it is only going to get worse, but it sure makes it hard for me to function at work the next day.
I really have no room to complain.This has been a really easy pregnancy, and I am grateful for that.

Sweet Words

Steve's parents sent us this sweet note. I just love it.

Finally !!!

Steve felt the baby move last night. We were sitting on the sofa watching a movie when she started dancing. It was perfect. She kicked his hand 3 times.

Week 27

The Final Stretch

Today is the official start of my 3rd Trimester. Thus far my pregnancy has been pretty easy going with no major worries

Stats:

I have been pregnant for 189 days or 27 weeks

I have 91 day to go or 13 weeks

I have gained 16 lbs

Sweets are my thing right now and they never were before

I am always warm..and if you know me I am usually always cold. I would wear sweater in the summer time if it were socially acceptable.

Tostada Wednesday at Cafe Rio is my favorite day of the work week.

A lot of the time I think I can still do the same things I did before I was pregnant like leaning over the counter to reach something on the other side, lie on my stomach, lift heavy things.

My stomach sticks out further than my chest

Things are going great and we are starting to get excited and nervous.

Tiny Dancer

Last night was crazy. I have never felt the baby move so much before. It had to have been near 2am when I work up to the baby doing all kinds of somersaults, kicks and flips. Later in the early morning she was doing it again. I had a small piece of cake with milk around 6 pm the night before, so I do not know if it was the cake or what.
It was just the craziest and the most amazing thing ever. She seems to always be moving when Steve is asleep or not in the room with me. The other night I was up in bed and Steve was in the basement. She was going crazy, so I lifted up my shirt,and my belly was dancing. Just when I went to call for Steve she stopped. I told Steve about this and he seemed a little disappointed that he did not get to feel/see her. He has every right to feel that way. I guess I will just have be at his side at all times. I am sure he will love that.
It is always so reassuring to me when I feel her move. I love it.

Kind Gesture?

Over the weekend my neighbor told me I did not look pregnant.....I just look like I have gained weight.

Not sure how to take that.

Baking Bread

My feet are so swollen today. I am wearing a pair of flats and it looks like bread baking out of my shoe .So gross. I guess it will be flip flops the rest of the day.

Making Progress

Over the weekend we were able to purchase the crib, and the matress. The baby bedding is at the house just waiting to be washed. It seems some pregress is finally being made.

Week 26

Everyday it becomes more difficult for me to get dressed in the mornings. I do not care too much for my maternity work slacks, and I can not wear jeans everyday of the week to the office. Things are only going to get more difficult.

Gain

I would say for the last 3 months I have stayed far away from my scale, and when I am weighed at the doctors I look the other direction. I do not feel like I have gained a lot, and I do not think I look like I have gained much either, such as in my face and legs. When eating I try to eat well, but on occasion I do splurge. For some reason this morning I thought it to be a good idea so get on the forbidden scale. Once I got on I started to rethink my actions. Then....I looked down and did the calculations. 14 lbs I have put on since this journey started back in June. 14 Glorious Roley Polly pounds. I know that this trend is only going to continue, but with the holidays here I hope that I can control myself a little better than I have been doing. Not only am I afraid of the weight gain itself, I am terrified about the weight I will have to lose once the baby is here. I want to be that person that gained 15 lbs during the pregnancy, but looses 20 when the baby is born. Shannon has challenged me to run a 5k with her in 2010 and I fully intend to take her up on this, and I am sure she will not me get away with not doing the 5k at all.

So here is to my 14 lbs and let hope I can stay under an additional 10lbs in the coming months.

Week 26 Check-up

This morning I have my 26 week check-up and everything looked great. She had a heart rate of 135 bpm, and we both look to be right on course. I also had to do my Glucose test. The drink was not that bad, it was having nothing to eat all morning, and the only thing in my stomach was 10oz of a sugar drink. The baby loved it, she was all over the place. I have no doubts that my glucose test will come back normal.

This last month has been a very easy one. No complaints. Fatigue when I over exert myself, but that is normal. My tune will change when the baby starts getting bigger,and her feet end up wedged underneath my ribcage.

Steve and I have been busy planning the room. We have agreed on the crib,and dresser set, bedding, wall color. He seems to be getting a little more excited, now that I am starting to show more, and starting to look pregnant. The other day we were in his favorite store....Costco, and there was a little girl about 3 riding on the little rocking house we have out the house. He got a smile on his face, and turns to me and smiled because the little girl had red hair. It was sweet. She is going to be daddies little girl.