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Week 29

Another week come and gone.  Baby and I had our monthly check-up this week, and everything seems to be going just fine.  Baby’s heartbeat was nice and strong, which didn’t surprise me considering how active he often is.  According to my books, he should weigh over 2 lbs right now, and will start gaining 1/2 a pound a week.  Considering how big I already feel, it’ll be interesting to see just how much bigger this belly gets. :p

 

And this would be after Josh told me my belly looked like a giant boob because of how my belly button sticks out…

Despite the cold, we decided to get some errands done yesterday, which included going to Snuffy’s Malt Shop for lunch (Mmmm… malts), and then off to Babies R Us to order a chair for the nursery.  We got a pretty good deal on a glider with ottoman and while it’s not the most comfortable model they had, we already decided we weren’t spending $300-$500 on a rocking chair.  Sure, we may change our minds later if we end up spending a lot of time in it, but for now… I think it’ll work out just fine, and this particular chair doesn’t take up as much room, which is also nice considering the nursery is a little small.  Otherwise, we bought some baby clothes (yay clearance!) and then went home and had a nice dinner for two.  With my growing girth, it’s too hard to eat anywhere but at the dinner table or counter, and it’s actually been nice not eating in front of the TV or computer and sitting down with my husband – we may just make it a regular thing. Ha ha.

 

I also have the best husband, who picked up Lady and the Tramp for me, which I haven’t seen in years, and we watched that last night.  I’m definitely having a much harder time staying up very late, though.  It hits 9:00 and I seem to just wear out – I’m afraid the recliners might be too comfy for movie watching anymore. :p

I was, however, thankfully able to sleep in a bit today and we did our Sunday morning breakfast – biscuits and gravy today with thick deli-cut bacon.  It’s getting kind of sad that I think about food so often to the point where my eyes glaze over thinking about all the yummy things I want to make and devour. Ah well, I guess I’m really just lucky I haven’t gained more weight than I already have!

On that note, time to decide what to do with the rest of the day… perhaps a combination of being productive and relaxing as I still have a lot of organizing and purging I need/want to do.  I also want to spend some time with my husband and his week ended on a bit of a sad note with the passing of his uncle, which was very sudden and unexpected.  I didn’t have the opportunity to know him very well, but he was kind and had a great love of music – he was the DJ at our wedding actually, and we couldn’t have asked for a better one.

Week 28

It’s been a decent week over all – no changes to report on the baby front, though, the nursery walls are now patched and ready for decorating thanks to Josh tackling a bunch of projects this week. Aside from being a little achy, I’m feeling good, and realized that after this next week’s appointment, I’ll be entering that stage where I have to go in every other week for check-ups. The big day is definitely drawing closer now that I guess I’ve officially entered the third trimester!

 

In other events, not much is new.  This winter has been odd, but I admit it’s nice that while it’s still cold, it’s not so cold that Josh can’t grill up dinner. 😉

This meant the cats wanted out of course, but they didn’t want the cold, so Josh carried a huffy Uzi back inside after a few minutes.  I’ve never known a cat to actually huff at you when he’s irritated, but this one certainly does. I think they were placated later, though.

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Our cats spoiled? Never!

Sadly enough, not much else has been going on. I think things will start to get busier, though, as we get further along and prepare for the Wonton’s arrival. This month isn’t too busy so far, but that can always change. Depending on the weather, I think we’re going to go do some exploring next weekend to get out of the house, and I have a couple of decent coupons to use on baby stuff, so we may see about using those before they expire.  And now I see it’s almost time for the big game to commence, so that means it’s time for leftover homemade mac n’ cheese!  Probably better than my Friday night dinner, but despite the pain, I’ve got to have pizza every once in a while.

Week 27

How can it really be the end of January?  Only 3 months to go until the Wonton makes his grand appearance and overall things are going well. I’m definitely starting to feel extra aches and pains, though, but thankfully found a good chiropractor this past week.  In the meantime, I guess I should be better about my stretching and exercising. 😉  We’ve almost got all of the “big” things taken care – we know where we’re having the baby, and we found a daycare we like, so now I guess the next thing to do is find a pediatrician we like as well and make a couple of decisions regarding other things.  All in all, things are going well, though. Uzi cat is becoming more jealous of his unborn nemesis, however, so it’s going to be interesting to see how the cats adjust when baby arrives.

 

Otherwise, I’ve been on a baking/cooking spree and made yummy chicken corn chowder yesterday with cornbread and now that we’re running low on cookies, I need to decide what tasty delicious treat to bake up next. I’ve never done a red velvet cake by hand, but cheesecake sounds kind of awesome as well. There is also the problem that if we end up eating it all by ourselves we’re going to end up with an extra 20 pounds that we don’t need. Ha ha.

   

Week 26

It’s been a pretty productive week, and Baby Boy is super active – it literally feels like he’s bouncing off the walls. He woke Josh up because Josh had fallen asleep with his hand on my belly and the Wonton had decided it was time to test out his ninja skills.

The belly is definitely growing, and I’ve been asked several times if I’m having twins or when my due date is because “it must be any day now.”  While it doesn’t do a lot for the ‘ole self-esteem, I don’t care – I’m not measuring larger than I should be, and I feel perfectly comfortable with my new form.  Besides, if I was too much smaller, Baby Boy might run out for room for his acrobatics. 😉

 

For fun – this is me at 20 weeks wearing the same outfit. :p

In other events, we’ve been busy getting things ready for the baby, like putting together a stroller, which Uzi immediately discovered offers the perfect spot for stowaways.

And today we put together a dresser, the crib, and changing table so that we’ll plenty of room to store everything (and then some). We were laughing because the baby has nicer bedroom furniture than we do now, which is good because hopefully it’ll last a long time.

We still have a lot to organize and do, but I feel very good that the nursery is finally beginning to look like a nursery.

Week 25

This week has been a bit more busy than usual, but we found a midwife group that we really like and are making the switch, so we’ll be having a hospital birth, but with the midwife/natural birth experience that we wanted.  We also had our first daycare interview today, and like the woman a lot, but are up against two other couples, so we’ll need to interview some centers as well as in-home openings for infants are few and far between it would seem.  As for the Wonton – he is doing great – very active still, which is a lot of fun. I can’t help but smile when I feel those big kicks/punches or actually see my belly bounce around.  While I’m not tired of being pregnant yet, I admit that I’m definitely starting to feel it more – a bit achy and doing simple things like tying my own shoes has become more of a pain.  I’m hoping the yoga will keep me more limber (once I do it more regularly). :p