Baby and I miss you, David!

My long weekend with my hubby flew by. It was extremely hard to say goodbye to him even though we have plenty of experience with being long distance - though not nearly this long of a distance. Being pregnant, I'm naturally more emotional, but also I just love seeing David interact with our little boy that is growing in my belly. The plan is for David to be back here in a little over a month which is much better than the two months that it had been since I had seen him this time. In those two months, my belly grew a ton so it was fun to see David's face when he first saw my belly (and when my belly got in the way of a hug :p). While he was here we discussed names for our little guy and I think we may have picked one, but it won't be for sure (and thus announced) until he's born.

I had a routine appointment today which was pretty uneventful (not complaining at all). My measurement is still slightly ahead and I've gained about 30 pounds so far and with 8 weeks to go, who knows how much I'll end up weighing when I give birth. Our little guy's heartbeat was much slower today at 140 which makes me feel better as I was a bit worried his heartrate wouldn't go down. Maybe David's visit helped me and the baby calm down as we were both happier with him here or maybe it's just a coincidence.. who knows.

I think that's all for now, I'll post another belly photo this weekend or early next week.

Under 2 months!

With yesterday being 10/22, I am now less than two months from my due date!

Although I have limited time with my husband, I thought I should at least write a short blog post. Once he leaves again ( :'( ) I will write a longer one.  Baby and I have been enjoying our time with him and he's been getting to feel our little boy kicking and moving around a lot which is quite exciting for him. The last time he was with us, baby was definitely not as easy to feel and wasn't moving nearly as often.

This Wednesday I have a routine check-up, but with David leaving on Tuesday morning, he won't be able to come along. I really wish David could have gotten to go to an ultrasound appointment with me, but even I won't get another one of those unless my measurement gets off or something isn't seeming quite right to the doctor.

Now I'm going to go spend more time with my husband, but here are a couple belly photos!

31 weeks 3 days

31 weeks 3 days with my family (minus Bandit)

Only 10 weeks to go!

This past week has been full of progress for the nursery! After spending several days removing a wallpaper border from the nursery (thanks, mom), my parents were able to get the room painted. Once the room was painted, I put together the crib and shelving unit which really helped to make the room look more complete. Today, the crib mattress arrived so I threw the crib bumper on and had my mom take my belly photo in the nursery!

Today I also had a doctor's appointment for another routine check-up. Since my last visit 12 days ago, I've gained 5 pounds, bringing my total weight gain up to about 28 pounds. Strangely, I haven't had any real swelling or weight gain in my face or feet or anything so who knows where all these pounds are going. I'm wishing they'd order another ultrasound just so I can find out how much this little boy is estimated to be weighing. Baby's heartrate was at 165 today and he was, as usual, extremely active during the visit. My belly is measuring at 31, so about a week ahead of schedule still. Other than that, the visit was mostly just chatting with the doctor about what I'm feeling and any questions I have, etc. Back to the doctor in two weeks..

Over this past weekend, our neighborhood had a garage sale that happened to feature one house where it was said that they would have "enough clothes for ten boys (Newborn - 18mo)." Sure enough, they had lots of clothes and we walked out of that garage with quite a few clothes, bibs, etc. for practically nothing.. $4 to be exact. Oh how I love garage sales! We've also been to a couple of consignment sales and such where we've picked up a few random baby items. I have officially cut myself off on buying clothes for the baby (except for exceptionally cute and cheap finds), knowing that I'd just keep buying until this little guy gets here. Baby clothes are just too adorable..

David will be here in less than 10 days for a short little trip (a HUGE thank you to Remedy for making this trip possible) and I'll be sure to make him get in on a belly photo! For this week, these pictures will have to do..

29 weeks 6 days

29 weeks 6 days

Hello third trimester!

At 28 weeks and 4 days, I am officially in the third trimester! Yay! Last Friday I had a doctor's appointment that went pretty well. Baby's heartrate, at 170, was slightly high, though they didn't say anything about it so they must not be worried. He was active at the time which raises his heartrate naturally and I also had the glucola test prior to the nurse checking his heartrate, so those may be why they didn't even mention that it was slightly high. Hopefully it will be lower next Wednesday when I have my next appointment. My blood sugar came back fine (phew!), but the test showed that I am slightly anemic, so more iron supplements for me! I was measured to be 29cm which is about right for how far along I am (at this point it's usually 1 to 1).

Today my maternity clothes finally returned from their month and a half long trip to Finland! It took them about two weeks to get to me after they finally shipped them back to the states, but I'm just happy to have them. Along with that package, I got some of the things I bought on eBay for baby. I've been on quite the eBay kick lately - so far I've gotten some extremely cheap onesies, swaddle blankets, and even Packers gear for our little Packer fan!! The deals you can find on eBay are absolutely amazing, so I highly recommend it to any parent.

Baby shower invitations went out this past weekend, so they should be arriving soon! If you've been to a baby shower where you've played a fun game or done something that you really enjoyed, please share your ideas. For those interested in the baby registry, I will put the link at the bottom of this post.

Less than 12 weeks until this little boy is due to arrive in this world and we couldn't be more excited!

http://www.amazon.com/registry/baby/2YVCPLR4ZNALL