36 weeks

so, here we are...36 weeks! i'm headed to the doctor on Monday. he will start checking my progress at this appt so i'm pretty excited that these weekly appts from here on out will tell me how things are progressing. i'm apprehensive is more like it. i have 2 friends who were about a month ahead of me and they have both given birth now...that makes it SO much more real for me! crazy!!

so, here's the 36 week shot...my belly button no longer has hope of staying hidden. it's officially out.



and me again, after a friend's baby shower and a new hair cut! (and a bowling ball looking belly) yep, now i'm like all the other moms who cut their hair short with the coming of the new baby. (i swore i'd never do it, but here it is)



and still putting final touches on the nursery...will post pics sometime soon!

34 weeks!!!

the countdown continues...
i had my 34 week appt today (it's officially 34 1/2 weeks, but who's counting?!) i was counting, but NOW i'm really counting cause my old elementary/middle/high school friend who was due exactly a month before me had her baby today!!! i'm SO excited for her, SOOOO excited and can't wait to see pics of her sweet little girl!!...but man, that makes it SO much closer and real for me!! exciting...? YEP!!! scary...? YEP!!! i'm so excited though!! i go back in 2 weeks and he'll start checking my cervix then to see if/how i'm progressing! it's getting SO real!!!

10 things

10 things I LOVE/HATE about being pregnant:

i love/loved:
1. craving "real" food - i normally could go w/o meat for weeks and live off salad and sweets, but now i want all the good stuff!
2. feeling the baby move
3. gaining weight and not feeling bad about it!!
4. ultrasounds
5. naming the baby
6. getting the nursery ready
7. watching my belly grow...and grow...and grow!!! and having a little person in there! crazy!
8. strangely enough, my moods...they have actually been a little more stable than normal!!!
9. dresses - a savior in the comfy category
10. anticipation

i don't love so much:
1. feeling nauseous all day long
2. back pain
3. pregnancy insomnia
4. back pain
5. bathroom breaks every hour during the night
6. back pain
7. not being able to have an adult beverage...esp when out on a nice dinner! :(
8. back pain
9. back pain
10. back pain

Truly, i've loved being pregnant! well, now it's getting to the point where the annoying little things are adding up, but overall...it's a miracle!!

the countdown is on!!!

...well, it has been really for the last 9 months, but who's counting?! i'm getting so excited and my belly is getting bigger by the day. it's really a good thing that for whatever reason, i'm a more emotionally stable person when i'm pregnant (so far at least). people have really be thinking they can say whatever they want these days. for instance, there's this man at the gym...i'd say he's about 65. well, a few weeks ago he told me he was thinking about getting on the bikes i was riding, but decided against it b/c he'd noticed i just keep getting bigger. well, that was so clever and sweet. so, today, he comes in, walks past me on the treadmill and says "hey, Chubby, how's it going?" CHUBBY?! he called me chubby! nice...and tactful. it's a good thing i can laugh about it.