Pregnancy Update

Time for a baby bump update! Notice the lack of a picture- that was done on purpose. I am huge, that's all I'll say. And I haven't gotten up enough courage to see what I look like in a picture. Maybe at a later date I will expose the belly pics....but not today.

The biggest piece of new I have is not GOOD news per say, but it's news none-the-less. My dotcors have moved my date BACK to November 21st instead of November 10th. They said that she was measuring small for the original date, so they now expect me to have a Thanksgiving baby. I'll admit that I wasn't happy at this news. I don't want to be pregnant LONGER. I want her here now, thanks! But she will come when she wants to come, and many of my friends are proving that fact since everyone i know is having their baby before me!!!!! But I refuse to compain.....




Ok, so here are a few tid bits about my third trimester.

1. I have to apoligize to many people for my lack of correspondence latley. This trimester has officially made pregnancy no fun. I went back to full time at work, and by the time I get home I am in so much pain that I usually take my dinner to my bedroom, eat, and go to "sleep". Sleep is a relative term these days since I get little to none of it. I'm so uncomfortable ALL the time. I went to the doctor a couple weeks ago, and he was concerned about how much pain i was in, and suggested to cut back on my hours at work- that I was giving no time for my body to recoop from the strain of work. And for those of you who may not know what I do, I work with 12-24 month old's for about 9 hours a day- that means picking them up all the time to either change them, soothe them, or whatever the case may be. I'm also picking up after them all day, which means I'm constantly bending over. It's painful. But work is not paying for my maternity leave, so i have to work as long as I can so I have enough money to pay bills. So for all of you who have called to check up on me and I haven't called you back, I sincerely apoligize. Just bare with me these next few weeks....

2. I finally got the baby furniture! Her room is FAR from being done, and the nesting mommy in me is going bonkers because of it. So on my day off this week I went to babies r us, and ordered a crib, a changing table, and a armore (i think that is how you spell it) for her. It's a beautiful dark cherry wood that goes so well with the quilt my mom made her. I'm so excited to put it together and have the room all set for her arrival.

3. I've offically gained 30 pounds now. Can't complain about that at all. If I go full term then I'm guessing it will be more toward 35 when all is said and done. As much as you know that it's all a part of pregnancy, it's hard to see that number rise higher and higher when you step on the scale week after week.

4. Ah, the dreaded words......Stretch marks. They have appeared on my once spotless belly, and I am trying my hardest to make them go away. They are are on the very underside of my belly, so i didn't notice them until recently. They are small, but still there. Grrr... Cocoa Butter is my best friend now, and I'm hoping it will do the trick. Everyone keep their fingers crossed.

5. My waddle is offically OUT OF CONTROL. I actually have people come up to me in the grocrey store telling me that I am in labor because my walk is so ridiculous. And like I said, I am in pain a lot, so I'm sure the looks on my face don't help. There are women who try to put me the carts that you drive around because they don't think it's safe for me to be walking on my own. It's annoying and funny at the same time.

6. My poor poor husband. I really don't want him to have to move into the guest bedroom at night, but I keep him up all night with my tossing, turning, moaning, groaning, peeing, and cramping episodes that he is a walking zombie during the day. I've just been really selfish with having him in the room with me in case anything goes wrong. So now we've put an air mattress on the floor so he's still only a few feet away instead of a room away. He's still not sleeping to well because I still make so much noise. I'm gonna have to suck it up sooner or later and let him reside in the guest room. Grr.

7. I'm tired of going to the doctors. I am now going for weekly check-ups, but on top of that we have tours of the hospital, epidural consultations, and all that jazz, so i feel like we have baby appointments every day. And to make it all even more fun, the check ups have become more.... intimate... so I don't look forward to them at all. Before all they did was check my weight and blood pressure, make me pee in a cup, and check her heartbeat. I still have to do all that, but.... i'll save the details since i know people of the male gender read this. to sum it up, it's no fun.


that's about all the details I can think of right now. If God shines his mercy on me and lets me have this baby soon, this very well may be my last update. I just cannot wait for her to be here, and for her to meet all of u!

Oh, and the baby name thing....

here are my hints:
1. Three syllables
2. Not biblical
3. A word name (like grace)
4.Not a uni-sex name


So far I've had one freind guess it, but she doesn't know she is right. Leave your guesses, and we'll see if I reveal it...

A Summer of Pictures

So I've been going through a lot of my pictures from this past year, trying to choose some of my favorites for my new website that will be going up in the next month or so, and thought it would be fun to show you some of them. Some pictures I've already posted, and some I haven't. So I hope you enjoy all of them. The pictures are of:

1. Bethany and Aarom
2. Rob and Jesse
3. Matt and Meg
4. Matt and Beth
5. Rachel's senior pics
6. Nate and Kaila

Enjoy!