30 Weeks: My First Mother’s Day!

A lot of great things happened this week!

• 30 week appointment + 3D ultrasound
• We got our new living room furniture
• Mother’s Day!
• We joined Circlewood Baptist Church – our first time joining a church together.

First, our appointment!

This ultrasound was kind-of a do-over from last time.  We got one good pic (above), then LB turned his back to us!  He must be shy like his Mama.  Look at that pretty boy!  Again, he was measuring perfect – just exactly like all the apps say he should be.  This time it was 3 lbs, 4 oz!  My belly is also measuring perfectly at 30 cm.  I can believe how big the little fella is getting!  Growing so fast!

Nursery progress – added some curtains and some little shelves (?) from Tuesday morning that we stacked on top of each other.  It is coming together – I’m really ready to have it all finished!

Mother’s Day was great, thanks to Brent.  We joined our church (they played Rocky top on the piano!) and I got my first Mother’s Day gift!

The church is wonderful & the people are SO NICE….even though we did get quite a few “Roll Tides” when they came through & shook our hands.  Also, I thought the outfit above looked better than it did! As soon as we got in the car after church I had to take that belt off….oh my goodness.  I could barely breathe.  After church we went to Target & I had to size up!

And of course: belly pics! Getting bigger & bigger! I feel SO GOOD!  I cannot believe how great I feel! Funny story: First, most people have been SO NICE to me while pregnant – very encouraging, telling me that I am looking good, telling me I don’t look that big, basically just saying what I want to hear (enablers!). I know not to take these comments to heart because people are just trying to be nice.  However, I did get a truly ambiguous comment at CVS.  A black man saw me walking by, stopped, looked me up & down, & said a curse word just loud enough for me to hear.  I have NO IDEA what it meant!  (I’m really not THAT big, am I?) Don’t really care – we laughed about it all day long!

And another childbirth class!!  This time we took a tour and learned how to breath to help the pain!  It was a good class – I am so excited!  And I was by far getting around much better than the other girls in my class!  Ha ha – I hope none of them find the blog, but seriously – some of them were acting really uncomfortable – and we are almost all due within 2 weeks of each other.

Me & my labor coach!!!  It’s going to be great!

Weeks 29 Update: Hanging Out

Really not much to update for this week! We had some really bad weather, requiring us to take cover in the neighbor’s basement.  Thankfully we didn’t get anything besides some flooding, but it was still scary.  Other highlights include:

• Watching the bump get bigger & bigger!  I love letting my belly “hang out” - we just sit & watch the baby move.  I LOVE it – the highlight of my day!  Brent can see & feel it also!  It’s so big!  I guess my belly button is not going to pop out, although it is pretty shallow!
• Reading – I’ve been going through lots and lots of books
• Working on the house/nursery
• Eating at Jalepenos, a new Mexican restaurant near the house –> so good!
• Sunday school party
• Hanging out with the pugs!
• Exercise – going to the gym 2x per week + walking at home with the dogs

I don’t have too many pictures for this week, mostly just of me.

Week 25–26 Nursery & Surgery

Working on the nursery!  Here is a preview:

And some bump pics!  I keep getting bigger & bigger!  For the past few weeks I have been so hungry.  Favorite foods include Pop Tarts & chicken fingers.  I feel like I could eat all day long!  It is funny to compare back to pictures from earlier in the pregnancy…I thought I was “showing” in that picture with the pink shirt…hahaha!  Many people have commented that I am “carrying high.” I can’t tell….to me it looks like my whole belly is just huge.  I thought it would be rounder!  In the pics below I am wearing non-maternity pants and I am getting close to the end with them.  They are just not comfortable at all.

During week 26, Brent had surgery on his shoulder – a clavicle resection, labrum debridement and removal of a bone spur.  So glad we got it over with before I got any further along!  There were plenty of happy selfies before:

And plenty of pitiful selfies after:

I took off two days to help take care of him.  It was awesome (well, besides the excruciating pain & helplessness for Brent).  We watched House Hunters, napped, took pain pills (Brent only), read books (Christen only) & ate delicious food that people brought us.  I don’t think either one of us realized how big of a deal the surgery would be.  The shoulder is really important!  I don’t think I’ve ever seen him in this much pain.  It was awful! He couldn’t even sleep in the bed with us!

This is what the pugs do to me when it is just me & them in the bed…..I was wedged right in between them.

Bump pics!  To be honest, for most of the pregnancy I have felt terrible about the way I have looked.  Now the bump is big enough where it is obvious that I’m pregnant (strangers even comment & ask when I am due!) and my arms & legs looks small(er) in proportion to the belly.  I can tell I have gained in my legs, arms & face, but that is just part of it & not something I can control!  I am right on track with weight gain according to the Doctor’s recommendations.  There is still a lot of the time where I think I look terrible, dumpy, huge, etc, but I just remember that there is a sweet little baby boy in there & that it is only temporary!  I am trying to enjoy it as much as possible!

Hoping he looks just like his Daddy!