Week 33 (and a half)

We went to Galveston for the day on Sunday. It was so relaxing to sit on the beach for a little while. Smart me decided to put sunscreen on the dark line on my stomach so it didn't get too much darker. Well, I guess my thin line of sunscreen I put on was a little thicker than I thought, because when I got home, I noticed I got a little burned, except for a 2 inch stripe down the center of my stomach! All I could do was laugh about it. Josh thought it was pretty funny too. The red finally turned into a tan, but you can still see the stripe!

When we got home we worked on the nursery, hanging the chandelier, some picture frames and the mirrors. It is looking so cute! I can't wait until it is finished.

We went to our last prenatal class this week. Let me tell you, when the nurse started talking about epidurals, I got a little scared. You have to sit still for 20 minutes while they put the needle in your back, if you move there is a chance of it going in too far and getting in your spinal fluid which gives you a massive headache. I mean, I know, in the long run an epidural will be less painful then say, natural childbirth but still. It's all a little scary.

I had a nice surprise in the mail today. I have been summoned for jury duty on July 15th. I will be 37 weeks at that point. I can barely make it an hour without having to pee or walk around, how am I going to make it through sitting in a courtroom and possibly getting selected? I am planning on asking my doctor Monday if she can write some type of excuse or something to get me out of it. Wish me luck!

49 days left...week 33!

woo hoo...49 days left until my due date! My doctors appointment went great on Thursday. She is still head down and has her little bootie straight up in my ribs with her arms and legs my left side. I am still feeling a ton of movement on the right side so I guess she is still spinning around every so often.

The chandelier for her room is supposed to be in today, so hopefully we can get that hung this weekend. Josh is fishing this morning. He asked me to go with and I politely declined. For some reason sitting outside when it is almost 90 degrees and humid as heck doesn't sound fun to me. I got to sleep in this morning, which was nice! Coopie and are hanging out today. By hanging out, I mean I am on the computer, picking up the house and doing laundry, Coop is following me from room to room laying down any chance he gets! What a lazy boy!

The last 3 weeks or so I have been talking about banana splits non-stop. Not just any banana split, but a banana split from Braums. Wouldn't you know it, there are not any Braums in College Station or anywhere near here. Last weekend when we were in Grapevine, we decided to go to Braums and guess what, I didn't get a banana split. I ended up getting a hot fudge brownie sundae. It was so good. So needless to say I got my Braums, just no banana split. Well, last night Josh had the great idea to go to Ben & Jerry's! I was trying to decide what to get and he suggested we share a banana split! So of course, I stood there for a few minutes trying to decide which flavors I wanted to get. You can't go to Ben & Jerry's and get a plain ol' banana split. So I asked Josh what flavors he wanted, I figured we could each pick one that we wanted then choose the 3rd flavor together. What does he say? VANILLA!?!?!? Who goes to Ben & Jerry's and gets vanilla! I told him no way, he had to pick something else he couldn't get anywhere else. He said he really likes just plain ol' vanilla. Finally he settled on Phish Food, I picked Chunky Monkey and our 3rd scoop was vanilla. It was soo good. I think we may have to go back soon! I do love Ben & Jerry's but nothing can beat a Braums banana split! mmmmm!

my new favorite room!

The furniture finally came in! We drove to Houston Friday afternoon to pick it up since they wouldn't deliver to College Station. Of course, as soon as we got home we had to start opening everything. We moved all of the furniture out of the guest room and put together her crib! We have the room set up now and it looks gorgeous! You know I had to put the bedding in the crib already and I love it! It is my new favorite room in the house. I usually sit in here (yes, I am sitting in the glider right now admiring the room) every afternoon and Coopie just naps on the floor. There are still some things we need to do like hang the wall letters that I painted the other night, hang a few mirrors and frames. I ordered her chandelier Monday so that should be here Saturday and hopefully we can get it hung this weekend! I also need to order the curtains. I found the cutest pink layered ruffle curtains I am going to order. I am so excited about getting her room completely in order! It is our main priority now. Looking at the rest of our house you can tell that we have slacked a little. We still have the guest bedroom furniture strewn around until we have time to go buy a new bed frame so we can switch out all of the furniture. (We are putting the guest room furniture in our room and getting rid of our current furniture.)

hmmm, what else has been going on? We were in Dallas this last weekend for Father's Day so we spent some time with both families. We got to see my cousins (Chris and Jennifer) new baby, Peyton. She is 3 weeks old and the cutest little thing. She will be the closest in age to Alex.

We went to our 2nd prenatal class last night which included the hospital tour. The labor, delivery and recovery area is really nice. Being in one of the rooms that I may actually be in made everything seem so real. I started having dreams last night that I was in labor, I'm sure it was because of the tour. Josh and I realized last night that we are both so ready to meet our little girl. I don't know, in the past it has seemed like my delivery date was so far away. Now it is only 8 weeks away, I can't believe it.

Little Miss Alex has been crazy lately. I swear she never sleeps. She is always kicking or poking me. her favorite "torture time" is when it's time to go to bed. I get all comfy then she decides she is going to see how far she can poke her limbs out of my side. It is the weirdest feeling. You can actually see her pushing my side out. Of course when I tell Josh to feel it, she stops. She is making me look crazy!

I have another doctors appointment tomorrow, just a regular check up so nothing too exciting. Check blood pressure, weight gain, pee in a cup, finger poke to check my iron levels then meet with the doctor to listen to her heartbeat and answer any questions.

We have been slacking a little on weekly pictures so maybe we'll take one tonight and I'll post it tomorrow. We will post pics of the room once it is complete. Josh said no pics until it's done! He is so mean! :)

our first shower!

We had such a great weekend! Our friends hosted a couples shower for us Saturday afternoon. My parents came in town Friday evening and we went to dinner. Josh's parents showed up Saturday morning and we all hung out a bit. Then we headed over to the shower. There were about 20 people there. We had such a good time. The food was wonderful, I think I had something to eat in my hands at all times! :) We have such amazing friends. We got a ton of stuff from our registries. We were so shocked at how generous everyone was. As soon as we got home I was soo excited to open everything and hang up all of the adorable clothes she got. I keep going in her closet just to look at everything we have in there.

We spent all day Sunday doing absolutely nothing. We stayed in our PJ's most of the day and got caught up on all of the shows we had tivo'd. It was exactly what we needed. The only time we left the house was to go get ice cream!

Alex's movements slowed down a bit last week, but she picked back up over the weekend. She gets the hiccups at least twice a day, sometimes more. It feels so crazy. After the shower, I was relaxing on the couch at Tracy & Katie's and she started kicking really hard. Katie and Krystle could see my stomach bouncing from across the room! Only 9 more weeks! I can't wait!

Mama's Boy!

Here are some pictures "Aunt Linda" sent me from when Coopie was staying with her. Her husband flies planes so she takes the crew out to the hangar to run around. The first one is just the cutest pictures of my boy! I love how his tongue is sticking out! The second one is Coopie and Shayla. Shayla is one of the dogs they are fostering, but she has been there awhile and has really taken to the family so I think she may be staying! Finally, it's Coopie, Shayla and Cirrus. Cirrus is Coop's best bud! They get along so well. Linda and Gary have 2 other dogs so imagine the craziness of their house on a daily basis! 3 Collies and a Samoyed! Throw Coopie in the mix and you have 5 dogs....I can't even imagine! Cooper has been such a good boy lately. We were talking the other day about how lucky we were to find him. He has been the best fit for us. He is just so darn cute! His personality comes out a little more everyday. We sing him 2 songs and he always stops whatever he is doing and just starts wagging his tail. He is my little shadow.

On to the baby....I had my 30 week appointment today. Everything looks good. No weight gain in 2 weeks! I am up about 20 pounds so far. My doctor thinks I'll stay between 25-30. Alex's heartbeat is 148 so it's slowing down a little, but that is what it is supposed to do. I also preregistered at the hospital so when the big day comes I don't have to worry about filling out paperwork! I also found a pediatrician. His office is downstairs from my OB's office which is only about 10 minutes from our house. It is actually the same doctor my doctor uses so he came highly recommended. One more thing marked off my list!

66 more days...

Week 30 belly picture!

I can't believe I have 66 more days until my due date. It seems like time has flown by! I have a doctors appointment tomorrow afternoon so I will get to hear baby girl's heartbeat again. I love hearing it. She has been so restless lately. She is still kicking up a storm. I've read that movement is supposed to slow down a little in the last 10 weeks because she is running out of room but that is not the case!

Since I was off work most of last week this week everyone has commented on how much bigger I look. I guess I am just used to seeing myself everyday that I don't even think about it.

Cooper has found his new favorite room in the house...Alex's room. When we are here during the day he is usually on the couch but if I can't find him, I always know where to look. He loves laying on the floor in her room. Last night Josh and I were watching TV and I got up to go to the bathroom and there was Cooper peeking his head out of her room. I have a feeling once she comes, he will never leave her side! He is going to be the best big furry brother!

whew...what a weekend

ok, so maybe it should just say, what a Sunday. Saturday was nice and relaxing. I went to see the new Sex and the City movie with some girlfriends then Josh and I just relaxed pretty much the rest of the day.

Sunday, now that was a different story. We woke up around 6:15 to Coopie making the "I'm about to throw up" noises so Josh jumped out of bed and ran to take him outside. I let him in about 5 minutes later. We all got back in bed and tried going back to sleep...then Coop started again so Josh got up again to run him outside. At that point he decided he was wide awake so he stayed up. I told him I'd get up at 7. When I got up around 7 we had breakfast then we finished washing the windows, which Josh had started the day before. After we were done, we put mulch down in the front flower beds. Then we had to rush to get ready. Tracy and Katie were picking us up at 11ish to go to the outlet mall near Houston. So we spent a few hours walking around the mall, boy was it HOT! I ended up getting a diaper bag (picture above!) I had seen it a few months ago but couldn't really decided if I wanted that one or if I wanted to keep looking. I found another one that possibly matched her stroller, but I never found it in the store so I wasn't 100% sure. So while we were at the mall I showed Josh the 2 I originally liked. He said big fat no to one of them because it was an aqua blue color and he thought it looked too boyish. Then he saw this one and said I could get it, which I guess meant he liked it. So, I finally have a diaper bag! We also got a cute little bunny that giggles and vibrates (also pictured above.) It was just too cute!

Cooper's "Aunt Linda" gave us a baby gift when we saw her. It is an adorable octopus that plays songs and his legs have buttons in them that each play a different note so you can play other songs. I tried a few and unfortunately, I'm not too musical; Josh on the other hand was great so I guess he will be playing the music for Alex!

After shopping we killed a few hours driving around. We had dinner plans at 6 in Houston. We went to Fogo de Chao with Josh's managers and their wives. I decided I wasn't going to eat too much since my stomach didn't feel normal. I think that was due to the braxton hicks contractions I had earlier in the day. Well, when they start bringing all sorts of meat to the table, it's hard to say no. Needless to say, I didn't. I stopped eating when I felt full...then we ordered dessert. Bad idea! The longer I sat there, the more time the food had to settle. By the time we left, I was having more contractions and my stomach was just plain hurting. By the time we got home, I was feeling better, but I was still full this morning if that gives you any idea of how much we ate! No more Fogo for me...for a while anyways!

Well, I just noticed my belly button is almost flat now. hmmm, I wonder if it will freak Josh out. Before today, if I stood in a certain position my belly button would flatten out and he would make me move so it would go back to normal. With 10 more weeks to go, I'm sure my belly button will end up popping!