35+ Weeks

Holy cow!!!  That's all I can say about how SPOILED we were this weekend at the baby shower Aunt Debbie and Aunt Liz hosted.  The shower was too cute - everything you could imagine (including dish and hand soap!) was blue!!  There were so many great little touches, like handmade life-saver pacifiers, printed mints, mimosas (sad that I could not partake!), delicious food - could not have asked for more!!!  We were given LOTS of adorable clothes, 2 high chairs (one for home and one for on-the-go), a boppy and boppy cover, bedding for the nursery, a video baby monitor, 2 crib soothers (need one for day care too!), a snap-n-go stroller, swaddling blankets, accessories for the nursery, and from "Aunt" Jenny hand-knitted bibs, waschlothes, and an adorable hat, plus much more that I can't remember right now!!!!

I am kind of in shock that we are just about 4 weeks away from our due date!  We need to get ready for this baby!!  Luckily, I have a plan though - grandma Cindy is coming over on Sunday to help me organize the nursery while dad puts the strollers, swing, car seat, etc together.  We still need to wash all of the clothes, wash the blankets, the bed linens, and anything else this cute little baby can wear or lay on!  I did make progress this week though - I packed my bag for the hospital - well half-way at least, I have a list on the outside of the other things I will need to throw in last minute (hair dryer, straightener, make-up, make-up brushes) - this new mommy needs to look cute for all of those pics and visitors :)  Moms - what else do I need???  I have to pack the baby's bag still and arrange my diaper bag (which I LOVE and cannot wait to use - thank you Petunia Pickle Bottom!). 

Had another check up this week and according to my doc, this baby is "Large/Economy Sized."  He said, "I hope you want a big baby because this one is!"  We'll see, next week they will probably tell me he's growing right on target - I'll believe it when I see it.  My blood pressure is still a little on the high/normal side - 130/84 - but I'm not having any other symptoms of pregnancy-induced hypertension so we'll keep on checking it.  I do have terrible swelling in my legs though, especially after working 2 12-hour shifts in a row.  For the most part it goes away after sleeping for 12 hours :)

34 Weeks

Once again - sorry it's taken me so long to update, but I've been busy...I've had 2 wonderful baby showers, had a big project due at work, and having been resting with my feet propped up  A LOT due to my unfortunate development of cankles (oh yeah - and I grew a double chin! - that was tons of work - mostly involving eating Taco Bueno I'm sure!).  Still not doing too bad on my weight gain though - I've gained about 18 pounds, not too bad I guess. 

While Kristy was in town we went to Opening Day at the Ballpark to see our American League Champs, the Texas Rangers, play Boston.  The pre-game tailgate was tons of fun - Kristy and I had a few non-alcoholic beers ;).  Then we went inside to the stadium to watch about 2 innings before we called Uncle to the heat.  Plus Kristy was really craving some Freebird's and so was I! 

The shower thrown by my AWESOME friend Tricia was a hit!  I had several out of town visitors including my great friends from nursing school - Kristy & Amy, my Aunt Susan from Atlanta, Aunt Debbie from New Mexico, and a long-time friend of my mom's - Gail - from Austin.  Gail told a great story about how 29 years ago she threw my mom a baby shower for me!  Amazingly, my mom and Gail have remained friends all this time.  You aren't going to believe this - there were 5 pregnant ladies at the shower!!  Neat to think that we will all have children pretty close in age very soon!  We played some fun games, ate some great food and cupcakes, and opened up TONS of gifts.  I'll post some pics later.

Amy hand-made these super-cute burp cloths!!!

 My Aunts Susan, Debbie & Liz

 Julie, Amy*, Kristy*, Tricia*, Laura & Kristy*

(*- preggers!)

 Grandmas!

Grandma Cindy, Gail & Pam 

This past Friday I had a shower thrown by my wonderful co-workers at Maggiano's restaurant.  We had a great time there too!  Tommy got lots of clothes and other baby goodies that will be put to good use very soon :) 

This weekend we also went to the Zac Brown & Kenny Chesney concert.  I LOVE both of these guys and they both put on amazing shows!!  The concert was at Cowboys Stadium, which never gets old going to, and I'm still amazed every time I see the Jerrytron.  Did you know that the Jerrytron cost more than the old Texas Stadium cost??  Matt and I had a great time! 

Still getting ready for Tommy, I'm working on packing my bag for the hospital and organizing his room.  I think I'm going to have give up my closet and start sharing again with Matt :(  We need more space for baby things, at least I had about 3 years of bliss though!  This weekend my Aunt Debbie and Aunt Liz are throwing us another shower - my cousin Aly is supposed to come and bring her 4 month old daughter Laney, totally excited to meet her!! 

My doctor's appointments have been going well, I just learned that Tommy is head down with his bottom resting right under my left lungs, making it difficult to bend over and breath all at the same time.  Matt had to help me buckle my sandals the other day and its getting more difficult to tie my shoes on my own!  I can only imagine what the next 6 weeks will bring....