How Far Along: 34 weeks
Innie or Outtie: Innie
Maternity Clothes: YEP
Sleep: Doesn’t happen.
Pregnancy Perk: Nothing.
Embarrassing Pregnant Moment: Other than the exams getting more personal.. nothing, lol.
Best Moment this week: Nothing comes to mind.
Baby Purchases this week: We’ve slowed on the purchases and haven’t gotten anything this week.
Best quote regarding baby this week: Nada, I’m boring.
Gender: Boy!
Movement: Lots of rolling and shifting.
Food Cravings: Ugh, food.
Food Aversions: Everything.
How’s Mom? Huge amounts of pain. Back is miserable.. can’t sleep at night.. also been fairly sick all day today.
How’s Dad? Just worrying about momma.
What I am looking forward to: My appointment tomorrow.
Our Baby in Veggie/Fruit Terms: Cantaloupe
What Baby Blake is up to: “His fat layers — which will help regulate her body temperature once he’s born — are filling him out, making him rounder. His skin is also smoother than ever. His central nervous system is maturing and his lungs are continuing to mature as well. If you’ve been nervous about preterm labor, you’ll be happy to know that babies born between 34 and 37 weeks who have no other health problems generally do fine. They may need a short stay in the neonatal nursery and may have a few short-term health issues, but in the long run, they usually do as well as full-term babies.”

At this point I feel like putting on some nursing scrubs and just wearing them for the last month or so. I hardly fit into anything I own and I feel like I wear the same maternity clothes every day. I pretty much live in the one pair of maternity capris I have, and then I alternate between a couple of shirts. And the flip flops, let’s not forget those!

How Far Along: 32 weeks
Innie or Outtie: Innie
Maternity Clothes: YEP
Sleep: Have been sleeping on the couch. I can no longer get comfortable in bed.
Pregnancy Perk: Not much these days.
Embarrassing Pregnant Moment: Nada
Best Moment this week: My baby shower!
Baby Purchases this week: We bought a playpen, swing, changing pad and a whole bunch of smaller things.
Best quote regarding baby this week: Nothing
Gender: Boy!
Movement: Crazy ninja kicks and punches
Food Cravings: Subway STILL!!
Food Aversions: Eggs
How’s Mom? Lots of back pain but doing okay. Also started taking Zantac to help with the morning vomiting.
How’s Dad? Seems to be doing well with everything. I know he’s overwhelmed but he’s been pretty involved.
What I am looking forward to: Each appointment to see how Blake’s doing.
Our Baby in Veggie/Fruit Terms: Jicama
What Baby Blake is up to: “You’re gaining about a pound a week and roughly half of that goes right to your baby. In fact, he’ll gain a third to half of his birth weight during the next 7 weeks as he fattens up for survival outside the womb. He now has toenails, fingernails, and real hair (or at least respectable peach fuzz). His skin is becoming soft and smooth as he plumps up in preparation for birth.”

I wouldn’t mind having my own business, though I’m not sure how I would handle the stress. Jeremiah and I have thought about it before, and one day we may find ourselves shopping for small business insurance quotes.. you never know. I’d tell you the kind of place we’d want to run, but I don’t want anyone stealing my ideas! Haha.

How Far Along: 30 weeks 4 days
Innie or Outtie: Innie
Maternity Clothes: YEP
Sleep: Nearly impossible.
Pregnancy Perk: Knowing it’s almost over is all that gets me through it, haha.
Embarrassing Pregnant Moment: Nada
Best Moment this week: Blake has been super active.. there’s been no ‘moment’.
Baby Purchases this week: Got a changing table from Goodwill for $11 and painted it. Best bargain deal!
Best quote regarding baby this week: Nothing
Gender: Boy!
Movement: Rolling and stretching
Food Cravings: Subway still, which my awesome neighbor got me today!
Food Aversions: Many savory foods.
How’s Mom? Exhausted.. sick, in pain. Good thing babies are worth it!
How’s Dad? Busy with work.
What I am looking forward to: Baby shower May 6th!
Our Baby in Veggie/Fruit Terms: Head of Cabbage
What Baby Blake is up to: “A pint and a half of amniotic fluid surrounds him, but that volume will decrease as he gets bigger and takes up more room in your uterus. His eyesight continues to develop, though it’s not very keen; even after he’s born, he’ll keep his eyes closed for a good part of the day. When he does open them, he’ll respond to changes in light but will have 20/400 vision — which means he can only make out objects a few inches from his face. (Normal adult vision is 20/20.)”

Parts of the day have been bearable, and at a few points during the day the headache was barely there.. but during those times I was light headed and nauseous. I did manage to get some cleaning done around the house so that it’s not a complete mess when Jeremiah comes home.

Tomorrow I’m taking Ellie, our husky, to the vet to get her shots done (they’re two months overdue, OOPS. I could have sworn they were due in May until I checked her papers). Then in the afternoon I have another sonogram appointment to check baby’s movement and amniotic fluid. It’ll be a long day so hopefully I’m feeling a bit better!

The people there are amazing, the music is amazing and the sermons are amazing and very relevant to real life. This is coming from someone who isn’t very religious and has troubles with faith, but when I’m home I attend every Sunday and I feel.. not so lost.

I will adapt to wherever we go, but I sure do wish we could go home.

She wanted to give me so much more, and I was just waiting for her to bring out the equestrian apparel, lol. I had to stop her and tell her to keep some stuff for other friends or to sell. I did make her keep the mattress from the crib since we actually kept Matthew’s wrapped in the attic. I do appreciate everything though, and we’ll probably have them over for dinner soon to let them know how appreciative we are.