{33 weeks} and Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!

I love love love the holidays =)

Mostly because you get to bake, eat, drink, and open presents!

But in all seriousness, the true reason for the season is never lost to me. And I enjoy the happiness that comes with Christmas. I wish people kept these warm, cheery moods year-round!

My kitchen has been filled with goodies and candy all week. Hooray for being pregnant through the holidays...because who will hate on the pregnant girl for eating too much? No one!

My doctors' appointment last week went well. There's not much to write about there. I'm just happy to know Cade is still hanging out in there, enjoying himself no doubt while I waddle around! My 32 pounds heavier self does not even want to think about taking down all these Christmas decorations and cleaning afterwards.

My clumsiness + OCD = potential for disaster.

So now we're 7 weeks (give or take) and counting until Cade's big arrival. My husband is predicting he will make his appearance February 2nd. Guess will see!

{32 weeks}

Another week gone by (and only 1 more til Christmas....yikes!)

These 12-13 hour shifts at work are not friends with my cankles...the swelling is definitely getting worse! My back is feeling about the same, but now sweet Cade is also on another nerve (literally) which causes random numbness in my right hand. Sigh. 

I can definitely tell he's growing in there....because my lungs are running out of room. It's especially bad during/immediately after I eat or when I'm sitting down. He's quite the wiggle worm here lately. What used to be little kicks on the sides of my belly have turned into big waves of movement as he rolls around in there. And he seems to get the hiccups daily now, which took me a good 3 days to figure out what they were. But he has spells of tiny little repetitive movements and I think that's the only thing it can be.

Wrapping presents and baking for Christmas has made me even more excited for this little guy to be here. I know time will fly and before we know it, it'll be Christmas next year and he'll be almost one! I can't wait to see him crawling around the living room and trying to rip ornaments off the tree (a job that currently belongs to our cat).

Pet Peeve

This week, it has to be my clumsiness. Now I've never been the queen of grace, but this is getting ridiculous. I mean, I drop everything. EVERYTHING. I know that's a small thing to be annoyed about, but when you have a big belly that doesn't allow you to bend over all the way (and certainly not without holding your breath) you'd be annoyed too. My husband just laughs at my frustration, which annoys me more.

Things I Miss

Approximately 78% of my closet

The tanning bed

Bending over without holding my breath

Sleeping on my back/stomach

Wearing my wedding rings

Shoes not being too tight

Margaritas!

Now with all that being said, I've had a wonderful pregnancy and by no means am I complaining about it at all. I'm truly blessed to be carrying this little guy around and in no way take that for granted. However, I'm entitled to my feelings, so there they are!

{Maternity Pictures}

Much to my excitement, I got an email today from our photographer this morning telling me our pictures were finished. Eek!! Props to her for the turn-around time! She sent me a ton, and I've posted almost all of them to Facebook but I'll post a few of my favorites on here too :)

nicole gagliano photography

Makes me smile! Only 8 1/2 weeks to go!

I know I haven't officially posted the name on here until now, but this seemed to be a fitting way.

Now I have to decide which of the pictures I want to hang in the nursery!

I worked in the nursery all day today, so hopefully soon I will be able to post pictures. It's looking mighty cute :)

Have a good week!

{31 weeks}

What a busy busy week! I thought I'd update now in my 30 minutes of free time today or it won't get done until Wednesday. Not that anyone's life is hinging on my blog posts, but I like to be consistent.

My 30 week check-up went well. If by well I mean I almost flipped my shit when I saw the weight on the scale, then yes it went well. But seriously, baby is good and we're measuring more "normal" now. I also met with our new pediatrician this week. Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. I'm happy with our choice =)

We finally had maternity pictures made and I cannot wait to get them back! I was so bummed when it rained all day Tuesday, but the wonderful Nicole came through and fit us in on Wednesday afternoon. It was sunny and 60 outside...in December. Normally I would complain about this because I don't believe winter should be warm but hey, I didn't have to wear a parka so it's all good! Cody even cooperated and didn't complain (too much) about having to smile for the camera.

Once again I'll say that I cannot wait to get this nursery organized! It was all good until Christmas hit, and I turned it into a temporary wrapping room/storage space. I'm thinking next week the wrapping paper will go back up in the attic and I can sort through this madness. I had another wonderful baby shower today and got tons of adorable goodies! I have massive amounts of sorting and baby laundry to do now!

I think the nesting is kicking in. I woke up this morning and wanted to do nothing more than clean and mop floor. Who am I?? Unfortunately, my schedule won't allow that to happen until Wednesday when I'm off work again. So until then I'll try to keep my sanity.

Pet Peeve

I'd like to dedicate a section to my pet peeve every week =)

I know when you're pregnant you're supposed to be glowing and happy, but lets face it...we're hormonal and sometimes things are annoying (you already all know how I feel about belly touching). I don't blog to gripe, but sometimes I just need to speak my mind.

So why is it that when you're pregnant people ask you how far along you are, to which you appropriately respond and they follow with "Are you excited?!"

Really?

Am I excited?

Am I going to say no?

It just seems like a silly question.

I swear this exact conversation happens on a daily basis.

{30 weeks}

30 Weeks!

I can definitely tell this belly is getting bigger now! And bless the woman I ran into shopping this weekend who told me she thought I was around 20 weeks pregnant. I love you.

It's been a busy week between work and traveling, so I feel like this is the first time I've sat down. I left (with my mom) Friday morning and we drove 4 hours away to shop in East TN, and returned Saturday night at about 7 pm. Let me just say, while I love to shop, I was totally worn out.  Hopefully we walked enough to burn off the sweets and pancakes I ate while we were there =)

We normally travel to East TN or Atlanta after Christmas every year and shop for a weekend, but I didn't want to risk being 4 hours away from home when I'm 35 weeks pregnant. So we went before Christmas this year while I can still see my feet!

This week will be another busy one (and judging by the look of my calendar, so will every week from now until....February). Thank goodness I only work 3 days a week right now, or I'd be in panic mode I think. I'm looking forward to our maternity pictures on Tuesday with the fabulous Nicole Gagliano. I just hope the rain that's expected holds off. Then Wednesday starts my bi-weekly doctor appointments, which means we're getting serious! I'm also meeting with a pediatrician on Tuesday.

I'm waiting on one more Christmas present to arrive in the mail and once it's wrapped I can finally clear all my junk out of the floor in there. And then when I get all my goodies sorted through after my shower coming up on Sunday, it will be more organized! Definitely looking forward to that.

I'll leave you with some cuteness from my furbaby =)

Don't let her deceive you. She's silently plotting ways to rip ornaments off the tree.