Week 28

Well, I made it into the 3rd trimester!  It's exciting to know that the baby could survive if he was born today.  We have almost everything ready, I think.  We got the stroller and car-seat yesterday and even figured out how to put it all together!  Like I told my mom yesterday, we have a place for the baby to sleep, something for him to wear, and a way to get him home from the hospital!  I know we don't have everything, but I think we have a dang good start.  Here are some amazing pictures....

 

 

I've been feeling the baby move around a lot more lately.  He doesn't have as much room as he did before, and I can really feel it.  I'm ready to be done with this.  As much fun as swollen feet and getting kicked in the ribs is, I think David should get a chance to hold this little bundle!

I do have a story about David.  Some people are born to be parents.  I know that I was not one of those people, but I've been doing my best to learn!  David is one of those people.  I've heard it said that men become dad's when they first hold their child.  I remember when we were just dating, my mom said (after only having met David once) that he was meant to be a father.  He already had that spark.  The other day, we were driving home from dinner with my family and David turned to me and said "I just don't understand it."
"Understand what?"
"Our baby isn't even a real person, but I just love him so much already!"
I think I almost started crying at this point (pregnancy hormones, I'm sure of it), but it touched me so much.  I had to tell him that our baby is a real person, he just isn't ready to come out yet.  David is going to be an amazing father.  I knew that from when we were just dating.  I love to watch how excited he gets when we get baby stuff or when he can feel the baby move or when we go to the doctor and he gets to see a little glimpse of our boy.  I'm so glad he's going to be there to help me through all my fumbling to become a good mother.  I know he'll be an amazing dad!

Weeks 26 and 27

Well, I'm about 2/3 done with this pregnancy!  Which is really good because I don't know how much longer I can stand it.  I love my baby, but I sure don't love being pregnant.  I probably won't put up the pictures for week 25 because they were on our laptop and that computer has recently died.  Hopefully we will be able to get the files off the hard drive at some point, but that won't be for awhile.  So here are some lovely pics!

Week 26

This is how my sister did all of her pregnancy shots.  She would try to suck in and make her belly not look as big, but I'm showing way more than she did so I just look ridiculous!

My mom told me to push my belly out and David decided he wanted to join in.

Week 27!

I had a doctor's appointment yesterday where they checked for gestational diabetes and did an ultrasound.  That was not my favorite test to do!  I haven't heard back from the doctor with the results so I'm hoping that no news is good news!

Some fun new developments are that I am now down to about 2 pairs of pants and 4 shirts that kind of fit.  I can't wear my wedding ring anymore.  I think that's more because I think I broke that finger about a year ago and now with all the lovely pregnancy hormones, it's making that all swell up again because it's a little sore when I wake up in the morning and I can't put my ring on, even when my hands are cold.  So I just wear it on a necklace and everything is ok.  We have just about everything (I think) for the baby, at least to start out with!  Thanks to everyone who has donated things for the cause!  We appreciate it all! 

This is an exciting week at our house because tomorrow is David's big concert!  I think he's getting a little nervous about it, but I know he'll do great.  I'm so proud of him and all the hard work he puts into his music.  I know that people always joke around about how little music teachers make, but I majored in art so I obviously don't care about making money!  As long as David is doing what he loves, I'm happy. If we can get a recording, I'll try to put it on here for those that won't be able to make it. 

So that's life for us around here!  More updates to come!

Week 24 (and David's dream)

I sort of missed weeks 22 and 23.  I don't actually remember if I got those pictures taken because life was pretty crazy.  Anyways, here are my 24 week pictures!  I feel like I look gigantic and gross, so please don't judge me.



My mom told me to wrap my arms around my belly to frame it...I felt very awkward....

April was super super busy.  The first week of April was David's concerto competition, I took pictures for my friends wedding, and getting ready to move.  The second week was finals for the concerto competition, my mom's graduation, and our concert with the IF Symphony (and getting ready to move).  The third week was moving out of our old apartment (including all the cleaning), moving into our new one, and driving to Missouri for David's brothers wedding!  Needless to say, last week I did not get a whole lot done because I was recuperating.  We still haven't unpacked all the way, but we're getting closer!

I had thought that travelling while pregnant wasn't going to be much different than travelling otherwise.  I was wrong.  My feet got incredibly swollen because of the super long drive and I got the worst leg cramps, especially on the drive home.  I didn't want to take my turn driving at all because I was afraid my legs would cramp up and I'd get us in an accident.  I tried to be as smart about travelling as I could and David tried to help too.  We took lots of breaks so I could get out and walk around, I tried to drink a lot of water, and I tried to put my feet up as best I could while in the van.  I felt bad for everyone else in the van because I was definitely the weakest link. 

Sometimes being pregnant can be very frustating.  You just can't do things the same way you used to, no matter how hard you try.  I don't like to feel like I'm not pulling my weight, whether it be at work, home, or church, and I feel like that a lot now just because I can't do everything I used to.  I got released from my calling and I think it's just because I'm pregnant.  Don't get me wrong, I love not having to play in church anymore!  But now I don't have a calling, David doesn't have a calling, and I just feel like we're going to get forgotten like we were for the first year and a half we were in our ward. 

Enough of that debby-downerness, I have another fun story about David's awesome sleeping habits!  Last night, I woke up to David pulling on my head (like he was trying to lift it off the mattress).  I thought he was trying to get me to change my sleeping position, so I did, but he kept pulling on my head.  Finally I asked him what he was doing and he said "Your head needs to come off.  He he he! " and then he turned over and started snoring.  I was very confused!  It actually took me a minute to realize he was really asleep.  I have no idea why he did that and he didn't remember doing it after I told him about it.  It makes me laugh now!