random thoughts.

THE NURSERY: ...is finally done! it took a lot of time, thought and effort (and i'll admit, STRESSING on my part!) but with some patience, lots of improvising/creativity and lots more shopping frugally, we were able to piece together everything we needed, get some really awesome deals and really just make her nursery fit the casual, low-key style of "us." and i think that's what makes me love it the most. i keep trying to post pictures of what it all looks like, but unfortunately they just will not load...so the pictures will have to come in time.

THE CARSEAT: is actually the only necessity left for baby at the moment! i kinda laugh (in a very stressful way) as i think about how this is probably the most important in that it actually gets her home! nonetheless, i hope we'll have it by the end of this weekend which will lay some of my maternal concerns to rest! =)

HALLOWEEN: i can't believe it's here already. crazy how time flies. for the life of me, i cannot remember what we did last year to celebrate the occasion. the memory loss that comes with pregnancy kills me as i know we didn't pass out candy...bleh! this year we have a few bags of candy for however many kids might come by. i won't lie though, i'm secretly hoping no kids will come by so i can indulge in the candy myself. muahahahahaha.

baby b's nursery

so i think we are finally done with baby b's nursery...

 it took a lot of time, thought and effort (and i'll admit, STRESSING on my part!) but with some patience, lots of improvising/creativity and lots more shopping frugally, we were able to piece together everything we needed, get some really awesome deals and really just make her nursery fit the casual, low-key style of "us." and i think that's what makes me love it the most. i find myself wandering into the room a lot and just rocking in the rocker, touching and imagining her in all her little pink clothes or staring down into the crib where she'll soon lay. it makes me teary-eyed to think of how much we both love this precious little un-born girl and how much she will bless all of our lives. life truly is miraculous.

31 wks.

well i'm definitely feeling pregnant as we move into the final stretch of the baby baking (9 weeks til D-Day...YIKES!)

here are some pictures of the (huuuuuumongous) belly as it seriously feels stretched to its limits.

from the side:

and from the front (this one totally looks like a huge ball is under my skin):

i can seriously feel the difference of the past few weeks and i'm sure it will continue to get worse as she definitely is running out of room. faux contractions have continued each day and quite frankly i can't sit, stand or walk for very long anymore before getting sharp pains in my sides and back. and on top of that, i'm exhausted ALL the time (even after 8-10+ hours of sleep) and i have a horrible time breathing!! it's quite a miracle though to feel her move around and think about how this baby was conceived from just pure love. hard to believe she'll be here so soon.

baby hiccups.

this past weekend i started feeling the baby hiccuping. at first i thought, what is she doing?? then i realized with the position of the movement and the rythmic jolts every couple seconds of so, that she had the hiccups!! seems like it's been a common thing too, as she has them a couple times a day. so cute and so funny!!

30 wk appt

today was our 30 week doctor appointment. seems that baby b's been doing a lot of moving around and getting ready for her big day. doctor says she has a strong heartbeat and that i'm measuring at 32 inches now. yikes! considering i'm only 30 weeks and 1 day, i'm on the bigger side of the measurements!!

myka and i then asked the doctor which way the baby was positioned, seeing as how i only feel her in the lower left and right sections of my belly. we figured she hadn't turned head down yet and that she was still lying left-to-right. doctor surprised us by turning on the ultrasound and showing us that she indeed has turned and positioned herself for labor/delivery. she also is curved in almost a U or C shape, with her spine on my left, her butt at the top of my belly and her feet and hands on my right. we were definitely surprised by her length and the size of her head. can't say it helped much with my apprehension on labor though!

with the 30 week appt, we found out that we start our bi-weekly appointments. meaning we'll be at the doctor's office every two weeks until the very last few weeks, when we will be there every week. it's so scary...she's almost here and already growing so fast!!!