31 Weeks - Bump Update!

Dear Baby Holler,

Guess what?  Daddy comes home in 2 days!  You and I have been busy after traveling for work last week, and now trying to get your nursery organized and completed....So this will be a short post so we can get back to work!

I have read in a lot of my preg books that as the third trimester progresses, most moms experience a "nesting instinct."  Apparently, something makes expectant mothers go nuts organizing and cleaning in preparation for the new baby.  I think this is starting to hit me.  After all of the lovely things we got at the shower last week, and all of the final things I ordered from Amazon this week to get totally finished - I'm basically the Tazmanian Devil in our house trying to find a place for everything and clean the house so it's nice for Daddy.  And while I'm doing everything, I'm thinking about all of the things I need to complete each week for work so that I can not go crazy.  But I'm probably going to end up going crazy anyway!  I'm starting to feel like you're so close, and so I want to make sure that absolutely everything is done/organized/clean before you're here.  I am a procrastinator by nature, but we're basically at a point where procrastination is out of the question.  Eight weeks from today, if you haven't graced us with your presence yet, I will be induced.  In a little under six weeks, you'll be considered full term.  So honestly, you could come at any time after that.

LESS THAN SIX WEEKS!  Yeah, that just freaked me out and I've  gotta go back into your nursery and get back to work!  Aaaaahhhh!

Oh one last thing - Daddy is in charge of your middle name and we're trying the one out in the photo below....What do you think?  Daddy's middle name is Michael after the Saint.  So he thought it'd be neat if you also had a middle name after a Saint.  The church he grew up in was Saint James, so we're testing this out, but I have to say, I'm kind of loving it!  It's different without trying too hard...At first I was a little weirded out that it's masculine, but I think it flows, and I really love that Daddy picked it out all by his lonesome:)

I had to start labeling photos again for Daddy's sake. He showed this pic to some of our friends and very confidently told them I was 27 WEEKS!  So they probably think I'm a huge heifer and I'm mortified.  Sigh.  I don't know how Daddy is so genius with numbers, but he cannot keep up with how old you are in weeks and months to save his life.

 That's it from out here, Baby Girl!  We love you so much!

Mommy

30 Weeks!

Dear Baby Holler,

We've only got 7 weeks left until you're considered FULL TERM - Woohoo!!!  Daddy will be at work from weeks 34-37, and when he gets home, that's when I'm going to start partaking in all of the old wives tales that are said to stimulate labor. 

 If we can get you to come a couple of weeks early, that would be just dandy!  Not because I'm miserable or even THAT uncomfortable, to be honest, but because we're just ready to meet you:)  We have all of this little tiny stuff - cute clothes and little diapers and baby skincare that is going to make you smell all heavenly and baby-like....And I'm just ready for YOU.  It's like when I've been at someone's surprise party before, anxiously awaiting for them to arrive so we could all jump out and yell "SURPRISE!!!"  I just wanted that person to arrive already so the fun and the happiness could begin.  That's how I feel about you.  I want to kiss the the little feet and hands that keep bopping me in my tummy.  And I want to know all about you....Like will you have hair?  Who will you look like?  And when will you get here?  My brain just goes wild with questions about you every day. 

Speaking of all of the tiny person stuff that we have just waiting for you to get here and start using it, your awesome Aunt Bri threw me a shower this weekend!  It was so much fun:)  We played games and had delicious food, and everyone gave you lovely presents...It was a blast!  You are very lucky to have such a good aunt....The sooner you get here, the sooner you can meet her!!! 

Here we  are going to our shower yesterday, our bump update...I don't know how you can possibly get any bigger!

30weeks&2days

That's another thing I wonder - how big ARE you?  We haven't had an ultrasound since 20 weeks, and I know you're a little over 3 lbs now according to baby books, but I still wish I knew exactly what is going on in there.  Maybe you are bigger.  I just like knowing fun facts about you:)  Unfortunately, we won't get to see you again on ultrasound for a while.  My doctor said that it will be 35 or 36 weeks before they check to make sure you're not breech and that you're preparing your exit:)  I tried to talk Daddy into getting an elective 3D/4D ultrasound, but he wants what you look like to be a surprise.  I KIND OF agree with him, but I still miss seeing you.  Even though I can feel you squirming around pretty much all the time, so I know you're still in there.  Well, obviously.  Look at the picture.  You're DEFINITELY in there.

Daddy's home next Tuesday, so hopefully that will pass our time very quickly.  He always keeps us so busy...We already have a lot planned while he's home, because this is his last time home before you're born.  Then next time he comes home from work, we'll be having a baby! 

That's it from the outside, Baby Girl.  We love you and we're getting so close to touching you:)

Love,

Mommy