34 weeks tomorrow!

Yes that is right folks, I will be 34 weeks tomorrow! And that means only 6 weeks left to go! And that is if little Elem doesn't decide to come on and celebrate his birthday early! :) Which like I have said before, deep down I am hoping for a little early entrance into the world. As long as he is heathly!!

This week is actually the critical week they like for you to make it too. After reaching 34 weeks 99% of babies can survive ourside of the womb with no problems. So that makes me very happy. Its so amazing to think that Elem was like the size of an itty bitty pea and he is now big enough to survive outside of my belly!!

Which brings me to another point! I have been trying to get the doc to tell me which way he is sitting, or laying, or whatever and how big he is! But its just not for sure! A month ago he was head down with his legs and feet indian style facing out towards my belly. Which oddly enough, is what he has been the entire time. (Well every time I have gotten an ultra sound) But then last time she didnt do an ultra sound and she was feeling around and couldnt figure out how he was laying! And I was like great, I hope he didnt move to and is not like head up or something. That would be no good!

And since she couldnt really tell me anything on the weight, I am just going by what the research I have done says. So this week Elem is supposed to be about 4 and 3/4lbs and 18 inches long! So insane! That is like almost a regular size baby in there. Which means all those movements and things are for real! I mean for real for real! haha. LIke for real long little legs and little arms!

Anyways, I am just so thankful to have made it this far without any problems. Even though I have been a little stressed with the swelling and uncomfortableness here and there, it is all worth knowing that he has made it this long! And every day gives him a better chance of being even healthier!

Other than that, I got up super early to try and find a final peice of furniture for the nursery. We really need a chest of drawers or something and I think we might have found the perfect one for like $25 bucks. Although I didnt see anything while I was out, Seths mom was looking too, and she found an armoir that is cherry and should match our bed and changing table! So hopefully it will all look good and we wont have to spend money that we dont have on a super nice one! We are gonna pick it up tonight so Ill take some pics and post em when I get home!

Until next time...

Insomnia, swelling, and heartburn...

So these appear to be the steady theme for the third trimester!!! Who would have known!!!?? I have had the easiest pregnancy, well for the most part-I mean not sick, not swollen, able to work out every day, and gaining like a normal amount of weight, until like 2 weeks ago. And I just dont get it. Its like everything has come crashing down!!!

Okay, well its not THAT bad, but the things that are insane are that I am not getting ANY sleep. I go home and am sooo tired and I fall asleep around 9-10 and then I of course wake up every two hours at least to go to the bathroom! And I just dont get any good sleep in between because really I still need to get up and go to the bathroom again, and then the other half of the time, my hands are doing some crazy thing where they fall asleep!!! It totally sucks!

And then I have this constant heartburn!! And when I say constant I mean constant. Like I could eat two tums and then have to eat two more like 30 minutes later. There is just no way around it. I think Elem is like pushing all my inerds up haha! For real! So I end up having that "feeling like you need to throw up feeling in your throat" all of the time. :( Not happy about that third trimester addition.

Finally, the swelling....what in the world!!?? I mean my face, my hands, my fingers, my feet, MY FACE!!! Did I mention my face?? I literally can not even look at a pic of me from like 7 months ago with out just being upset cause I was so skinny, and now I am so not skinny and swollen! Chipmunk cheeks are not the best look for me, let me tell you! Neither are swollen lips! Well actually the swollen lips are kinda fun, cause Steph keeps making comments on them at work, BUT I would rather my whole face went back to normal. That would make me very happy!

I just want to have Elem and go back to my regular ole body! Even with all the working out I have been doing, there is just no way to get rid of it. Get rid of everything that is!!!

Okay there, I have vented. But I dont want to be this big anymore. I am really ready to have Elem and just know that he is heathly and okay, and let us start our lives with him!! You know? I personally think 9 months is a little too long. I think it is over rated, and should be condensed to 7 months at the most. 9 months is like almost a whole year! And then that does not even include all the time you have to try and get back into shape after the baby is born. haha

Dont get me wrong, I am so happy to be pregnant and know that we have a little boy on the way, but I will be so so happy to just have him here. And have all this crazyness that my body is going through be finished. :)

And the nursery has color!

Yes it is true! We totally spent all day on Saturday painting away on the nursery. It was so cold outside and we were already awake bright and early so we figured why not go ahead and get going on the nursery! So we ran to Lowes and grabbed some paint brushes and just got right to it. And I can not say it enough, that it looks exactly like what i had pictured! I just really wanted a room that was not babyish, but more just cool. Like a room he could grow into and would be stimulating and what not to him with lots of colors. But like soothing all at the same time. So it is by no means finished. But it is well on its way! :)

Seth did all the work on the squares and I put all my energy into the circles. So there are like three greens and 2 browns and then the orange and the off white which was the base coat. And you can see the bed in the middle of the room cause we couldnt actually get it out the door without some hassle so we just had to work around it.

Hopefully we will get the rest of the furniture moved in there this weekend and do the touch up on the paining. Then all we need is the rest of the bedding from my mom, and a few other things to make it look complte! I cant wait! It is going to be such a great little room for Elem and I really think he is going to love it!

Enjoy!

My shower was the BEST!

Wow so I have been wanting to write about my shower for like a week but I have just been so busy I havent had a chance till now! But yay now I get too!

So, my shower was on March 31st at Dawns house and itwas thrown by the bestest friends in the whole world! I just want to say a big thanks to Dawn, Steph, Kristi, Domi, Amber, and Abby! You guys have no idea how much it means to me that you went so out of your way to make it so perfect! I had so much fun!

So I got there with my mom and little sage and it was so freaking cute! They decorated everything with baby stuff I had registered for, so there was like onsies hanging, and little boots on the table, and little stuffed dinos that I registered for sitting on the table and just lots of super cute stuff everywhere! And then there was also tons of food! And the awesome thing was that it was ALL food I love! So if you know me at all, you know that I am like the pickiest person in the whole world! So they hooked it up with fruit and turkey sandwhiches and ceasar salad and baked lays! I mean what more could I have wanted! :) Oh and they even made oreo blasts for desert because I am not a huge cake person! How awesome is that??And they were really good too!

So everyone started showing up and it turned out to be about 15 of my best girl friends, and my mom and seths mom and Seths sis, Ali! Oh and Cecilia came too! So we all just ate and then played the game where you have to guess who is who from a baby pic. So that was cool, and then we also played the game where they had to guess what size my belly was by cutting a piece of string that they thought would fit around my waist. haha. It was cool, but sadly I began to feel extremly large when I saw the size of string that some had cut. hahaha.

And then we got to my favorite part which were the presents! I know that is totally selfish but hey! I Love presents! What can I say! I mean I just love opening them and it makes it seem so much more real that Elem is finally going to be here and be using them!

So we got tons of stuff including onsies galore-some super cute ones a tye dye one, razorback one, some premies, and just overall cute ones, and then he got his swing, the heathcare kit, lots of pasies, some towels, rubber duckies, his stroller, a mattress, lotions and baby wipes and diapers, I got a breast pump-like a super awesome one, the activity gym, and just tons and tons more. And then he also got some converse and a pair of vans I mean how cool is that! And then Seths overall favorite of course...a miam heat d wade jersey for elem along with a miami heat bib and pasie. It is just all too cute. So I took some pics to show some of our favorites! :) Hope you enjoy! Oh and since we have also gotten the diaper genie, the little papasan chair and a few other things. It is just so cool that everyone has totally helped us out. I can not say thank you enough too all my girls and everyone has has hooked Elem up with something. He owes you lots of hugs and big kisses when he gets here!!

33 week checkup!

Well this morning I headed into the doc for another routine check up. I turned 33 weeks on Saturday so I am moving right along! I went in with high hopes that I would be right in and right out, but I was sadly mistaken. I ended up being there for almost 2 hours! Goodness it was a long morning.

I orginally signed in and was waiting to be called to go in the back but then they sent me downstairs to take this gestational diabetes test. Which I was actually supposed to have at 28 weeks. But that is like right when I switched docs so I think they got a little messed up. Anyways, I went down to the lab and had to drink a nice little super sweet orange drink and then return in an hour to get my blood drawn. So I drank it up and headed back to the 7th floor so I could get back in line to see Dr. Collins. Then I ended up waiting forever again, and the yuck part is that little orange drink made me super nautious. Nothing like sitting in the waiting room at a doctor's office sweating and feeling like you might puke at any moment. But not wanting to get up cause you might miss your name. haha.

But I made it through and had my quick checkup. So far I am still healthy, although I did gain another 6 pounds. geez. But I just cant help it anymore. I guess whatever I am going to gain I am gong to gain. I dont really care anymore, I just want to hurry up and meet Elem. :)

They measured me at 32cm which is good and I got to hear his hearbeat again, which is always so amazing to me! The doc said it was in the 140s so that was good. The only thing was that my blood pressure was a tad bit high , which she said might be the cause for all the swelling.

I havent done a great job of keeping up to date on this blog the past couple weeks cause I have been so busy at work and just exhausted by the time I get home that all I want to do is lay down.; So in case you didnt know, I think I am having a mild case of the swellings! My fingers are huge-well to me they are and they freaking hurt!! My whole hands hurt! And then my feet have been swelling too. Not too bad cause I try and keep them elevated, but still not the same as normal. And then my face...geez my face has started swelling in the last 2 weeks and i am not happy about it. :)

So..Mr. Elem I am ready to meet you and for you to go ahead and make your way into this world! First of all because I want to meet that beautiful baby that has been kicking me like crazy and making me pee all the time. But also to get back to my old self. Its kinda like the first 8 months were great and now I am just ready to be done. :):):)

Peas-

Crib and changing table are done!

Okay so I know I have gotten way behind on my blogs lately but I have been sooo busy I just havent had time to sit down and let you all know what has been going on. That being said, Seth brought it to my attention that I had better get my blog caught up because it was making him look bad! haha. The whole crib part and what not.

So with a very big smile I am happy to say that we finally have a crib and changing table fully put together by my baby daddy and it looks fabulous! Now just for the record, the one that we had orginally bought, uhm...lets just say did not work out so great. Once we took it out of the box, we realized that the pieces were like midget seized and neither of us could change Elem on a changing table that was like only up to my thughs. It was crazy. So we put all the pieces back in there and me and my mom and phyllis all went shopping for some new furniture.

Luckily we found the perfect bed anc changing table at baby depot and brought it home the same day we had the crisis!haha So not too much damage there. And not to mention, once I brought it home, Seth got up the next morning and put it all together! we had a few minor difficulties with the changing table, but of course being the manly man that he is, he came thru! :)

So check out the pics below to see the awesome crib. I dont have pics of all of it together yet, but I promise to get some this weekend! :):)