How far along? 37 weeks 3 days!
Total weight gain: No rest for the weary in the weight gain department. Seems it is very common for people to lose weight or stop gaining but negative, my body is NOT interested in that idea.
Maternity clothes? Wearing my dresses as shirts these days, feeling GIGANTIC!
Stretch marks? No stretch marks but I seriously can't believe I have 3 more weeks of growing to do.
Sleep:? Its only getting harder and harder to get in and out of bed.
Best moment this week: Thanksgiving was fabulous! Joey, my brother, my mom and I had Thanksgiving at her house this year and it was absolutely perfect! Way more relaxing than prior years, and we all just hung out together and cooked and chatted while the boys watched football and the 3 doggies, 2 cats ran around the house. I made my standard mexican shrimp cocktail, ceasar salad and brought pumpkin pie. The food was absolutely delicious and everything came out perfect. It was one of those years with no stress, just family time and excitement over the baby coming. I had a few contractions (I think) and a ton of braxton hicks and we all were a bit nervous we might make a trip to the hospital but nope, all was good! Little Carter still has some serious cooking to do!
After dessert, Joey and left to pick up 2 of our good friends Steve and Alisa who came and stayed with us Thursday through Saturday. We stopped by his family's house and visited for a while which was fun, as Steves parents are absolutely hilarious! We spent the weekend with Steve and Alisa and had a blast ordering pizza in, watching movies and going out to dinner. They are awesome, I just wish they lived closer!!
AND IN BIG NEWS... we got our christmas tree!! YAY! My mom and brother are coming over tonight to help decorate and have dinner and I have been blasting Christmas music non stop and driving everyone crazy. Sorry for having holiday spirit!!! Can't wait to get everything up and be fully engulfed in Christmas spirit!
Lastly, Joey and I made a HUGE dent on the nursery and baby stuff. I washed all of little Carters clothes and hung them up and folded them. We sorted through a ton of our gifts and made a list of what we still need (which is a truckload- jeez babies sure require a lot. Dont ever call me high maintenance!) and decided what we didnt. I read a ton of reviews and advice from other moms, and with the help of all my mommy freinds, we made some serious executive decisions. And our stroller got delivered along with our carseat!I was seriously so excited after setting up the nursery last night I could barely sleep thinking how I CANNOT wait to meet Carter and am so anxious for him to get here!
We also went down to my own personal hell aka Baby's R Us and pretty much finished off all the items on our registry. I absolutely HATE that place BUT they are opening a buy buy baby right down the street from us which I hear is far superior. YAY!
Miss Anything? Well now that we have under 3 weeks, I feel like I am going to be pretty sad that this whole experience of pregnancy is over. Don't get me wrong. I am beyond ready to meet Carter and not feel like 10 pounds of crap in a 5 pound bag but this really has been special and amazing experience for Joey and I and its crazy to think that its coming to an end after almost a year of pregnancy/baby brain!!
Movement: He non stop moves all day and night. Gone are my fears of decreased fetal movement. He is definitely an active little guy!
Food Cravings: Fred's is amazing. I am all about hot chocolate and mass amount of whip cream. True Food will always be my number 1.
Anything making you queasy or sick: too much of any food, stomach is definitely shrinking but eye for food is not.
Gender: BOY! Boooyaah!
Labor Signs: well I am definitely having way more and way more intense Braxton Hicks combined with (I think) some contractions, or at least some pretty intense gas pains. lovely huh? Feeling a lot of pressure and uncomfortable-ness. Hoping that means things are happening but I DO NOT want to be one of those girls who convinces herself she is going to be 3 weeks early and wakes up every day in anticipation that this is "the day" thus making for the longest 3 weeks of her life. Well that actually sounds like a pretty exact description of me.
Symptoms: Back pain, bloating, my face is officially swelling along with every other part of my body, braxton hicks, EXHAUSTION, all the super super fun stuff!
Belly Button in or out? outtie 500.
Wedding rings on or off? ON!!!!
Happy or Moody most of the time: This IS the happiest I have ever been. There are a million emotions running through me these days. Sometimes I feel like I have so much more to get done before he officially arrives but I mainly spend every day just in pure anticipation of his arrival. Last night I couldnt sleep thinking about how much I already love him and how I can't wait to kiss his little face and lay with Joey just looking at the blessing we created together. AHH! I am so excited!
Looking forward to: What do you think? Our sweet little baby boy being born and celebrating Christmas and New Years with him and my family. Blessed cannot fully capture how overjoyed and happy I am right now.
Our beautiful Thanksgiving table!
The turkey!
This is my standard baja chicken salad and mass amounts of salsa that has basically made up my pregnancy. Steve felt it was necessary to document how ridiclous it .
