34 Week Belly Pics

I'm home on this rainy day - in my pjs...laying on the couch! Seeing I had the time, I wanted to share my 34 week belly photos and update.

• Sleep? not great. I toss and turn a lot, get up to use the bathroom - a lot, I'm thirsty throughout the night...and I'm starting to have weird dreams.
• Weight? pretty good. I've gained a pound since my 32 week visit. I booked my 36 week appointment in 2 weeks, then I'm down to seeing the Doctor EVERY week. YIKES!
• Food? I'm not liking too much again. I feel the way I did in my first trimester. Meats are a big no-no for me right now. I'm still craving cereal, milk, PB&Js...and anything sweet.
• Complaints? nothing. Still have some minor aches and pains and as I said before, things are getting harder to do...but still feeling great overall.
• Baby? He's very active - and growing (as you'll see below)
• Miss? I'd say I miss nothing...because it's true. These last 8.5 months have been an amazing time for me and us. But let's be honest...having my old body back will be nice...and having a few drinks wouldn't hurt either.
• Look forward to? Our couples baby shower on Saturday!

The Belly at 34 weeks. 6 more to go!

 

34 Weeks

I had my 34 week check up this morning. I am happy to report that EVERYTHING is still going great. Blood pressure, weight (gained 1 pound since my 32 week check up), and the baby is still moving and kicking away - still in position. I will post belly pictures tomorrow - but for today, I'm heading home from the office. It's a rainy, gloomy day and the perfect day to lay on the couch with Nate.

This is how I feel today: 

HAPPY...

...BIRTHDAY

to

this

pretty lady!

My SIL, Shannon!

Hope you have a great day - can't wait to see you this weekend.

Love - Me



Nursery Update

Happy Sunday!

Stew and I are exhausted! He's off to take a long shower, so I figured I'd sneak in a blog post before making tacos for dinner tonight. We had a busy and productive weekend - Friday night we stayed in and rented "127 Hours". It was a good movie, worth seeing! Saturday we did errands, had lunch out together and worked on Baby G's nursery. It's coming to together just the way we hoped. At work on Friday, I designed a few pieces of wall art - so we hang those above his changing table.

Today has been a day of cleaning - I wouldn't call is "nesting" just yet - but it's getting there. A lot of organizing and we'll call it "Spring Cleaning". Stew cleaned the garage, while I cleaned the house. I'm tired! My back hurts.. But that's OK - I'm happiest when my house is spotless.

Here are a few pictures from yesterday - working on the baby's room. Hope you all had a great weekend.  Enjoy your week. Only 6 days until our Baby Shower!

Stew hanging G's curtains

G's first Goldfish, "Monte"

Wall art that Momma made

First Piggy Bank - that Daddy keeps filling with change

We'll call this - a reminder

Toys

"Monte" waiting for G

His bookshelf needs work - but we are getting there

Pros & Cons - 33 weeks!

If you watch Late Night with Jimmy Fallon - you'll know that he does a segment of Pros & Cons. This is my "33 week Pros & Cons - Pregnancy"

CON: I can't seem to find anything for dinner that I like.
PRO: Last night we had McDonalds cheeseburgers, fries and a chocolate shake for dinner!

CON: I'm having a hard time putting on my sneakers.
PRO: I just bought a new pair of cute slide on flats.

CON: My back hurts.
PRO: Stew gives a great massage.

CON: I'm getting tired.
PRO: My boss told me to sleep in.

CON: I still have about 6 weeks to go.
PRO: In about 6 weeks we get to meet our son!

So today is the 33 week mark. As you can see there are pros and cons. Things are starting to get harder. I think it's because I'm getting more tired. Sleep isn't coming easy, I feel like I toss and turn a lot at night. And thirsty - I'm so thirsty at night! But other than that - things are still going great. He's moving around a lot, some movements are harder than others...and some nights we'll look down and he has some body part sticking out.

Over the weekend we picked up a few more things for the nursery - it's almost finished. We are waiting until after our shower to put the final touches on it. Our Couples Baby Shower is next weekend! I can't believe it. I'm so excited! Excited to see friends and family that we haven't seen in a while and to know that our baby shower is actually here! I thought "wow. I'll be so close once we have the shower"...and now it's next weekend!

My girlfriends shower is the following weekend - then we are into our BIRTH MONTH! And seeing that is getting so close - I built my new work lap top and will be setting up my home office in the next few weeks. And along with that - I am going to start making a few lists. Lists of phone numbers for Stew - just so we don't forget things in the heat of the moment - whenever that "moment" will be.

We don't have any plans for this weekend - except to get together with my sister and her husband. But that is it! I'll leave you with the belly progression photo. I did add a 33 week-er from today too. A few things I think you'll notice in these photos - 1. I'm not hardly as tan as I was in August! 2. The belly along with everything else is growing. 3. I change my iPhone cover a lot. 4. I popped somewhere between 24 and 28 weeks! Enjoy!

"Good Evening, Mrs Pappagiorgio"

You probably don't understand the title of this post, unless you're a fan of the movie Vegas Vacation like I am! I must have quoted 5 lines a day while in Vegas. I love this movie. Stew has only seen it once or twice...so he's excited to watch it again now that we're back from our trip.

Our trip started off on Friday. We had a storm roll in early Friday morning, so I worked from home and finished packing. We headed to my parents around 4 pm to drop off Nate and catch a ride with them. Our flight was at 7:45 pm, but with the bad weather and the fact we knew we'd be hungry, we left a little early. We had a great dinner at Legal Seafood, and boarded the plane a little before 9. (It was delayed by an hour). I knew that we had a 6 hour flight ahead of us, but seeing the time, I figured we'd be able to sleep. Boy, was I wrong. We sat on the runway de-icing and re-fueling for 3 hours! That was half the length of what we thought our flight would be. I was still in pretty good shape, considering it was mid-night. I figured that once we took off, I'd fall asleep. I was wrong again. With the threat of re-fueling again in Salt Lake looming over us...I couldn't sleep. My back started to hurt...bad. My legs from the knees down began to swell...and somewhere over South Dakota the tears started rolling down my face. I was in so much pain from sitting...the plane was dark and quiet. I was miserable. I still had a least another 3 hours and the possibility of stopping for fuel. We finally landed in Las Vegas at 6:30 am (our time) - 3:30 am Vegas time. I texted my Dad to let him know we just landed - to my surprise, he responded. He was up having coffee and reading the paper. I'm not sure who was more surprised. 

We checked into the Monte Carlo and went to bed. My back ached and my feet looked like Fred Flintstone's. We woke up around 9 am - still not completely rested, but starving. My "body" thought it was lunch time and I that had skipped breakfast. So we were up for the day and decided to eat and start being "tourists". We walked around much of the day on Saturday - then went to Le Reve at the Wynn and had dinner at an amazing Steak House. After dinner the show - we sat at the Caribbean Poker table and played cards - not winning big, but having a blast together. 

Sunday, we did more walking around, shopping, eating, drinking and gambling. Stew and I went to a bar called Minus 5. It was an ice bar! Freezing, especially when you don't have shots and strong cocktails to warm you up. It was definitely a "cool" experience though! No cameras are allowed and the photos on the website are all protected, so you'll have to trust me on this one. 

Monday and Tuesday, I spent the day by myself...relaxing, shopping and...well - eating! Stew was attending a work event both days, but it was nice to relax. 

Ok. Ok. This post is getting a little too long - on to the good stuff. PICTURES! Enjoy. 

There were reflective building everywhere! I couldn't resist.

 Shopping at Planet Hollywood

An awesome Seafood/Oyster & Wine bar - too bad I can't have either one of those items.

Shopping!

Baby G goes to Vegas! 

Heading to Minus 5 and dinner

You'll have to excuse all the pictures I posted below - but these little cupcakes deserve a lot of "exposure". If you couldn't find me in Vegas - go over to the "Cupcakery"...you'd find me there. I went on three separate occasions and tried three different gourmet cupcakes! 

**AMAZING**

Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip

So that was our Vegas trip in photos! We had such a great time at what will probably be our last trip sans Baby G (although he was sort of there).

And a real quick update from yesterday's appointment - Baby G is doing great...still in the head down position and growing like crazy! 

Happy Friday and have a great weekend. 

32 Weeks. 8 Months.

I can't believe I just typed those words. You always see people that are 8 months pregnant and you think that is so far away...then it happens. I still feel great. I have no complaints. Yes, things are getting harder to do...like rolling over in bed or getting certain shoes on, but other than that - all is still going great.

On Wednesday we arrived home from Las Vegas. I'll do an entire post about our trip this weekend once I download our pictures. But, for today - this will be a quick 32 week post and update.

• I have a doctors appointment today for my normal 2 week check-up.
• We will be narrowing down our search for a pediatrician in the next week or so.
• We are attending our first birth/baby class this Sunday.
• Our baby shower is in 2 weeks!
• I had my first "swollen feet" experience while on a 9+ hour flight to Vegas. No, the flight wasn't supposed to be 9+ hours...we had to sit on the runway for and extra 3 due to inclement weather.
• I'm having a very hard time making meat dishes for dinner lately. It doesn't seem to matter what it is...chicken, beef, pork - it just doesn't look appetizing at this point.
• I'm so ready for Spring...
• I'm so ready to meet our Son...