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How far along? 32 weeks. Holy smokes- we are getting C-L-O-S-E!
Maternity clothes? Nothing new. Still hating the way they look on me. I need to purchase some more dresses for work though...which is approaching fast. I better get on that!
Stretch marks? LISTEN UP PEOPLE- I'VE GOT SAD NEWS. I.have.stretch.marks.on.my.belly! Are you sad? I am. I thought I was in the clear. Funny story on how I found out: So, John and I were outside working on a nursery project (pictures coming soon). Let's me be honest, I was more of a supervisor so I was sitting in the garage on the lawn mower. It was hot so I had my shirt lifted up over my belly. John came over to ask me a question and was staring funny at my belly. His reaction went a little something like this "Wow. You have been lying on your blog. You DO have stretch marks". My response went a little something like this "WHAT? OH MY GOSH. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? WHAT DO YOU MEAN STRETCH MARKS? WHERE? GO GET MY PHONE. TAKE A PICTURE. I WANT TO SEE!!!". Total freak out mode. How could I miss them??? John took a picture of my belly so I could see what I was working with. Sure enough....two little patches of stretch marks right below my bikini line. Lucky for me, if I ever decide to wear a bathing suit again in this lifetime, they will be covered. I know it's part of mother nature and pretty much impossible to avoid but I told John he could have saved that little bit of information until AFTER I had given birth. My belly is so big and the marks are so low I would have never seen them! Oh well...it's all a part of 'Motherhood'. Welcome little stretch marks, welcome!
Sleep: Absolutely horrible. Croix has his days and nights mixed up already. And he loves to pretend he is a Ninja right when I go to bed and reallllly early in the morning! It's safe to say that I am not taking advantage of sleeping in this summer.
Best moment this week: Like I mentioned above...John worked on a peg board project for the nursery to hang over the dresser. We have it on the wall and ready to be decorated. One step closer to being finished. I have to wait on a few more items to come in the mail and I will be able to snap pictures to share. AND we took maternity pictures on Tuesday!!
Anything making you queasy or sick: No
Gender: BOY.
Belly Button in or out? Innie. But stretching like crazy. What is going to happen to it once it can't stretch any longer? I'm scared for that outcome.
Wedding rings on or off? Bands AND ring are off. I had to give up on wearing the ring on a daily basis. It's too hard to get off and I have heard horror stories about woman having to get their ring surgically removed at the ER. I wear it for the weekly pictures sometimes but never out anymore.
Miss Anything? Not sweating like a pig when I walk two feet outside.
Food cravings: Ice cream and MEXICAN!! Chips and salsa- YUM. Guess what friends?? I totally obtained my goal this week! I didn't eat A-N-Y ice cream!! Aren't you proud?? I was so proud of myself. Not even ONE time!! YAY. Go me!
Labor Signs: No.
Symptoms: Back aches. I don't think this is going away anytime soon. And I see it getting worse as the weeks go on. I can barley walk around a store for 5 minutes before I am ready to sit down and give my back a break. I am always looking for the nearest place to sit! And as you can see from my chalkboard this week...HEARTBURN! Fun times.
Happy or moody? HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY! We are getting so close people. The more I think about it, the more excited I get.
Looking forward to: My family baby shower this Saturday hosted by my cousin Wendi and Aunt Janie and some other friends and family!! I love getting together with people that I love and celebrating this special little boy.
- Tuesday we had maternity pictures taken by Aimee. Let me tell you something- IT WAS HOT. Like, super hot. Like, hair soaking wet hot. I was worried about John sweating to death and I ended up being the one who was sweating like a 300 lb. man. I was so worried that the pictures of me were going to turn out bad because the sweat was LITERALLY pouring down my face but Aimee sent me some sneak peeks and I LOVE THEM. As soon as she sends me CD I will be sure to share them on here.
- Tuesday Aug. 6th I go back to the doctor for my bi-weekly check up and then I START going EVERY SINGLE WEEK. You know what that means? WE ARE COMING TO THE END PEOPLE. THE BIRTH DATE IS APPROACHING.......
- Finally we are able to say: Croix will be here NEXT MONTH!
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