33 week appointment

Had my 33 week appointment with my CNM today. It went well, nothing too exciting, everything's going great. My weight is up to 131 and she said doing just fine. Blood pressure good, baby's heartrate good, uterus is measuring right on at 33 weeks.

We talked a bit about his size since it's been a nagging worry in the back of my mind. I passed my GD test but I keep getting paranoid that my blood sugar is unknowingly getting high and baby will be too big. She offered me another ultrasound which was SOOO tempting since I love every opportunity to see my little guy but she said that since I'm measuring on track and by palpating my belly, she wasn't concerned at all and guessed him to be about 4-4.5lbs right now and didn't think he'd be much bigger than 7lbs even if I go the full 40 weeks this time.

He's head down but not facing in the ideal direction but we have time for that to change. Not engaged yet either.

So, pretty uneventful but that's a good thing!

Here are my 33 week pictures....

Daddy's Day

Late again, surprise surprise, but wanted to post about Father's Day.

We didn't do too much, just had a nice relaxing day around the house. Russ took a nap in the morning while the kids and I worked on one of his presents. Then we had lunch, opened presents and hung around, playing in the backyard until we grilled for dinner.

We got him a pair of binoculars for watching the eagles that sometimes fly around the house, ZR2 decals for his truck (that was my major score-I called all over the place and finally found one dealership, about 40 minutes away, that had one in stock), and the kids gave him a collage picture frame with a picture of each of them, even Samuel, and a picture that they each colored.

Here's Daddy and Eli. Eli's wearing his special shirt for the occasion.

Daddy and Isaac....And the pimped out truck!

A Conversation with Elijah

Last night Elijah was sitting and playing with his toys and this is the conversation he had with them....

"Not being nice! Want a time out? Yeah? Okay!"

Hmmm....a little window into a good part of our days???

30 Weeks!!

Wow, I can't believe I'm already 30 weeks! Where does the time go?? I do have to say, though, that this time my body is REALLY feeling it already. Part of me feels ready to give birth at any minute just based on how sore I am all the time. By the end of the day, my ankles, legs, back, ect. just ache. Really hoping this one follows his big brothers (how WEIRD-calling Elijah a "big brother") and comes by 37/38 weeks. Crazy to think that there's possibly only 7 more weeks to go!

I'm so ready to meet Samuel and just see his little face but I'm really starting to mourn Eli not being the baby anymore. Isaac was 3.5 by the time Elijah was born so it just seems so odd to have Elijah only be 2 and another baby almost here. He's still so much my baby.

Other than feeling like an 87 year old, I'm doing well. Feeling pretty good, contractions are doing okay, OH!! and I passed my GD test this time!!! I was SO psyched about that! First time not having to deal with blood sugar testing and diet monitoring. I still test my levels every once in awhile to make sure they're doing okay but it's great to have a little more freedom.

Here's my 30 week (well, technically 29w5d's) picture.....