Baby Showers

My sweet friends Camy and Ginny threw me a wonderful baby shower last weekend. We have all been friends since elementary school and have had many fun adventures together! I love these girls! Despite the nasty monsoon rain the day of the shower, we had a great time! It was a small gathering of some of my close friends and family and I LOVED having some "girl" time! The food was wonderful and the blue cupcake tower was so cute!!

Also, my coworkers threw me a surprise baby shower at our monthly meeting this past Wednesday. I absolutely loved all of the special touches that they made with the decorations, cupcakes, and awesome gift- a baby bag full of goodies for the new baby and Jackson. I am lucky to work with such a great and thoughtful group of ladies!

Here are a few photos, although I wish I had taken more.

The hostess(es) with the most(eses), or as I like to call us, The 3 F***** N**** (inside joke!)
Love them!

Wish I had taken this before we dove into the cupcakes :)

Awesome coworkers!

Cute (and delicious) cupcakes! (Thank you Becky!)

31-33 Weeks

I have finally hit the uncomfortable stage of pregnancy-the home stretch! These next 6 weeks or so will most likely go by very slowly. Of course, chasing after a 2 1/2 year old might make time go by faster than with my first pregnancy-we'll see! These last few weeks have been really good. Other than the big ole belly getting in the way sometimes, I have been feeling pretty good. My dr appts are happening every 2 weeks and this baby's heart rate has stayed right in the mid 140's every time. I am still doing pretty well with weight gain and my dr predicts I will not gain more than 35 lbs this pregnancy, which is about 10 lbs less than with Jackson. I hope she is right!

I am definitely moving a little more slowly these days the heart burn is still ever present, especially through the night. This baby also continues to move constantly. Sometimes when I look down, he looks like he is trying to bust his way out! It is hard to imagine that he still has some good growing to do before he makes his grand entrance. From his movements, he seems so big and strong already!

I finally took a few pictures of the belly:


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32 Weeks

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31 Week Ultrasound

Last week we had our OB visit and an ultrasound to check on baby's size and my fluid level. Everything looked perfect! My fluid level was right on the nose of average and baby boy was measuring in the 45 percentile for size. My u/s tech estimated that if I go full term, we will have a 7 lb baby. Of course, that is just a guess. Also, he is head down and should stay that way, so that was great news.

I had really hoped for some great 3D shots of his face, but he wasn't having any of it. He kept his sweet face buried in my placenta and every now and the he would turn a little bit. When those moments came, he would put his hands and feet over his face! We tried over and over again, but we couldn't get a single good shot. I guess we will just have to wait until he is born to see him again. He was more than happy to show off his boy parts to us, though! That was by far the clearest photo that we got and he has his whole "tool kit" now (as the u/s tech calls it). There will definitely be no surprises about gender in the delivery room-this child is ALL boy!

We did see him drinking and at one point it appeared that he was sucking on his toes..ha! His heartrate was in the 130's and he was moving around a good bit. Overall, it was a great appt.