31 weeks.

How far along: 31 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 5 lbs... my weight goes up and down like a roller coaster...
Maternity clothes: you know it!
Stretch marks: wow, yes! i went from 2 to like 10 in a day!
Sleep: not too much...
Best moment this week: i finally picked out my weekender bag to pack for the hospital!!! wooo!!!
Movement: constant. this little man is like a tiny circus performer, i feel like my belly has its own dance these days
Food cravings: snickers bar ice creams & better than sex cake...
Gender: little man.
Labor signs: little bit of braxton hicks contractions just about every night
Belly button: in or out? its kinda surfaced, but its level with the rest of my huge belly... wont be surprised if i have an outtie by the end!
What I miss: a good nights sleep.
What Im looking forward to: this little man finally making his appearance, it feels like we're so close now!
Weekly wisdom: stay hydrated! you can get dehydrated so quickly during pregnancy, especially in this hot hot summer... ugh!
Milestones: started my every other week appointments... this baby will be here before we know it. :)

i dont know if you guys are ready for this... but heres a pretty sweet belly shot.

i look awesome.

ha ha... a very thrilled me at 29 weeks.

not a whole lot to report right now, other than i gained 7 lbs in one month which does not make me happy at all. of course, im trying to blame all of that weight on a combination of baby & boobies.

oh, i get about zero sleep these days... the little man is definitely getting bigger and making his presence known. there are only about two tolerable sleeping positions and even those are not comfortable at all, i can sleep on either side but after awhile i start to feel like an old person with bed sores because my hips hurt so bad. no fun. and i think the lack of sleep is definitely affecting my emotional/hormonal state... i am not a pleasant person these days.

so thats about it, ive gained weight and ive been crying daily. awesome.

sugar coma.

went to the doc today and had to take the dreaded glucose test which really wasnt as bad as i was prepared for it to be. i had to chug a terribly sweet orange drink and wait around for an hour to have my blood drawn. so the worst part was just the waiting... i get the results on monday, but only if its bad news which i am totally thinking it is not.

today also started the marathon of appointments... i now go every other week for awhile until i start going once a week. im thinking about just moving into the prince william obgyn manassas office, it might save everyone a lot of time...

so thats about it these days, just consumed with baby and new house stuff. and for your viewing pleasure: my picture at 28 weeks


how cute am i?!

krade house.

we finally found a house, and our contract got accepted today!!! it is maybe five minutes away from my parents which i absolutely love! we could walk to each others houses if we wanted, but everyone knows how lazy i am so i dont know how often the whole walking thing will happen... ha ha! we go to closing in one month so we will be in the new house before the little bambino gets here!!!

i know sometimes i have crazy thoughts, but im pretty sure this house was meant for us. :) we were actually out to see another house but fortunately for us, a sketchy realtor changed the combo on the lock box so we couldnt get in... so wade brings up the other house that our realtor had mentioned, i didnt want to see it because i was thinking it was out of our price range. i was out voted by wil and the moms so we ended up going to see it. we get out of the car and what flower is planted right in front?! a calla lily, one of our wedding flowers, so right then my mom said that the house was meant to be. we checked out the house, i LOVED it, put in an offer and it got accepted. and they lived happily ever after.

as happy as we are, im not really sure if we are more excited or scared about the whole thing! i do know that i cannot wait for our little family to be in our own home. :)

momdom.

i realized while at a wedding last weekend that i am slowly moving into what i like to call 'mom mode.' any and all thoughts that cross my mind are baby related. i am absolutely positive that i am no fun to be around. anyway, im at the wedding, standing in a circle of girlfriends and while they are excitedly telling each other about their luck at the new coach outlet that just opened, the only thing i can think of that i have been shopping for as of late is baby furniture... not too thrilling a topic for ladies that are not harboring a little castaway in the tum tum.

so for any moms that happen to read my blog, here is a picture of the most recent cause for excitement!



i know, i am so lame, totally excited about a nursing chair... but really, when you think about it, its a huge deal, i will be spending tons and tons of time in this chair. what is it, a half an hour every two hours, or some craziness like that? i better be in LOVE with that thing!

the mangled town.

i really have nothing of importance to say today but i havent updated in awhile so here i am, rocking you like a hurricane.

went to the doc today because i was kinda crampy and didnt feel right so i went in to get my blood pressure checked and they went ahead and checked my pee while i was there and the nurse said that she had never seen a more perfect urine strip. how awesome is that? i have fabulous pee. you will find it on ebay shortly. everything is fine, they just want me to rest and ill get checked out more thoroughly next week with my regular appt.

i took the moms by target yesterday to check out the play pen (i know, people dont like to call them that anymore, but thats what they are) and stroller we finally deciced on... so glad i did because we realized that they were both clearanced and target wouldnt be carrying them anymore! ugh! but g'ma saved the day and purchased both so we would definitely have them, and on sale! even more awesome! so i am pretty confident that if baby ashe came tomorrow we would be pretty set...

oh... i attempted to shave my bikini area last weekend and i ended up mangling my downtown. you have no idea how hard it is to shave an area that you can barely see because everytime you bend over there is a huge belly blocking the view until you are pregnant... im thinking now is the time where i just have to suck it up and wax that thing!