33 Weeks

I took a few other bare belly pictures, but this one hides my stretch marks best. If I get brave enough, then maybe I'll post the other ones too....later.




From my babycenter.com weekly email:

Pregnancy survival skill: How to get out of a soft chair

Put your feet flat on the floor and bend from the hips. Push on the armrests with your hands! Use your stomach muscles. If upward motion is still elusive, pick up your magazine and yell for more mint-chip ice cream. (Standing up is totally overrated anyway.)

Samantha's First Day of Kindergarten

Eating breakfast. My girls want dried blueberries at almost every meal. They wanted waffles, but there was no way I was giving my child syrup on the first day of school. Around here, the kids don't just eat syrup, somehow they always end of wearing it too.


Samantha was so excited to start school today! But sometimes she gives weird smiles. Today was one of those days.



Here is her backpack. She also has a matching lunchbox.


Enjoying her after-school treat with Alison.


P.S. Alison missed her SO much!

My Little Helpers

Samantha loves to help in the kitchen!

We've found that if we give the girls chores together, they usually do a better job and have a little more fun while doing them. They had to clean all the smudges off the bathroom drawers and cupboards.

Cuddling

Alison is really ready for a big girl bed and climbs into Sam's bed every night before bedtime. Soon kiddo...we'll get you a big girl bed soon. But in the meantime...they're so cute cuddling together!

Fingerpainting with Pudding

Who wants to fingerpaint with actual paint when you can use pudding instead? So yummy!!

Prenatal Appt Update

I spent a few hours at my prenatal appt this morning. Aside from the appointment, I also needed to do some bloodwork and then go back upstairs to get my RhoGAM shot.

I've only gained 10 pounds total! The nurse Midwife I saw during my last appointment was kind of giving me a hard time for gaining weight. What!?!? This time I saw a different person and she was super proud of me for keeping my weight in check and for only gaining 10 pounds! I LIKE HER!

Speaking of 10 pounds, after measuring my belly, looking at the growth percentile charts, and feeling the baby, the doctor guesstimated that this little guy will probably be in the 10 to 11 pound range at birth. I have an ultrasound coming up and they'll try to better determine how big he'll be. If he's measuring really big, they'll either offer me a c-section or if around 38 weeks I'm "ripe", meaning dialated to at least a 3 or 4 and starting to efface, then they'll induce me at 38 or 39 weeks, depending on the baby's projected size.

32 Weeks

I said to Jason, "I'm 32 weeks. Can you take a picture so I have a belly shot for the blog?" This is what he took.



Then he took a better one.



Actually, I've had some requests for an actual belly shot like I've done with past pregnancies, so maybe I'll do that for next week.

Stout Family Reunion

I had a wonderful time at the Stout Family Reunion this past week in Utah! Here is a LINK to see some pictures from our trip.

When it was all said and done, I had had lots of fun and good times, but ohhhhh my back and feet hurt! My ankles were swollen so big, and puffy and discolored too. Pregnant women are soooo not meant for traveling.

31 Weeks

I'm 31 weeks today. It's kind of weird to think that in less than 10 weeks, we'll have another baby in the house. WE'RE SO NOT READY! We still need to get the girls into bunkbeds, buy some boy crib bedding and other cute boy stuff, buy another dresser (I can't fit clothing for 3 kids into 1 dresser.), buy a bigger bookshelf, find a bassinet, etc!

But all of that being said.....HOLY MOLY....this baby never stops moving! He is an active little guy! What's he going to be like as a little boy?? Yikes!

All the literature says this baby is in the 3 pound range right about now. But knowing my history, I'd be willing to bet he's in the 4 or maybe even 5 pound range. How much weight per week do babies usually gain toward the end?

WHY AM I AWAKE????

I know, I know, I know...I'm way behind on blogging. I'll catch up one of these days. But in the mean time, WHY AM I AWAKE??????? It's after 1:00 in the morning....I'm so tired....but my brain won't shut up! And now my stomach is growling too, but I really don't want to eat in the middle of the night.