36 weeks and holding

How far along? “36” weeks

Total weight gain: 25 pounds

Maternity clothes? Mostly maternity, with a few regular pieces thrown in

Stretch marks? Oh yeah. But thank God for Maderma and Palmer’s. They are my friends!

Sleep: I sleep great for about 2 hours at a time. My body is already transitioning to baby time.

Best moment this week: Opening our mail! We’ve got so much stuff coming in as we get all of O’s last minute things ordered. It’s fun coming home every day to see what we’ve got. 

Miss Anything? My normal body and energy level. It’s a humbling experience when you can no longer see your feet, knees, etc. and require assistance to literally do every single thing in your life.  This majorly cuts into my independent streak.

Movement: We have a soccer player on our hands. He loves to jab mom’s ribs with his practice kicks. We’ve already had some serious discussions on where it’s appropriate to practice soccer moves, and where it’s not appropriate. He’s having trouble hearing me, I think.

Food cravings: Mexican food, banana pudding milkshakes and chocolate sno-cones. But separate. No mixing of weird foods.  

Anything making you queasy or sick: Not really

Gender: Boy

Labor Signs: Yes. A lot of contractions as my body is warming up for the big day. We’re still in a pre-labor stage though. Nothing too exciting yet.

Symptoms: Indigestion and fatigue. 

Belly Button in or out? Flat

Wedding rings on or off? Off. My ring will go on, but it’s iffy coming off. So for now, it’s resting in a safe place.

Happy or Moody most of the time: All over the place. My emotions are a source of surprise for everyone these days, including myself.  

Looking forward to: The weekend. My mom and I are going into serious work mode to try and get my house completely unpacked, O’s room set up, his clothes and diapers washed, hospital bags packed, etc. A girl can dream, right?

Catch Up

So….I have been absent from the weekly blog/pregnancy posts for a while now. Let’s play catch up.

Week 26

Our house in Little Rock goes on the market. Talk about having a cleaning frenzy to get ready for this big occasion! At this point, Nate is still preaching out every weekend, I’m going with him when I can but still having to work some weekends in Little Rock.

Week 27

This turns out to be a busy week for us. We start our Thursday night birthing classes at Birth Works (another post in itself), Nate’s cousin gets married and he performs the ceremony while my sister and I do music. We officially start our new position as Staff Pastor at Connect.Point Church and I also start getting sick this week.

Week 28

We enter allergy season in the great state of Arkansas. I’ve never dealt with severe allergies until pregnancy and then it hit me HARD. Sinus infections, multiple problems and several days off work. Talk about miserable. This lead to major stress on my body, complications and some scary moments for all of us.

Week 29

This week was full of doctor’s appointments, tests, bed rest and medications. Thankfully the Lord intervened and I’m now okay and med-free. Our little man was a champ through it all and never was affected by all my problems.

Week 30

This was my birthday week. I was able to spend a few days in Eureka Springs with my two favorite ladies (my mom and sister) relaxing, exploring, pampering and having a wonderful time on our last “girls only” trip before O gets here. I also got a surprise baby shower from the sweet ladies at my work!

  

Week 31

We had two baby showers during this week. The first one was from our family and friends in NE Arkansas, and then the second one from our new church family at Connect.Point. Mom and I had a power “sewing” weekend and worked hard on getting O’s bedding ready to go.

Week 32

My last weekend to work! It was a crazy weekend too. I scared everyone, including myself, by deciding to have some serious labor moments. Thank God we were able to slow things down. My little guy is already showing his impatience!

Week 33

We celebrated Easter with our Connect.Point family! It was a nice, relaxing weekend to prelude our next few weeks of craziness.

Week 34

AKA the craziest week of my life. Our sweet friends and family came down and helped us pack up our entire house in 2 days. Friday, we spent all day packing our UHAUL and then drove it to our new house (through the rain and terrible road construction, I might add). Saturday, we unpacked. Sunday, church. Sunday night we drive 3 hours to my in-laws. Monday morning we get up at 4am, drive 6 hours to Dallas, spend several hours at IKEA buying furniture for our new house, then drive 6 hours back to my in-laws. Tuesday, we drive 3 hours home, unload our truck, then 3 hours back to my in-laws. Wednesday, we drive to Little Rock, we work a full day, see our doctor and then drive 2 hours home. A few words: crazy, exhausted, and swollen ankles. I never thought we would live through it.

Week 35

We closed on our house in Little Rock! We also started the daily commute back and forth from our home to Little Rock for work. The commute itself isn’t bad, until you add one-lane road construction. We’ve seen some pretty hairy stuff during our travels. I’m so thankful for the Lord’s protection through it all!

And now here we are. All caught up. I realize that this post has been more about our life over the last few months than my pregnancy, per say. But that’s what our blog is for. A place for us to capture the journey of life.