36 weeks - T minus 4 weeks!

So here we are! FOUR weeks to go! Can you believe it? I cannot! It seems like yesterday that we found out and I was in normal clothes! But now I'm down to a few outfits as big as a house! Starting next week I can officially post my eviction notice to get her going! Although, due to my family history I'm not holding my breath but hey, at least I can try!

Sleep has seemed to elude me the past four or five days. Lovely. I guess it's just ramping me up for what I'm going to have to deal with here soon. It is just so difficult. Once I do fall asleep it's just not very good sleep and right when I'm about to really get into a good deep sleep, I wake up to go to the bathroom or (another lovely side effect) Marc is shaking me because I am snoring! I am sooooo looking forward to feeling normal again. I can't seem to get comfortable anywhere so it's going to be a long 4 weeks that's for sure.

Our April 1 deadline has nearly been met. All we need to do is install the car seat which we'll do this week and set up the pack and play. I also need to pack my hospital bag which I am doing this week. I bought some normal (although bigger sized) clothes for when I get home. I tried them on and I can get into them now so I should be ok for when I come home from the hospital. (Which is another pet peeve of mine....why oh why do I still have to look 7 months pregnant when I come home?? Haven't I been tortured enough???)

We're getting so excited to meet Jensen. The dogs start intensive training this week -- meaning the spoiling that's been going on for the last few months will stop. We really need to get them in shape before Jensen gets here so they don't resent her. Should be interesting :)

Marc had a surprise baby shower at work last week! I came into the city to surprise him too! It was very fun and so sweet of his co-workers. He was so happy! We got a lot of cute things that are now all put away in her room. They even made us a diaper cake which was so cute!




Well that's about it from here. I could fill pages with my complaints but I'm trying to stay positive! We shall see how long that lasts. I hope to update weekly for you guys now that we're in the home stretch!

33 weeks 5 days...I know, it's been a while!

Hello! So I didn't want to update until I had good news. Which is the furniture arrived and is all set up! YEAH! I finally feel like I have a baby room! I'm so happy with how everything turned out. We still have some organizing to do but for the most part we're right on track to our April 1 deadline. Now I get to start worrying about what I need in my hospital bag, what I need when I get home, and how the heck I'm going to get this little girl out of me. But, why worry about those things when I have a cute nursery?? ha ha! Here are a few photos:






For all the photos you can look at my album on Picasa:

http://picasaweb.google.com/amber.goodell/Nursery

So other than getting that all together I've been busy planning a baby shower for my friend Rachel. She is due on May 26th so we could have babies at the same time! It's so fun! I'm doing ok. I finally got "Ok, I'm done with this whole pregnancy thing" this last week. It's getting so hard to move around and get comfortable. I want a martini and I want to stop swelling. My face is starting to get fat and I cannot wear any of my wedding rings anymore. In a few weeks when everything is set up and ready to go, I'll be getting very antsy. I'm sure you'll hear all about it.

At this point I really can't figure out how I'm going to get any bigger. It's a mystery to me that I can get bigger...she's only 4 lbs right now so she'll pack on another 3 or so in the next 5-6 weeks. I think I might just fall over. I have surrendered to the weight gain however. There's really nothing I can do about it and I keep thinking to myself I'll do better with the next pregnancy. Although the thought of doing this again is not appealing right about now! (I think I have a foot in the ribs as I type!) But alas, I know once I hold her in my arms that all these aches and pains will be a distant memory. But she's not here yet so whatever! hee hee!

We are getting so excited for her arrival. It's amazing how much time I spend in her room just looking around. I cannot wait until we get to meet her and hold her. She's going to be one spoiled little girl that's for sure.

Well here are the latest photos...as you can see the face is puffing up from the last photos I posted. Oh joy! Hope all is well with everyone!!

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