30 weeks

I can't believe it's been 30 whole weeks already. Only ten (or less) weeks to go. He has been really feisty lately and will be really surprised if I see 39 weeks with him. Watch, I'll actually go over due with this one! Who knows :)

I'm posting a 'naked' belly shot only because it's delightfully blurry to hide the road map that are stretch marks and veins that run along my belly. Alex was giving his baby brother a hug and it was too cute not to post. I am not one of the lucky few that don't get stretch marks. I should have been more diligent in using my lotion during my first pregnancy. Live and learn. My days of bikini modeling are over!

just for fun

I happened across this website that asks you random questions and based on the answers, 'Madame Zaritska' will predict your labor, size, and sex of your child. Here's what it said for me...

The day you deliver, outside will be windy. Your baby will arrive in the late night. After a labor lasting approximately 7 hours, your child, a boy, will be born. Your baby will weigh about 9 pounds, 15 ounces, and will be 19,19-1/2 inches long. This child will have dark violet eyes and fluffy black hair.

You know, just about everything she predicted sounds about right except for the fluffy black hair. My babies are baldies. We shall see if she was correct.

Right now he's kicking the stuffing out of me. It seems every night after I get the boys to bed, this one wakes up. If he isn't going to be a sleeper, we might have a giveaway happening this spring!

I had an appointment with my midwife this last Friday and everything looks good. Belly is measuring a week ahead (which is fine) and I'm gaining weight. Yea! My midwife is always more excited about that than I. I met with a nurse and went over my 'birth plan' and I got pre-registered. Always good to get that out of the way before hand. My bp is nice and low in the 90's over 50's. So far we're looking right on track. She thinks the head is down and butt is up, but it's still hard to tell this early. At least he's not sideways anymore.

That's all I got for today. I'll try to post with pictures soon.

good thing i make 'em tough

So yesterday Jack decided to give us all a scare. He was messing around in the living room and threw himself backwards and hit the back of his head on the floor. Really, REALLY hard. He started to cry and then proceeded to pass out. Great. He came to within seconds and continued to cry. He is fine--never threw up and we didn't let him sleep (even though he didn't want to). No one can scare the crap out of you like your kids hurting themselves.

This comes on the heals of Alex splitting his forehead open and me needing to take him in and get that glued up. That's a little scary when your kid comes up the stairs with blood all over his face. That kind of crap ages you about 10 years right there. Thought he needed stitches but glue and steri-strips did the job (which he proceeded to peel off two days later). Here's a shot of the wound as it's healing

That's going to be one heck of a scar. Chicks dig scars, right?

28 weeks

I have been waiting for weeks for Chad to help take pictures of my belly and I forget and he's not home so I decided to take matters into my own hands. These shots are not great and a little fuzzy (Lori, I need help using my camera!) but it's what I got.

This is pretty much my 'uniform'--sweatshirt and lounge pants. Every day. I guess I don't have to worry every day if I have something nice that's clean and fits to go to a job, but I would really not like to look like crap all the time.

I've been feeling pretty good. A lot of Braxtin Hicks contractions this time around which my midwife said is normal. Probably because I'm running after two very active little boys all day. I try to rest when they nap and I'm trying to drink more water but it's just so lacking taste!

This little bug is really getting strong. I can feel when he gets hiccups and he seems to be a night owl at the moment. Breathing is becoming more difficult, which is surprising because he is soooo low. Only 12 weeks to go!

Lovely double chin I'm sporting, isn't it?