A moment to reflect - brace yourselves.

Warning, this post shows a little skin. 

Hitting 30 weeks is a fun milestone. Baby is doing great, I am feeling good (other than heartburn and the lack of a solid nights sleep that is to be expected) so I thought why not reflect on the physical changes too?

9 weeks pregnant

30 weeks pregnant

Whoa baby! :-)

Pillow Fort

To all my fellow preggo and previously preggo friends and family reading this, you remember how uncomfortable sleeping was/is, right? Well I am living it every night so to help get more comfortable I am nightly building a pillow fort around my body. Pillow for my head, body pillow for my back, one pillow for my legs and a pillow to hug = relatively good sleep. 

Disclaimer: Objects (my butt) in this image are really smaller than they appear. Scot shot this picture from the foot of the bed, it is the angle, I swear. :-)

Happy Mother's Day!

Today took on a whole new meaning for me. At 30 weeks pregnant I am joyfully celebrating my first mothers day! If I can be a fraction of the mom that my mother has been to me then I feel like I am going to be a wonderful mom. :-) Thanks a million mom, for everything!

About last night . . . .

I now firmly believe that my body is preparing me for caring for a newborn. I was AWAKE from 1:30 - 3:30 AM. I think the heartburn woke me up but between the tummyache, the restless legs and the racing mind, I was not going back to sleep. So I checked Facebook, tried to fall asleep on the couch and eventually gave up and just laid in bed trying not to disturb my blissfully slumbering husband. Last night as I lay awake I visualized and planned the decor for the nursery, redecorated our entryway, weighed the benefits/risks of immunizing our child and organized an event for Scot's office - all in my mind. This morning I am exhausted!

Pre-pregnancy I would have run down to Java to grab a big 'ol latte but since I am off caffine (for the most part) during pregnancy and coffee contributes to the wicked heartburn, I am settling for water and the promise of a potential nap at lunch.

Miss you coffee, see you in a few months. :-)

29 weeks, where did you go?

My last post was last Friday. That feels like yesterday, not a week ago. Some pretty cool stuff actually happened this week, including our first baby shower! We have been meeting with a group of couples through our church for the past 8 months. They are an amazing group of people and we have really enjoyed our time with them. Turns out that three of the 7 couples are pregnant right now! The rest of the group threw us a group baby shower on Sunday to celebrate the upcoming population explosion.

We played this baby shower game.

You know the one . . . .

Where they melt candy bars in the diaper and then you have to guess what type of candy bar it is.

Scot was out of town and since it was a couple's shower my parents came as my dates. Clearly my mom is thrilled with the diaper game. :-)

I won second place in the game and my prize was a candy bar. Too bad I was not really in the mood for chocolate after that. :-)

All joking aside, it was one of the sweetest baby showers I have ever been to and so much fun to share with two other pregnant friends. Here we are in order of arrival Britt (due in 2.5 weeks!), Julie (due in June) and me (due in July).  

Finally, a Squash!

I thought baby and I would be stuck at the eggplant phase forever. I am happy to report that we have graduated to a squash. In honor of the day I found my 'squash-iest' shirt to show off the squash bump.

29 weeks - baby is the size of a squash.

Celebrating Eggplant Day - back at 25 weeks pregnant

Wow - when you place these side by side you can see baby is really starting to grow - or at least mommy is!

Fun facts about this week: Baby weighs nearly three pounds now and measures about 17 inches. Over the next 11 weeks, he'll more than double — or even come close to tripling — his weight. 

Pack it on kiddo - we are hoping and praying for a big, healthy boy! :-)

28 Weeks

We are officially into the third trimester! Where did the time go!?!? Now that we are 2/3 cooked I am thinking it is time to start preparing for a baby rather than just reveling in being a preggo. Well, maybe I can do a little of both - I do love being pregnant. :-)

We got a little artistic in California and took advantage of the amazing sunset to capture some shots of my belly. These are a couple I can comfortably show on the blog.

I like to call this one 'Total Eclipse of the Belly'