Christmas

I can truly say, I had a awesome Christmas even though I was uncomfortable being pregnant. We had Jeff's family over on Christmas Eve. Then on Christmas morning Jeff and I opened presents and then went to his parents house for breakfast and presents. We then had to leave to meet up with my mom at our house for lunch. Then back to Jeff's parents house for dinner. We agreed that this is our last Christmas doing this. Next year we are going to be at his parents for breakfast and then for dinner, it will be with my mom at our house. Its not fair for us to be driving 25 mins to his parents, back to our house then to my mom's and back up to his parents. We are spending 2 and half hours of driving on Christmas Day. So we will stay at his mom's til about 1 or so and then go down to our house and cook dinner. Now that we will have Isabella, we cant be driving all day long. If it was up to me, I would just stay at my house only and if they want to see us on Christmas day, then you come down but Jeff doesnt agree.

As for Christmas presents, I got my new cell phone, perfume and Nintendo! Of course, Jeff has been playing my Nintendo. I think he bought it for himself. =) Thats okay because after 10 minutes of playing, my feet and hands start to swell up because I am sitting on the floor. It doesnt reach our couch so.. you have to sit on the floor. We got lots of stuff off our baby registry, which is good. I think we only have maybe 10 or so items left to buy. We arent buying any gates or safetly items just yet. We are going to wait til she starts crawling around. Speaking of baby... I am ready to have this baby!! Cant wait!!! Even though her room is coming together, I feel so unprepared meaning my job. Nobody is taking my place at work. I know I will probably be working durning my supposely "maternity leave" which will suck since I am only taking off 5 weeks. I havent been busy at work but I know once I go on maternity leave, everyone will want to buy office equipment. I could be wrong but thats how it always works out.
Here is a recent pic of my belly! This is on Friday:

34 weeks

I am so excited!! I went to my 34 week appt and we talked about basically stripping my membranes on my next appt if I have dilated a little bit. I am super excited to get things going. Scared but ready to have my body back. I cant stand longer than a half hour if that and if I do then it hurts to even stand or walk at all. I dont have any ankles which is funny. I am hoping to take pictures of my feet next time I swell up as well as my big belly. I am so over this and my dr could tell. I dont even think I could last 40 weeks with my size. My belly is basically low and out. If she was higher, I dont think I could breathe. So anyways... I am hoping to have this baby girl in the next 3-4 weeks!! Lets hope for 3!

By the way... Have a Merry Christmas!!

I'm a baby

I am a big fat baby. My newest symptom is pain in the inner thighs and pain in crotch. It feels like a horse kicked it. So it hurts to walk, lift my legs, to move around in general. Then I drop everything, spill everything on myself, cant put my socks on or shoes.. and I wanna cry everytime. I can barely clean the house. Just vaccuming hurts my back. I want to clean this house from head to toe and I cant do it. Then I am stressing about everything. Bella's room is not done. Projects are not done around the house and I was hoping this would all be done when I am 37 weeks. We have 4 weeks left and 2 weeks of that is Christmas time and New years. I just wanna cry and scream at the same time. I have no control. I hate depending on someone else to do the things I wanna do.
I am just so ready to give birth to this little girl. I was so nervous about the whole labor experience and now... I just want my body back. I am so uncomfortable and in pain, I cant wait to give birth. I know once I am in labor, I will probably say I'd give anything to stay pregnant but right now I'd give anything to get her out. I dont know how you would be pregnant and have a toddler at the same time. Its work. I just feel so much more for pregnant women and if I have a friend who is pregnant again, I will help them more than ever.

32 week and counting

So on Monday, we had a crazy day. I had cramping and back pain which = to contractions. It wasnt the normal contraction once a day, it was for 3 and a half hours with peaks. Luckily we had a dr. appt on Tuesday. We got our first internal exam and my cervix is CLOSED!! So its basically Braxton Hicks. The Dr. said her head is REALLY low. So cute!! So no baby for the month of December. I was not ready for her to be here just yet. Her room is a mess! Once we get her closet system and bins, everything will be put away. Otherwise we are doing great. Blood pressure was like 112. Growing on target, which means she should be a 7-7.5lb baby.
Though I'm so annoyed with being pregnant. My stomach gets in the way of everything. My clothes are too tight and I not about to go out and buy more clothes when she will be here in 6-7 weeks. Getting in and out of the car. Putting on shoes. Getting off the couch. Reaching for something. I am tired of the back pain that comes with cleanning my house. I am tired of my feet hurting especially in the morning. I am tired of being bloated. Speaking of bloated... Jeff and I got maternity pictures this past Saturday. We just got them back and ..... I hate them. I look SO bloated in the face. The only ones I really like are the ones focused on my belly. There are maybe 2 shots of Jeff and I that I like and thats about it. Very disappointing. I am happy to know that we will probably spend more money on shots of Isabella than my Maternity shots. At least I wont look back and wish I had done it. Maybe its just me. I thought being pregnant was a beautiful thing but for me... its a different story.

31 weeks

So I had my baby shower on the 23rd and it turned out great. We got lots of clothes and I'd say about 10-15% stuff from our registry. Only thing that sucked was I didnt get alot of pictures. I was so busy talking to everyone, that I forgot to ask someone to take pictures. I know we did get a picture of the cake and some of me opening gifts but thats about it. I didnt get any with the mom's, the family or just everyone in general. Bummer!! Oh well.
So since Jeff and I didnt get much off our registry, we decided for Christmas we would ask everyone to buy off our registry. Jeff and I are not exchanging gifts this year since we have Isabella on the way. She is more important. Besides Jeff and I hate coming up with a christmas list anyways. We are old enough to were we can just buy it for ourselves anyways. I am hoping next year we can all agree on just buying for the kids.

Dr Appts:
Since 28 weeks, I go to the dr every 2 weeks. Last appt, my blood pressure was good. Only gained 2 lbs. Thats a lb a week!! We talked about inducing a week early since I am in pain. Some days are worse than others. We are hoping she drops but if she doesnt I might be in pain even more as she puts on the weight. The hospital I am delivering at will only induce a week early. So thats a possiblity. I am actually ready to have her now. I am tired of being pregnant. Its a pain in the butt to drive, get in and out of the car, to bend over, to put socks on, shoes on or off. I am annoyed. I am ready for her to come out but we are SO not ready for her to come home. I am planning on having everything done by first week of January. Since Christmas is on a Thursday, we will most likely be off Wed, Thurs, Friday, come back Monday and Tuesday and be off Wednesday and Thursday the following week. So I will have plenty of time to get things done. =) And I cant wait to get back to the gym. I think about everyday. I miss it and I cant wait for the challenge of losing this weight.