35 WEEKS PREGNANT!

I am 35 weeks and 4 days pregnant today! We have had a busy week! Jody had surgery (and is doing well), we put the crib together, worked on decorating the nursery, finished refinishing an antique dresser for the nursery, finally bought Levi's Pack N Play and put it together, I am half way finished with the Levi's wreath for the hospital door, I monogrammed a blanket for him, we celebrated our anniversary, and Jody and I both had a doctor's appointment! Here are some pics of what we have been up to......

(Btw, I purposely didn't get Jody's face in these pics because he was wearing bandages from surgery. Didn't figure he would want it posted all over the Internet haha!)

Finished product!

 The wreath so far (it's not finished). It's actually blue and green (not blue and white) but the colors didn't show up right in the pic :/

When my mom was pregnant with me she bought an antique dresser for my clothes and my paw paw refinished it for her. Now 26 years later Jody refinished the same dresser for Levi. We picked a stain that would match the new furniture in his room and we also added Peter Rabbit knobs (Peter Rabbit is our nursery theme btw).

Working on the Pack N Play :)

I don't have any pics of the full nursery up yet because it's still not completely finished. Hopefully I will have those pics up in another week or two!

My symptoms for this week have been lots of pressure in my hips, thighs, pelvis, and etc. The day after Jody's surgery I kept telling him that I could barely walk and that I was afraid I was going to go into labor soon and that I just "felt different". He told me I was just being paranoid because he had just had surgery. Well I went to the doctor Monday and it turns out that it was not my imagination. The doc checked my cervix to see if I am dilating yet and when she checked me she said "Woah!!! He is really low! Wow! No wonder you can barely walk!" Haha! She said that I am not dilated yet but I am 75% effaced and that he is head down and in the birth canal. She said that he is so low already that she had to actually feel around his head just to find the spot to check my cervix. (In case anyone reads this and doesn't understand....dilation is when the cervix opens up and effacement is when the cervix shortens and thins out. Both are signs of nearing labor). Of course that doesn't mean Levi is going to be born right away but it does mean that my body is making awesome progress and doing everything it's suppose to do so far:)! Since Levi is really large the doc is hoping he comes a tiny bit early on his own. She said if he is not here by 38 weeks they are going to do an ultrasound to check his size to see if they need to go ahead and induce. Soooo we will see what happens. Here is my belly shot for this week....this was taken Saturday when we went out to eat for our anniversary. We both felt horrible and ended up coming home early lol.

I look horrible in this next pic but I think Jody looks handsome so I decided to post it. We had to park way up the road from the restaurant and walk. I got really winded and short of breath and was hurting just from being 8 months pregnant and Jody felt the same way because he still had stints in his nose from his surgery. Also, did I mention his nose kept bleeding throughout dinner :/. We were a pitiful pair that's for sure haha! Hey, "for better or worst, and in sickness and in health" right? haha!

34 WEEKS PREGNANT

I am 34 weeks and 4 days pregnant today! Whew! What a week! After all the problems that we've had with the baby store in Huntsville and our furniture being on back order it finally came in last week and there was more drama. My parents picked it up for us and hauled it to Tuscaloosa and when we unboxed it was THE WRONG COLOR! We were furious to say the least! Soooo we made the store owners drive to Tuscaloosa themselves to retrieve the wrong crib and bring me the right one! So right now the crib in my nursery but it's still in the box because Jody just had surgery and can't put it together right now :*(. My goal was to have the nursery ready by the time I was 30 weeks pregnant but it looks like it won't be ready till the last minute because of all the circumstances. Meanwhile I've just tried to occupy myself with washing the baby's clothes and etc. which brings me the next subject...NESTING!!!

I have had the worst case of nesting that I've even heard of haha! I really think I need help! I am completely irrational about it too! This past week I washed, dried, and IRONED all Levi's clothes, blankets, bibs, burp cloths, and etc. Yes, I ironed every single thing my child owns including his socks! I ironed his bibs, burp cloths, and crib sheets too! I hung all his outfits and onsies up in his closet and used closet dividers to separate them by size. It took me 2 days to do it all and I worked on it all day. I also washed my pajamas for the hospital and ironed them before packing them in my hospital bag haha! This is the cleanest my house has ever been! You could literally move my washer and dryer and eat off the floor under them if you wanted to! I even cleaned out and organized Jody bathroom drawers the other day and used drawer organizers to organize his shaving stuff! Is that not crazy???? I know it's crazy but I just have the uncontrollable urge to do it all!

I had a doctors appointment last week and that went well. The doctor is still planning on doing another ultrasound soon to keep an eye on Levi's size since he is big and my sugar has been elevated. She also said that she is going to check me at my next appointment on the 16th to see if the baby is making dilate yet so that's kinda exciting and she wants to start seeing me every week now starting on the 16th. Crazy huh?! We are getting close! As far as symptoms go my biggest symptom this week has been Levi's kicks! He kicks me hard now!! It actually hurts really bad haha! I'm glad he's getting strong though! :). Here is my belly shot for week 34. I have had some swelling this week btw....