39 weeks

please excuse the messy hair and the pajama bottoms, the pic was taken at 10 p.m. and it is all about comfort these days. I was also having a contraction during this picture. I am seriously glad I only have one week left, I don't think I can get much bigger!

Before anyone asks...again... YES I AM STILL PREGNANT! I am pretty sure the whole world will know when we have this baby. Sorry I am just kinda getting tired of people asking even though I know it is to be expected. Thanks for the quick vent.
Anyways I went to the doctor yesterday. Not a whole lot new to report, pretty much everything is the same. I am only at 1 cm and 50% effaced. He set an induction for our actual due date if we don't have her before then. I am thinking that she won't come before then, my babies seem to be pretty comfortable in my stomach. I have been having a ton of contractions but they will go for maybe an hour or so then stop and they usually aren't painful. I did have a few yesterday though that were kinda painful. Lets hope they are making some kinda progress and not just bugging me. Anyways that is all that is going on for now. Hopefully the next post about this baby will be about her arrival.

34 weeks

Yeah 34 weeks. Only 6 weeks left!! I went to the doctor's today. Everything is looking awesome. Her heart beat sounds good. I am measuring right on this time. I was so glad to hear this since last time I went in, 4 weeks ago, he said I was measuring 2 weeks ahead. I have also not gained anything since my last appointment. He said that it is common for the weight gain to slow down or stop and that some even lose some weight in the end. So far I have only gained 10 pounds. She is in the head-down position but that can obviously still change, however let's cross our fingers that she stays this way. I go back in two weeks, then I think it is every week after that. We are getting so close but I still can hardly believe that it is all happening.

33 weeks

Well here we are at 33 weeks. Things are still going pretty good. I am feeling huge and getting to the point of done being pregnant but I really cannot complain to much. I can't believe that there are only about 7 weeks left. It kinda seems to be flying by, which I have mixed feelings about. I cannot wait to meet her and see her but at the same time we are so not ready for her to be here yet.

31 weeks

I had my doctor's appointment last week and all is looking good still. I was measuring a bit big at 32 weeks though. He said that it is nothing to worry about unless I start measuring really big. Hopefully she isn't huge! I have been feeling huge and I guess that just confirmed it for me. I have still only gained about 9 pounds total though. I have been feeling a bit better. The only complaints this week are heartburn and a sore back and sometimes not being able to fall asleep for a while, you know - the typical third trimester stuff. I am so excited that we are down to a single digit week countdown!

28 weeks

This past week has been pretty miserable! Both Mathias and I have had super bad colds. Can I just say that being pregnant and having a cold just sucks? Our little lady sits on my bladder enough as it is, then add coughing all the dang time and I pretty much feel like I am gonna pee my pants 24/7. Not to mention the sore ribs, as if baby growing and pushing them out a bit was not enough they are now super sore from coughing so much. And poor Mathias. I just hate when he is sick. I feel so helpless for the poor kiddo. One a more positive note, I have gotten a ton of snuggles from him. I just love that he is so snuggly! Hopefully we are on the mend. I am sure sick of being sick and I am sure Dev is sick of it as well. Poor guy has had to do everything around the house this week. Oh, also another not-so-fun thing that has been going on this week is that I for some reason can not fall asleep. One night I didn't fall asleep till 3 then woke up at 6 with a cough attack. The next night was slightly better with me falling asleep at two. It is like my body is already preparing for the babe. I can't seem to sleep at night but from like 8 am to about 12 I can sleep great (poor Mathias has been on his own and watching a ton of TV this week). Hopefully this does not last long. It amazes me how different this pregnancy is compared with the last one. With Mathias I never had any problem sleeping. Anyways, I just wanted to document this more for my sake than anything so sorry if it seems like I am venting a ton. Here's to hoping that next week will be better!

I know I say this every week but I can not believe how huge I am or that I still have 12 more weeks of growing. I need to find a picture from last time to compare but I am pretty sure I was this big when I was 9 months along . It should be interesting to see how much bigger I can get!

27 weeks

Here we are at 27 weeks. I am feeling gigantic and can't believe that I still have 13 weeks of growing. On the plus side I am only up about 7 pounds. Things are going pretty good. My back has been pretty sore lately and I still have heartburn all the time but I can't really complain too much. Another plus is that we are now into the third trimester, which means we are rounding into the home stretch!

26 weeks 5 days and a Sunbeam!

So I was not going to post these pictures because they are so close to the week 27 ones but I just had to for two reasons.


1) These are the only pictures I have of Mathias on his first day of Primary.

This was Sunday was the first time Mathias went to Primary. I can't believe that my little guy is a Sunbeam! He really did not want to go to primary, he wanted to go to Nursery and play with the toys. I figured it would be hard for a couple of reasons. One, we don't take him to church that often, if at all, during the winter because he gets sick so easily or because he is already sick, so when he does go it is like a treat for him. And two, this kid has a very hard time sitting still for very long. He just loves to play a ton. After about 20 minutes of him crying and us doing everything we could to talk him into i,t he finally went in with Devin. His one stipulation was that he had to sit by all the girls. Halfway through sharing time he turned to Devin and complained that he was only sitting by one girl! He is already a ladies man.... we are in some serious trouble with this little one! He ended up liking it and I think that next week it will be a bit easier.

2) I just love this picture of Mathias kissing my belly. He loves to give his little sister hugs and kisses lately. I am just loving this!

24 week belly

Here we are at twenty-four weeks. I am feeling huge already. It should be interesting to see how much more my stomach will stretch. I swear I was this big at eight months last time around. On the plus side, though, I have only gained five pounds so far. However those five pounds where gained in one months' time. It should be interesting to see what the next couple of months will bring.

23 weeks

Yippee, we are six months along! Can I just say that I love being pregnant through the holidays. You don't have to worry about eating too much and gaining weight... it's all baby, right? And since the holidays seem to fly by so fast, so does the pregnancy!

20 weeks

I decided that I wanted to take a picture every week or at least every month to see the progress of the growing belly. This is something that I completely forgot to do the first time around and I regret it. I have very few pictures of my belly the first time around except for the awesome ones my friend Emily did for us just three weeks before Mathias was born. I decided to wait to start them till now though because I always just look fat for at least the first 4 months and not pregnant and because I was heavier this time around to begin with. I think that I am actually starting to look pregnant now, so the pictures begin.

20 week belly

Mathias decided that he wanted in on the fun as well. Look how tall this kid is!