30 weeks pregnant! :)

30 weeks ! Wow, time is flying by. Well actually until this week, now I feel like the next 10 weeks will go by slow because Im so anxious.  Luckily April is a very busy month for me : showers, weddings, birthdays, doctors appointments, shopping, etc!  Hopefully I will have a little time to finish up on some projects I want to do.

Im feeling.. HUGE!  and about to get bigger ha!  I feel and look pregnant now, its weird. I never thought I would be that pregnant lady that Im always pointing out in stores.. and now I am. I see pregnant women everywhere and forget Im in that category with them! Its pretty cool, I like being in the "club".

Sleep.. I think Im getting used to it.  Dan complained last night/this morning that I was too jerky and moving too much.  Thats the first time hes complained about me and I wasnt doing anything differently so maybe I just weigh more now and make the bed shake more lol.  I sleep on my side the whole night spooning a body pillow or Dan, once my hips get tired I sleep sitting up for a break.  It might look weird and uncomfortable but its not that bad.

Cravings.. Vanilla milkshakes (mc donalds SUCKS and always puts strawberry in their vanilla shakes, I guess they dont clean the spout or something, surprise surprise!- however DQ makes good ones!) , chocolate, donuts, anything bad for me, whats new! :)

Projects.. Well Dan and I have all the supplies to make his name and the canvas'.  I hope Dan can find time to do that soon, Im anxious to get that done.  I also need to buy some fabric- I saw this on another blog - Im thinking about covering these black shelves I have with brown and green polka dotted fabric.  Bring more color to the room and walls, also I dont feel like sanding them and painting them brown...  Boring! :)  I need to get my dad over to my house soon so I can use his drill.  I want the new curtain rod installed and then I can start thinking about what kind of curtains I want in there.

Things to purchase for the nursery.. Dan and I bought a gliding chair on Sunday (pictured below). It fits perfectly in the nursery! We are giving the futon (red striped thing below lol) to Dans brother and hes picking that up this Friday.  Im ready to get it out and start rearranging furniture.  I still need to buy green and brown storage ottomans from Target (they are small square ones).  Also Im going to buy a bookshelf thing there as well.  I will have like 6 different kinds of wood in there by the time Im finished, lol, oh well.  Renee told me thats the new way to decorate so Im all for that!

So in my group of pregnant friends, 3 of them have had their babies in the past 3 weeks. Its been exciting!  They all had awesome labor and delivery stories and it made me excited for mine.  No fear, just excitment.  I have faith God will carry me through whatever I will experience and at the end of it, I will have a healthy baby.

Welcome Nora, Madelynn, and Hunter! :)

To.. projects

Brainstorming:

I wonder if I can get the hardware store to make the wooden letters.. I can paint them then glue them onto a picture frame and Dan can paint a monkey behind it.. Something like this

27 weeks!

How far along? 27 weeks and 2 days

Im feeling: like...I dont know what to compare it to but I feel like Im getting so big that I cant possibly get bigger.  I mostly feel like this after I eat, its very uncomfortable.  I know that I will get bigger but its just a feeling I have.  At the moment though, Im fine and comfortable, its just an after meal type of feeling.  Its so funny because I still at times think Im small and forget.. then I look down and Im surprised at my growing belly. You would think after 7 months, it would have clicked by now! haha.  Anyways, Im still enjoying and loving pregnancy. Im sure I will miss him when hes not inside me anymore kicking me so Im soaking all that up while I can. :)

Milestones:  This is my last week in 2nd trimester.. or its my first week in 3rd trimester.  I get so confused, every book and website says something else so anyways, by next week I am for sure in it!  This week I had got to drink the "orange drink" and had my blood taken to check for gestional diabetes. We will see what the results are at tomorrow appointment.

Movement:  He has been rolling or flipping or something this week.  I think I have also felt the hiccups.  Lots of something is going on in there, along with kicking. Its so fun! :)  It was funny a few nights ago, I thought the baby was asleep because he was kicking then stopped for a while.  Dan laid his hand on there and I was like oh, babys sleeping he probably wont kick you... right as I said that, he gave Dan like 3 hard kicks.  Dan was freaking out, hes like Omgosh, that was sooo hard, did that hurt you? lol.  Im like well its not pain exactly but I can definitely feel that! haha. It was cute.

What no one tells you: That the orange drink isnt that bad! haha Im not a fan of orange soda or drinks but I personally dont think its so bad.  I read about other girls taking it on babycenter and they are hating every minute of it.  I kinda like it.. at least for now until I find out the results! haha.  I took it at my first appointment at 10 weeks when I was all nauseous and sick.. I liked it then too.  Im weird like that I guess. 
Sleep:  Still kinda rough but it our bed definitely helps!! Its like sleeping on freakin clouds.. its amazing.  I want to get in bed at 7:30 or 8 every night.. so far, Dans been right there with me! Hahah. Its nice because he has to study so I can still be with him even though Im basically asleep.  Ive tried to not give in to every bladder urgency so Im not up every hour going to the bathroom. So far, its been working. I think I only got up once last night.  I did, however, forget I was pregnant as I was sleeping last night and moved around too quickly.. I pulled a couple muscles (aka round ligament pain) in my sleep, I feel fine now but when you pull it, it hurts soo bad for a few seconds!

Weight:  Moving on up!  Definitely gaining weight, which of course, is expected.  My appetite for food has went down but yet my number on the scale keeps going up, ha!  I find out tomorrow how much Ive gained since last appointment.. I reaaaally hope I dont get yelled at.  I feel healthy and think I look healthy. We will see.  I think Im up 20-25 lbs since pre-pregnancy weight.. which Im okay with.

Food Cravings:  Basically chocolate, donuts, the usual.  Dan mentioned corn pops last night and I thought he said pop tarts and starting freaking out because I thought he had them for some reason lol.  (He looked at me like I was craaaazy)  Today he came into my work and dropped off some Brach chocolate stars, its not poptarts, but obviously I didnt mind.  Its one of my favorite kinds of candy/chocolate, Dans the best! :) OH, I forgot my favorite craving of all... cucumbers! I didnt really like them before I was pregnant and now I eat them everyday.. Its funny because dont women usually crave pickles? Of course Im the weird one craving cucumbers.. haha. 

Projects:  As you can see below in the pic of me, we painted the babys room.  The color is kinda hard to see on here.. its a modern green, not country at all.  We bought a monkey blanket so we could see if the theme would go with the paint, I think it does.  This picture below is what we are going for.. well kinda. I would say its our inspiration. 

Dan wants to start on a project.  I will probably buy materials next weekend but not sure what I need.  I love how people have the babys name above the crib, they do it in a picture frame with a ribbon hanging it up.  That would be easy if we were just doing the babys name but Dan wants to paint a monkey on each letter so I was thinking about getting a little canvas for each letter then having Dan paint the letter and also add the monkey on the same one.  I hope this doesnt end up costing a fortune! haha. It will be cute though and Dan really wants to do it.

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These pics were taken on Monday 3.8.10 - 27 weeks pregnant.
Dan took the one of me in the babys room like right when I woke up because he thought I looked cute, ha!