projects, projects, projects!

I'm so proud of myself! Look at what I did to Liam's room!









Isn't it freakin' adorable!?

This pregnancy has turned me into some kind of creative genius! OK, maybe that's a bit of an over statement, but compared to before, the amount of projects I've taken on and completed successfully is amazing. I mean, there's tons to do with the new house, so of course I've done what I can to fix it up and take some of the tasks of TJ's hands. But besides all of that, I've made us a new headboard for the master bedroom from scratch, and painted the tree and branches on the walls in Liam's room. This week I picked up all the materials to make a mobile to hang in the nursery, and after that I plan to make Kash some type of growth chart to hang in his room. It's like I can't stop. Once I finish one project, I have to have another to begin.

And that's pretty much all I've been doing t his week. Trying to get the house together before the baby shower next weekend. I'm so excited to see all my friends and family there, I feel like I haven't had much human contact (other than Kash and TJ of course) lately with all these home projects, so it will be nice to just take a break from it and celebrate this new baby!

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Middle Names Are Hard

Here we go with "you're due any day now aren't you!?" comments. No folks, I still have 8 weeks left. Withing the last two weeks I've probably received these comments from about 10 different strangers. When I tell them how long I still have to go you should see the looks on their faces, it's like they get scared for me or something.

I had my first "uncomfortable" day this week also. I mean, I've had aches pains throughout the pregnancy so far, but on this particular day I woke up and my entire body was just not in the mood for anything. Despite my usual stretches, which usually make me feel better, I was uncomfortable for the rest of the day. I was afraid that was going to be how I felt everyday from then on out, but luckily it hasn't been.

And I guess I might as well post on here the name we have chosen for this little boy. We weren't going to tell anyone because we didn't want to hear what anyone had to say about the name, good or bad. Everyone always an opinion about the name you choose, and we didn't want to know about the jerk in high school you knew with that name, or looser that grew up on your block named that. But on accident, the photographer who took our family/maternity pictures (which I'll post on here as soon as I receive the CD in the mail) let it slip on her blog (we didn't tell her not to tell), so the people who read it knew, and I guess it's not fair to keep it from the rest of you. So anyway, we are naming him Liam. We haven't decided on a middle name yet, and like we did with Kash, we probably won't figure it out until right before he's born. Middle names are hard.

Liam has been moving a lot lately. It may be that he's running out of room in there, so I'm feeling it a lot more, but then I started to wonder if maybe all that moving was him dropping into a lower position. Some lady commented that I looked really low to still have 8 weeks left, but I don't think so...




Stats
32 weeks 6 days
Starting Weight: 132
Current Weight: 150
Waist @ Belly Button: 40 inches
Growth: 9.25 inches

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Benedryl and Girdles

Let the sleepless nights begin! Two nights in a row this week I could not sleep. The first night was really bad, I think I got about 2 hours of sleep total, and I even went to bed early that night because I was so exhausted. I just couldn't turn my mind off, which is actually the norm for me, but for some reason I just couldn't get past it that night. So when the next night came around I thought it'd be a piece of cake to get some rest, especially since Kash wouldn't let me take a nap that day, but I was wrong. I did get like 4 or 5 hours of shut eye that second night, but I was hoping for much more. When I mentioned to my doctor that I was having a hard time sleeping, I thought she'd prescribe me some safe muscle relaxers like my last OBGYN did when I was pregnant with Kash. Nope, she told me to take benedryl. Lame, I'm pretty sure that's not going to help...

I also asked my doctor at my appointment this week about the painful bruising feeling I've been having at the top of my stomach. She said I need to get a maternity girdle to help support the baby, apparently the maternity support belt I have isn't enough. Too bad those girdles are eighty bucks a pop. I don't think I'll be spending the money on it, I can tough it out for the next 8 weeks...right?

On another note, I am feeling super ready for this baby to be here! Even though the nursery is not complete yet, and there are still a ton of things I need to get and have to do before he gets here, for some reason I just want him to arrive. I only started feeling like this this week, and I think it's highly out of character for me since I usually need everything to be completed and ready before an event happens. I wonder if that means he will be coming a little early?

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Nesting and Crocs

I think today marked a new stage of the pregnancy. I woke up with tons to do (as I do every Monday), but every little thing I did made me incredibly winded. After getting our breakfast together I was breathing hard, after getting dressed I was exhausted. I wasn't sure how I was going to get anything done at that rate, but luckily, my nesting instinct took over and suddenly I was doing things that weren't even on my to-do list. I meant to just tidy up the house, vacuum, and do laundry; but in addition to that I reorganized all of Kash's toys (which is no small task, let me assure you), put them all away categorically, put a bucket of them in a closet to get rid of some clutter, and moved some furniture around (non of which was heavy, no worries). And only because this took me all day did I stop there. I can't wait to wake up tomorrow and organize all of the bedrooms!

I ordered a new pair of Crocs this week, barf. They are the only shoes that keep my feet from hurting, and since they've come out with some much cuter styles since I bought a pair while pregnant with Kash, I thought it was time to upgrade. This pair actually looks kind of normal, they're just black flip flops. Hopefully they pamper feet as well as the ugly ones did.

And I believe I mentioned a painful bruising feeling at the top of my uterus in last week's post, right? Oh, it's getting worse! No matter what I do during the day, as the day progresses the feeling just gets more awful. By the time night falls it is almost excruciating, and I'm not exaggerating. I have a doctor's appointment next week, and I'm praying that she will be able to offer a solution. 10 more weeks of this is unacceptable.

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Bruising and Egg Burritos

New issues this week include no longer being able to get up from a sitting position with ease. And the top of my uterus is absolutely killing me. If I do anything that requires the use of my ab muscles, it seems to squeeze my uterus upwards, and then for the rest of the day the top of my uterus feels severely bruised. It's quite painful. I'm wondering if this is a normal pregnancy issue, or if it has something to do with my diastasis recti.

I've got the baby's room painted a pretty cloud blue (thanks to TJ's Mom), so I can finally start putting it together. Although I'll never get around to it if I don't take a break from stuffing my face. Lately I've been craving egg burritos and whoppers (the candy, not the burger), but strangely enough I never want the egg burrito for breakfast, always for lunch.

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