35 weeks!!

35 weeks is huge benchmark for any pregnant woman!!!  I'm excited because that means I can deliver at Holy Family where I work, where I know everyone and my Doctor works.  Next if I was to go into labor it wouldn't be stopped, because usually babies do pretty well at 35 weeks.  Not that I'm even close to going into labor since my cervix was closed and high yesterday at my doctor's appointment!  Which is good because if I was dilated a lot my doctor probably would have wanted me to stop working and be on partial bed rest which would have sucked!!  I want to start taking time off from work after I have a baby at home to spend the time with!  I start having doctor's appointments every week from here on out.  I'm still feeling pretty good.  I've felt some braxton hicks contractions, but nothing that is evey painful.  I was sick for about 2 weeks and feeling pretty miserable but now am feeling way better since that's gone!  I can definitely tell baby is sitting right on my bladder because I'm constantly in need for a bathroom!!  I have a little bit of swelling in my ankles, but it's not too bad yet.  I noticed a few more stretch marks (boo), but oh well I guess that's the price we pay for a baby.  I took a week or so off from the gym in hopes it would help my cold go away, but I started back and am still doing fine with walking and the elliptical.  I do have to wear Wes's shirts there now, because all mine show my stomach now!  Now that it's April I can say I'm due next month!!  That is so crazy to Wes and I!  Next month our lives are going to change forever!!

Our New Kitchen

When we moved into the house all of our appliances were the cream color and there wasn't an over the range microwave, so those things have been slowly updated.  We decided since we were going to put in granite counter tops we might as well get a new stove now since we were dealing with back splashes and we didn't want to mess the granite up afterward.  So here is a few before pictures... 

 A few torn up picutres...

 The back splash before was laminate (I think), and wasn't put up very well, so Wes didn't want to put the granite up with that stuff there, so he tore all that off.  I have to admit I was pretty nervous about it!  So here is the new granite, sink and faucet...

 We were thinking about doing a  tile backsplash, but decided the 6 inch granite looked really good, so we just had to come up with a color to paint it.  Wes picked the color I have to give him the credit, he's better at this stuff than I am!!  Wes also had to do some texture on the back wall to cover up the glue marks from the old stuff.  He did a great job!!

 This is the mostly finished product!  We got new hardware too, but the hinges didn't quite work with our cupboards so we are still needing to figure out what to do with those.  We love our new kitchen!!  We have to give a huge THANK YOU to Fred, he gave us some money and told us we had to do something fun with it.  So here's what we did with some of it  (it's going to help with the baby room too)!!  Thanks Pops we love you!!!

32 weeks!!!

That's right I'm 32 weeks today!!!  That means only 8 more weeks to go...well probably 9 lets be honest its my first baby (if I was really lucky it would be 7 more weeks!)  Anyway still feeling pretty good although I'm finding I have a lot less sympathy for people that come in to the hospital with normal aches and pains of pregnancy that aren't even as far along as I am! My friends at work would definitely attest to the fact that I get grumpy a LOT more often than I used to!  I am starting to understand why people work themselves up about every little thing thinking there might be something wrong.  This morning I wasn't feeling him move and got totally freaked out, so I went to the store to buy juice and did a kick count and obviously he kicked like 15 times in 20 minutes and it was nothing!  Anyway I really am feeling big and awkward, rolling over in bed, tying my shoes, you know the normal stuff!  He really likes to dig his foot or something into my ribs, so that's not very comfortable!!  But we are getting more and more excited, but I keep thinking about how much I need to do before he gets here, so I'm getting a little stressed!!

29 weeks and 4 days

Here's another pregnancy photo update.  I'm in my third trimester now and am still feeling pretty good!  Working three 12 hour night shift in a row is getting a little more difficult...lets just say I'm a little grumpy by my last shift!  I'm still able to work out most days a week which is good.  I feel pretty huge already and some daily tasks are getting a little difficult, like putting on my socks and bending down to tie my shoes!  I can only imagine how I'm going to feel when I'm 40 weeks!!  I can't believe I'm due in less than 11 weeks!  It seems crazy!!  Our baby is moving all over the place, except when other people try to feel him move!!  I swear he'll be doing flips, then the second someone puts their hand on my belly he stops!!  We finally bought a dark cherry wood crib for the nursery, but we still have a long way to go before it's ready. 

For those of you anxiously waiting for pictures of our new granite countertops, kitchen sink and faucet... Wes won't let me blog photos until the backsplash is finished, so just stay tuned!!

Almost 27 weeks

Today I'm a day under 27 weeks pregnant!  Yesterday morning while I was getting ready for church putting on my heals I noticed that my ankles weren't looking quite like they used to and the heals felt a little tight...yep thats right bilateral pitting edema!!!  Its not actually that bad, but may ankles/calves are really the only part of my body that I actually like!!  So its actually sad to see that part of me changing!!  Still thrilled to be pregnant though! 
I spent this weekend in Olympia because Carson had his Eagle Scout Court of Honor yesterday, so for Valentines Day I spent half the day in the car.  When I arrived home Wes had almost completely finished cleaning out the room that is going to be the nursery in 13 weeks.  Which was all I wanted for Valentines Day!! Then Wes and I decided to go to Costco for dinner...it would have been the cheapest Valentines Day ever expect that we ended up stopping at lowes and buying a new range!  There was a super nice range there that had been significantly marked down, so it was a deal we couldn't pass up.  Since we are putting in granite counter tops (another steal of a deal) we figured we'd better get the nice stove in.  So in a few weeks when everything is installed I'll post some before and after pictures!

Chelsea's request...

Okay I'm sure most of you know already but Chelsea wanted to see my progress...I'm 24 weeks and 5 days pregnant.  I know a lot of people go by months, but as a maternity nurse I'm counting the weeks and days...I know each of them count!!  Also I don't think months are very accurate because technically you are pregnant for 40 weeks (that's 10 months...not nine!!)  My due date is May 17th and we've been told its a boy!!  I swore I was going to take pictures every week and all that jazz, but then when you are pregnant and feeling really unattractive its not that fun to show off how big your belly is getting!!  I'm feeling great now, but from about week 5 to week 14 I felt terrible!!  I only threw up once, but I was constantly nauseated and didn't feel like eating anything!  Which as most of you know is far from my normal eating habits!!  Its the first time in my life I haven't craved chocolate/sweets all the time!!  The only craving I've really had is raspberries in the first trimester, but that's about it.  After the 14th week my eating habits are totally back to normal always wanting to eat junk food, but it's nice to feel normal again.  Well normal for a little while, now I'm starting to feel BIG and a little uncomfortable, which I know I'm just over half way and I'm going to get way bigger!!  Anyway I know that's a lot of random info that you probably weren't that interested in, but its more for me to at least have it written down somewhere, since I'm horrible keeping a journal.

Seabrook

My parents are builing a house out by on the coast and we went to see the progress and visit the little developement.  We took some pictures on the beach but it is Western Washington, so of course it was raining!


Christian and Savanah

Jena and I

Chelsea, Carson, Jena, me and Christian