Eviction Notice

I am 39 weeks today, and with only 7 days left to go, I am officially putting this little girl on an Eviction Notice! I am so huge and clumsy and acutely uncomfortable. I feel like I'm having contractions all the time (I'm not really, of course, but am having pretty frequent Braxton Hicks). I can't get comfortable no matter what position I'm in. SO I'm really just ready to get the next part of this whole adventure....ready to change this inside baby to an outside baby.

So, Baby Girl, consider this your notice - you have 7 days to evacuate the premesis! :)

Of course, today is Labor Day...maybe she'll get the message and come on out today (keeping my fingers crossed on that one)

Tomorrow is the first official day of my Maternity Leave. I will be off work until the Monday before Thanksgiving. It was weird on Friday when I left to think that I don't have to go back for 11 weeks. This week I'm planning to get some rest and get the house cleaned up a bit and maybe do some scrapbooking. And hopefully get this baby out before her due date. I'm a punctual person, maybe she'll catch on.

My Life as a Hippopotamus

Amy and Inga are coming over today. I am having maternity photos taken. I am going to have Ryan in most of them. I have been envisioning kind of like a re-do of our engagement shoot, except for the fact that I'm 32 weeks fat pregnant.
Everything takes so much more effort at this point, which is an odd and new experience for me. It is kind of intimidating to think that I STILL have 8 weeks to go...and grow!
I am excited that I have only 7 more weeks of work before my maternity leave starts. I'm ready now!

Thumping and Rolling

I am feeling very. . . . conspicuous.
Which is very odd for me because I have always been a person who fades into the background. People don't remember be. People don't notice me.
Until now.
Perhaps because I take up twice as much room as I used to.
And I still have 99 days to go. Yikes.
The best thing has been feeling Little Miss thumping and rolling around. I keep telling Ryan with kicks as strong has hers, she's just destined for Soccer. :)
We went to a birth class yesterday, which actually made me feel a lot more confident about everything. I figured it would really overwhelm me, but we went over a lot of information that I already knew the answers to, so I guess my reading has been worthwhile.

Babymoon

We are leaving in the morning for our last vacation before Little Miss comes! (Well, technically we are going away for a weekend for Andy's wedding in July, but that's less of a vacation and more of a reunion)
We are flying to San Francisco, CA! I'm so excited! I've been to Seattle before, when I was in Jr. High, but I've never been to California. Ryan is insisting that we will drive down the coast to Monterey Bay to the Aquarium (which is the best in the world) and I'm so excited to see the Golden Gate Bridge! We are both equally happy to just have some relaxing time away. I can't wait!!

Team Pink

It's a girl!

We had our ultrasound today. She had her little legs crossed at the ankles, but we still saw a good eyeful of her lady parts. Definately a girl. Ryan is already saying she is a "demure little lady" because her legs were crossed. She also waved at us.
Most importantly, there were no markers for any abnormalities and she is even measuring just 1 day behind my due date! My biggest wish was a healthy babe, and she certainly appears to be. We didn't get to see her face, but I'm just fine with given the good outlook she was given! :)

Not Just for Taxes. . . .

This year, I am SO looking forward to April 15th.

Not because this is the day federal income taxes are due. Mine have been filed for quite some time now.

This April 15th, I am scheduled for my Ultrasound! :)

I will be in my 18th week, and we will be learning the gender of the bubs. I am so excited it is only 2 weeks away!!!! I had resigned myself that I was going to have to wait until the end of the month.
What a great surprise for a Friday!~

Weekends

I've missed weekends. I have felt so tired and sick to really do much of anything until the last few weeks. Last weekend my brother and his new fiancee came to town to run some wedding errands. I got to help them start their registry! It was blast. It made me remember how much fun it was 6 years ago when I was starting my wedding registry. It is cute to watch new couples discovering how they are going to fit their individual styles together to make a home that is "theirs."

THIS weekend, my best friend came to visit me in Indy. It has been 4 YEARS since she was last in town. This was the first time she has even seen my house (that I moved into 3.5 years ago!) Last night we went a saw a cutie chickie movie, one that my husband would never agree to see (of possibly would agree and then leave the theatre 7 times during the 90 minute show to use the restroom, get a drink of water, buy a coke, buy popcorn, and buy candy....all on separate visits) Today we are going to do some shopping and who knows what else we will get up to before tomorrow is over. I am so happy that she is hear and finally getting to spend some time with me!