31 Weeks!

Weekly Survey

• How far along?: 31 weeks
• Total weight gain: +26 pounds
• How big is baby?: Approx 3 pounds, 8 ounces
• Maternity clothes?: Yep
• Sretch marks?: Nope
• Sleep?: Getting harder now!
• Best moment this week?: Taking impromptu maternity pics after our class on Wednesday.
• Movement?: All day long, and starting to get painful
• Food cravings?: Salty stuff. And doughnuts. Glaze doughnuts... ::stares off dreamily::
• Labor signs?: Still getting occasional Braxton Hicks.
• Belly button in or out?: Still the same
• What I miss: Standing up without having to do that weird heaving move.
• What I'm looking forward to: Baby Shower!
• Milestone: Down to 1 digit weeks now!

How big is this kid now? Really!? Are you sure? He feels much bigger, what with the massive-tummy-bulging kicks that he's been dealing out to me. I don't know which organ is pissing him off, but he's sure letting me know about it! He also has this little game where he'll take a foot or a hand and pinch off a nerve or something to make my leg go numb. By far the weirdest feeling ever!

I spent most of the week planning for our trip out to CA next weekend for our baby shower! I.am.so.excited!!! My FSIL says that most of the people we invited have RSVPd that they're coming. I'm so happy we'll be able to see everyone; we don't really have any friends here in AZ and I doubt we'll be up for anther six hour drive after Wiggly gets here (at least not for a few months)! So I'm going to soak up all the friend time I can get!

We went to the Newborn Care Class on Wednesday. It was so fun! I know it doesn't sound like the type of thing that would be fun, but it really was. The instructor was funny and we learned all kinds of neat things. They gave us an inflatable baby doll to practice CPR on. It's creepy looking, but I guess that doesn't matter so much. I figure we can use it to get the pups used to getting less attention. We have to break them of jumping on the couches too, so I think the doll will be a good tool for that. We learned how to hold a bottle, bathe baby and dress him. We also learned how to change diapers; probably the grossest part of the class, complete with a color picture handout of the different kinds of poopy we can expect...

I had another doctor's appointment yesterday so I got to hear the heartbeat again. That is, hands down, my favorite sound in the world. I wish I could hear it more often! They also went over my labs from the last visit. Everything is just perfect and I passed my Gestational Diabetes test with flying colors! Yay me!

There was a semi-pro photographer that came into the class Wednesday night and offered to take maternity pics for anyone that was interested. I totally took her up on it! MyHoney and I took 10 minutes and had a small shoot. She emailed them to me and now I wish I'd curled my hair and had MyHoney shave! Definitely not our greatest pics, but the belly ones turned out really cute. Here are my three faves! : )

Hey... starting today, if I go by the adjusted EDD from my doc, I can technically say that I'm due next month! Holy jeez!