38 Weeks!

October 24th

Baby girl is the size of a Pomeranian this week! She's probably around 7lbs and 19 1/2 inches (again all guesses at this point!). She has an eye color now, but it could change during her first year. Still really cool to think about what color her sweet little eyes might be :D She's packing on more fat and is rolling around good in my belly even tho there isnt much space left. lol

How's Mama? Doing pretty good :D I'm definitely more tired, but working from home has helped dramatically with that. Not having to commute is amazing. Monday night I went grocery shopping and oh man. I think I had a real contraction. I couldnt walk through it and it was painful. At my appointment on Friday, they ended up confirming that I probably did have a contraction!! I am 3cm and 70% effaced now! My doctor was pretty shocked and excited at the same time. He laughed when I told him I thought I had had a contraction- he was like just one? lol I was like yep. He almost didnt even check me! But I asked him to since I had started to dilate. I think that's why he was shocked. haha. He's great. He did seem to think baby girl might come this weekend!! We'll see!! Other than the continued braxton hicks contractions and some real ones, I still have lots of heartburn, my hips hurt a lot when I sleep so it's hard to get comfy, and I'm peeing all the time. haha. My belly is HUGE! My belly button is half in and half out- I think it's cute :D I still feel beautiful and am soaking up every last bit of pregnancy I can :D I'm gunna miss this bump!! 

How's Daddy? Well believe it or not, I think this was his busiest week yet! He came home late every night :( I know he is SO ready for a break. Since he worked so late every night, I tried to get as much done around the house as I could. I even surprised him and cleaned his office! You couldnt even walk in there and now it's definitely MUCH better! Not how we want it, but it's clean and that's great for now :D. We started to watch Black Mirror every night as our unwind show- it's incredibly intriguing and very well done. I highly recommend it. It's been nice to snuggle on the couch each night and watch TV with him. 

This week: This week was busy each night with me working around the house and John working late :( At least we got some relaxing in together each night. I had John pick up some more milk one night- and y'all we are in MILK RANGE!

Friday night we went on a date! Thinking it might be our last date night thanks to my doctor! We went to Mellow Mushroom- our favorite! and then checked out the Raleigh Beer Garden- it's a REALLY cool place and it's HUGE. We'll definitely go back some time :D 

                                                

Saturday, my in-laws who are some of the best people ever came over to help us around the house one last time before baby comes. I actually left to get my hair done (it was the last appointment I could get before little girl arrives). My mother in law pulled weeds in my flower beds, while my father in law painted our kitchen ceiling. They were both still at it when I got home. John was doing random little things around the house and I started to sort the baby laundry I had been doing all week. She already has too many clothes. lol. Jane finished outside (I felt SO bad, she got eaten up by fire ants.) and helped me sort and organize clothes and diapers. John cleaned out the closet and the entire room felt so much better and more organized. Jane also cleaned my oven! Next, we worked on the wall. We got our chevron stripes in!! It took forever to put them up. They were a LOT of work. I think they look much sharper than paint would, but you need to have some real patience if you decide to go this route. I ended up watching while they all put the wall up. I was super exhausted and John and I were going to argue. lol. I am so thankful for all of their hard work. It was so nice to be able to knock some big things off our list.

 LOVE!

I love love love how it turned out! It's exactly what I wanted!!! The company I bought the stripes from measured wrong :( So they are a little short, but you cant tell. I was upset though because we paid extra for the extra length. I need to see what I can do. I love more than anything how much John loves me and does whatever he can to make my vision work. He's the best husband and father in the world. 

Sunday, John and I went shopping for all the baby things we still needed. How does someone so small, require SO much. Like, seriously? I had some awful contractions while we were out shopping, so it ended up taking much longer than we had hoped. Hopefully, it's a sign of things to come soon! Although, I'll be happy if she stays in a little longer. I'm not quite ready to not be pregnant. I'll miss her in there and really miss my bump! I also would love a little more time to do a few more things :D