32 Weeks

Time sure is flying by...I am 32 weeks along already! We had our 32 week Dr.'s appointment today and everything seems to be progressing the way it should be. Her heartbeat is strong and as of right now her head is in the down position. I kind of figured that because she is a very active little girl and I mostly feel her moving around on the top right side of my belly (right in the ribs). So I was right about it being her feet and knees that I feel nudging me all the time. As far my measurements go, my belly measured at 32 cm and I have put on 22.2 lbs. I do have to admit that so far I have been fairly lucky because most of my weight is all in my belly (and bust for that matter). But I have also noticed it in my cheeks, my ankles (yes, I officially have cankles now), and the weirdest spot of all...my armpits. I actually have chubby armpits! I was a little concerned about it so I asked my Dr. about it today and she said it can be normal. They are just getting ready for the whole breastmilk process. I was relieved for her to say that because I thought it was pretty weird myself. Overall, I am still feeling pretty good. It is has been a really hot summer here already but I think I have been handling the heat alright. Everywhere I go for work is air conditioned and I just blast the AC when I get back in my car. The heat and the extra lbs. have slowed me down a little bit but not too bad, I can deal with it. Over the past few weeks I have really noticed how big she is getting, especially when I am sitting down. Like I mentioned before, she kicks me a lot in the right ribs, so driving can get uncomfortable after awhile but as soon as I stand it feels better. Oh, and in the last few weeks my belly button has popped so I now have a little bit of an outy. She also has been great entertainment for Brad and I. At night we love to just sit and watch my belly move all around. Sometimes I will have something bony sticking out and sometimes she moves her whole body so much that my entire belly rolls around. It might not sound like that much fun to watch, but we sure do think it is.

We haven't done too much more to the nursery yet. Brad did build in some shelves and another rod to hang her clothes and it looks great. It is going to be so fun to organize everything and hang up all of her cute little outfits. Good thing she has a big closet because she sure does have a lot of clothes already. Our hutch for the changing table is in but we haven't had a chance to pick it up yet. We also ordered our glider/ottoman and that should be here in a few weeks. I will post some pictures of the nursery once everything starts coming together.

Here are some 32 week pics of me and my big belly! By the way, I really feel cheesy posing for these pictures but I know people enjoy watching us grow and it will be fun to have and look back at the progression over the months. In fact, I just went back and looked at my 16 and 20 week pics and it cracked me up that I said I had "popped" because I obviously didn't know how much I really was going to "pop"...now I do.

Back to lounging on our porch - one of my favorite spots

Shower on the Cul-de-sac

This weekend we had our third and final shower. This one was with 5 couples who live on our cul-de-sac. Actually 3 of us are pregnant and all due in August (within 2 weeks of each other). So the other 2 ladies are throwing 3 baby showers! We told them to have it all in one shot but they said the more parties the better...and we all agreed. Again, we had a great time! The food was delicious, the weather was beautiful, it was a fun group of people, and we got some wonderful gifts.

Baby Spins sure did get spoiled these last 3 weekends. We are so lucky to have such great family and friends! It was all such a huge help to us. Thank you!

Opening presents - someone made a comment that the bibs were for Brad so we were checking to see how they looked. A little small but otherwise not too bad.

Some of the neighbor girls - Kathy, Dana (due August 21st, having a girl), Mindi (due August 29th, not finding out the sex) and Lisa

Baby Shower in Indy!

This weekend my friends Jaclynn and Lesley had a baby shower for Brad and I here at our house. It was a couples shower and we had some of our friends from Indy, from High School and from College here. It was so nice to have everyone together. Everyone from out of town got here Friday night (some later than others due to being stuck on a runway in NYC for 3 hours - sorry Nic) and stayed til Sunday. It was such a great weekend! The weather was nice so the guys could play yard games while us girls played games and opened presents out on our screened in porch. Again, we got some wonderful presents for Baby Spins!

Thanks for the great presents everyone!

We had delicous food at the party too and plenty of it! Jaclynn and Lesley went crazy with the amount of food that they made - it sure was nice to have the leftovers Sunday morning though. We also had a house full of babies! We had Maddy (almost a year), Noah (3 1/2 months), Connor (7 weeks), and Beau ( 3 weeks). They are all so cute and it is great that Baby Spins will have so many friends around her age.

A pic of all the girls and babies!

Jaclynn, Nichole, Lesley, and Jenny - my girlfriends from out of town

Brad and I had a great time at the shower and want to thank everyone for coming (and traveling from all over). We also want to thank Jac and Les for all of their work they put into planning this shower for us. The shower was fantastic and we really appreciate it! Les, it was so nice to finally meet Noah! He sure is a cutie!

Noah and I, all set to head to our pool!