36 weeks

Four weeks left!! It has gone so fast. Every time I think that we are almost ready, I find something else that needs to be done. Dean was gone this whole week so it has been difficult to get a ton of things ready when I need his muscle. Thankfully, my mom came to visit and did so much. She went above and beyond what we could have asked of her. She painted, cleaned, mowed, did laundry, and so much more. She was so helpful. Thanks to her we are so much closer to being ready. It was also nice to have some company while Dean was away. We started our weekly baby visits and everything has been going well. Our doctor thinks that Bo will probably be a week 39 or 40 baby. We would like him to wait until after the 4th. He has still been moving a lot. He always gets his kick count done quick. I have been feeling really good. It is getting harder to tie my shoes and work in the garden but I am making due. Thanks to my mom things were so much easier and a lot got done. She was even helpful with the garter snakes. Thanks Mom!!

35 weeks

This was a pretty busy week for us. We've been busy working, working, working. I think it took about the whole week to recover from last weeks few days of vacation. We also only had 2 days of softball which was nice. We even ordered pizza in the middle of the week! Pizza is usually reserved for Fridays only. We had another baby class. I know they are supposed to be informative and help prepare you for labor but it did nothing to ease my anxiety about the whole process. We got to tour the birthing center which was good. It was nice to see where we would be and that they try to make you very comfortable. It still makes me nervous. We also started weekly checkups this week. Bo is head down but still sitting pretty high. His heartbeat was good. He even kicked the Doppler when she put it on my stomach. Everything looks good so far and our doctor is predicting that he won't be here early. I have mixed feeling about that as I want him to be here but I know things will change drastically when he comes. I am trying to enjoy these last few weeks being pregnant but I am getting antsy to start doing all the things I used to be able to do without having to ask for help. My mom will be here next week to help us with some projects and get everything ready for baby. Dean is also getting pretty excited. Its fun to listen to him talk about doing things with the baby and listen to him talk to him. Its funny to hear him telling him about the Heat games and giving him sports info. It will be nice when there is someone else Dean can talk NBA basketball with. It's just not my favorite sport. Plus probably 90% of our baby clothes have some sort of sports theme, so he has to love sports right? Now we just have to wait patiently while he finishes growing and gets ready to make his arrival. What an amazing miracle God has given to us. We are so blessed and excited about our future with this little boy.

Week 34

Another week down! I have been feeling great this week. On Saturday Dean ran a marathon and I walked a 5k. He did awesome!! I may have overdone it a little bit because I was quite tired and had horrible shin splints for the next two days. I know Bo was feeling a little stressed also. I was trying to walk as fast as I could so I could beat Dean to the finish line and watch him run in, but he beat me. It was really fun watching him run, but I wanted to be running too. I should just learn to be patient. I am sure once I can start running again, I might not be quite so excited. After the marathon, we went to Babies R Us and bought our Stroller, Car Seat, and Pack n Play. I had coupons, thanks to a friend at work, so everything was on sale. We haven't put anything together or opened up the packages but we have them. I feel slightly more comfortable just knowing we have it, if he should come soon. We are hoping he waits just a few more weeks.

Bo has been so active. I don't think I go an hour without him kicking or rolling at least 10 times. Last week at my doctor appointment, they gave me a sheet to start counting his kicks. So far it hasn't taken him more than 7 minutes to kick or move around 10 times. It is starting to get more uncomfortable when he is moving around and I am trying to exercise, eat, or bend over. We also started our baby classes this week. They are interesting but I don't feel like I am learning TONS of new information. I guess I read too many books and articles. Dean has been going with me and he has survived so far.

The rest of June is very busy, so hopefully Bo will wait until July to come. I am hoping for after the 21st. That is 37 weeks. I know we don't get to pick when he comes but I can wish right? We also do not have a name chosen yet. People have started asking that and we still have not decided. We have 4 or 5 that we like but can't seem to decide which one fits the best. It has been quite the process and is still working itself out. Maybe we will wait until we meet him to choose. Hmm.....

Less than two months to go!

Starting tomorrow there are 49 days left. Only 49. Usually 49 seems like a pretty large number. Not anymore.
This has been a very relaxed week. Of course, we were busy with work but it was otherwise pretty low key. Dean started playing on our coed work softball team, so now we are at Softball games on Tuesday nights and Sunday afternoons. Next week we add another men's softball league so we will be at 3 games a week. None of which I get to play in. Watching the coed team is like torture. I just want to play. I know I will get to play again but watching and eating dust from the field is no fun. Our team won though, so that's good.
I haven't had any issues this week either. Bo is being too good to me. I will say that he has moved from hard kickes and punches to pushing out everywhere. Sometimes my belly looks and feels so lopsided because of the way he is lying. He also rolls alot and makes waves across my tummy. He still won't do much if Dean is watching. When Dean reads to him, he usually moves quite a bit. He must like all the gunfighting Dean is reading about. He is reading the book, Bull Hunter by Max Brand. It is actually a pretty good story. I have only fallen asleep one night while Dean was reading. I can't think of anything really eventful that happened but it was a pretty good week. We are staying busy and that's the way we like it.

I think my photo gets worse each week. Or maybe it's my photographer's fault.

Week 31 and Mother's Day

What a busy week!! Friday we had our ultrasound, Sunday we went to the Detroit Tigers baseball game, Tuesday Dean started softball games, and I was too busy to remember to take my weekly picture.
It was a busy yet very good week. Friday morning we headed back to the doctor to get another ultrasound. She wanted to check Bo's size and make sure he was growing properly. It was a pretty short ultrasound. We didn't get to see much of his face or body parts. He is definitely growing. He weighs approximately 3 lbs 7 oz. According to my baby app that is a little on the big side for week 31. It doesn't really explain why I am still measuring small but as long as he is growing and gaining weight, we are happy.
Sunday, Dean and I went with a group to the Detroit Tigers game. Neither of us had ever been to a Tiger's game before so we were pretty excited. It needed up being a very cool, windy day. That made for a cold afternoon but the game exciting. It ended up going into extra innings and then the Tigers lost. :( We were bummed about that but still had fun. We are hoping to maybe go one more time, just the two of us so that we can spend more time walking around the park and really enjoy the whole experience. Its difficult when you are with a large group. It was a pretty fun outing for my first Mother's Day.
We also started our summer of softball this week. Dean had his first Men's softball game this week. It was really fun. They won one game and lost the other. For not having played since last summer, Dean did really well. Of course, there is always room for improvement. :) I was really worried about how his knee would hold up but he managed pretty well out there in shortstop. His hair is also starting to get quite long and bushy. He can't keep his hat on very well and has started to put it in a ponytail on top of his head. It takes me back to the days when we were first dating and his hair was like that. I'm still an advocate for cutting it but I don't hate it.
Bo seemed to really enjoy the game too. He was quite active during the evening. He must have been cheering for his Daddy. He is becoming quite the active baby. He spends most of the day and night kicking and rolling. Sometimes it is so hard, it actually hurts. He is going to run out of room pretty quick, if I don't start getting bigger.
I haven't had any issues this week. I feel larger but I still move pretty easily and can do most everything I was doing before. It's amazing that I have already been pregnant for 31 weeks and it is almost over. It feels like it has flown by but I am not quite ready for Bo to come yet. There is still so much to be done.!

30 weeks-Only 10 more to go!!!!!

This was a very good week for us. It started with a Baby Shower in Iowa and ended with a thank goodness tomorrow is Friday. (My weeks start and end on Fridays) I didn't take any pictures at the shower but will try to get them from my sister and upload them here, so everyone can see her great decorations.
The drive to Iowa was pretty uneventful. I got to lie in the back for part of the trip which made it slightly more comfortable. Of course, the car was full on the way back, so no lying down for me. It's hard to get comfortable when you can't really put your legs up or your chair too far back. It was overall a rough 20 hours of driving. And...it was freezing the whole time we were there. It was quite cold and rainy. Ironically, I was actually wishing to have our Michigan weather back.
The baby shower was very nice. My sister did an umbrella and rubber duck sort of spring shower theme. It fit pretty well, considering it was raining that day. Her decorations were very cute. We played the diaper game, where you melt different candy bars in the diapers and everyone has to guess what kind of candy bar is in each one. It was very funny. Especially since you really had to stick your nose close to the "poop" to smell the chocolate. We also made my grandpas, uncle, dad, brother, and Dean play it when we got home. Their reactions were hilarious! Everything was great! The cake and punch were delicious and we all had a very good time. We also received a lot of very nice gifts. Lots of diapers and clothes. Bo is going to be one well dressed baby. Now if only I could find a place to put everything.
The rest of week, once we returned went pretty quickly. Bo has been kicking like crazy all day and night and doesn't seem to mind our busy running around schedules. Hopefully, he will adapt just fine once he is born. Dean and I were both very busy this week and it seemed like we were hardly even at home. Dean had his first slow pitch softball game on our church team. It was fun to watch but makes me a little sad I won't get to play this summer. I asked Dean if maybe I could just hit, but he said no. He said maybe I could keep the book. So I guess that's a good compromise. He played pretty well and even got a Home Run!! The season goes all the way to August, so it will be fun to get to watch all summer. Plus, he will play on our coed work team so we will have softball 2 days a week. Add having a baby in there and we will be quite busy all summer long.
We have also been busy working outside and getting our lawn and garden ready for summer. Our neighbor tilled our garden and then tilled up much of our yard so we can plant new grass seed. Our yard is now a dirt mess but Dean says in a couple weeks it will look better. We shall see.... I think I will start planting the garden this weekend. I still have to plan out the spots and when everything should get planted but hopefully I can get that figured out next week.
We have much to do and only a little more than 60 days to do it.
Sorry about the picture quality. I hope you can tell I am growing a little bigger each week. I definitely feel bigger. Like a pumpkin.

29 weeks

What can I say about this week? Nothing too exciting happened. We went back to the doctor. Everything looks good. We get to have another ultrasound May 10th to check on Bo's growth. I am measuring a little small for the timeline so they just want to make sure he is on track with our due date. Dean seems to think he is going to come early because there is no way I can give birth to a big baby without a C-Section. I think he is wrong but I guess we will just have to wait and see. I would like to make it until at least our due date week. While at the doctor,we also got our Delivery Preferences Brochure. It all sort of became real then. Only 11 weeks left and we really have to think about having this baby. I won't pretend I am not nervous about the labor and delivery part, but I am excited to get to meet our baby. I did tell Dean the other day that I will miss being pregnant, but he doesn't think so. Not in the middle of June, when I am even larger and it is 90 degrees out. I guess I should be thankful we are not in Houston anymore, where it would be hitting the 100s. I can't think of anything else that needs reporting. Our first baby shower is this weekend in Iowa. I am feeling great and not really craving anything special. I am very thankful things are so boring now. As the weather gets warmer and our due date gets closer, we will be getting busier and busier.