30 weeks!

For some reason this week really feels like a big milestone. The end is in sight! And I can't say I'm not freaking ready!

Last week-end Chad and I took an all-day childbirth class. I ate it up big time. It was one day I got to focus completely on baby AND the best part....I got Chad all to myself. With our crazy work schedules and other priorities it was a real treat to have his full attention all day. The class was reeeeally informative and fun. I didn't realize how good a massage would feel until the instructor made the dad's give us 800 of them throughout the class to "prepare us for labor", except I think she was giving us moms the silent secret wink, knowing this might be our only chance to get a free massage. It was fantastic. And Chad of course made me giggle all day, which I told him was one of his duties. I loved feeling understood by the other mom's, and finding out that they were going through all the same stuff. I also loved listening to the dad's fumble about, clueless. Ha! I was clueless once too, boys. This stuff is no joke!

Speaking of, I am outnumbered by boys in my house and I often feel like a big fat alien. I can't do many of the things I used to (duh) and I hate feeling helpless. And I hate getting brilliant ideas like going camping or having tickets to standing-only concerts and then realizing...duh...I can't do that! That would be miserable for everyone! I know how naive I was about pregnancy and I'm a girl. I can at least have some bit of empathy. But boys, they have the privilege of staying naive forever. I can often be heard saying unnecessary things like, "If you could only feel this cramp for one minute, you would pass out." But of course, they never will know what any of this feels like. If they did, babies would never happen.

People often ask me about my food cravings. For those who know me well, this is a laughable question because I have always, and will always, have a real passion for food and pregnancy doesn't change this a whole lot. And I guess I do crave stuff, but more than craving it's that certain foods taste extra extra wonderful now, like my taste buds have actually matured. The following are foods that I now adore: fruit (especially oranges), JUICE, fries, OREOS, cheeseburgers, and ice cream. I never liked fruit before, and ice cream was something I didn't really care about either. I am having a hard time staying away from the Oreos, man. I have to set a daily limit for myself.

Lat but certainly not less important than food cravings, we are finally working on the nursery!

We had to switch Devin's room to our old office before we could start building the nursery in Dev's old room. Lord help us, this Saturday was NOT fun for any of us. But as I type this, Chad is finishing the bed frames he built for Devin's bed and the guest/nanny bed in baby's room so that will be a huge load off! Pictures coming soon. :)

27.5 weeks

Yay, more pictures! This time Grandma Judy came with me so she could watch the little munchkin flip about for herself! It was lots of fun. To me he looks more filled out than in the last round of photos taken a month before. It makes sense because now his main job in life is to fatten up. :)

He is about 2 lbs. and about 14 inches long. And now instead of poking me here and there, I can feel great big sweeps of motion. It woke me up for the first time the other night!

As for me, I'm feeling less comfortable, that's for sure. Still having a very good pregnancy in relation to how it sometimes goes, but it's harder to sleep, sit, squat, kneel, etc. And I get out of breath easily and have to be careful. It often feels like my lungs have less room in my body, which I'm sure is exactly what's happening. But really I am still feeling pretty amazing for being 6 and a half months pregnant.

We are starting to get the room in order. I am so excited to decorate the nursery! No cheesy baby stuff for me, baby Petersen and I have more of an edgy taste. His first piece of art is a little bird D.J'ing. Ha!

I am going to the doctor every two weeks now, with only a little over 12 weeks left. I did my glucose test this week and will find out my results any day.

I've never been very patient, and this is the hardest thing to wait for! I can't stand watching and feeling him move all the time, and seeing his face in photos. I just want him to get here!!!

26 weeks

Oh my goodness, he's getting so big! I really did mean to write last week, especially to announce that he was the size of a rutabaga....(what the HECK? It's some kind of warped, furry vegetable!) but life has been a bit nuts. I am getting ready to shoot my second official wedding this coming Saturday and am traveling a whole bunch this week for work. So...here's the stats for this week!

He is about 14 inches long and weighs about 1.75 pounds! He is the length of a hothouse cucumber. Can you believe these veggies? My favorite development this week is that he is practicing "breathing" with amniotic fluid so his little lungs develop. Also he can probably hear our voices and recognize mine and Chad's. :) :) :) He is filling out, getting some good fat on him. (I bet his mom helps him out with that with her never-ending appetite!) And since we are all friends and I know you won't embarass him with this later, his little testes are dropping so he's becoming a full fledged little man this week! Sorry, baby boy. I just love talking about your developments because it's all I have until you are here!

I am still feeling great for the most part. It is indeed getting more and more uncomfortable to sit, bend over, squat, etc. He is still very active, especially after I eat. And it feels pretty surreal. But it's a reminder that he's in there and healthy and I love it!

And the best news is that I get another 3d ultrasound this week! Pictures soon to follow!

xoxo