35 weeks!

It is hard to believe I will be 9 months on Saturday. Hunter's due date is one month from this Wednesday! I can't believe how fast the last few weeks have gone.

We spent this past weekend down at my parents house. We took Bud home, and had my baby shower on Saturday. We got so much stuff for Hunter. JJ and I are so lucky to have such great friends and family. This is going to be one spoiled baby! The drive to/from there was a lot on my body. The swelling in my ankles & feet have been pretty bad lately. I never appreciated how much I like my ankles, I'll be glad when they appear again. Needless to say we were so lucky to get such nice things from everyone that there was NO ROOM in the car on the way back up here. JJ and I unloaded everything last night and Hunter has officially taken over the house. Our goal this week is to get everything organized and put where it is suppose to go because realistically he could be here any day now. Not that my Dr. thinks it will happen anytime soon. I would rather be as prepared as I can be though. We had an apt last week and the Dr. said everything is going great but he did tell me if I were to go into labor they would not do anything to stop it. I'm hoping to go as long as I can. Even though I may be miserable throughout the next few weeks I know that the longer he stays in the better off he will be.

This weekend is 4th of July, my favorite holiday and we have no plans. I'm thinking its going to be a watch fireworks on the tv kind of day especially since it is suppose to rain all weekend. We will see.

We had a really good time having my brother stay with us for the last two weeks. He is such a good kid. JJ and Bud spent a lot of time together I think they will both miss having the other around. My family will be back up in a couple of weeks when Hunter is here though. I like this whole seeing them all the time, it is nice!

We have a Dr. apt scheduled for next Tuesday. It is our last two week apt and then we are down to having an apt every week until he is here. It is hard to believe that there are only 5 or less appointments until he is here! I can't wait!

45 more days!!

We have been pretty busy the last few days, the reason I haven't updated my blog since last week. Saturday we left the house around 10am to meet my family in Ocala for lunch and to pick up my brother. It took us 3 hours to get there so it wasn't too bad. I figured it was a good practice run for the long haul next weekend when we go down to my parent's house. We had a nice day with my mom and sister. JJ got to go to Gander Mountain (like Bass Pro Shops) and to Northern Tool so he was happy and then we had lunch at Chillis. I wish I could have spent more time with my mom and sister but we were all excited to figure out how much we are going to see each other throughout the rest of the year. SEE



June 27th-28th- JJ & Theresa go to Boca for the baby shower

End of July/Beginning of August- The whole family comes to Crawfordville for the arrival of Hunter.

September 3rd-7th- Hunter's first trip to South Florida for Aunt Sam's bridal shower/Hunter's Baptism/Labor Day weekend

October 31st- Aunt Sam's and Uncle Tom's wedding in South Florida

November (Thanksgiving) - Turkey day in South Florida



Maybe we can fit some more trips in there too!



Bud has been with us since Saturday now and I would like to say we haven't bored him yet. Except when he is at work with us. Sunday we went to Chad's family property to shoot skeet. Tracy and I watched while the boys played. Bud was pretty brave with all of his options and he did a good job. After we went to eat lunch at the Mexican Restaurant and then we headed off to the mall and to Costco. While we were at the mall JJ and Bud bought a video game to keep them entertained since we had no satellite at our house until yesterday. Monday Bud came to work with us and he helped JJ work on a car and then they had "arts and crafts". Yesterday was a lazy day I had to be at the house between 12-5pm because Dish Network was suppose to come and fix the satellite. I let Bud stay at the house, no need for him to wake up early to drive an hour be at work for 3 hours and turn around and go home. After I got home we made some lunch and laid around. They finally showed up around 2:00pm. Once they fixed it Bud and I couldn't figure out how to make the sound work on the Tv in the living room so we went in my bedroom and watched a movie and took a nap during the rainy afternoon.

Not too much has changed in baby news. We have a Dr. apt next Wednesday. Hunter has been pretty active, but that is nothing new. I am very excited about my baby shower next weekend. I even called and made an apt to get my haircut when I come home which desperately needs to be done since I haven't had it cut since January!!

32 weeks

So Monday night was our final childbirth class. I was really glad that we went (and JJ survived) throughout the entire 4 weeks. It was worth going and it was not as long of a night as it usually is. We had our tour of labor and delivery and the cutest thing was this big picture they had on the wall called the lullaby song and it had what looked like a doorbell underneath it. They told us every baby that every time a baby is born there the bell is rung and it plays this song throughout the entire hospital so everyone knows a new baby is here! I thought it was too cute! They showed us the delivery room and recovery room and everything inside the rooms and what it does. They let us know where to go and what to do if we think we are in labor. It is nice to feel like we have a clue as to what we are doing and are not going into it blindly.

Today we had our 32week Dr. apt and the Dr. said everything was going great. Hunter is measuring right on time and if he had to guess right now he would say he is on track to be about a 7-8lb baby. I hope so! I don't want him to be like me, I was almost 10lbs, my poor mom. We have another Dr. apt in two weeks and then I think we will have weekly apts from then on out. Its crazy to think we are right at the end!! I'm hoping he comes no earlier than 39 weeks but I hope he does not decide he really likes it in there and wants to stay his whole 42 weeks where they will start talking about inductions and c-sections. The good thing is my hospital does not do inductions unless medically necessary until 39 weeks. Everything so far has been good throughout my entire pregnancy so here is hoping the next 7 1/2 weeks go the same way!! At the next apt they will do a strep b test, which honestly I have no idea what it is, I'll have to do some research so at least I will have a clue as to what they are doing.

After we left the Dr. we went by Toyota to visit with everyone there since we have not seen most of them since I left in March. It was really nice to see everyone and they all had nice things to say about JJ and I and how much they missed us. It's nice to be missed sometimes. Most of the guys (which is pretty much the entire dealership) said comments like your huge which would have probably hurt some peoples feelings but I can understand where they are coming from since they haven't seen me in 3 months and yea my belly is huge... there is a baby in there duh!

Only 3 more days until my lunch date with my mom sister and brother and then he is coming to stay with us!! Mom told us the other day she is interested to see how much he grows while he is here because they measured him and he is officially taller than me, I'm the tallest girl out of me Mom and Sam. My little brother is not so little anymore he is 5'5 now and will be 14 soon, crazy!!

Last day of baby school

So today is our last day of childbirth class aka baby school. We actually get to go tour Labor and Delivery so we will know where to go when Hunter decides he is ready. Wednesday we have a Dr. apt. I don't think anything too exciting will be going on at that one. I'm interested to see if my blood pressure is normal again because at my last appointment it was a little high.



This weekend we worked on Hunter's room. We mostly made a big mess but it is all coming back together. We bought a closet organizer so that we would could have more room in his closet. It took some work and we had to make some changes but we made it work and it looks really good. JJ did a really good job. Now he is going to move all the furniture around for me because I want it set up differently, wow he is a great husband. Last night was weird we cleaned up a lot of the mess and we both were standing in the room and I looked at JJ and asked him "can you believe that this is going to be someones room?" "another person is going to be living with us!" and of course this is just not any someone this will be our son. Sometimes it is just hard to believe. We went to bed shortly after that but before I climbed into bed JJ asked me to go get one of Hunter's books out of his room because he wanted to read to him. Seriously this was the cutest thing ever.

I am really excited about this weekend. Saturday morning we are going to get up and meet my sister mom and brother for lunch somewhere in the state of Florida and then my little brother is coming to stay with us for two weeks! I can't wait! He will be coming to work with us (if he wants) and will be working with JJ and then JJ says he will take him fishing and stuff afterwards. I hope he isn't bored out of his mind. We will try to keep him busy as much as possible and find fun things for all of us to do.

It's Friday !!

This week has just gone by really slooooowwww. I think all the rain isn't helping. Here is hoping for no rain this weekend and lots of sunshine! So we went to baby school on Wednesday night. Its was a pretty boring classes as far as lots of lecturing but we did get a lot of information as far as all the different types of interventions why they are used and the pros and cons. It definetly helped us make some decisions on how we would like our birth plan to go. We have our final class Monday night where we will tour labor & delivery which I am looking foward to since neither of us have even been there. It still feels like we have a millon things to do, I'm just too tired to do them all =)

Hunter has been really active lately. It's crazy to watch my belly and its like there are frogs in there jumping around. I'm really looking foward to him being here, I know he needs more time to grow and all but here is hoping the next 8 weeks go fast!

I'm excited today I am going to go get my toes done after work with Ashley who I haven't seen in FOREVER! We will probably go get some dinner afterwards because pregnant people have to eat! I don't think I have any other plans the rest of the weekend really except work around the house trying to get things together for my little brother who will be here next weekend!!

Last night we actually got home when the sun was still up so I decided to watch a movie. I took advantage of the fact JJ fell asleep and rented He's just not that into you. I liked the movie for the most part I really loved the ending especially Jennifer Aniston and Ben Affleck's characters I cried like a baby (which really isn't hard for me these days!)

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Today is one of those blah days. I'm tired because I slept like crap, so now I feel like I could sleep for 10 more hours. I hate being tired all of the time. Being bored all day doesn't help either. I'm not feeling very well. I feel like I'm going to get sick.. kinda wish I would so I would feel better. People around me are getting on my nerves. I just keep reminding myself that I only have between 6 1/2-10 1/2 weeks and then I'll get to spend my days with my little man!

Last night was a weird night for me. My belly was so hard at the bottom and I was so uncomfortable. I literally felt like there was a bowling ball in there. I called my mom and she told me it is just going to get worse (i love her honesty, seriously) but that I just need to go lay down and I will start feeling better. Well I did what she said and of course she was right. I just feel so lazy laying around all the time but I know I won't have that much time once Hunter is here. Okay enough whining.

So last night JJ and I went to Lowes and bought a mirror for Hunters room. It is a pretty decent size and it was only $16, originally $45! I love buying things on sale. We are trying to figure out where we are going to put it. I want to put it over his changing table so that he can look at himself, we will see. Over the weekend we bought him a lamp for his room too and that was only $12, again love sales. I didn't LOVE it in the store but I figured $12 wasn't bad and if i hated it in a few months I wouldn't feel bad about getting rid of it because it was so cheap. Well we got it home and JJ put it together and I LOVE it. It looks great in his room! Hm I'm trying to think what else we have done to his room lately. Oh JJ's parents bought him the diaper stacker and the wall hangings that match his bedding they are super cute. I even filled the stacker up with diapers (side note whyyyy do all diapers have winnie the pooh on them?). Also JJ's dad is making him a toy box for his room which I am very excited about. I think it will be nice for Hunter to have something that he can keep for a long time that was made special for him. I've seen the lid and was told I won't see the rest until it is done but so far so good!

Tonight we have childbirth class. This will be our third class. I'm really happy we decided to go, we have learned a lot and there are a lot of nice couples in our class. JJ was funny he cleaned up the Marauder last night because he wanted to hear how it sounds in the parking garage at the hospital, men. So we drove the Marauder to work this morning and JJ had the music kinda loud which apparently Hunter was enjoying because he was moving all over the place. JJ says it is because Hunter likes Daddy's car. I asked JJ if we would be taking the Marauder to the hospital when Hunter is born and he said only to bring him home because he did not want my water breaking in his car... lovely.

My first blog

So since I spend a lot of my Monday-Friday on the internet reading all sorts of things, including other people's blogs about their pregnancies I decided it was time for me to do one. So here we go...

As of today I am 31wks 3 days pregnant. I still can't believe how fast this pregnancy has gone and I am so thankful after reading all of the things that could possibly go wrong with pregnancies that mine has been realitively easy. Lately I have noticed some contractions, I assume they are Braxton Hicks but who knows! I've never done this before! I told my Dr. about them at the last appointment and he did not seem to concerned. They are timeable or anything just uncomfortable, which apparently comes with the territory. For the most part I have felt pretty good. I've noticed some of the symptoms from my first trimester rearing their ugly head again, the nausea and tiredness. Hopefully it doesn't get as bad as it was I could barely eat during my first trimester because I would feel so sick after. The tiredness is annoying because it seems like no matter how much I sleep it is not enough I am still tired! JJ and I were talking this morning about how we have been sleeping at night and he said that he has been waking up a lot during the night (my frequent bathroom trips probably don't help). He said that it is probably just his body getting him ready for the baby. I thought it was pretty cool to hear him say that. Not that I thought he wouldn't be a HUGE help getting up with the baby in the middle of the night, because I know he will, it is just that it is so funny how a baby will change your entire life. I told him we won't go to bed anymore once the baby is here we will just take naps. We now have a countdown, I know it could change but I told him we only have 7 weekends left until our boy is here. It's crazy when you think of it like that. It is almost like it isn't real. I mean I see Hunter move, I feel him move, I watch my belly grow, but it is still like it is not even happening.

We have a lot going on in our next 7 weekends before the baby gets here. We are halfway through our childbirth classes, which even though it is a pain in the butt because the classes are so long, I am really glad we did them. We really have learned a lot about what to expect throughout labor and delivery. Yesterday I signed us up for breastfeeding classes which should be interesting, I thought it would be a good thing to do since I have no idea what I am doing. I have friends who have had babies recently and they all give good advice most of the time but it is nice to get a third party perspective, not just how it worked for them. Plus you don't have to worry about hurting anyone's feelings. Next Saturday JJ and I are driving halfway and meeting my mom, sister and brother for lunch somewhere in the state of Florida and then my brother is going to be coming back with us to stay for two weeks. I am really excited about him coming to stay. We have not spent that much time together in a very long time probably since he was 6 or 7 and he is 13 now =). JJ is also really excited about him coming, he is so good with kids, they love him (who doesn't). He has so many plans for them and all the things they will do together. In the middle of all that we will have a couple of dr.'s apts since they are every two weeks now. I feel like I am there all the time, I know they are just going to get really frequent. I'm really lucky that JJ goes with me to all my appointments it really does mean a lot to me. He is such a good husband and will be an amazing dad. We are leaving to go to Boca on the 26th to take my brother back home and to go to my baby shower which I am so excited about. I know if it is anything like my bridal shower it was be amazing. That is just my June! Which I know I will fill up any openings.. haha