29 weeks... really, only 11 to go!?!?!

How far along? 29 weeks.  
• Total weight gain: +9 lbs.

• Maternity clothes? All pants and most shirts, this belly is getting HUGE.

• Stretch marks? Not yet, I pretty much smell like cocoa butter 24/7.
• Sleep: Not great, restless with weird dreams.

• Best moment this week: Having my Mom and Aaron notice my belly moving and grooving on it’s own. J

• Miss Anything?  Having a ton of clothing options, being able to bend over, and a good cold Strongbow. 

• Movement: ALL THE TIME.  Makes me a little worried for how over-active this kid could be. 
• Food cravings: Culver’s cheese curds.

• Food aversions: Nothing specific

• Gender: Who knows?

• Labor Signs: Had another Braxton hicks contraction – but they are extremely infrequent.

• Symptoms: Heartburn has taken control.  But lunch time it’s burning away, and Tums doesn’t help.  My favorite is waking up at night from puking in my mouth because of the heartburn.  Awesome. 

• Belly Button in or out? Totally and completely out. 

• Wedding rings on or off? On, no swelling yet!
• Looking forward to: TONS of progress in the nursery this week.

We have our routine Dr’s appointment tomorrow.  I’ll have to ask about this terrible heartburn. 

We booked our maternity photo session this week and will be taking our pictures at the same park we took our wedding photos at 4 years ago!  They have some cute areas for pictures, and we can do a few more urban looking ones in the historic downtown area too.  We also have a tentative date for our newborn session.  It’s crazy to think that this really is just around the corner.

I’m beyond excited for our weekend.  We have a huge to-do list of things we’ve been meaning to get done.

1.     Assemble the crib and changing table

2.     Hang the curtains in the nursery and get the closet organizer in

3.     Start decorating the nursery (shelves, bedding, order wall decals)

4.     Possibly assemble/take out of the box our car seat, stroller, high chair and bouncy chair

5.     Finish assembling our patio set and finally sell the old one on Craigslist

6.     Get Aaron’s financial aid for his last semester taken care of (we’re so behind!)

7.     Start and finish our registry at Babies R Us

8.     Finally bring all the piles of “stuff” that we’ve accumulated to goodwill

9.     Start washing and hanging up baby’s clothes and organizing the changing table.

And most importantly – find time for a date night!!

Can’t wait to be home this weekend and do everything at our own pace!