35 Weeks and Weekend in Milwaukee

How far along? 35 Weeks

Total weight gain: Right at 30lbs.

Maternity clothes? Yes, and growing out of some of those too! My shirts are getting shorter and shorter!

Stretch marks? Oh yes

Sleep:Some nights are ok, some not so much. 

Best moment this week: What a busy week it was!  I was surprised Friday night with a baby shower from my coworkers!  They brought in balloons Friday afternoon and told me I had somewhere to be that night.  We all went to one of the girls' house and they spoiled me with gifts and delicious food.  Saturday we headed to Milwaukee for a wedding then enjoyed letting the kids play the rest of the night and the Milwaukee Zoo on Sunday.

Movement: His movement has decreased a little; I think he's just running out of room

Food cravings: Nothing really; I just feel full all the time; no idea why;) 

Gender: It's a boy, our little Wy man:)

Labor Signs: Had a couple more contractions this week and my feet and ankles are still super swollen. I called my Dr. because my feet have been HUGE for at least 4 days.  They said I may want to consider being off of work now.  I would really rather start my leave when he's born so we are going to see how the next little bit goes and I have to make myself sit and relax more.  At this point they see no threat to Wyatt because my blood pressure has been consistently low, etc.  Check out these beauties....

 What I miss: Sleep, normal feet and ankles:)

What I am looking forward to: We have another busy week this week; this could be another reason my feet look the way they do!  Madi's last day of Kindergarten is on Wednesday :'(  I'm hoping to pick her up from school and take them to Bay Beach and enjoy the afternoon; they've been asking for weeks to go.   Sunday we have tickets to go to a Timber Rattlers baseball game in Appleton and Dave's brother & his family invited us to join them for Breakfast on the Farm on Sunday morning.  We are going to play that by ear, depending how the swelling situation is but we would definitely love to join them. 
Weekly Wisdom: Wyatt is the size of a honeydew melon (he sure feels bigger than that!)

Milestones: 3 weeks to go until 38 weeks, when Grace was born!

 

Here are a few of my favorite pictures from our weekend in Milwaukee.  We went to Dave's cousin's wedding Saturday afternoon then spent the rest of the night letting the kids play, swim, and eat!  When we got to our hotel they told us they were upgrading us to a "kid suite."  The girls said it was the "best hotel ever" because they had their own room complete with bunkbeds, a desk, and a t.v.!!!  Sunday we at breakfast at the hotel then headed out to the Milwaukee Zoo and spent the rest of the day there.  It was a really nice weekend. 

 The girls showing off their room at the "best hotel ever!"

 Cousin pizza party:)

 Grace "swimming"

 Trying to touch one of the sting rays at the zoo exhibit, pretty cool!

 Grace scoping things out with her backward binoculars

 My pretty Madisyn posing for a picture:)

 Family picture

 

The girls on their camel ride!!!

Girl's Day Out

 Pedicures:) 

 I'm quite certain Grace was told 100+ times not to move during her maincure/peducure:)

 I think they had fun!

 Showing off their pretty fingers and toes. 

 Madi wanted Debbie to shampoo her hair so of course she did:)

 Getting her fancy french braids.

 Finished product.

Grace making goofy faces in the mirror.

 

Today we had a little girl's day out; me, the girls, and my sister, Kaci.  I had a Dr. appointment in the morning so we all got to hear our little Wy man's heartbeat.  We went out for lunch, got pedicures, and then got haircuts.  Now we are all dolled up and this little man can come anytime:)

34 Weeks-Birthday Party Fun

How far along? 34 Weeks

Total weight gain: Right at 30lbs.

Maternity clothes? Yes, and growing out of some of those too! My shirts are getting shorter and shorter!

Stretch marks? Oh yes

Sleep:Some nights are ok, some not so much.  My hips really hurt in the mornings.

Best moment this week: We just got home from celebrating our nephew, Carter's, 4th birthday.  It was such a beautiful day and a very cute party!  The kids always have so much fun playing together and the girls didn't want to go home.    

Movement: He is moving like a little crazy man in there!  He moves TONS at night; I sure hope it doesn't mean he'll be up during the night and sleep during the day!

Food cravings: Cheese curds and tuna fish again. 

Gender: It's a boy, our little Wy man:)

Labor Signs: Had a couple more contractions this week and my feet and ankles are still super swollen.   

What I miss: Sleep, normal feet and ankles:)

What I am looking forward to: We have another busy week this week.  Madi has her 1st soccer game on Tuesday.  On Wednesday we are having a girl's day in Green Bay.  I am going to take Madi out of school for the day (if this makes me a bad mom, so be it) and we are going to my dr. appointment in the morning, out for lunch, getting pedicures, then getting our hair cut in the afternoon.  The girls don't know yet but there is a fair chance I am more excited than they will be:)
Weekly Wisdom: He weighs about 4.2 to 5.8 pounds and measures about 17.2 to 18.7 inches. And he may grow up to a full inch this week -- amazing.

Milestones: 4 weeks to go until 38 weeks, when Grace was born!

 

Our nephew, Carter, had his 4th Birthday party today.  It was a super cute ToyStory theme.  Here are a couple of favorites from the afternoon.

 I thought this was a really sweet picture; Dave's brother, Paul, with their sweet little Jack. 

 Madi trying out the cute Etch-a-sketch photo prop.

 Carter in his racoon hat from us:)

Studying his new Buzz Lightyear:)

Better Than I Deserve

Lately I've been really struggling with the hand my mom has been dealt.  It's still so hard to say those words, "my mom has cancer."  I find that there are days I am still really just mad about it, and other days that the tears just fall freely at the thought.  The most accurate description of the last 9 months is that...it sucks.  It breaks my heart that she has to go through it; I would take it from her anyday.  There is a gentleman that is a regular at the bank I work at and everytime he comes in, we ask him how he is and his reply is always the same, "better than I deserve."  A few weeks ago he lost his wife after a long battle with cancer.  The day of her funeral he came in and I waited on him and, as usual, he still replied "better than I deserve."  It amazed me that he still could see he had so much to be thankful for despite the fact that he just lost his wife. 

I always try to focus on the good things of this whole experience and remember that my mom has wonderful people taking care of her and that no matter what, we have eachother.  I look at the people in OK who just lost everything in the tornado or sit in the waiting room of the cancer treatment center at the hospital and don't have to look very hard to see that someone else has far more struggles than I do.  So today, I am "better than I deserve." 

33 Weeks and Baby Shower Fun

How far along? 33 weeks (picture was one day before 33 weeks)

Total weight gain: I've stopped torturing myself with this one:)

Maternity clothes? Yes, and growing out of some of those too!  My shirts are getting shorter and shorter!

Stretch marks? Oh yes

Sleep:Not great; getting to that uncomfortable stage 

Best moment this week: My sister, Kaci, and my sis-in-law, Sarah, gave me a perfect little baby shower/lunch for Wy man on Saturday.  It was such a nice day and we were super spoiled.   

Movement: He is moving sooooo much but still has a couple days where he's quiet then a couple of SUPER active days...wonder if he'll be like that when he's here??? 

Food cravings: Not really, just eating a lot in general!

Gender: It's a boy, our little Wy man:)

Labor Signs: Not really, just hugely swollen feet the last two days; it's been really humid. 

What I miss: Sleep, normal feet and ankles:) 

What I am looking forward to: Just having this little guy here; there's so much going on the next few weeks that I have a feeling this last little bit is really going to fly by!
Weekly Wisdom: He weighs about 4.2 to 5.8 pounds and measures about 17.2 to 18.7 inches. And he may grow up to a full inch this week -- amazing. 

Milestones:  4 weeks to full term!

 Me and my girls at Wy man's baby shower

 The adorable cake made by my very talented mom

 Awesome 4-wheeler that Auntie Kaci made!  Soooo cool!

Uncle Doug & Auntie Kaci made this for the shower, is that great or what?!?!

 Me & my sis-in-law Sarah who is expecting twins!!!!  No doubt Wyatt and the twins will always be BFFs since they will only be about 4 months apart!

The sweet message Madi wrote for little brother on the guestbook frame; it absolutely melts my heart!

32 Weeks

How far along? 32 weeks

Total weight gain: ???

Maternity clothes? Yes, and growing out of some of those too!  I got this cute new outfit from my parent's for Mother's Day; my mom always picks out the best clothes for me:)

Stretch marks? Yep; got some new ones on my sides because it is seriously like I have grown a basketball:)

Sleep:Not so good; my legs ache alot during the night. 

Best moment this week: We had a very nice Mother's Day combined with Dave's birthday.  We had a laid back morning, Grace and I went and got some sweet treats for breakfast for Daddy's birthday.  In the afternoon we went to my mom & dad's house and ate WAY too much , Dave opened his birthday gifts, and all the moms got spoiled too; it was a really nice day. 

Movement: He is moving sooooo much.  Feels like he's doing gymnastics in there. 

Food cravings: Not really

Gender: It's a boy, our little Wy man:)

Labor Signs: I've had several Braxton Hicks contractions but very rarely

What I miss: Sleep, feeling drained. 

What I am looking forward to: Two days off this week and the luncheon/baby shower Aunties Kaci and Sarah are giving us on Saturday.  Also looking forward to having my sister home starting Friday for the summer! 
Weekly Wisdom: Wyatt is roughly 4 pounds and nearly 19 inches long; almost the length he'll be at birth and now gaining nearly 1/2 lb. each week!   Getting ready to make his debut! 

Milestones:  8 months pregnant! 

 

Here's the birthday boy with his girls and the gigantic birthday cake!  The girls and I went to pick out an ice cream cake from Dairy Queen on Friday and this is what they had to have; it seriously weighed 10 pounds!  It was yummy though:)

31 Weeks

How far along? 31 weeks

Total weight gain: ???

Maternity clothes? Absolutely

Stretch marks? Yep; got some new ones on my sides because it is seriously like I have grown a basketball:)

Sleep:Not so good

Best moment this week: Getting our garage sale and 3 hour glucose test over with!  Also got to hear little man's heartbeat on Wednesday which is one of the sweetest sounds I know.     

Movement: Lots of movement (even as I type this!) and he's been having the hiccups regularly too which is fun.  He finally let Grandma Hoverson feel him move too:)

Food cravings: A twist ice cream come from McDonalds.  I tried a healthier strawberry fruit bar instead but I have a feeling a trip through McDonalds drive-thru is in order tomorrow 

Gender: It's a boy, our little Wy man:)

Labor Signs: I had a couple days this week with some pretty bad lower back pain.

What I miss: Sleep...I am running on fumes this week.

What I am looking forward to: Enjoying the beautiful weather we're having, Madi's spring concert this week, Dave's birthday, and Mother's Day this coming weekend. 
Weekly Wisdom: Wyatt is the size of a pineapple!

Milestones: Less than 10 weeks to go now! 

 

***Still no call from my Dr. regarding my 3-hour glucose test which is a good thing.  They said if the results came back high again they would call but if it was normal, I wouldn't hear from them...keeping my fingers crossed***