Due Date!

Due date is here and no baby yet. Had a nice day and tried to stay busy...went and had lunch with Mom and Dad and then Mom and I went on a nice long walk. It's amazing how quickly the last 40 weeks have gone by and how anxious the next several days will be awaiting the big moment....

Below is another pink shirt picture along with the others to compare:

20 weeks

29 weeks

33 weeks

38 weeks

40 weeks!

Sorry for the poor picture quality, I had to take it on my Blackberry since our camera is in the hospital bag in the Hubs' car. We are definitely at bowling ball status! :)

A Tight Squeeze...

Poor Peanut...

Yesterday morning I woke up to some jabs by my little one. The Hubs and I think Peanut was trying to tell me that it's getting to be a tight squeeze in there! Finally, s/he got comfortable...quite the funny angle though:



Getting close to eviction time!

A Full Term Bump

Another photo to add to the pink-shirt-bump-progression:

20 weeks

29 weeks

33 weeks

38 weeks

Can't. Imagine. Getting. BIGGER!?!

So close!

I almost made it through the whole pregnancy with out the dreaded stranger-touching-the-belly incident. Over the weekend, we went to Lucia Italian Restaurant (food rating= B-) in Kirkland for a surprise 31st birthday party. After about 3 hours, my feet had more water in them than the Atlantic and I told the Hubs it was time to go so I could get into my nightly bath. On our way out, we stopped in the bar to say goodbye to some friends and then it happened. Not only did a stranger go right for my belly, but IT WAS A MAN! Ahh! So unexpected! He took his two giant man hands and stroked my belly. I nervously looked for the Hubs to get all primal and protective of his young spawn, and spotted him drinking a shot of Jager with his brother. Thanks babe. It felt like it lasted forever--actual time: probably 1.7 seconds, but still so weird. Yet another reason why pregnant women should not go to bars.

In other news, I had our 36 week appointment yesterday and Peanut is measuring at 37 weeks and heartbeat is strong! No dilatation and baby still needs to come down a bit, so we have some time. The big shocker was I haven't gained any more weight since my appointment two weeks ago! Woohoo! Don't get me wrong, I'm definitely not trying to lose weight, I just really don't need to gain anymore. I'm sure I can attribute it to the chicken incident, and not my healthy eating habits. Any way, we are on weekly appointments now, so hopefully we start seeing little bits of progress!

Another Bump Progression...

Here is the bump today, at 33 weeks, 1 day:

And just to compare to past pink shirt bump shots:

(20 weeks)

(29 weeks)

Now I understand when people say, "you still have 7 more weeks?!" :) Today is the Hub's family baby shower--can't wait!

The ever-shrinking shirt

Same shirt, different belly...

20 weeks:

29 weeks:

I'll be the first and only one to say it...

I hate the Bella Band. For any of you who don't know what the Bella Band is, it's essentially a piece of spandex that you wear around the waist band of your unbuttoned pants, so you can wear your pre-pregnancy pants while you are pregnant. It's a great idea in theory, but to me, this will be one of the items on my "highly-overrated-don't waste your money" list for pregnancy. Everyone raves about them and how wonderful they are, so I spent $26.00, no--I bought 2, 1 black & 1 white, so I spent $52.00 + tax on a two pieces of spandex that I'll mostly likely use as a sling-shot to launch things at my neighbors when their techno music is too loud.

The reason I am on this rant right now, is because today is casual Friday at work and I sent my best 2 pairs of maternity jeans to be altered, which leaves me with my regular jeans with Bella Band. The sizing of them is weird--the medium is a little tight around my baby birthing hips and the large is absolutely swimming on me to the point that it doesn't look like spandex. But, my big issue with them is when your pants are unbuttoned and the Bella Band is around them, you can totally see the bumps of the button right through, so you look like you have an outty belly button on the lower right side of your body, so forget about wearing a white shirt with it. See what I mean? (WARNING--unflattering picture of giant belly):

I haven't been blogging so much lately...there has been a lot going on that I hope to fill everyone in on this weekend. To preview, it includes a roller coaster of emotions including: the passing of a loved one, 2-year olds say the darndest things and the first prenatal yoga class. Happy Friday everyone! (& happy 23 weeks to my sweet Peanut--mommy loves you so!)

Uh oh...

January 4th is fast approaching, This is the day that I (dun..dun..dun) go back to work after my wondering 2.5 week break. My pre-Peanut pants are getting way too tight--the muffin top baby bump is starting to get uncontrollable. I feel like I am way bigger than I should be at this point. I made a trip to the mall today and when I saw my reflection in one of the store windows, I nearly choked on my Starbucks. Sadly, I left empty handed as maternity dress pants leave much to be desired. I also remembered that I have a trip to LA for work in a couple weeks where I fear this will happen:




Yipes! I will get a picture up within the next few days so you can see what I mean and commiserate with me :).