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Baby Journal: Week 32


Hi Lorelai,

These weeks are going by so quickly! We have 1 more wedding down now, and only 1 more left to go! I shouldn't be counting down by weddings, but this was the first wedding where I sat there and thought "okay...yeah I'm getting too big for this" when it came to getting up off the couch in the lobby of the reception hall, I was pretty sure I was going to need a forklift to get me up....my motivation just wasn't there. Also I got laughed at by the bridal party when I knew the bride really wanted a photo of the whole party looking down into my camera, and the only way to do that was for the 8 month preggo lady to lay down on the sidewalk. I was happy to oblige.


Eventually we are going to start working on the housecleaning aspect of nesting, but I'm not there quite yet. The nursery is ready to go minus a couple decor items....but it's a totally usable space now. We still need lots of essentials like a mattress...but we will get there. We did get Lorelei's bookshelves up last night!
(then we tucked Lady into her bed and went to sleep)

Kevin also has been working super hard painting this week..from painting an Ikea cart gold...to painting my toe nails since I can't reach


I've lost count of the number of doctors appointments you've had now, but everything is still looking good! We are going every other week right now.

Symptoms: Some people say they have early contractions at this point. I haven't had any of those, I don't think. I have had a pain or two that although I don't think was a contraction, woke me up. Everything I read has different descriptions of what contractions are, but I assume it's one of those "you'll know it when you have it" sort of situations. Really nothing much has changed this week, which is nice. My bladder clearly doesn't hold everything like it used to, so I'm making frequent bathroom stops...but there are worse things! I did learn quickly that sometimes its not worth it to try to rake leaves and pack them up in bags so your husband doesn't have to....because the body aches that come afterwards can last for days. 

Promise: I promise that you will have super cool birthday parties. No, we probably won't be one of those families that spends more on your birthday than your wedding, but we spent some time this week remembering a few of our favorite birthday parties...and I promise you'll have great ones. My mom was so creative...like how my sister had a Halloween themed party in May, and everyone came dressed up in costumes (what kid wouldn't love that!) or how I used to celebrate my September birthday in July because my mom knew I really wanted a pool party. It's probably going to be your dad with all the super cool ideas for birthday parties, but I promise you'll have a blast.
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