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Baby Journal: Week 33


Hi Lorelai,

We are done photographing weddings!!! This was my biggest concern for this late in my pregnancy, so the fact we got through it just fine is such a relief to me. We still have a good handful of sessions left for the rest of the year (about 15 or so) but weddings always take a lot out of me! 

For Halloween this year we did a family theme for trunk-or-treat and dressed up as Winnie the Pooh characters. We had a blast, and you made for a wonderful belly full of honey! Your dad is so creative, and drew some cardboard decorations to go with the outfits. Thanks to a glue gun and some sold colored shirts, I took care of the rest of the costumes. 




We keep saying there is an arbitrary date we would like you to wait until you come. Although I'd love it if you came exactly on your due date, anytime after December 2nd is just fine with me..so keep that in mind little one.

Your dad finished the cart for your nursery this week! Also Nay made the best signs for your nursery, which we hung up this week! That was really the last of the decorations we had planned, but who knows...I'm sure we will find more! 


When we go visit your cousin,  you make a great little shelf for her to sit on!

Lady is finding ways to get comfortable on you this week. She was so mad at first that my lap had diminished, but now that she has learned she can just lay over the top of you, she doesn't mind it so much. You kick her a little, but not enough to make this stubborn thing move. 




This week I also had a pregnancy massage, which was pretty wonderful. I was nervous at first, massages make me nervous...but then they brought me in to the massage table with the hole cut out for my tummy and it was magical. I hadn't realized how much I missed laying there on my stomach.

Symptoms: Kevin is still complaining about my snoring...but it is by no means a concern for me. I will say...GET OUT OF MY RIBS. I've been poking and stretching and doing just about everything I can to get you to move. You tend to favor the exact same spot, which happens to be where I tore a muscle early in pregnancy, so it makes it that much more uncomfortable. I've finally hit that stage where I am warm a lot of the time (I'm usually very cold) so for the first time I'm wearing short sleeves in the office instead of sweaters. I handed your dad some extra blankets at night too because I refuse to turn on the heat in the house. Everyone keeps saying I'll have troubles sleeping soon, but apart from my normal inability to sleep, I'm actually doing a pretty great job at it. Also, carpal tunnel is a new ailment that has come this week. Thankfully it is pretty common later in pregnancy, so a quick google search helped me identify what I was dealing with. I get to wear these sweet wrist braces at night to help with the pain...yep. There is basically nothing attractive about me at night (snoring, waking up to use the bathroom, wrist braces, and my full body encompassing pillow). Oh I also shattered one of our good bowls this week...so I'm blaming that on pregnancy clumsiness and carpal tunnel. 

Promise: I promise to reign your dad in a little bit with Halloween costumes. He really really loves Halloween (basically any excuse to dress like Disney characters) so I could see him going a bit overboard. When you are old enough to have a say in what you want to be, I'll make sure to stick up for you (unless it's something scary, then I will make you dress like a Disney princess every year) 
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