Sleep--I Miss You and Will For a Long Time...

Oh how I wish I could sleep! One thing I look forward to is that when Avery's here, I'll have something to do when I wake up a million times a night! Argh! I know it's common for pregnant women to have problems sleeping but my sleeping problems go back to November 2006. Now I'm wishing I had been more aggressive in finding out what the problem is. I miss the days when I went to bed and didn't wake up until the next morning.

Speaking of Avery...I can't believe she'll be here in like a month! I can't believe that I'm down to weekly visits with the midwife! She's back from Belgium this week too so that's a relief. I will visit her this Tuesday at her office and then the next Tuesday she'll do a home visit and bring me my birth kit and tub. Yay!

I'm measuring 2 weeks behind but that's ok. Her heart rate was a little lower but I think she was sleeping or something. It still sounded good and strong though. The midwife assistant said she was in the perfect position for delivery too. My braxton hicks contractions seemed like they had slowed down lately but I was waking up with them alot last night.

I've been so blessed with this pregnancy! I can't get over it! My biggest complaint is the sleep issue. I don't have the back aches, hip's hurting, legs hurting, feet hurting, heart burn, diarrhea, or sausage toes. I'm not uncomfortable except by the end of the day it's nice to stretch out. I really can't complain and for that I am thankful. I do however have my first mommy mark. :(
Unless you count the scars from my ectopic. I discovered....stretch marks. *gasp* apparently lubing up doesn't always help :) Dang genetics! This is what I get for making comments about not having them!!! But it's ok, they'll fade and they are small and only 1 or 2. I can't remember because I can't actually see them.

I am embracing motherhood and all that comes with it!

*sigh* I am so tired today. Slept worse than usual last night and then around 5:00 am my stomach area (it wasn't a stomach ache but I don't know what it was) started to hurt. I couldn't sleep so around 6:20 I got up and finally around 8 something it started to feel better. Now I'm just kind of achey down low.

Good thing I cleaned the house yesterday so today I can lay low today. I will be on a mission to kill all these flies in my house though.

My trip to Ogden yesterday was cancelled for the 3rd time I think it is now. The car is acting up and I didn't want to get Emma and I stranded. I still kick myself for selling that Toyota!!

Birthing class is tonight. I'm going to have to talk to the instructor about getting CD's of the scripts that David's supposed to go over with me. He's just too busy with work. I had no idea all of the stuff that was involved in this class when I signed up. I'm going to keep trying to keep up with it because I believe it will be beneficial and I paid for it!!

I love fall. The trees in the canyon are changing and I've got my pumpkin spice candle burning. Mmmm. Can't wait to snuggle my little one this fall!!!

35 Weeks!!!!

Your baby doesn't have much room to maneuver now that he's over 18 inches long and tips the scales at 5 1/4 pounds (pick up a honeydew melon). Because it's so snug in your womb, he isn't likely to be doing somersaults anymore, but the number of times he kicks should remain about the same. His kidneys are fully developed now, and his liver can process some waste products. Most of his basic physical development is now complete — he'll spend the next few weeks putting on weight.

Oh my gosh! Birthing time is getting close!!!! I can't wait to meet our daughter! That sounds so weird!! :0)

I'm pooped!

I went and bought some goodies for Avery today! Yay! I had a Wal Mart gift card plus $30 so I went and bought some stuff. I was in Logan all day and now I'm pooped :) I went to Kohl's and bought a maternity dress for $9.60 and it was originally $48!! Love it!

I also went to the dentist and got the last of my cavities filled. He had to give me like 10 shots. I'm not even kidding. He numbed me 3 different times. At one time he was drilling and it hurt so bad I jumped and so I got more. I absolutely HATE HATE HATE the feeling of my mouth and face being numb. Hate it!

A lady from the newspaper is going to be in our birthing class and might ask some people some questions for the paper. She's doing an article on Hypnobabies. I'm having a hard time practicing all of the stuff for class. It's even harder since David's so busy. He's picking up extra hours at work which we both are really thankful for. The parts that he's supposed to help me on are pretty time consuming and he usually home later now and then he eats and then it's always something, like tonight he had to put new gaskets or something on my car. And Tuesday's we've got Bible study and Wednesdays is birthing class. This Thursday the missionaries are coming back. And in October I'll be attending a women's Bible study. Pretty excited about that.

Well, time for bed!

Ready for a nap!

Today after church was my church baby shower. It was a good time. I got a lot of diapers which I am very happy about! And the ladies at the church are going to make me a quilt. Each person at the shower is going to make their own square. That's pretty neat.

David went rock climbing in Logan Canyon while I was at the shower. Yesterday, my car broke down in Sardine Canyon. It took us about an hour to finally get out of the canyon and then we made our way to Auto Zone and David scanned the car and replaced something. The kind of humorous thing was that David's brother called a few times about his car that was broken down too. It's nice having a handy husband!

Well, church, dinner and a shower has worn me out so I'm going to do some relaxin'!

Waiting... *edited*

I want Avery to come when she's ready but good grief, I'm ready for her to come! And I have to say that being this far along, I will feel MUCH better when my midwife is back in the country again!!!!

I was going to go down to Salt Lake for a baby expo they have but a friend of mine went and said don't go. She said it was a disappointment this year.

I have another shower on Sunday and then I will be heading to Target on Tuesday with Emma. She's going to go to my midwife appt with me and then we'll head on down and go to Babys R Us and the Carter's store. Can't wait! I want to pick up a smaller sleeper for Avery for when she's born. All my sleepers are bigger than newborn and I want a smaller one just in case she's small. I don't want her to be engulfed by her outfit.

David is so stinkin' cute when it comes to this baby. He's going to be such a good dad. I have no doubts. Avery is very blessed :)

David's grandma said she's going to be so rotten since she'll be the only girl on that side of the family. She's really looking forward to having a granddaughter. I wish money wasn't an object and that all of David's family could meet her right away.

Well, I watched a movie with David last night instead of cleaning up after dinner so I better get on that :)

Oh I think I'll post a video too that's pretty funny. I showed it to David and he said he was going to have to show it to one of his work buddies. Apparently the guy likes pregnant women. We went to the guys house a few weeks ago and had dinner with him and his fiancee. He later told David that he was sorry but he was having such a hard time not staring at my "cute, tight, little belly". David was like "I don't care. Go ahead and look" I thought that was so funny.

34 Weeks--6 Weeks to go!

Your baby now weighs about 4 3/4 pounds (like your average cantaloupe) and is almost 18 inches long. Her fat layers — which will help regulate her body temperature once she's born — are filling her out, making her rounder. Her skin is also smoother than ever. Her central nervous system is maturing and her lungs are continuing to mature as well. If you've been nervous about preterm labor, you'll be happy to know that babies born between 34 and 37 weeks who have no other health problems generally do fine. They may need a short stay in the neonatal nursery and may have a few short-term health issues, but in the long run, they usually do as well as full-term babies