Sportin' the Cankles at 34 Weeks

I can hardly believe I am at 34 weeks already, the last couple of months have really been flying by! Camryn is at approximately 4.75 pounds and growing fast. Still feeling good, but definitely slowing down, I am the proud owner of a lovely pair of cankles (calves that blend into my ankles) and some foot swelling, but other then that and some heartburn I am still feeling good! If the wives tale about the babies with hair giving the mom heartburn I picture Cammie to come out looking like Slash from Guns and Roses.

This past weekend was great, I had my work shower on Friday, and it was a fun time! Aimee and Mandy did a nice job putting it together and I'm sure Bert was happy that it wasn't "girls only" and he got to come. Aimee even got him a "dad to be" medal to wear around his neck and he loved it! We got some great gifts, and I keep telling Bert this baby is spoiled and she's not even born yet. I am happy that so many people love her (and us) and are helping us get everything we need to get ready for her arrival! Also my stepdad ordered us a video camera so once the baby comes I will put videos on my blog!!

Saturday we went to the drive in for Karen's birthday and it was lots of fun. I was so glad that there was a nice breeze and it was great to see everyone! I will definitely go back. Yesterday Karen and I took infant/child CPR. I am really glad that I took it, and I hope that I never have to use it!

I am glad to say that Bert is done with class for the semester, he has two finals this week and then he gets a break for a few weeks. This coming weekend Bert is taking me on a "first date". We both realized the other night that we couldn't pinpoint our first date, since we were friends first for so long, so he offered to take me on one! I have no idea where we are going but I'm sure it will be nice. So pretty much I will look like a hugely pregnant person on a "first date", pretty funny! Saturday we have a couples nursing class and if that doesn't sound like fun, I don't know what does! We also have my favorite "almost" one year old's birthday party, I can't wait to see her smash the cake!

Good Times With An Old Friend!

I just had the best weekend! Amanda came up from Tallahassee and we had such a great time. Friday was laid back, we just went out for Mexican and caught up. Saturday we did a little baby shopping for Cammie and Amanda's boy, Matty! We also went out to the pool for a couple of hours and then went to see the movie "The Proposal", which I thought was pretty good, and then met up with Karen at Seasons 52 for dinner. That place is soooo good and nothing on the menu is over 475 calories and the menu changes seasonally. A little gimmicky, but everything there is delicious!

Yesterday we took a day trip up to Helen and had lunch on the river and watched tons of people float by on their tubes and then we went to a bunch of the little shops and walked around. Helen is such an odd place, it's this little German town in the middle of nowhere which has a huge Oktoberfest celebration, and I figured this time of year it would be totally dead but actually it was pretty packed. The weather was a perfect 75 degrees, which is a little cool for July, but trust me, I am not complaining. By the end of the trip my feet were a little swollen, but other than that we held up pretty well! We got home around 6:00 and just realxed for a little while and then Bert grilled up some burgers and corn that we bought from a produce stand on the side of the road. The guy said it would be the best corn we ever had, and he may have been right, it was so good!

This morning Amanda left and I was a little bummed because we had so much fun, but as usual time went by too fast and I realized that we won't be seeing each other again until New Years when the babies get to meet! I am happy to say only seven weeks till my due date and six weeks until I go on maternity leave at work, that is of course, unless Cammie wants to come a little early :-) I am feeling healthy except some nights I really can't sleep, it's hard to get comfy when you have a huge baby bump and every time you move your bladder gets squished. I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow, with my actual doctor who I haven't seen in a couple of months so hopefully I will get a good report. I actually think I saw him at Seasons 52 on Saturday, but I thought I'd leave him be, he was on a date with his wife and probably didn't want to chat with one of his preggo patients in a parking lot!

This Friday I am looking forward to my baby shower thrown by my coworkers. It should be a lot of fun and I am so happy that two of my friends that work from home are driving i n from other states to attend!

Can I get some cheese with my whine?

This past week was a pretty uneventful one. I am getting to the point now where I go to work and come home and relax on the couch until bedtime. Bert has school so I am pretty much on my own watching girlie TV shows and playing online. I can definitely tell my energy is not what it was during my second trimester, so I think for the next eight weeks I will rest as much as I can and save my energy for when the baby comes. I hear I'll need it!

Yesterday was our childbirth education class, it was from 9:00 - 4:00, so it pretty much occupied the whole day. I was afraid that I was going to see some gory movies that were going to have me looking like this when we left the class:

But instead I actually felt more like this:
I had never seen a childbirth video before so I was imaging a screaming bloodbath, and really it wasn't like that on the videos. Also after listening to the instructor all day explain exactly how things work, I felt a lot more comfortable with the whole process. We left there just talking about how excited we are for Camryn to get here!

Camryn is still doing lots of twists and turns in my belly, but I can tell she is starting to run out of room to do her acrobatics. She likes to punch me in the pelvis every once in a while just to remind me she is in there. She has also been getting the hiccups lately which is so cute and it cracks me up. Maybe she is getting drunk on anmiotic fluid! Hic!

Of course, everything can't be so exciting... On Friday our washing machine broke! Bert tried to fix it and water was spewing everywhere! He is gonna give it one more shot on fixing it himself (but he promised no more floods!) and if that doesn't work, we have to call a repairman. We need to get it fixed very soon because I have a limited maternity wardrobe and I don't want to be the stinky girl on the block. Also - somehow pollen, or something that looks like pollen got in between the glass panes of our sliding glass door and is making it look filthy, and it looks like the whole door will need to be replaced. And finally (I hope!!) we need a set of new tires on the Murano, so pretty much when it rains it pours! Well I'll stop my griping now....

Sweet Progress

Another week has come and gone, and time is really starting to fly! We had an amazing weekend! Bert and I both had Friday off so we went down to Brookhaven to see Heather, Nate and Emersen. The baby is so cute and we got lucky, since Heather says she sleeps most of the day and she was awake for most of the time we were there. In the evening Bert had this idea to make our home into a tropical cruise which included listening to island music, making miami vices, which are half pina colada and half strawberry daiquiri (no alcohol of course!) and some island foods. It was also supposed to include playing some poker, but we went over to the neighbors instead to look at their wedding pics, and since they got married in Jamaica, I guess it went with the theme. The whole thing was Bert's idea so I give him credit for thinking outside the box and doing something different, besides the standard "go out to dinner" night.

Yesterday was the Fourth of July and we had Karen, Ralph and Sylvie over. We had some pool time and grilled out and watched fireworks. It was Sylvie's first time in the pool and she had a blast!

Today I cashed in a birthday gift card to Massage Envy and got a prenatal massage. They did a great job, I was so relaxed! After the massage I was going to go get my nails done, so I drove to the salon, parked, walked inside, and then realized, "I haven't been to this salon in over a year!!" That's how out of it I was from the massage! So I walked out, and drove to my current salon. Embarrassing!

The highlight of my weekend was making so much progress on Camryn's room. Thanks Ralph and Bert! I am really happy with the way things are coming along in there-here is a picture:

This week I have another doctor's appointment with a midwife, I think just a standard check up. At my last appointment Cammie was about 3.5 pounds, so we'll see how she is progressing. Only about 9 weeks left to our due date!!!