A 2 Weeker- 36 and 37

We have had a pretty eventful few weeks around here at the Hefty house. 

I hear that when you have a new baby things tend to really slow down for everyone and everyone gets lots of sleep.  (Please read that last sentence with your sarcastic voice.)  So we have been keeping it extra busy.  :)

So, week 35-36 looked something like this (it was eventful and 2 weeks so this is a pretty long post)...

Monday and Tuesday- Normal. 

Wednesday- Lukas leaves to go here:

In case you're wondering, this is Kennedy Space Center.  He goes every year with the 5th graders and they spend the night under a giant rocket (the Saturn V I think?).  If you want you can read more about it on his school blog here

In the mean time, I wave him and the 2 giant charter buses that go onto this trip goodbye before heading to class to start my day of filling in as the music teacher (since both she and my class were going to Kennedy).  It was going to be a great day until I decided to take a little "trip" of my own.  One minute I'm standing, the next I am literally super hero flying through the air after tripping and I land completely on my stomach with my hands out over my head in flying position. 

Would you like to guess who caught ALL of my weight as I hit the ground?  Yep.  My sweet (and now we know strong) baby boy.

So I went to the hospital.  After an ultrasound (where the lady told me I was having a GIRL and then corrected herself) and fetal/mommy monitoring for 5 hours I was told that my baby is perfect and I am ship shape and ready to go home.  Lukas got to stay on his trip (after I told him he didn't need to come home but I'd let him know). 

Thursday Lukas came home and Friday we got a visit from both the Spring Break fairy and...

NANNY CINDY!!

We ate, we picnic-ed, we played, we ate some more.  It was magical. 

Saturday we made a BIG move in our house.  Geesh, if I had time each of these paragraphs would have been a different post, they all seem so monumental to me!  Cameron transitioned over from his crib to his big boy bed/mattress.  This is NOT because we want to put sweet new boy in the crib and kicked Cameron out, but rather, because Cameron was ready.  He LOVES it!  Seriously, it has gone SO well!

We kept EVERYTHING the same that we could.  Same routine, same place in the room.  Just a different bed with some really fun big boy stickers of some of our favorite characters to look at. 

Sunday my besties did it again and they threw me a LOVELY baby shower/luncheon.  It was small.  It was thoughtful.  It was perfect.  I have a lot of nice things that I really want to say about this luncheon, but I want to do it with pictures that aren't on my camera, so if you'll be patient with me, I'd like to do another entire post on this later. 

Sunday also started week 36-37/ SPRING BREAK

Monday- Mom left :(  It's always a sad occurence, but she'll be back real soon!

Tuesday- The men in my life worked really hard and removed the shed from the backyard.  It was dirty.  There was wildlife involved (Lukas' favorite Ha ha).  Now there is an empty hole in my yard that is FULL of potential.  I can see two boys playing in their playhouse, swingset, zipline already.  It's inside the dirt there somewhere. 

Tuesday was also Poppy Max's birthday!  We went to Red Lobster and then came home for cake with our neighbors/friends.  The dad of that family has his birthday on 3/27 also!

Wednesday we went on a family date to International Mall to get Cameron's haircut, some lunch, and a coming home from the hospital outfit for our little baby.  It was a fun day.



Cameron got to sit in a big boy car and watch Cars while getting his haircut!

 Now he's still so handsome, but with shorter hair!

Thursday Lukas and I went on a little "Baby Moon" to Epcot.  We ate our way around the world, rode on rides and walked.  Man did we walk!  I have a picture, but it's my bump picture for below, so just hold your horses. 

Friday we relaxed.  Did some nursery decorating.  Packed our hospital bags.  Put both carseats in the car.  And relaxed. 

Saturday was the same.  Which leads me to the pregnant lady stuff...

And I'm still preggers:

How far along?  37 weeks! 

Total weight gain/loss: + 35.  I am currently at my goal.

Maternity clothes? Yes.

Sleep: No.

Best moments this past week:  See above.

Food cravings:  Nope.  In fact, I feel less hungry right now than I have in my whole life. 

Wedding rings.  On or off?  Haven't tried lately

Gender: boy- unless you're the ultrasound lady at the hospital.  Oh, oops, I was right, it IS a boy!

Movement:  Yes.  In fact, I'm trying not to be all "every symptom in the book" since I'm considered full term now, but I really think he's lowered. 

Labor Signs: Irregular contractions.  According to the doctor, I'm 1.5-2 cm dilated and 50% effaced.  I keep reminding myself that that doesn't mean anything.

Belly Button in or out? In.  Flat.

What I miss:  Comfort in my ribcage.

What I am looking forward to:  Little baby.

Update:  So...  I have to go back to the doctor on Monday so that they can very closely monitor my blood pressure due to my history with preeclampsia and the fact that my blood pressure was not high, but a little higher than normal on Friday.  We'll keep you updated. 

And now the baby is:  A watermelon.  He's pretty much as tall as he's going to be but is packing on the fat. If I were to go into labor and have him right now, I'd be considered full term and it would be okee dokee.  That's hard to know because now everytime I move I think about whether or not I'm in labor.

And my bump via Epcot:

 

30 Weeks!

Oh my, what a week batman!

Since speaking to you last our family has done just about everything under the sun!  We...

1.  Went to Disney World for 2 days.  SO fun!  SO SO fun!  I would like to do a whole post on this, but in case I don't get to it, I still want to show you some pictures. 

2.  Cameron got a haircut (at Disney trip)



Yep, his hat sure does say First Haircut!

 3.  I had to leave my job.  :(  This was just a county error with me holding 2 positions in the county.  Yadda yadda.  Boring.  In the end, we decided it was best to end the part time job that I had to end three weeks from now anyway rather than give up my leave and lose my 2 years of teaching that I had on record.  So while errors always stink, it will be okay in the long run and now I get to love on this sweet boy even more.

4.  Cameron had his 18 month check up.  Yeah, he's pretty much perfect, the doctor said.  :)  Also, he doesn't need shots again until he's 4.  YAY!

5.  Lukas' soccer team played their last regular season soccer game.

6.  We had a very eventful and successful trip to IKEA to purchase baby brother's dresser/changing table for his room and we successfully assembled said dresser. 

7.  AND today Lukas ran another Half Marathon finishing with his best time ever at 1 hour 53 minutes. 
So proud of him.

If you think that this is a lot of things for a 29-30 week pregnant lady, then you're right.  But it's nothing new for us.  If you remember last time at 30 weeks we were here and we were pretty darn busy then too!  Yes, that is the same repost as last week's.

So here's what it's like to be me and pregnant right now.

How far along? 30 Weeks.  I like to refer to this as the Birth Decade.  That's to say that I don't go over 40 weeks.  I ask baby brother to take his time and grow, but please don't make me go past 40 weeks. 

Total weight gain/loss: +20.  In all of the busyness, I didn't weigh myself this week though.

Maternity clothes? Yes.

Sleep: Yes.  It really helps to have a little baby who is on a great sleeping schedule.  Right now he sleeps for 12 hours at night and 2 during the day.  Glorious.  Hopefully we'll strike gold there twice, I know not immediately, but eventually. 

Best moments this past week:  See above. 

Food cravings: Still sweets.   

Gender: boy

Labor Signs: No

Belly Button in or out? In.  Flat.

What I miss:  Disney World.  I could really live there.

What I am looking forward to:  This week we're getting our taxes done.  I know, we're so romantic doing our taxes for Valentine's day.  I'm interested to see if we get anything back this year.  That would be something to be excited about.

Weekly Wisdom:  Go to Disney World.  It's so worth it!

And now the baby is...

An acorn squash. We are somewhere around 3 pounds. We are almost our entire height (around 17 inches!) and we are fattening up. Our brain is really forming and coming together and "starting to look like a brain." He also moves all the time and it is a lot of fun. He likes to make his appearances all over my stomach, sides, and such, not just in one place.

You can see the bump in some of the pictures above.