Don't get me wrong...I have really enjoyed the time off to rest with Michael and the pups but it's been too cold and to snowy to do anything but rest! Here are some of my favorite picture from the snow.
Brinkley loves the snow!!!
And from the looks of it Gabby does too!
Time to see the front of the house.
22 inches!! And I think it was still falling at the time we took this pic!
Michael's truck didn't get to be inside and it almost got lost in all the snow.
And lets just be clear, I have only seen this much snow in Colorado and that is where it's supposed to stay! ;-) Again just like the last winter storm, I had all this free time but I did not blog! So this week will be another 2 week catch up week.
Week 32
Well Emma is growing...and I mean GROWING! We had the 32 week ultrasound and she is measuring at 34 weeks... For those who don't know the ins and outs of the "weeks", this means that if she keeps growing on track like she should she will be 9 LBS at 40 weeks!! I have gained 15 lbs myself but sometimes it feels like more thanks to the fact that my feet really don't want to fit into anything other than tennis shoes and my belly keeps bumping into things before I do! :-)
I will give you Emma's stats as though she were really 32 weeks...
Emma weight 3.75 lbs about the size of a large jicama (for those like me who didn't know it's a crispy, sweet edible root that resembles a turnip although there is no relation and is popular in Mexican cuisine.)
And is 16.7 inches long. From now on I should gain around a pound a week and half of that goes directly to Emma proving that she will gain a third to 1/2 her weight in the next seven weeks.
I have noticed that for me the biggest problem lately is blood flow...there is so much but apparently it doesn't know where to go. Last Tuesday I had a scare with numbness in my leg, then arm then face and then some yummy tunnel vision. While these are classic signs of a migraine for me it's always on the left side and this day it was the right. I called and got in to see Dr. Bailey just to make sure everything was okay and we did the 32 week ultrasound then too. Everything looked good and luckily my blood pressure was normal. Turns out I was just having all the migraine starters without the actual pain so that was a relief. And had I waited until Wednesday for my scheduled appt...I might still be waiting since that was the morning the snow came to town. Sleep is getting more predictable and I normally only have to go to the bathroom at most 2 times a night I do wake up and waller over to my other side several times each night.
I also escaped NWA for the last time solo for the remainder of my pregnancy to go shopping and looking around Little Rock with my mom. I drove to LR and by awesome little brother picked me up in North Little Rock so that when Mom and I came back the next day it would save me an hour in the car alone. We hit the local baby stores like Baby Depot and Babies R Us but we hit the mother load with Pickles and Ice Cream in Little Rock! I finally found my glider and Mom and MeMe ordered it for me right then! I had said over and over again that I didn't want the traditional glider because I didn't like the way it looked and I wouldn't be able to move it to other rooms...but after sitting in many different chairs...the traditional gilder was just the BEST! Here is picture of what mine will look like ...
We didn't get the ottoman because of room and this isn't the actually fabric but it is a pink and I think I will like it for years to come!! Later on if I have a boy we can always get it recovered but I decided that there is no need to plan for someone that might not be here for 3 years or more. It will take 5 weeks so hopefully it will be here by the time Emma makes her appearance. Also got my present from my little brother this weekend and it's already in Emma's room!
And MeMe is going to see if she can't make this little guy for some newborn pictures!! :-)
All in all it was quite a wonderful week!!
33 Weeks
Emma should now be weighing in a little over 4 lbs and the weight and shape is reminiscent of a pineapple.
She has passed the 17 inch mark and is rapidly losing her wrinkled, alien look and her skeleton is hardening but thankfully her skull isn't fused so that she can make her appearance with a little less pain. :-)
This is the week that they let me know I may start to waddle!! How exciting! ;-P I also get to look forward to seeing more difficulty finding a comfortable position to sit in and the bumping into chairs and counter is now par for the course! They have also validated the numbness I have been feeling in my hands. I am noticing it when I drive and dry my hair...apparently it's due to the increased pressure in the carpal tunnel of my wrists and I should stretch more. I will give it a try.
This week marks the first week that we should be able to go to our child birth class and we are going to have to squeeze 4, 3 hour sessions into 3 nights. It will be a lot of info but I want as much info as I possibly can have!! And last but certainly not least we got our proofs in! Jonathan Edward and his beautiful wife Becky did an amazing job!! Check out their work on
http://jephotography.net/ and we have already found 6 photos that
I can't live without! Here is one that will go in Emma's room... We can't wait to get them in our hands and will be ordering today or tomorrow!
Have a blessed day!!!
