New April Picture!

Here she is, checking out her new house.

33 weeks

I am now 33 weeks and 3 days...about 6 weeks to go! Believe me, I am feeling it now if I haven't said it before. In more ways than I can explain. I can't think straight, my brain is complete MUSH, I can't remember ANYTHING, I'm uncomfortable at night & during the day (all day), nothing fits right, I'm hot and out of breath no matter if I'm sitting still.....the list can go on. Last week at my Dr. appt, the doc said the baby was appx 4 lbs and he projected the baby would gain about 3 more lbs. He'll be a little guy, but compared to the size of his momma, he's just right! Everything else looks good. His heartrate was 130, he's kicking and flipping and wiggling all the time- he's almost ready to go! I told the doc I had a feeling I wouldn't make it to my due date, May 28th, I feel like I'm going to go earlier. To my surprise, he agreed with me! I couldn't believe he agreed!! But, as we all know, very rarely is your due date your actual due date. I decided today to stop saying that so I won't start getting ideas.

11 weeks to go and I am feelin' it now! I feel like I have a bowling ball in my belly and if I bend over to pick something up, I'll take my back out...or I might not get back up...or my pants will split open! That's fine, I get no sympathy from anyone around here. Not when your mother did it 4x's- funny how she doesn't remember anything either.
So, Steve and I go to the mall on Friday night and I talked him into looking at "just a few baby things". He was a little apprehensive, but of course he did anyway! So my baby shopping experience at this outlet store was ruined when I saw some chick from high school that I never really liked. Almost the entire time we were there, I was ducking her as she followed me from aisle to aisle. Steve would be on look out and yell when she was coming. It sucked. I finally decided I didn't care and just ignored her as she stood right next to me, regardless of how far I wandered. Even laid back Steve said she was annoying him!(...nice to know it's not just me after all).
Whenver I drop anything these days, I ask poor Steve if he'll pick it up. I can't really do the house chores that I used to, so I do what I can and then I have to ask Steve to finish it. I eat all dessert that's up for grabs, I toss and turn all night, I beg Steve to go walk with me when he doesn't want to......man, you wonder who's got it worse? Don't answer that.

Last thing here, baby is kicking really really hard these days. So much for the worrying about that! He's pretty active most the time. We still play our little game where he pushes and I push back. The dr. said everything sounded and looked good at my last appt. Got more blood taken to test for gestational diabetes...negative. I have to go in once every 2 weeks now. I hate going to the dr.'s. I think they blow me off and they never really say much. I pay A LOT of money to go in and they pass me around like a......then they don't even know my name or anything! I mean, fool me! My freggin name is on the paper! PRETEND YOU KNOW ME. oooo mood swing.

Heres some updated pics!!

Hi all! I just had my 24th week dr.'s appt yesterday and wanted to update. It looks like everything is "A OK" and baby boy is doing good. He is wiggling and kicking and punching the crap out of me! I love it though...it's a constant reminder that I have a little joey on the way and everything is fine. His heart rate is normal 120-130 bpm and he/me has grown considerably since you all have seen my last picture. I still need to post the pic I said I would 2 weeks ago, but that was 2 weeks ago, so yes, I'm bigger now.

It's practically impossible to get my pants on, especially my work pants! i had to buy a pair of maternity pants for work that are sooooooo ugly- but comfy =) I guess that's how it works though. Ugly= Comfortable. I can just barely button my shirt over my belly these days, I'm thinking the button might pop off if I sit down too fast.

So the other day the baby was kickboxing in my belly, just going crazy! It was almost uncomfortable bc he was catching me off guard on the left, the right, down low, up high...so I got Steve to come feel him and of course as soon as I did- he stopped. I made Steve sit there for about 20 min until he kicked again...and finally he did. Everyone says how weird it feels, if only they could feel how I feel! Sometimes he'll push really hard and just hold it there, so when you look at my belly, you can actually see where he's sticking out!

Well, I best get back to work. Enough break time. Lots of love to everyone...

It's Blue!

With Joey's most current sonogram, they were able to tell the sex of the little joey, and it's a boy! Joey thinks he looks like Steve. They saw him yawning and kicking, but she can't feel him yet. She said she teared up when she saw his little face--I think that made their soon-to-be parenthood much more realistic.
Boy, oh boy, was I betting on a girl. I was certain they were going to have a little princess, but not yet anyway. Prince charming is going to be a heartbreaker with the looks and athleticism of his parents. How exciting!
Joey and Steve- get on here and post your thoughts. Any names stapled down yet? What's next?

Pics, pics, pics!

So, here she is! It finally feels like theres something in there...yep, i palmed her belly with 2 hands to find this out! She already hates getting her belly touched, but Im pretty sure Im going to keep doing it!! The first pic is from Oct, the second from Nov and the last from this past weekend. As you can see, she was annoyed with me taking the pics until she had a real belly to show!!