31 Weeks

I cannot believe how time flies! We went to the hospital tour yesterday. It was so awesome. The room where I will have him is so huge. I have a feeling I will probably not want to leave. It is so cozy. I just kept thinking about how I will be in that room sometime in the next 8 weeks and it was a little overwhelming and exciting all at the same time. The next few weeks are going to fly by also. We leave for Destin on Thursday, come back on the 4th; work shower on the 6th; home shower on the 9th; childbirth class on the 16th; couples shower on the 23rd and then I am home free to wait for Kristin to have William and me to have Logan.

I think we finally have the childcare situation figured out and with the combination of Grandma McCracken, Grandma Thornton, Daddy Ben and 2 days of daycare a week, Logan will be well taken care of and have LOTS of fun. The only BIG thing we have left to do is pick a pediatrician. I have the list of recommendations from my doctor and the list from my insurance so I have to get to work on that.

By the way - we went on Thursday to have some 3D pictures taken of him and we couldn't. He is in the breach position right now and my placenta was covering his face. Go figure...my kid is being camera shy. The tech lady said he still ahs time to turn around, but we will see. There was a LOT of movement this weekend so maybe he turned around. My moms friend Linda made a perfect analogy:
"Typical guy, he doesn't know his head from his rear. We all know a girl would be head down, ready to go!" Ha ha I have another appointment on the 6th when I come back from Destin so I will let the doctor know and give an update. The good thing about "attempting" the 3D ultrasound was that we got to see Logan in 2D. We saw his little face and it looked adorable. It was really quick glimpses, but at least I accomplished what I really wanted which was to see him.

We should have a contract on the new house when we come back from Destin on the 4th, which means we have to get busy putting our house on the market. I have already started de-cluttering, but I have to do it in spurts because my feet start swelling like crazy. I am currently laid up in the bed with my feet elevated as often as possible (not as much as Ben would like, but I am getting used to the fact that they are going to hurt more and more the closer I get to the due date if I don't stop and rest more often.)

I have a feeling Logan will be just like his daddy...


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30 Weeks

(10 weeks to go!) The last two weeks have been fun, exciting and tiring all rolled into one. Ben and I went to Birmingham last weekend and had a great time. We got to see a lot of the family that we hadn't seen since the wedding. I had a shower on Saturday at a cafe in downtown in Birmingham and had such a great time. I got a lot of cute clothes and some other random cutie pie things that I already found places for in the nursery! Ben got to go play golf and had a great day also. I guess he needs to practice up since we want little Logan to play golf!! We hung out with the family all day on Saturday and headed back to Atlanta on Sunday. It was a great weekend!

This weekend I went to Savannah with Holly and Ansley to see Julie before she births baby boy Jordan in the near future. We had our own little shower for her Friday night and she really enjoyed it. We saw Tesh over the weekend and it seemed like old times. We were just missing coach. We drove around and looked at all of the changes at school and the changes they made to our softball field. It was great to be back in town. I think Ansley may rethink having kids after having spent the whole weekend with 3 pregnant women. I think we were all well behaved though. No crankiness. No whining. No crying. It was great! LOL I will post pictures this week! They are great!

On my way back to Atlanta I stopped to see Kristin. We both look forward to spending next weekend relaxing by the pool. Her nursery is adorable as I expected. I hadn't seen it since it was finished. Her belly is definitely starting to grow and poke out a little more in just 3 weeks. She is extremely tired these days as am I. I go to the doctor on Tuesday and have several questions for him. I guess the closer I get to my due date, the more I think about a lot of different things.

28 Weeks

All I can say right now is: EXHAUSTION! It hit me about last Wednesday and it literally has knocked me on my caboose. Thursday I went to the doctor because I was so tired and having a hard time catching a good breath. Everything was fine and she said I just needed to rest. Saturday was Kristin's shower which was a BLAST. I had such a good time and she got so many good gifts including her stroller. I can't wait for our little boys to get here so they can play together. Her mom got us matching Braves outfits for the boys. It is going to be so cute! While we were there, I met the neighbor pet:

It was the coolest thing ever. A completely white horse. As you can see I was like a kid in the candy store. I got to feed him apples and everything.
Later that day I went to my parents and played with my 3 year old cousin Parker. She wore me out, but I lvoed every minute of it!
Today was my regular doctor's appointment and everything was GREAT! I only gained 1 pound which is great. I have only gained 17 pounds total so far. I know the next 11 weeks are the true weight gain test so we will see how they go. I go back in 2 weeks and then every 2 weeks after that until I hit 26 weeks.
EXCITING!!!!!!!
AND this weekend is my very first Baby Shower in Birmingham, AL. I can not wait. The time seems to be flying by now that I have entered May. This is what I thought about today:
Only 2.5 months to go until July 29th.
Only 11 weeks to go until July 29th.
Only 53 days of work left until July 29th (if I go full term.)
The simplest things make me happy and make this time go by so much faster!!!!!! I LOVE IT!