Baby-moon!!!!!!!!!!

So excited to be in Hilton Head for our baby-moon! We officially have nothing but dinner reservations for Monday on the to-do list. We spent the evening at the beach reading and relaxing! Looking forward to some more beach time reading and relaxing!

Slowing Down

Wow, I am really slowing down. What used to be so easy (laundry, doing dishes, walking long distances), is becoming a little harder than I'm used to. Lifting up the laundry basket is starting to aggravate my back, my belly bumps up against the sink for dishes, and turning over at night is getting to be interesting as well. By Friday at work, I'm just pooped. Teaching these kiddos this year is really keeping me on my feet and busy! My feet are definitely swollen by the end of the week.

Yesterday we had our birthing class/hospital tour. It went really well. I think it was more for my husband, than me. He totally had a different picture of what was going to happen to me than what actually will. He said he understands now the purpose of a "push present" (which I still may not get, since he is cheap, but whatever!). He also said he didn't realize how long it could possibly take from going in to labor and then delivering the babe. We enjoyed the tour of the hospital and to get a picture of where this little man will enter the world! I also feel like I have a better grasp of what I need to do to get this little man out of me. I'm pretty sure I want to try to use as little drugs as possible to get him out. I am not opposed to some pain killers to take the edge off, but I really do not care for an epidural. It's not the needle that bothers me, it is just the idea of not being able to control my bottom half after it is given, in addition to the side effects. I figure women have been giving birth for thousands of years without epidurals, if they can do it, I certainly can endure the pain and do it, too.

After the tour and class we went to an Atlanta Braves game with our friends. After the game Adam's favorite band, O.A.R. played, so we stayed for that, too. It was great! I really enjoyed myself. However, the walk back to the car was annoying. I wanted to walk so much faster than what my body would let me. My ankles were nice and swollen, and I just couldn't speed walk! I had to tell my super speed walking hubs to SLOW DOWN!

I also feel I should mention how great he has been. I figured he'd just carry on with normal life and I would still carry the burden of cooking, cleaning, laundry, etc. He has been doing dishes, vacuumed the whole down stairs, and even SCRUBBED THE TOILET!!!!!!!!!!!! He never cleans toilets! If I was up for a roll in the sack he'd totally be getting some tonight! ; ) haha

Hope everyone is doing well!! = )

Getting excited!

I am getting so excited for this little man to get here! I can barely contain myself. These next few months are going to fly by with baby prep classes, baby moons, baby showers, and the fact that my body is slowing down. Flipping over at night has become a process, and I can no longer lay on my back as I am starting to feel like I can't breathe. We're also getting some of our shower gifts shipped to our house. So far we have our stroller, pack and play, high chair, and breast pump. For all of you preggers out there I got the most expensive medela breast pump at Baby Depot by Burlington for almost $100 less than what it is at babies-r-us. At babes it is 329, at baby depot it was 279, plus a 15% off coupon! However, I'm not opening it until I know that this guy wants to breast feed! Once the seal is broken it can't be returned.

Also last night he was doing some sort of gymnastics in my belly that made my left side protrude out and it almost hurt a bit. He must be running out of room because the feelings I'm getting aren't just little kicks any more they are stretching and all out bouncing throughout my womb. He is still sitting right on my bladder which proves to be interesting when I'm teaching 25 10 year olds all day and can't leave (I have some emotional behavior disorder kids in my room that I REALLY can't leave!).

Less than 3 months to go! YIPEE!!!!!!!!

Buckeye Baby Bump

I'm not  a big fan of taking pictures of myself, but I haven't taken one of the bump in almost 10 weeks, and I actually did my hair and make-up today so you all get to see two pics!

GO BUCKEYES!!!

No news is good news...

I haven't heard from the doctor about my glucose test on Monday so I'm assuming all is well in blood sugar land! We went out last night and bought frames for our pictures to go in and they look great. We'll work on getting those hung this weekend some time. I also received my invitation for my baby shower in Ohio! It is super cute. Adam and I are buckeye fans and the invitation said "B is for bundles of joy, the buckeye's, and baby boy shu!" I am going to have an Ohio State themed baby shower I guess! Hopefully he gets some good stuff. Most importantly, Miss Beth bought him his first buckeye shoes and she is an Auburn fan!

We'll be traveling to Ohio for labor day where I'll be attending my best friend's bridal shower and bachelorette party in Pittsburgh. I am looking forward to seeing all my girls from high school! We're all in different stages of our lives so it is very interesting when we get together to let our hair down. Two are mommies, I'm on my way to motherhood, one is engaged, and the other two are single! It should be a great time!

We're off to meet our friends for dinner, with a stop at Home Depot for some picture hanging things. Happy weekend to y'all!!

Doctor's Appointment

I had my 23.5 week doctor's appointment today. It was also the day of drinking the orange drink. It doesn't bother me to drink it. It definitely isn't my drink of choice, but it's not unbearable. I am pretty sure I'm going to have to go back and do a 3 hour glucose test because of my insulin resistance already. Just waiting for the call tomorrow. Weight wise I'm doing alright, I've gained about 14 pounds so far. Between last month's appointment and the appointment before that I gained way too much, but only gained 3lbs in this last month which is good news.

The doctor told me he'd like to see me walking and stretching more, but otherwise I'm in good shape! I've seen almost all of the doctors in the practice. I'll see one more and then I can choose who I want to see the rest of the time. I liked the guy I had today and liked the doctor I saw the first time I had an appointment. We'll see. I don't really mind either way. I left my old practice to go to this new one because they deliver at the hospital closest to me. I'm thinking that for my yearly exams I'll go back to my other practice. I really hated to leave because I loved my doctor so, so much!

I did a 40 minute walk with my pooch a little bit ago, and now I'm off to go read next month's book club pick. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn!

23 Weeks

Yikes have I been a horrible blogger lately! Everything is going well in Baby Shu land. I am growing bigger by the day, and the little man is moving more and more every day. Today he gave me a nice loooonnngggg poke with a hand or foot that hurt pretty good. It's quite alright though because I know he is enjoying the room he has in there now while it lasts.

We had a big Baby Shu weekend. We picked up our stroller/car seat combination from Babies-R-Us. Adam's mom bought it for us from our registry and had us pick it up in the store down the street. So crazy to have a stroller in our garage, although I haven't put it together yet. We also had our baby furniture delivered! We got the set I posted a couple of posts ago and Adam put the crib together last night. Then we moved all of the furniture around to get the set up that we were most happy with. I keep going in there and sitting in my glider and just imagining what life will be like in 3.5 months. I also got a little lap to go next to my glider for the night stand, we bought a ceiling fan, and I ordered some pictures off of etsy to go in the room. It's all coming together. Now we just need all of the other things to make it complete, which we will get at our big baby shower on September 29th in Ohio.



Here is a photo of the pictures I ordered from etsy. The owner of the shop is adding in white print "Born to Rock." Adam is a fairly avid guitar player and just loves music in general, and when I saw these I thought that they were perfect. They are 11x14 size, so they'll fit perfectly on one of the walls in the bedroom. We're also going to put up a shelf system thing that has 3 shelves on it. Adam's parents gave it to us 4 years ago and it has been stored under our bed for the longest time. It is black and I said if we painted it white it'd go perfectly in the room. So that is what is going on for now. I will post pictures of the finished product whenever that happens. Knowing me, it'll probably be soon after we get home from our shower.

I'm also contemplating on purchasing this sleeper for our little man. My friend who has a newborn (Hi BMW!!), and another friend (Hi Fran!!), say it is awesome, and I'm thinking of splurging on it. Since I can't register for it at babies r us or even buy buy baby, I'll just have to use whatever money we get from the shower or use it from our own funds. I just like this idea better than having the pack and play next to my bed for a couple of weeks. It supposedly moves when the baby moves and mimics how they feel in the womb. Who knows, but I just might be sold on it! = )

Hope you all are doing well! = )