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man what a day! i will be happy when my pregnancy hormones wear out. i felt like i was on the verge of tears all day. and nothing was really going on. although i am definitely getting sick and my back and ribs hurt pretty bad today....oh, and it was like TWENTY BELOW WITH THE WIND CHILL!!!! thinking you might cry at any second is not a fun way to spend the day, let me tell you!
anyway, as promised, here is an updated belly picture. i am leaving the 34 week picture up so everyone can see how much bigger i have gotten. i'll see if i can get the pictures from the two weeks in between and post those too.
time for dinner. hope you had a better day than i did!!
love c and bp

definitely getting to the end

well i have officially reached the point in my pregnancy where i am uncomfortable more than comfortable and i am ready to be done with this whole huge belly thing. i have just over three weeks left and i am not setting myself up to go into labor any earlier, but the countdown has definitely begun. i do have my checkup next week and i am hoping that i have made some sort of progress without knowing it, but again, i am not holding my breath.
on top of just being uncomfortable in general, i have also reached the point in my pregnancy where i am not sleeping at all. everyone keeps telling me that that is nature's way of preparing me for having the baby. if i were mother nature, i would have women at the end of their pregnancy sleep all the time so they could store up their rest for when they don't get any. maybe i will try to start taking naps when i get home from work.
sorry to continue my little pity party, but that's what happens when you are sore all the time and you haven't slept in days. the past few days i have been feeling really lousy. i don't know if this is just part of being pregnant or if i am coming down with some nasty bug. chris' mom and dad were both super sick over the weekend and now chris is in bed with a fever and chills...which basically means it is heading my way. but my lousiness is a little different. i just hope its not the flu. i did get my flu shot. maybe chris will have to start sleeping on the couch.
i am still waiting for hadiatu to send me some pics from my shower last week so i can put a new belly picture up. maybe if chris is still coherent when i get home from work today i will have him take one.
i'll keep you posted on flu-watch and my check up next week. i hope your week is going better than ours! love you all

c, c, and bp

whew again!

what a whirlwind january has become! it seems like there is always something going on!

my parents were in town for my baby shower this weekend - what a blast! the girls got to have some wonderful lunch at peking house and bp got some fantastic gifts! i must say thank you to everyone who attended for such thoughtful and gracious gifts! and the books are so fantastic! now chris and his dad just have to hang my shelves in the nursery so i have somewhere to put them all! pictures will be coming soon, once my wonderful friends email them to me. hey, pregnancy brain = forgetting to bring a camera to one's shower. my bad!

speaking of chris and his dad, they, along with my dad and toby and barrett and my bro-in-law wj had a little "man shower" of their own and put a wall up in the basement. its a very small start to finishing the basement but it looks great, and once the drywall is mudded, we can set our bar up down there and actually use it! fancy that.

now its tuesday, though, and everyone has gone home. elizabeth and sophie made it back to colorado with susie and jess, and yiayia and papou made it back to albuquerque. speaking of elizabeth and sophie, here is a great pic that chris took for them to send to dustin overseas...

aren't they adorable?! we had such a good time having them stay with us. and sophia loved chris! she would just smile and laugh whenever he played with her. (good practice, right?)

oh, i had a checkup today...everything is going fine. i am still gaining weight at a good rate. my doc says the baby is probably 5 1/2 to 6 lbs right now. she did a quick ultrasound to make sure the baby is getting into the righ position, which she is. so now we just get to wait for her arrival. i have another check up in 2 weeks and then after that it will be every week until i go into labor. i am hoping to go a little early but yiayia has made it very clear that i am to keep my knees together until she returns next month. i guess i'll do my best.

sorry for the rambling...blame it on pregnancy brain and an internet connection that is suffering from it too! pics and more updates to come. love you all!

c and bp

things they don't tell you...

no worries, i won't write anything really gross or anything! just a few things i noticed this week that people don't really tell you are hazards of pregnancy.
first, being pregnant and wearing maternity tops leave you very vulnerable to cold winds! because the shirts are bigger in the front and they hang over your belly, i have been the victim of many a cold drafts up my jacket and up my shirt. brr!!
second, i made a HUGE mess on my bathroom counter and floor the other day because i have gotten to the point where my belly is so big that i have to adjust how i lean over the sink to wash my face! what used to get my face over the sink now only gets it half over the sink. so instead of splashing water on my face and into my sink, the water landed all over my shirt and all over the floor! what a wreck i am becoming!!

anyway, chris, elizabeth and sophia (and the dog, but just barely) made it safely back to michigan. they didn't get in until 4 am on tuesday but they made it. sophia had a little bit of a hard time adjusting to her new surroundings but she is doing great now! chris has been playing with her a lot and it is too precious! even after 14 hours in the car he is really smitten with her. although they are probably heading to chris' gram's house tonight since elizabeth's mom and sister are coming in tonight. we shall see though. its been great having them stay with us.

my parents are coming back into town this weekend too which i am really looking forward to. then i have a check up the beginning of next week. i promise to keep you posted! only 5 weeks left!!!

have a great day and weekend!
love c, c, and bp

as promised

sunday night still counts as the weekend right? well, as promised, you will notice a new belly picture to your right. i decided to spare you the sight of my nude belly this time...its getting to the point where it isn't cute any more, just big and blech! only a few more weeks to go though.

in case you were wondering, chris has made it to north carolina. he will be heading home tomorrow with elizabeth and sophia - we are super excited to meet her! we'll see how excited chris is to have our baby when he gets out of the car after spending 12 hours with her!!

i hope you have a great week. prayers for me if you don't mind - i had a really rough week last week and was sick every day again. this week work is better but lots of family stuff going on. so prayers that i take it as easy as i can and stuff gets done that needs to get done.

love you all!
c and bp

some sad news...

hey guys,
i know this is usually a happy blog but i do have some sad news to share. chris' uncle larry passed away early yesterday morning. he had been in the hospital for a couple weeks but developed an infection. chris was very close with his uncle, and while his passing was not completely unexpected, it has still been a tough couple of days. so please keep chris' family in your prayers, especially his cousins. thanks so much for your love and support always.

c and bp

i promise...

hey all,
just wanted to let you know that it has been brought to my attention from a number of friends and family that my belly picture is quite outdated. so i promise to have a new picture of my belly over the weekend. i'll try to remind chris to take it before he leaves for north carolina - he is driving down there to get his cousin elizabeth and her lil' one and bringing them back here so that they can fly to colorado with her mom while her hubbie is deployed. so lots of prayers please for everyone as they make the trip up here.
oh and in case anyone was wondering, we did get our registry done...we are registered at babies r us and target. all i can say is that chris disappeared with the scangun for a while and i take no responsibility!!
love you all! have a great weekend and keep checking back here for a new picture.
c and bp

Sorry Again!

Oh my goodness...I cannot believe I haven't updated ya'll since Christmas! I am super sorry. However, in my defense, not a whole lot has been going on to give you an update. The baby is doing really well. I had my checkup this past Thursday: I only gained 2 1/2 lbs over Christmas!! And I am measuring right on track. My blood pressure has been perfect this whole time. I am going back in two weeks and then I think after that I have to start going every week. We'll see though; with the holidays my schedule got a little off track.
I haven't been feeling quite so nauseous lately, unless I go too long without eating. Of course since that is feeling better, something had to take its place...enter back pain. If I sit for too long, my upper back up near my ribs really starts to ache. And there isn't much I can do to make it go away. I got some icy hot patches (I have one on now actually) and sometimes it works and sometimes the ache is too bad. I am hoping it remains tolerable, especially since I spend most of my day sitting in either my car or a waiting room. My hips get sore too if I sit for too long...it takes me a while to get up and get moving. I feel like an old lady! But as long as I take it slow, things get moving eventually.

Since it is getting close to my due date, and since January is jam-packed with showers and visitors, Chris and I decided to take a last minute "babymoon" trip to Chicago over this past weekend. We had a lot of fun...and did a lot of walking. We got to see our friends Tobyn and Kristie and meet their new son Teegan! What a cutie he is! Playdate trips to Chicago, here we come! We went to a lot of smaller shops and restaurants and stayed away from the real tourist-y places. Chris was really bummed out though that we didn't get to go to the Big Bar at the Hyatt. There is no smoking in restaurants or bars in Chicago any more, so I could have gone. I was going to ask for a soda in one of the big martini glasses. Oh well, I guess we will have to save that for another day. To make up for not going to the Big Bar, I took Chris to the Lego store and let him play in there for a while. We got an Advent Calendar!! Who knew Lego made advent calendars?!
I survived all the walking fairly well. My hips were a little sore but that is to be expected considering all the changes my body has gone through. One thing I was not prepared for was whatever is going on in my knee! I had hurt it last spring playing soccer but nothing too major. Now I can't really bend or straighten it, it just hangs out in the same position and I limp like a goon! I have to keep telling people that I am NOT waddling, I am limping! I think it is a combination of the old injury, all the walking, the added weight (no, I am not telling you how much extra weight), and the subsequent change in my gait. Also, the hormone that loosens my ligaments is increasing since I am getting towards the end and I think that played a part too. I guess a lot of pregnant women roll their ankles towards the end of the their pregnancy because their joints are all stretched out and weak. I guess I am just broken!

Other than that, things are good. Chris and I are enjoying as much time together as we can, but at the same time we are really looking forward to meeting our little girl. No worries, mom, I will do my best not to go into labor before you get here :o)

I will try to give more frequent updates over the next couple weeks. Thanks for all your love and support and prayers! Have a great week.

c, c, and bp