Week 34!!!

All my October mommy's have had their babies, and even my November mommy's (now October mommy's) have had their babies too! So of the people that I know, that puts me next in line! And it's taking forever to be my turn...

6 more weeks! Well, 3-6, or 7. I could potentially end up being a November mommy, but I just don't know how lucky we'll get with that. A girl can dream! What's driving me nuts is if it were anything else we were counting down 6 weeks to it would seem a whole lot closer! In any other situation. I've been told that once I'm in labor I'm going to wonder where the time went...but until then time is dragging.

I think I've mentioned before we're taking a labor/delivery class. Well on Wednesday we got to take a tour of the labor and delivery floor and mommy/baby unit. We've got a pretty decent sized class, I think there is 11 couples. So when we got to labor and delivery and went through the doors the teacher sent all us pregnant girls first, kind of freaked out the nurses! Haha they were trying to figure out how they were going to make room for all of us! Kind of funny, as we were walking around the floor whenever we would walk past an occupied room there would be a comment about "Oh I can hear that baby's heart beat on the monitor" and one of my October mommy's was in one of the rooms we walked past! Fun coincidence.

A couple weeks ago my mom threw a baby shower for me and it was so great! Thanks mom! Baby Nixon got spoiled and we are just seriously blessed! I'm excited to dress my little man in all the cute clothes he got!

I haven't blogged since 32 weeks so if I repeat something, just excuse me. I'm forgetful as it is, but being pregnant takes that to a whole new level for me ;) so....Dr. Noorda decided to make an educated guess, and he made sure to clarify that it was just that, a GUESS. But he told me "Haley, you're not going to have a big baby....shux huh?" Haha yeah doc, shux. His guess is like 7 lbs. But I got to do an extra little ultrasound the other day and that said he was 4 lbs 11 oz at the time. The tech said that's just a little under the average baby weight. So we'll see. But she said he is healthy, healthy, healthy! Moving great, heartbeat is great, and everything looked great! :) He was a little bugger and was covering his face though...he's pretty good at that. He had his hands and feet in front of his face, I can't imagine that would be comfortable....but he did have a cute little ear. And I'm pretty positive we saw some hair when we were on the 3D image :)

*Nixon is the size of a butternut squash, 4 lbs 11 oz :)
*He can now open and close his eyes.
*He was head down when we did the ultrasound, she said he's pretty likely to stay that way now until delivery!

How far along? 34 weeks.
Total weight gain/loss: I just honestly don't look at the scale anymore.
Sleep: It has actually been pretty great lately. I fall asleep fast, mainly because I'm exhausted, and I sleep through the night! 
Best moment this week? For sure seeing him, even if I couldn't see his face. Oh and then during a heartbeat check he had the hiccups so we could hear the pattern of the hiccups too! Kinda cute! 
Miss anything? Pumpkin. Pumpkin gives me the worst heartburn! So hopefully he'll be here before Thanksgiving so I can enjoy all the pumpkin goodness without paying for it afterwards!
Movement? Oh yes! 
Food cravings: I'm a chocolate lover.
Have you started to show yet? Yes, and of course I have the dreaded stretch marks too.
Gender? BOY!!!!! 
Labor signs? I have been having little contractions, but I haven't been feeling them all.
Belly button in or out? I can almost say out. 
Wedding rings on or off? On.
Happy or moody most of the time? There is no accurate answer for this. 
Looking forward to: Tomorrow should be pretty fun! We're having a murder mystery dinner with all our friends! You know, life size Clue! And Kohn gets to fulfill his dream, he gets to be a zombie! ;) and then of course I am excited for November to get here next week, because remember, I could be a November mommy if luck is on my side! 

Week 32!!!

Another week down, 8 more to go! I have a feeling this will seriously be the slowest 8 weeks of my life. No matter what I do, no matter how busy I am, it doesn't seem to go quite as fast as I'd like :) I know that it'll get here but it seems so far away!

Kohn and I started a labor and delivery class last night that goes for the rest of the month. On our way there I was kind of wishing we hadn't signed up and couldn't imagine having to go to the class anymore times than last night, but after last night I think it'll be a good thing. I'm definitely learning helpful things that I would probably have not known otherwise. And while I'm sure that going into labor and getting to the hospital and all those crazy things are never perfect I feel like we'll be way more prepared and ready to handle it than we would have been. And once this class is over we'll be 35 weeks! 2 weeks away from full term! So maybe the class will help time go by a little faster...not counting on it though ;)

I'm definitely feeling more pregnant than I have at all through this whole pregnancy. I swear I find a new stretch mark every day, I can't sit comfortably, I can't lay comfortably, and I can't walk up the stairs without gasping for breath. In fact, last night we were reading the scriptures and I was having to catch my breath more often than I'm used to during reading. We saw a little picture of what the body looks like inside when pregnant, and it totally makes sense to me why I'm out of breath all the time, having the lungs all squished and such (along with every other organ!!!), but it still isn't fun.

*Nixon is the size of a squash!
*Nixon is finally not transparent, his fat stores are coming in quite nicely.
*Nixon's hair is getting it's color.

How far along? 32 weeks.
Total weight gain/loss: I think I'm done with this question. Haha.
Sleep: The other night I was soooo tired that we went to bed at 9, which never happens at our house, and I still didn't manage to fall asleep until after 11...that's how hard it is to get comfortable. 
Best moment this week? Well I'd have to say it's been a pretty good week. A pretty typical week too. But I always love when Nixon is bouncing around inside! 
Miss anything? Sleep.
Movement? Oh yes! 
Food cravings: As of late: I can't think of a particular thing at the moment.
Have you started to show yet? I would sure hope so.
Gender? BOY!!!!! 
Labor signs? I think I experienced my first round of Braxton Hicks the other night.
Belly button in or out? I can almost say out. 
Wedding rings on or off? On.
Happy or moody most of the time? Happy and anxious about getting closer to due date!
Looking forward to: Our pictures today (even if the weather is kind of lame) and baby shower on Saturday! :) 

Week 31!!!

The past two days I've got to hold two beautiful brand new baby girls, Ravena and Felecity! Oh I loved it, but for some weird reason it made it feel like these next 9 weeks are never going to end. You would think having watched both friends go through the full pregnancy it would make me realize that December will get here and I will be holding my baby boy, but no, now it feels like it'll never come! Bah! I just can't wait til my time is finally here!

But hey, we're in the single digits in weeks! 9 weeks! Which should go by relatively fast....we can only hope. Maybe it'll be 8 weeks, 7 weeks, 6 weeks, or possibly 10 weeks, oh I hope not 10 weeks. I just don't even know how to put into words what it'll be like when he is finally here, because obviously I don't know yet, but I am sooo excited!

Again, I am finding the time to write this post during my break at work so again I'm going to jump to the baby business...

*Nixon is the size of a pineapple! A pineapple that rolls all over the place.... :)
*All five senses are now in working order!


How far along? 31 weeks! 
Total weight gain/loss: 18 lbs.
Sleep: All I want to do is sleep but it doesn't work very well for me. 
Best moment this week? At my doctors appointment yesterday I got to hear Nixon's heartbeat, but it was cute because he kept moving away from the doppler so they had to keep following him around :) 
Miss anything? Lately it's been belly sleeping. 
Movement? Oh yes, and I can tell he's getting bigger because sometimes the movement is so prominent that it makes me jump! 
Food cravings: As of late: candy corn and chocolate covered almonds.
Have you started to show yet? Yes, I swear I look bigger everyday.
Gender? BOY!!!!! 
Labor signs? Nope.
Belly button in or out?Neither. It's not in, but it's not out. It's just there.
Wedding rings on or off? On.
Happy or moody most of the time? I think I've been pretty happy, especially with all the brand new babies around me!
Looking forward to: We're doing a maternity shoot next week and one of my bestest friends is taking the pictures, so I'm excited about that!