31 Weeks.....9 more to go....

"Your baby continues to grow and develop inside of you. Measuring 16inches long, she weighs 4 lbs. 4 whole pounds, wow! And from this week, until 2 weeks before birth, she will gain about a half pound every week.

As you've probably noticed, she is moving around quite a bit in there! It's not uncommon for her continuous movements, which may feel like somersaults, to be keeping you up at night. Her arms, legs and body are also filling out as she continues to develop fat underneath her skin, making those kicks and prods feel even stronger than last week. You may even see an arm or a foot move slowly across your belly!"

So thats what is going on with Baby Landon. As you all saw I had my belly pics done and was a little disappointed. I love my photographer, don't get me wrong, but I wish he would have done more poses in our clothes! LOL. (Mary mom when you read this...I love you! hahaha) I just thought I would have more to display. I did some in my bra and undies and than two that I absolutely love, topless. They are very pretty (& pregnant). Tastefully done, not trashy at all. I love my big pregnant belly in them. I wasn't really thinking at the time (pregnancy brain) and honestly didn't bring too many outfits but I guess I should have spoken up that I wanted more poses. Oh well....I can't wait till he gets here now cuz Scott will be coming to the house to take pics of the 3 of us. Which we want a BIG one for above our bed. Finally I'll have a picture above my bed, there hasn't been one there in the past 4 years that I lived in this house. haha

Other than that Landon is a very active boy and makes me laugh a lot with his moves that seem constant sometimes. I love it and will miss it so much. He also makes me grimace when I get a jab in the rib or side. This week I've also been feeling some...and sometimes a lot of pressure down by my pubic bone. Very uncomfortable!

I definitely haven't had a great week and am becoming pretty uncomfortable at times. It hurts to stand because my feet hurt, it hurts to sit cuz my ass goes numb and I become stiff, it hurts to lay down on my side too long because my hips kill me. I'm not complaining, honest, just keeping it real. I would take this over the all day nausea I had for 4 months. So I think I'm headed down the path that I just wanna speed things up. I'm terrified of giving birth, in fact I think I'm in denial some days.

Also everyone is making me mad, because everyone knows when my shower is but me. I have suspicions. I thought possibly this Saturday, because my mom, my aunt and I are going to Philly to visit my cousin and it sounds like a good plan...but today I think we are really going to Philly. Also my BF called to make plans for the end of the month, so I'm wondering if its then. And Mike keeps saying its not till May....I don't believe him though! I made it very clear to my mother that I did NOT want this last minute because what if I go on bed rest or have him early?? I want to be prepared. I should have planned the damn thing myself. LOL. Sorry can you tell I'm an only child and this has been a long week?? Now I'm complaining...

26 weeks

Since thebump.com starts to group weeks together past 6 months I decided to find another website....PlanningFamily.com. Here is what is going on at 26 weeks.

Your baby continues to grow and develop inside of you. Measuring 14 inches long, she weighs just less than 2 lbs!

Her lungs continue to develop and she is taking small breaths of amniotic fluid inside your womb. These small breaths are getting her in shape for her first breath of fresh air.
Her veins are visible through her transparent skin but soon that will change as her skin begins to turn opaque.

The nerve pathways are becoming more and more developed, making her more responsive to sound. Don't be surprised if you feel her jump inside you if she is startled by a sudden noise.
If you're having a boy, his testicles are descending into his scrotum this week.

Let's see what's been going on.....

Well...I believe I experienced a BH contraction...not my first because I didn't realize what it was the first few times. It feels like a hard muscle contraction but not nearly as uncomfortable as say a charlie horse. But I would say 50%-75% of my bump from the bottom up was rock hard and it only lasted for maybe a minute. Just an odd feeling.

I also went for my glucose test yesterday which turned into a 2 hr long test by the time they registered me and got around to seeing me. Its done at the hospitals lab and their were plenty of people in front of me. I just hope I don't hafta go for the 3hr because sitting there for 2 hours was painful especially with Mike because he becomes very inpatient at these things. Honey, next time you can stay home! :-)

Last night we worked on putting up the murals in the nursery. I have to give credit where credit is due....it was Mike's idea and he found a lady on ebay who does them. She took about 2-3 weeks to get them to us but was well worth the $90 we paid. I must say that when I first saw these murals online, I was not thrilled about Mike's idea. Now that we have them in hand I think they are adorable!! Trudy did a fantastic job. We didn't get the last mural up yet. It is a 4 foot tree and yes we paid $90 for all 5 of them. We're not putting it up just yet until Mike gets his other project done which I'm not allowed to disclose at this time. Hopefully by next weekend he will get this project started since all of his materials are in and I have one more project myself to do. YAY! If you're interested in checking out other of Trudy's murals: trudyp03. Here are the pictures.

The only other new thing is I scheduled my Belly pictures with a local photographer, Scott Church that I've been going to for 3 years now. He did our engagement pictures and boudoir pictures. He's great and I just love him to death. So I have these set up for March 31st. I'll be just shy of 31 weeks. He said he recommends doing them while I'm not "too big, and too uncomfortable" which makes sense.