30 weeks!!!

I know, I know, I am totally a slacker and have not posted in about 9 weeks... Sorry Michelle! :(
Anyway, just wanted to update everybody on what is going on with our baby~

We are offically 30 weeks! Only a few months left! Oh, it’s been a journey. Never knew how many things you deal with in pregnancy. You always hear about being tired, cravings, stretch marks and being uncomfortable… Oh, how little those things prepare you for the real thing! It has defiantly been more exciting the closer that it gets. One really fun thing that we have been experiencing this past week is that our little girl has started REALLY moving…. (you know the kind that wake you up at night). Scott and I have had a lot of fun just feeling her move! She doesn’t move a whole lot during the day mostly just in the evening around 8 and then when we lay down to go to sleep. I probably just notice it more during those times because I am actually resting and not running around like I do during the day.

We have also been taking a parenting class, and that has been very interesting. We just went to our 3rd one on Tuesday (only 2 more to go). I am a little on the nervous and paranoid side and so there are things that they talk about that I just keep thinking… I don’t want to know! Just let me be naïve and not hear about any of the scary stuff!!! You know... I am a flowers and rainbows type of girl. Unrealistic, but you can always dream right?!? They have this thing called the sympathy belly that they let one of the support persons wear during class, so they can experience a "taste" of what being pregnant is really like (right...mmm not sure how close it is to the real thing). I have been trying to convince Scott to volunteer not only for the experience, but I thought it would be a fun picture to put on the blog. Hasn't happened yet, but I will keep trying :)

We had an appointment with the Dr. last week. The Dr. said "Wow, you are really growing aren't you?!?" (DON'T I KNOW IT!!!! I feel huge.) Scott asked the Dr. about how big I am and if that means that they would induce me early... Scott and I have been worried that the baby would be bigger because he was almost a 10 pounder! I was just over 6 so a little bit of a difference there :) If I was average height we wouldn't worry, but I am a bit bigger than others at this stage. The Dr. said that I appear larger because of how short I am and I am going out so much because there is no torso for the baby... so she is going... OUT! He said there shouldn't be any additional risks because of my height. The Dr. reassured us that just because Scott was a bigger baby didn't mean that I would have problems... he said to look at my mother and how big her babies where. My mom's were all about 6-7 lbs so that made me feel better. The Dr. did say that he wanted us to go in for another ultrasound next week to check on size and to make sure that everything is going well. So, we are pretty excited to see her on the ultrasound next Thursday!!! :)

I am also getting really excited because we are having a baby shower this weekend. The ladies at my work are throwing it for us. They have invited people from work and a few friends here in Twin. So, I should have some fun pictures of the shower to post by next week! Just staying busy... Scott is almost done with this semester, yeah. He has been studying like crazy! :) Anyway, I will post more real soon...