Baby Update

I have been slacking on blogging again-but wanted to post a quick pregnancy/baby update....so, here you go!

As of this last Sunday I was 32 weeks.  32 WEEKS!!! Holy crap!  That means 8 weeks to my due date.  And really, I doubt I make it to my due date given how big I am.  So I'm trying to be ready for baby in 5-6 weeks.  Did you just hear that? 5-6 WEEKS! I am excited to see my little man and have our family start........but I think I'm more scared than excited these days.  How will I know what to do??  How will I know how to breastfeed him?  When he cries, how will I know how to help him?  When it's the middle of the night and I'm exhausted, will I have the patience I will need?  When I'm home all alone with him for the first time, will I be ok, or will I break down and cry? (Cause I kinda think the crying thing might happen).  Will I do the right things to keep him safe and happy?  Will I be the kind of mom I hope to be?  All of these questions just scare me.  Someone asked me a few weeks ago if I was ready for baby to come out yet, and my response was no.  Haha! I am ok with him where he is right now!  But I guess like it or not, he is coming in 8 weeks or less!

Pregnancy wise I am feeling ok lately.  These last few days I think baby has turned and dropped a bit as I've had quite a bit of pressure in my lower regions.  I was nervous about this for a bit and ended up calling my aunt to see if it was normal.  Turns out-it is.  I just get so worried about everything new and wanting to make sure the timing is ok for it to be happening. 5 more weeks and I think I'll worry less as I think it will be far enough long for baby to be ok if labor happens.  I'm getting more uncomfortable in my belly now too.  Baby is getting bigger and taking up more room.  This means I have fewer positions that I find comfortable.  But-baby getting bigger also means I feel him moving around more.  I love when he is kicking and rolling around. :) It makes me forget about the other not so fun parts for a minute.

The nursery is at a standstill for a few weeks now.  Still have the crib, dresser and rocking chair up, but haven't gone much further.  I desperately need to start decorating the walls.  And more will fill the room next week after my baby shower.  Side note-WAHOO! Baby shower next week! I'm so excited! This will be it's own post when the time comes :)  I also need to finish sewing the burp clothes and few receiving blankets I have cut out.  They have been sitting there for weeks just waiting for me.  My goal is to finish them this weekend-so-fingers crossed.  I'd like to get them all finished, washed, and put away before the baby shower and all the other items that will come for me to wash and put away.

Our non-pregnancy updates are small.  Our lives are all baby right now.  But-all goes well at work for both me and Alan.  We are adjusting more each week to his schedule and being at school and finding a good happy-medium with our time together.  Alan is doing fantastic in school as usual and being a rockstar.  I love my smarty-pants :)  I'm working vigorously to train my back-ups for maternity leave and so far, so good. Outside of work-we had to get a new bed this last week.  Our old one was one I'd had for years and had seen better days.  It finally gave up and broke on us.  So last week we went looking at RCWilley and found one we could agree on.  It got delivered and set up this morning, and I'll go home to make it up and take a good look.  We upgraded from queen to king size, and it looks massive in our bedroom.  I think we will just have to get used to the frame and size is all.  We'll see how it looks in a week or so. :)  We've also been working on getting things de-cluttered for baby too.  We got rid of some things last weekend, and more to go still.  Neither of us like our home to feel cluttered, so putting in furniture for baby and rearranging some rooms for such means getting rid of other furniture.  Hopefully we have it all taken care of in the next week or so before family is in town for the baby shower.  Hopefully.  There is a lot to do.

I think that about sums up our lives right now.  Work, school, baby planning :)  More to come on the baby shower after the 21st!