Bump and Nursery Pictures!

Here is my 37 week bump picture and pictures of the finished nursery. Our little Sprout is coming soon!

Things I took for granted (37 Weeks)

A few things I took for granted before pregnancy:

• Finding a comfortable position to sit, stand, and especially sleep.
• Breathing deeply
• Bending at the waist
• Tying my shoes
• Putting on and taking off pants, socks, or anything on the lower half of my body without having to sit down
• Knowing that the clothes that fit yesterday would fit today
• Conversations that did not involve invasive questions about my health and body
• Fitting into a booth and a restaurant
• Being the same shoe size in the morning and in the evening
• Walking up the stairs without feeling winded
• Getting in and out of the car without developing a strategy in advance
• Seeing a newborn when I'm out and not getting all weepy and emotional
• Walking without pain

I'm sure there are more, but that's the list for today.

All complaining aside, I know that I've had an amazingly smooth pregnancy and I'm incredibly grateful. It's so strange to know that our little Sprout could show up any day now and it's so exciting! DH is going to be the cutest dad ever. He installed the car seats yesterday and he didn't want to take the carrier out of his car. He says that it's helping him get in the right mindset. Yesterday, he was pretending to talk to her in the car seat. It was adorable.

Sleep has been a real struggle. I just cannot get comfortable anymore. Between not being able to breathe if I'm on my back and the pelvic pain if I'm on my side, I just roll around a lot until I'm so tired I pass out. Then I'm a zombie the rest of the day. I know I'll get even less sleep once the baby arrives, but I'd like to get some in now!

I had some contractions yesterday for the first time. It was wild and a real eye-opener. I feel like I should be nesting more. Our house is a disaster and needs some serious work. We need to do some grocery shopping and stocking up on some essentials. The nursery is done, except that DH needs to get his tools out of there and put away so that we can take some pictures and I can post them. It is really cute. This just gets more and more real every day. I'm excited and nervous and scared. I'm ready not to be pregnant any more, but I'm not sure I'm quite ready for the baby. We'll see how long she decides to hang out!

35 Weeks and I'm still a slacker

I'm starting to come to the amazing conclusion that I'm actually going to have a baby. It just gets more real every day. My wonderful husband went into nesting overload this weekend. He was in a frenzy! I think he expected to get everything done that needed to get done before the baby over the weekend. He had a little freak out Sunday morning and we had to talk about it later, when he was calmer. We're both just getting nervous and anxious. We just have to make sure we're working together and not against each other.

We shopped for all the stuff we still needed, which was a lot, since the only gifts I've gotten have been clothes. We definitely did our part to stimulate the economy! I've been washing and sorting clothes and linens and other things. How in the world can there be so much stuff for someone so small? It's overwhelming, to be sure. There is much sorting and organizing to be done and many details to be completed. It's going to take some time.

My pelvic pain has gotten better, though it's still ever-present. My back, on the other hand hurts a lot when I've been standing for more than 10 minutes. It makes it hard to accomplish nearly as much as I want to accomplish in a day. I think that frustrates my husband because he doesn't quite realize the extent of my physical limitations.

I'm also starting to prep cloth diapers. I'm pretty nervous about them and that I'll do it all wrong! I've read a ton, but I have zero experience, so there's definitely going to be a learning curve. Luckily, DH is on board with the whole thing. I'm just worried that if we have any problems, he won't stay on board. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

I go for my 36 week appointment and Group B Strep test next week. Then, it will be every week after that. She's coming soon! I'm happy and excited and nervous and scared silly. I sure hope I can do this. I want so much for my daughter and I don't want to let her down.