37 Weeks! Full Term!

How far along? 37 Weeks
Total weight gain: + 26.5 lbs (148.5 lbs)
Maternity clothes? Yes! Very few of my work clothes fit anymore, I'm wearing hospital scrubs at this point and they are so itchy and uncomfortable!
Gender: Girl!
Stretch marks? Nope
Sleep: Ugh, I'm exhausted and ready for bed by 7pm every night but I don't sleep well or for very long periods of time and I always wake up with back pain!
Best moment this week: Packed our hospital bag and officially full term! Got my hair done and gave myself a mini manicure!
Dilation/Effacement: 3cm - The doctor said he was "impressed" with my progression in just one week and that her "head is right there"
Miss Anything? Getting comfortable especially at night or on the couch and Sleeping
Movement: A lot of rolling around and kicking. I get her butt up in my ribs a lot and it's hard to breathe! At lot of her movements are no longer cute, now they hurt! She's outta room in there!
Food cravings: No cravings, just hungry and I don't really wanna eat anything...
Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope.
Have you started to show yet? Absolutely!
Labor Signs: None, just lots and lots of Braxton Hicks.
Symptoms: Fatigue, Back pain, trouble sleeping, pelvic pressure, sharp abdominal pains, sciatica, numb feet, heartburn...
Belly Button in or out? Out
Wedding rings on or off? On, but my hands are pretty swollen most of the day and I can't get my rings off.
Happy or Moody most of the time: I'm still happy but It's a quick switch to moody these days!
Looking forward to: Meeting the babe and the end of basketball season! I'm ready for Chad to be home more!

36 Weeks!

Excuse the typo on the chalkboard... pregnancy brain!

  How far along? 36 Weeks

Total weight gain: + 25 lbs (147 lbs)

Maternity clothes? Yes!

Stretch marks? Nope

Sleep: I'm up all night going to the bathroom and tossing and turning! Also, keeping Chad up... good practice I guess but still sucks!

Best moment this week: Saw the doctor and he confirmed she is head down! 2 cm dilated and 70% effaced. =)

Miss Anything? Getting comfortable especially at night or on the couch!

Movement: A lot of rolling around and kicking. I get her butt up in my ribs a lot and it's hard to breathe! At lot of her movements are no longer cute, now they hurt! She's outta room in there!

Food cravings: I've been on a smoothie kick lately.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope, I just get pretty sick when I eat too much at once. Have you started to show yet? Absolutely! I refuse to buy anymore maternity clothes so I'm just busting out of everything I own at this point.

Gender: Girl!

Labor Signs: None, just lots and lots of Braxton Hicks.

Symptoms: Heartburn! Tums are a necessity! Also, had my first real pregnancy scare this weekend. I had some "visual disturbances" I guess you would call them. It started out where I couldn't see the center of my vision, like whatever I focused on was blacked out and then got worse to where I was seeing all these flashing lights and everything was a blur. I tried to take my BP but only have a manual cuff and haven't yet taught Chad to use it. I just closed my eyes and 30 minutes later it was completely gone. I mentioned it to the doctor when I went for my visit and she said that it could be of some concern if it continues to happen so lets hope it was a one time thing!

Belly Button in or out? Out

Wedding rings on or off? On, but my hands are pretty swollen in the mornings and I can't get my rings off. The swelling usually goes down by afternoon though.

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy when I'm not extremely uncomfortable.

Looking forward to: Reaching full term next week and her arrival! We can't wait to hold our little nugget!

35 Weeks!

How far along? 35 Weeks
Total weight gain: + 23 (145 lbs) (lost half a pound, maybe I'm making up for all the holidays!)
Maternity clothes? Yes and all the pre-pregnancy clothes that I'm still wearing are officially stretched out!
Stretch marks? Nope
Sleep: I've had a couple "good" nights but mostly up 4-5 times to go to the bathroom and tossing and turning most of the night!
Best moment this week: Finishing up most of the "to-do before baby comes" list! We are READY (although she still has a few more weeks before SHE is ready!)
Miss Anything? Getting comfortable! This will most likely be my answer to this for the remainder of this pregnancy!
Movement: Lots of rib jabs and hip strains and punches in the stomach!
Food cravings: I'm not as hungry as I was a couple weeks ago, which is probably a good thing since not much fits in my belly at one time anymore. I have to eat a lot of small meals. Fruit is sounding pretty good lately.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope, I just get pretty sick when I eat too much at once.
Have you started to show yet? See photo....
Gender: Girl!
Labor Signs: None
Symptoms: Heartburn... So much heartburn!
Belly Button in or out? Outtie
Wedding rings on or off? On, but it would be difficult to get them off at this point.
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy most of the time, but definitely have my moments.
Looking forward to: Baby's arrival! I also start going to the doctor weekly now and I'll start getting "checked". Not that I'm looking forward to this but I am looking forward to finding out for sure what position she is in and if I have started to efface and/or dilate, yet! Exciting stuff!

34 Weeks!

We survived the Polar Vortex, wishing we were surrounded by Palm Trees and Coconuts!

How far along? 34 Weeks
Total weight gain: + 23.5 lbs (145.5 lbs)
Maternity clothes? Yes and I'm getting sick of wearing the same 5 outfits every week but refuse to buy more clothes!
Stretch marks? Nope
Sleep: Officially sleeping like crap! =( Taking naps again, just really tired all the time!
Best moment this week: Ringing in the new year! This is going to be a good year =) We decided on a name for the baby too! So glad to check that off the list!
Miss Anything? Getting comfortable!
Movement: We can all sit and just watch my belly shift around! She is definitely running out of room in there!
Food cravings: Milkshakes
Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope.
Have you started to show yet? See photo....
Gender: Girl!
Labor Signs: None
Symptoms: Heartburn... So much heartburn!
Belly Button in or out? Outtie
Wedding rings on or off? on, but getting tight. Early morning and late night they won't come off.
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy most of the time, but definitely have my moments.
Looking forward to: This week I hit a wall, I think it's the lack of sleep and 1st trimester-like fatigue but I am looking forward to baby girls arrival! Counting DOWN the weeks now instead of counting up the weeks! 6 weeks to go!

Basement Renovation: Finished!

Finally!! The Final Basement Post!

Although the basement has officially been done for a couple months now, I'm just now getting to posting the final pictures. We have just been so busy with baby things, I haven't had time to get around to it. So without further ado....

The Hall and Stairs

The Playroom

The TV Room

The Bathroom

The Bar

Final Costs

Carpet - $1,600

Misc - $90

Electrical - $50

Counter top stuff - $85

Door knobs - $32

This weeks total - $1,857

Project total - $13,832

We are so glad that it is done! We have been down there a lot already taking advantage of the extra space. We've had 2 parties already and recently bought a couch for the TV area! We love to go down there at night at watch TV on the couch with the fireplace on! =)

Big thank you to everyone that came and helped us, especially my amazing DAD!