Whew! I get so nervous when I say 34
weeks. It won't be long at all until we meet Levi. We are almost
completely ready. We had our shower on Sunday. It was perfect
weather! All of our closest family and friends in Houston came over.
The kids all played really well together. Which means the parents
were able to have a good time too :) Karen helped get the food,
drinks, decorations, and even helped clean house. THANK YOU! Lauren
helped so much by coming early to help set up, bringing food, cake,
candy, and balloons. She helped throughout the whole shower and took
pictures, all with a baby on her hip! She's an incredible friend :)
Eric's Aunt Tonya came all the way from San Antonio. We got lots of beautiful gifts. Afterward, Eric said, “Today
couldn't have been more perfect!” He was right!
I would probably have the last few
things done already, but I have been SO TIRED. I feel like I'm in the 1st trimester again. I have big ambitions for each day,
but with all the breaks I have to take for my back and belly.. I feel
like not much gets done. At least not much 'extra' gets done after I
take care of Brady, the house, bills, dinner..
Levi is almost 5 lbs and the size of a cantaloupe according to my pregnancy app. Let's face it, he's probably
bigger than that since I don't have small boys. I've gained 37 lbs so
I'm pretty happy with that. Just a little over where I wanted to be
and compared to last time that's a HUGE improvement. I'm sure I
gained 50 (at least) by this point with Brady. I'm tempted to ask my
doctor to look it up for me, but then again.. better to just look
forward. I crave a lot of cereal, Raisin Bran mostly, spicy foods,
anything buffalo flavored! I craved sushi and steak in the 2nd
trimester, but of course stayed away. I'm really looking forward to a
big Thanksgiving meal. I think about it way too much! Haha.
At 31 weeks, I had some spotting. More
than I ever experienced with Brady. I called my doctor and she sent
us to the ER. Late on a Saturday night of course :/ But we had to go
make sure everything was ok and thank God it was! I was not having
any contractions. We went home and the bleeding stopped after 24
hours. I had to take it easy the rest of the week. That kind of thing
is normally right up my alley! But it was easier said than done. I
always have a lot of things I want to get done especially on
weekends. With a toddler at home and a husband who works 23754 hours
a week, it's hard to relax because that means letting things go. My
house hasn't been clean, I'm barely keeping up with laundry, and
we've had a lot of cereal for dinner. But I do notice a big
difference when I take the time to put my feet up.
I knew this would be a crazy busy time
of year. We went to Florida (which was perfect by the way!), had our
shower, we're getting ready for Halloween, Eric's birthday, the USMC
Ball, then Thanksgiving, Levi's birth, and Christmas. All in the next
2 months!! EEEK! Eric is always SO MUCH HELP to me. He's the most
supportive and loving husband and daddy. He's got work, school, and
constantly helping me with Brady and stuff around the house. He never
complains and he puts up with me! How?!? :) I really couldn't do any
thing without him.
