HOLY SH*T!

Pardon the title but OMG. See for yourself:

37 weeks - full term & HUGE!

Have you gotten over the initial shock yet?? Here's a progression
5 weeks

12 weeks

14 weeks

17 weeks

20 weeks

24 weeks

28 weeks

31 weeks

34 weeks

37 weeks (the blue shirt definitely makes it look smaller than the white tank top)

And look how cute! Joe has been making fun of me for how excited I am to see Carter in swim trunks and then we saw these at Target. I couldn't resist. I cannot wait to see him playing in the sand in his little swim trunks!

34 weeks!

I spilled an entire can of coke on our brand new keyboard yesterday and my space bar is SUPER sticky. Need to get a new keyboard. Anyway wanted to post a new belly picture. Could it get any bigger??? Look how much bigger it is than at 31 weeks! Yowzers!


31 weeks

34 weeks

31 weeks and starting prenatal yoga...better late than never!

28 weeks in the green, 31 weeks in the blue. Not seeing a huge difference. Although I am happy to see that perhaps my butt has stopped growing! I think it actually looks a bit smaller at 31 weeks versus 28 weeks. Lets hope that is true and not just the picture! From the pictures my belly doesn't look much bigger but it definitely feels bigger/heavier. My poor belly button is nearly flat and is pretty tender these days. I am hoping that it stays flat and doesn't pop out! There are enough things in my near future that have me worried, I don't need add my belly button popping out to the list :)

The main reason I say my belly feels bigger is that I can definitely tell a difference in my mobility lately. When we sit down on the couch to watch TV it is much harder to get OFF the couch! In yoga yesterday we worked our "ab" muscles. I had to laugh. What ab muscles?! Aren't those the muscles that help me sit up and get off the couch? Aren't those the muscles that help you bend at the waist? I can definitely say there is no bending at the waist these days :) Rolling to the side and pushing myself up or waiting for Joe to get up and give me hand - that is more accurate these days. Either way I got a kick out of working my ab muscles. Both Carter and I thoroughly enjoyed prenatal yoga. We did a monkey dance, some stretching and balancing and some great moves to get him off my bladder. After class I felt better than I have in a long time - I had forgotten how much I really enjoyed yoga. Flagstaff has a huge + on its list now - the time to do prenatal yoga! Thanks again Mom for making it possible! I cannot tell you how good I felt afterward and how much I look forward to going again. Both for the yoga and to hopefully get to know some of the other girls in class as well. I'm pretty sure Joe was really happy I went to yoga too because I came out with such a better attitude and felt so good. He's even offered to drive me there and pick me up (because of the downtown location/tricky parking) On Sunday's it's a no brainer for him to drive me and on Thursdays I'll drive to his jobsite and he'll drive me to yoga and then pick me up after. Another benefit to a smaller town is that everything is close together. Yoga is 10 minutes from our house (max) and Joe's job site is right in between. Namaste!

Happy New Year!

Its been a while since my last post - but forgive me, we were just slightly busy! I cannot believe it's 2010 and the year that our first baby will be born! Well technically 3rd baby since we count Tucker and Kody in our kid count, but our first without a tail and fur :)

We've set up Carter's room a bit. It was actually the first room we put together! We've had all this stuff just sitting around in Gilbert so it was nice to finally have a place for it. And we put together the recliner! Love it!

Here are some pics of his room and some close ups of the Twilight Turtle and Sleep Sheep for you mom :)

Looking in the door - to the right is the crib and chair

Looking in the door - to the left is the dresser and where the mirror is sitting will be where the big teddy bear goes.

Dresser/changing table and the twilight turtle!

Close up of the Twilight Turtle. Cute huh mom?

His crib and the Sleep Sheep - the softest little stuffed animal I've ever felt. Also I've heard from other moms that the Sleep Sheep is a miracle for getting babies to sleep

Photo taken from the closet looking toward the door - for perspectives sake

And Carter's baby blanket!

And now I'm 28 weeks (29 tomorrow) but I don't think my belly has grown much over the past month. My butt on the other hand.... dang it!
My 24 weeks and 28 weeks & Joe's 28 weeks

belly close up

24 weeks and a belly progression

24 weeks as of yesterday, CRAZY CRAZY stuff! According to crazy pregnancy math I'm 6 months pregnant. A little belly progression...


Month 1 - just found out we were pregnant at the end of the first month... again crazy pregnancy math...

Month 2 - not much to show. Just felt hung over all the time and super tired.

Month 3 - things are starting to shift around a bit.

Month 4 - hello beer gut! Minus the pleasure of drinking all the beer :) But still not too noticeable of a belly in everyday clothes.

Month 5 - hello I'm pregnant!

Month 6 - yep, it's real now! I open doors into this big belly, I haven't adjusted for its size yet!

Or so I've been told...

.... that I have popped. Girls at the hotel told me today "You can tell you're pregnant now! You've popped. Last week we couldn't really tell, now we can!"

I agree that my belly is definitely bigger this week. It feels bigger and fuller. I swear I could have a 10 lb baby in there right now with how my belly feels. You know after you eat way too much food and your belly feels SOOOO full? I feel like that. And I swear my belly gets bigger as the day progresses. I don't know why or how but I've heard other preggo people say the same thing, so I guess I'm not totally off my rocker. I'm a little alarmed at how huge I feel. I know it's only going to get worse/bigger!

One other thing to note, my cravings have changed... and not in a good way! I used to crave fruit and string cheese and healthy cereal. The past two weeks I've craved powdered donuts and cupcakes. I don't even really like cupcakes. Anyway, I ate my share of them and now I'm done with it. I'm back to fruit and healthy stuff again.

Here's a belly pic - taken at night/at its biggest. (if you're curious about the arm weight in front of the door - that is so Kody stops shutting herself in the bedroom - that girl has an obsession with shutting doors. Also I don't think my butt is really that big, the shadow makes it look bigger)

growing

Holy smokes. Over night I feel like my belly has grown huge! I was getting ready to take Kody for a walk this morning and I did a double take in the bathroom mirror. Check it out.

5 weeks and then today 14 weeks 3 days

But what's funny is my belly doesn't look as big in my work clothes... although the girls at work that know made a comment today that they are starting to be able to tell.