34 Weeks

How far along? 34 Weeks

Sleep: I have been getting a good 8 hours every night!  I have been tired in the evening though so I have been going to bed pretty early! 

Some highlights from the week... Friday ~ we had an appointment with the specialist.  We had to wait  a long time to see the doctor this time, but we were reminded of how thankful we are to have our pregnancy be going so well... While waiting for the doctor we could hear another patient being told by the doctor that the baby's heartbeat did not sound good and they would need to consult a cardiologist immediately.  Sad for that couple!  I stopped by Publix after the doctor's and realized it was probably not a good idea for this pregnant lady to go down the ice cream aisle!  Oops... but it's been yummy!

Saturday ~ We celebrated Thanksgiving with Brian’s dad.  It’s nice to do this a little early so we aren’t tired of Thanksgiving food and it is one less stop on Thanksgiving day.  Brian smoked an 18lb turkey on the Big Green Egg and it was delicious! 

Love the Big Green Egg!

 Sweet Kylie resting her head on Uncle Brian

 I think Kylie was reaching for Uncle Brian

 Lots of kids around ~ so fun!

Brian's siblings

After we left Brian’s dad we headed to a local park to try out our new camera.  I wanted to try to get some shots to use for a Christmas card.  We decided that we would not hire a photographer to do maternity pictures because we wanted to try to do them ourselves.  We got there as the sun was going down, so we were not sure how the pictures would turn out, but we were quite pleased.  We have a remote for the camera so that made it so nice and easy to do ourselves. 

Sunday ~ we went to Sunday School, but had to skip church because I had a baby shower in Griffin for a college friend.  I headed down to the shower and stopped in to my parent’s house and my Auntie Annette and Uncle Don were visiting.  My sister, Jen, and her husband Tony and daughter Sophia Joyce were also in town from Germany.  It was so nice to see them all.  I stopped in after the shower as well to visit a little longer. 

Monday ~ Brian scheduled an insurance meeting for us.  All of that is over my head so I let Brian do most of the talking and figuring things out.

Tuesday ~ We had a breastfeeding class at the hospital.  It was quite informative.  I’m glad we went.  It was also entertaining to see the lady in front of us continuously jab her husband in the leg with a pen because he kept dozing off.

Wednesday ~ Church.  I pass by Publix on my way home and the ice cream was still on sale until tonight, so of course I had to stop in and buy more! 

Thursday~ Brian and I met after work at his grandparent's house for a visit.  Brian's mom, step-dad, and aunt were also there so it was nice to hang out and have some family time.  

How have I been feeling... This has been a pretty good week.  It went by pretty fast, so I can’t really remember any days that I didn’t feel well.

Looking forward to: A week off!  Woo hoo!  Thanksgiving break!  I have my to do list ready!  We are getting our Christmas decorations out this weekend and I cannot wait!  We are going to try to finish Jake’s nursery completely as well.  We need to hang things on the walls.

Doctor Stuff: We met with our specialist last week again (Jake had his hand up by face so we were not able to get very good pictures of him this time).  We had this appointment to discuss whether I should go past my due date at all.  The specialist wants me to go as long as I can but not past Dec. 27 ~ works for me.  I would like to finish out this semester teaching so I have told Jake that he can come December 22, 23, 26, or 27 (don’t want him on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day).  I’m being flexible giving him four days to choose from; right? J