36 weeks

Well I am almost done with 36 weeks and approaching 37! About three more weeks until we meet this little lady. I have been feeling pretty good overall and I am so grateful for that! My belly is itchy like crazy and gets pretty bad right when I lay down to go to bed (convenient!). I have a little bit of nausea/getting sick but not too bad at all. I have a decent amount of energy which I am also so grateful for with all the things that we have going on lately! Walking around has become quite the little chore, and I am a little worried about the standing and walking for graduation but I am sure it will be just fine! I can't believe that I just have a little bit more time with this giant belly of mine, and the peace and quiet as well ;). I get a little sentimental thinking about it all. It's fantastic. I still don't know that I have ever felt Braxton Hicks contractions or anything along those lines. Oh, and the whole hair being a different color thing... I don't really want to talk about it. It is NOT supposed to be brown. I almost didn't take this week's picture because of it. But I still did. One day I'll thank myself. Hopefully we can get it fixed before graduation in two days! ;) 

baby shower!

Last weekend I had an awesome baby shower hosted by my amazing aunt (in-law? haha) Andrea! It was PERFECT. My mom was there, and so were friends and family and I just had the best time. The only problem was it went by too fast! Why do the good times have to be over before we know it! ;) We celebrated at The Chocolate in Orem and it is the cutest location. We played a little get to know me as a kid game, talked a bunch and opened presents. I felt so spoiled and loved and it was wonderful! Things are feeling more and more real and I am getting very anxious to meet our little girl. There is still much to be done before she comes but little by little we are getting more prepared for her arrival. Thank you to everyone who came to my shower and made me feel extra special! I feel so blessed!

The amazing host, Andrea!!

ultrasound video

Even though ultrasound pictures and such can be creepy and weird to other people, I love looking at our little girl in her pictures. And even better than that, at 20 weeks when I had my ultrasound where they checked out all her organs and such, I got a video recording of the whole screening (about 20 minutes, this is just a few seconds)! So sometimes I love looking at our little alien baby moving around, swallowing, and seeing all her healthy organs in there. Although when we see her face on, her eyes do creep even me out haha :). Technology can be so awesome!

thoughts on blogging

I loved the lecture that we had in class last week from the woman (Stacy Risenmay) running the Not Just a Housewife blog. She talked about how she was just an average girl with ideas floating around and one day she decided to try her hand out at a blog. She didn't know much about them or what she was doing but gradually she has turned her blog into a small business that helps support her family! This is really one of my dreams. I love blogging and wish I knew more about it, how to make money blogging (which was awesome that she talked about this!) and most importantly I wish I could find the direction to take my blog, or a new blog. These blogs that I see that become so popular are pretty focused in what they want to share. They are either fashionistas sharing style, photography blogs, cooking blogs, DIY blogs, etc. But with me, I feel like I like a little bit of everything and I am not great at any one thing! I feel like until I figure that out, I can't really try making my blog into a little more than a hobby and more into a business. How do people ever really know what they are good at or what they can share with the world?? I feel like this is a constant battle with myself and I'm not sure if I will ever figure it out. Anyway, just the ramblings of a wanna be blogger.

33 weeks

While mom was in town Josh was able to be part of the weekly picture! This little girl is growing strong. She moves around constantly, gets the hiccups occasionally and scares me every so often with her sudden big movements. I've been feeling pretty good and have been day dreaming more and more about baby girl and about labor. I've been thinking a lot about what my experience with labor is going to be like. It is so unknown and can be intimidating but I feel empowered and even excited to experience labor. I think I will be so amazed with what my body can do and the control that I can have over my own body.

I've also been thinking a lot about breastfeeding. I went to a breastfeeding class that was actually pretty helpful and taught me some more things about my baby and what to expect.  I feel that the more I prepare for the realities of breastfeeding and labor, the less stress I will feel. I won't go on a soap box of these topics, but I am glad that I am able to research things for myself and figure out what I want and what to expect!