34.5 Weeks (and some baby shower flashbacks...)

Hello again everyone! I swear every time I think of doing a blog I'm either in my car, at work or Adam's not around to take a photo to post...so I finally figured out a good spot to balance the camera and use the timer and just took the picture myself! :) So here's my picture courtesy of camera timers... :)

As you can see Peanut continues to be quite the space hog, taking up more and more room in mommy! I vary between feeling as though my stomach is a reverse punching bag (being punched from the inside out) and that driving me nuts to thinking it's really neat and cute...but lately more feeling the punching bag! Especially after having trouble trying to sleep last night.

The pelvic mis-alignment seems to have somewhat sorted itself out, for the most part it's just uncomfortable in the mornings, but other than that pretty good. Although Adam accused me of "waddling" the other day when we were shopping - that was very encouraging! :) Oh well.

Weight has still not been an issue, which has been a nice treat! At my last check-up I had gained only about 1/4 of a pound from 2 weeks before bringing my total to 17 pounds gained, can't believe it! Still am so suprised that I haven't been totally huge like I expected. But enjoying that I can indulge in special treats that usually make me gain weight is nice, will probably be going out for ice-cream with a good friend this evening for dessert!

Anyhow, that's all for now, hopefully post again sooner than last (as I always say I know...). Here's some pictures from my baby shower my sister threw for me on June 13th, enjoy!

Anna...with Adam hopefully on his way home from work and Nanook still enjoying being outside on the porch. :)

31 Weeks

So the picture is from a couple of days ago, but Adam's not here to take an updated photo, so we'll use that! Took it the other day but with a crazy week, yet again, we did not have time to actually put the picture up. But the crazy week has passed, so hopefully we'll have a bit more time to relax. We can hope!

Well we're down to single digits for weeks before baby arrives, can't believe it! Probably about 7 weeks before I'll be on Maternity leave - which is only a month and a half! Wow! But I know I'm getting closer, really feeling the baby move around now - can even see it from time to time. Was sitting down relaxing in front of the tv the other day and saw my belly shift abruptly from one side to the other, an interesting experience that's for sure! Still a bit weird to feel something moving so much down there.

The pelvic mis-alignment is slowly starting to be managed. As long as I don't over-exert myself (which I do tend to do with a crazy schedule, but getting better) then I don't hurt AS much. Last Sunday I managed to get out of bed with no pain - but that's the only day that's happened so far. But pain is definetly less frequent and not as extreme, for the most part. Now it's just bad days instead of bad all day.

Signing off with intentions of writing again soon! I promise we really don't mean to leave it so long, weekly really is the goal, not every 3... :)

~Anna...Adam at work and Nanook enjoying the fresh air on the patio.

28 Weeks

Oops! Didn't mean to make you all wait three weeks for another picture, but that just shows how psycho crazy we've both been with work! Tax season has finally ended for Anna though, so she can hopefully start catching up on her sleep for when baby comes. Adam we will have to see - much commitment at work right now.

Anna continues to grow, and is suprised every week with the fact that yes, she can still keep getting bigger despite how stretched and maxed out she felt before! The main problem she's been having, pelvic mis-alignment, is slowly being dealt with, she's been to physio once now and will go again for the second time tomorrow. Hopefully at some point in the next couple months she can move around when sleeping without being in extreme pain!

Adam has been able to enjoy feeling baby kicking more - despite the "daddy radar" that tends to make baby still whenever he tries to check for movement. He's been able to catch some movement here and there and even read his favorite children's story to peanut the other day as well.

Anyhow, an updated picture for everyone, and again, hopefully, we will not be quite as long before our next post!

Anna & Adam...and peanut kicking up a storm...

24 and 25 Weeks

Well were finally getting the next post up. We took the picture last week, just never wrote the the blog... oops :) Both us us are incredibly busy with work with tax season for Anna, and a new area of responsibility for Adam (Events & Food Service) Mom 'to be' is doing well besides feeling very tired (partially what happens when you average 12-14 hour days at work) and very stretched. We saw the doctor last week for the routine checkup, everything is going well, the doctor is thrilled with the progress, and so is Anna, she has gained very little weight (~7lbs!), peanut keeps growing, but is helping with the ... umm reserves :) There is no doubting now that we are very pregnant! Enjoy the pics and hopefully we will be able to post next week again!

A&A&P

22 Weeks

Hello once again! We've made it to 5 months ish now and Anna's still progressivly feeling better. Her energy is starting to increase regularly despite being crazy busy at work. Baby is continuing to grow - making quite a difference in belly size this week! This picture is from Saturday but close enough... :) Definetly more of a "pop" this week from last - a much bigger difference then the last couple of pictures.

Peanut has been moving around much more as well, finding mom's bladder on a regular basis! But it's definetly adding to the "realness" of the pregnancy being able to feel the baby moving around. So far though only Anna gets to feel this, we cannot feel movement from the outside yet. But now feeling it multiple times per day instead of perhaps once a day.

So enjoy the next picture, we'll write again soon.

Anna & Adam (with Nanook continuing to try and step on the keyboard. :) )

21 Weeks

Hello once again! So a bit longer since our last post then we wanted, but here we are. Anna's continued to grow, as you can see from the picture, but doing much better now than before. We've now officially past the halfway mark and baby theoretically should be about 3/4 of a pound already and can hear everything now - so we've gotta be careful! :)

Anyhow, enjoy the picture and have a happy Easter!

Anna & Adam (well, Adam watching... :) )

Ultrasound #1

*Phew* As you can see from the photos we will be the proud parents of ONE child for now, not two! Not that we don't want 2 children, because we do, but we were thinking of spacing them out a bit more. :) So this is excellent news. And no, we do not know if it's a boy or a girl - peanut is still an "it" for now. :) Besides, we don't really want to know until the baby pops out, so probably would not have had anything to share with you anyhow. :) The technician did not say anything bad but seemed happy with everything, so we're guessing all is well, but I'm sure we will hear from our doctor soon with official results. But anyhow, enjoy the pictures!

Adam & Anna (yes, Anna is typing, Adam is watching... :) and Nanook is busy getting her nose into stuff and Peanut is probably sleeping.)