8.5 months {34 weeks}

We had our 34 week appointment on Monday and since it was a holiday (MLK), Weston didn't have school. So Weston, Nora Kate and I all went to my appointment - you can imagine how "relaxing" that was for me, ha! It actually wasn't too bad. Weston is as easy as they come, and NK is ok as long as she has juice, a snack, a lovey, a binkie, and the Dr isn't touching me! Haha. She panics when Dr Rao touches my tummy and listens to the heartbeat. I think she has her own fears and is worried he is hurting me. Bless her. Anyhow, I am measuring right on track and the baby sounds great!

NK kept telling me she was "stuck"...I had to keep telling her she's "supposed to be stuck in her stroller"!

Sweet Weston sitting patiently in the waiting room :) Love him.

My belly is groooooowing! Phew! It is really starting to get tight in there - I'm sure the baby is having trouble moving around. The moving has slowed and they are actual turns and rolls now. I can feel the feet in my ribs and the arms/hands down in my hips. I'm hoping the baby is already head down and I am correct in what I'm feeling :) Either way, the pressure has started and I had my first braxton hicks this week! Yay for those - it means we are SO close!

We got Nora Kate moved into her new room last weekend and started on the nursery. NK's room looks great! Here are a couple pictures before we really put her knick-knacks in there...it now has all of her baby dolls and tea party stuff and girly girl things.

I'll post pictures of the nursery once we really get it together. Gamma got us a really cool giraffe and the kids love it - Weston and NK want to "ride" it, ha. It's almost 5 feet tall! Thanks, Gamma! The baby will love it in his/her room. 

Nora Kate is getting ready for the baby and has been really interested in her "babies" lately. She has started feeding them and putting them to "night-night". The baby NK is playing with in the picture below was one of my favorite dolls growing up - a Cabbage Patch doll named "Lou Anna". So happy I saved it!

33 Weeks

It's been 4 weeks since I've last blogged, oops! Since the last time I updated, we drove to GA, spent 2 weeks there over Christmas, and have finally gotten back into the swing of things in Ohio.

While we were in GA, Lydia put together a dinner at Little Hawaiian for me and Laurie Kaye to celebrate my number three and her second. LK is having another little girl and is due April 22. We had such a fun girl's dinner! Thank you to everyone who came. It really means a lot!! :) We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends!!!

I've been feeling pretty good lately...aside from my hips KILLING me, I really don't have anything to complain about. In the past two weeks I have been a NESTING MACHINE! I can't seem to sit down because I am constantly organizing or cleaning. I have gone through ALL of Weston's and NK's clothes - from newborn to now and put them in large storage tubs labeled whether it's boy or girl and which size. There are about fifteen 20 gallon tubs filled. And I have one tub filled with gender neutral newborn and 0-3 month size clothes, I'll wash them all pretty soon and put them in the nursery (that has yet to be started!). So now when we get home from the hospital, all we have to do is grab the bin that says which gender we need and the size 0-3 months. 

Ok, so the nursery...We are moving NK to the guest room into a new convertible crib (we aren't rushing her out of a crib) and are using her current room as the nursery. I am going to paint two of the pieces of furniture and put off-white, thick vertical stripes on one of the walls in the room. SO MUCH TO DO! And only 7 weeks left. Panic time! I'll feel much better once the nursery is finished and NK is in her new room and the clothes are washed and...ah...I could go on and on and on. But let's be honest...both Weston and NK both slept in the bed with me until they were 6 months old so there's no absolute rush to have the nursery 100% finished. But let's be honest again, and since you know me, you know that the nursery WILL be done in plenty of time, haha. 

I'm trying to spend some one on one time with my main squeezes before their little brother or sister arrives. It's the little things that remind me to sit down, take a breath, and enjoy every minute!

**Weston is convinced the baby is a BOY. We will see!