38.5!

What is new this week?
Under Pressure! Ha-that song describes me perfectly. :) I feel like Miss B. is moving lower these days. I'm not waddling or anything but some mornings I just have to wait for the pressure to go away, if it even does. Still its on and off though. We also have dilating!-but I feel like I should erase that last exclamation point because I'm still at a 1. But that is ok. I'm still just 38 1/2 weeks so we have time.

How big is the baby? 
Baby-size. Ready for action. Enough said :)

Sleep?
Overall its ok. I don't have many horrible nights anymore but I feel like I've gone back to my first trimester with my sleep/hunger habits. I wake up (early) and starving in the morning and get a little nauseous if I take too long to feed myself. I'm tired by 10pm at night but then again, I'm usually up with our little mover around 6-6:30.

Best moment of the week?
This should read best "quote" of the week. Lately I've found it really hard to find my words-meaning if anything else is going on or I have something else subconsciously on my mind, sometimes a different word will come out than I intend. Like so:

Kaylee- "Phil, will you need to take your laptop to work tomorrow?"
Phil- "Maybe"
Kaylee- "Can't you just go to the airport and work on your presentation?"
Phil- Gives me the "look" and we both start laughing. haha!

Problem here is the word -airport- which was meant to be -library-. Usually we can trace back to where the odd word came from but I honestly can't even tell you where -airport- came from.

There was also a moment where we were visiting with friends and I was mid-story and forgot the whole point of what I was saying. Literally the whole point. Needless to say I had to humbly admit that I had no idea where that story was going...haha! 

We've also finished getting the nursery ready! Like really. Finished. Even all the DIY projects & crafts. It was a lot of fun and I love how it all worked out but it is weird to have things all ready to go and nothing in the works or left to buy. I'm sure we'll find a few things we're in need of once Bump is at home but we're ready when she is!

Food cravings/aversions?
Eggs. The protein is great and apparently they help with "pregnancy brain" with their high amount of choline. I still say really funny things (as noted above) and feel like I can't form my thoughts sometimes but choline is supposed to help. Haha. 

What I miss? 
Bending. Phil and I have had this conversation a lot lately-that we can't believe that I once didn't have a large baby belly. Like I will be normal looking and bend in half with ease one day. That will be nice once it comes again!

Overall mood?
Excited! Come on Miss B. Come ooooooon!

What I'm looking forward to?

Meeting our little girl. Holding her. Looking at her. Loving her. I'm so excited!

Phil snapped this photo before I went to walk Koda the other day...I've never walked our puppy and not been preggers...weird!

38.5 weeks!

36-37 weeks

What is new this week?

I'm one day away from full term! (37 weeks) Where did this summer go? I remember thinking in March that September was ages away, and now public school starts next Tuesday. Whaaaat?!

How big is the baby?

Approximately 7 lbs. What a cute little bundle of joy :)

Sleep?

I've run into an issue with this one...I typically get tired around 2-3 but if I take a nap then that night's sleep is horrible. So I try really hard to stay busy and awake for the sake of my night's sleep. I also have found a renewed need for back support while sleeping. Cue the Snoogle pillow and my worries fade away, until I want to roll over. Then I get to pull old Snoogle to the other side of the bed. Needless to say, I don't think I'm getting much deep sleep these days. And speaking of rolling over, with Bump going head down into my pelvis, well rolling over isn't so much fun anymore. Feeling like there is something between your legs in your pelvis area makes for slow rollovers, complete with groans. Oh jeez :).

Best moment of the week?

Going to hear the heartbeat and our little miss had the hiccups. I don't know why, but hearing a heartbeat with little hiccups in between made this little girl so real to me. Maybe its because of our hiccup-ing bond but it was fun. We also found out that baby's is head down which is good news! Way to go baby B!

Food cravings/aversions?

Applesauce. Cold please. MmmMMM! And with baby heading down, my stomach is starting to catch up with my appetite meaning my stomach is feeling less squished. Stress on the less meaning its not back to normal but its getting there.

What I miss?

To be honest, I'm loving where I'm at right now because I know the time is "short". Yes, the 9th month is loooong but I'm also enjoying it. Maybe I could say that I miss a normal looking belly button? haha-mine certainly isn't an innie as of the last couple weeks, but its not an outie- so right now it just looks goofy. There are worse things though...ah who am I kidding, its not even bad at all!

Overall mood?

I feel a little, frumpy, for lack of a better word. I just don't feel graceful I guess and when I go to move I'm far from it. I also feel anxiously excited. I'm excited for the future but a little anxious as we're doing our best to prepare for something you can never quite be fully prepared for. Poor Phil and I are planners so we're trying to cope with the unknown part of this whole labor/delivery/baby thing.

What I'm looking forward to?

Birthing class tonight! haha. We enrolled in one and it has been great to help us feel much more informed and prepared (again with the planning thing). Plus I'm sure we've heard some of this information before but getting it in one place helps our brains store and process it. We now know when to actually go to the hospital rather than rushing there too early and being sent home...phew! :)

Anything else?

The nursery is just about done. We actually hung up the pictures on the walls this week. Holla! Just two more DIY projects from me and it'll be ready for our newest addition! We are excited!

(36.5 weeks)

Baby Shower for Baby B.

About a week and a half ago my mom threw me a baby shower. It was so much fun! Thank you so much to everyone that helped out with everything and a big shout-out to the host, my momma. She put up with all my  little ideas and made it all turn out just perfect!

My friend Jamie made me a cute diaper cake. She's so crafty! Plus we had a lot of yummy food (thanks Kayla and mom!), old newspaper baby games, goodie bags and lemonade.

 

Jamie also made some delicious cupcakes and even decorated them to stay with the "newspaper" theme. They turned out so cute!

I feel like I was so spoiled! I loved opening presents and seeing what people had picked out for our little girl. I can't even fathom putting all the goods we got to use but I know babies take a lot!

Grandma Grover even made a baby quilt for our little munchkin. Its so beautiful!

It was so much fun to see all my friends and family and feel their love and support. They also had great tips to share with a soon-to-be mom...hopefully I can remember them all!

I know we probably don't know exactly what we're in for but we are certainly excited to welcome our new little one into our family and feel a bit more prepared thanks to everyone's generosity! Thank you again to those who helped/hosted and to all those that came!

San Diego 2013 - LDS Temple

We were lucky enough to visit the San Diego Temple during our stay in California. San Diego's temple is stunning!

While my parents and the other kids did baptisms, Phil, Jocelyn and I entertained ourselves on the grounds and in the car. We spent time taking photos on the grounds, visiting the distribution store and just hanging out. Phil was mainly entertained by our new camera, Jocelyn by mom's phone and Me by singing beautiful renditions of primary songs...haha don't ask. :)

 It was a gorgeous day to be on the temple grounds.

It was fun to spend time with Jocelyn (on her birthday even!). She got to have her own photos taken. Here she is in all her 11 yr old glory. (I promise she's in there...just look close!)

It was a great way to spend time with family while on vacation. We love the Perucca clan!

And I love my Bennallack boy too :)

San Diego 2013 - Beach Fun & Jocelyn's Birthday

We visited the beach a lot during our vacay. The weather wasn't always hot but we still loved it! We especially loved playing in the sand. If the water was too cold to venture in before, it didn't matter once we were covered in sand. I guess it was a good way to get us swimming! We visited La Jolla Shores and Mission Beach throughout our stay.

Here's my kid building a sand castle :)

Jocelyn worked really hard to make this moat work and had to go back and forth from the water a lot of times to get what she wanted

La Jolla

This day was the day of burying each other. Chantel was the first victim. They dug a big hole...

and then Chantel disappeared! She looks happy here but she was really saying "Hurry and take the picture so I can get out!"

Proud of their project

Then Jocelyn wanted a turn and because she's little they went for the whole body cover. She also was freaking out at the end. 

Then Braden decided that he's "not claustrophobic at all" and wanted to be buried to prove he wouldn't freak out at the end like Chantel and Jocelyn. Yup...too bad that he was. He didn't freak out but everyone that got buried was more than ready to get out at the end.

I posted these photos before in my 32 week post but google plus conveniently made them into a GIF for me. Check out those preggo moves!

La Jolla Shores has tons of seals around that come in for the night beginning around 4. We had a fun time watching them for a while. They were funny to watch as the tried to get up on the rocks and just laid around, swam and barked at each other

Jocelyn also celebrated her birthday while we were gone. "Little" Jo-C is 11...how did that happen!?

Happy Birthday Jo-C!