* Size of baby Quinny: Our sweet girl is getting pretty close to 6 pounds and is around 18 inches long. She's most likely going to be a long baby and can thank her parents for the guaranteed long legs and arms. :)
* Size of mommy: I'm feeling quite large lately. I've gained more weight in the past 3 weeks than I had planned, but I'll be OK with that as long as I'm able to lose most of it after she's here. I plan on picking a race about 4 months after she's born. If I have a goal I'm more likely to actually stick to a plan.
* How I'm feeling: It completely depends on the day. One day I'll feel amazing and have a huge burst of energy and the next I'm struggling to stay awake past 2 PM. I know this is completely normal. I'm trying to enjoy the sleep I'm able to get as much as possible, because I'll soon be getting pretty much none. :) The three things that are really getting to me lately are my back pain, rib pain, and having to go to the bathroom every .5 seconds. If only I could teach myself to slow down and I'm sure the back pain wouldn't be as bad! Nothing like carrying around a 6 pound baby in your belly! Another random thing that has hit in full force is pregnancy brain....if I don't write it down, don't expect me to remember! I set at least 3 alarms on my phone daily for bills, laundry, etc.
* Cravings: Other than my normal attitude of milk, milk, milk (at least I'm drinking skim) for everything I haven't really had that many cravings lately. Certain things will sound good, but I don't necessarily have to have it right then. Most of the time I forget about it and just eat whatever I had planned on cooking. However, this weekend CJ and I will be splitting an Oreo molten cake from Chili's. :)
* House preparations: Much to CJ's disappointment, nesting mode is in full force!! The nursery is all but finished (pictures to come as soon as the bedding is here). Uncle Kevy was here last weekend to take care of random things that Quinn will REALLY care about once she's here...like touch up painting of my entryway and changing a door knob. :) A few shelves are going up this weekend and we're making room for bottles in the kitchen. After that and a bit of organizing, we will be in hang-out mode until sweet baby girl decides to make an appearance.
*News: I've started my weekly appointments now and I'm happy to say that I am progressing! I definitely needed a light at the end of the tunnel type of day on Wednesday and thankfully that's exactly what I got! I am 1 CM dilated and 60% effaced. Quinny is head down and her heart beat was nice and strong. Another AMAZING thing we found out is that my iron levels are incredibly high. If you know me at all you know this is NOT normal at all. I am SO thankful that my body decided to like iron while I'm pregnant. Low blood counts and labor just don't sound very fun at all.
Other than weekly appointments, there isn't much news to report. CJ and I took all of our birthing classes and I have a breast feeding one left with the bff Monday. We learned quite a few things and the classes calmed my crazy nerves quite a bit.
And that's about it for the past 3ish weeks :) I'll be posting soon about the two showers we've had so far and the one we're having tomorrow. Eventually I'll have a post that is picture overload...until then here's a pic of a pillow that's going in the nursery.
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