31 Weeks!!

We're down to the single digits count down! 9 weeks until the world gets to meet little Mr. Jaden. :) That sounds like too long and not long enough all at once. :p I think my goal for this week is to put together a hospital bag since I've had several people tell me about how their baby came 3 (or 2 or 6 or...) weeks early. I've been joking (but in a serious way) that I'm just going to tell everyone and myself that my due date isn't until March 13th, since that'd be the day I'd get induced if I don't go into labor first. That way I'd hopefully be less cranky playing the waiting game. :p My plan's still in action, but I figured if I have things packed and ready (and I'm already registered) then if Jaden decides he's as anxious to meet us as we are to meet him, we'll be ready! But either way I'm sure I'll just feel like a ticking time bomb by the time I'm done at work and getting things ready at home. :)

So. This week, I feel huge. I'm assuming that'll only increase over the last few weeks but as of right now I feel large and in charge. Little mister is still stretching and kicking all day long to his little heart's content and although it's getting more and more uncomfortable I still love it. It just makes me giggle sometimes. I think it will be interesting and fun to see his personality outside of his current home and if it matches up with what he's been doing for the past few weeks. :)

Best part of this week: Realizing how close we are to snuggling this little guy! And getting the rocking chair and crib all situated in his room. :) I seriously have already spent way too much time in that rocker, it's so comfy! So at least when I'm up at all hours rocking and feeding a tiny human my buns will be nice and comfortable. ;p

Hardest part of this week: I'm pretty positive my back and hips are just going to crumble into nothing one of these mornings. The good news is they usually loosen up a little during the day- and I'm sure if I took more walks it'd help.

Aversions: Nothing really... I haven't loved apple juice as much but I'll still drink it over water. 

Cravings: I just want a big juicy hamburger so bad!

According to my app, Jaden is probably going to hit a growth spurt right about now and he's still getting chubbier (and cuter!) All the extra spaces he's been reaching with his stretches and kicks is proof of that!

My doctor's appointment yesterday was good, mostly boring, and normal. Matt couldn't come with me this time and so when they put me in a different exam room where they store a lot of their machines I maybe had a moment of panic thinking that the one time he doesn't come with me, they were going to do some strange procedure! :p Good news, the machines remained unused. Bad news, I had to get my tdap shot so now I'm all achey today. Oh well. At least they just did it there so I didn't have to go pay more out of pocket somewhere else! :)
I'm at 157 lbs, which means I've gained a total of 27 pounds. (Holy cow.)
Jaden's measuring right on schedule, and his heartbeat was at 143 bpm. It's so funny to me to watch my numbers on the scale climb, while his heart rate numbers go down.

And not that I'm excited or anything, but there are only 21 days of work left before I'm done so we can get ready for this little guy to come to our house finally! (Well. I guess come to our house...independantly? On the outside? Whatever, you know what I mean.)

Baby showers are coming up soon, and I can't wait because we've been waiting to buy most of the baby things until after so we don't just end up with a billion doubles. :) It's feeling more and more real, and I'm getting a little bit more nervous! I mean, I'm definitely ok with the idea of being done with being pregnant for a while... but the closer it gets to his due date, the more I worry about if I'll be a good mom or not. Or if I'll even know how to take care of this tiny human! Or if we'll be able to survive on next to no sleep for weeks and weeks. Or if he'll even like me? Or... (yup. I'm a great worry-er. I come by it naturally.)
I'm sure everything will be just fine, and I'm sure Jaden's 'wired' to like Matt and I... right? And somehow we'll be able to afford a million diapers and baby bills, and we'll figure out the rest as we go! I'm so excited to see how much more we'll learn and grow, ourselves, after he gets here. I feel like I've already been able to see a lot of things more clearly. (Like how selfish I generally am. That's going to change pretty quick I assume!)
Anyway. Happy Friday (finally) and I hope all your holidays were great! (I have more posts coming eventually on that as soon as I get the pictures uploaded!)