34 Week Belly Shot

 

Our little lady is roughly 5 lbs. this week. She is definitely pushing the limits of my belly and I can feel a lot more movement throughout the day. My energy levels have decreased quite a bit this last week and my clumsiness has increased!

 

Phil is mending slowly. He now has his foot casted at a 90 degree angle and can put weight on it. He has a Crocs-like shoe that give some support and keeps his cast clean. We will start with him standing on his foot at home a bit until he is comfortable putting all his weight on the foot. Only 4 weeks left of cast until we get him in a walking boot!

Ok I couldn't resist, here are some baby pictures of me my Aunt sent me

Just check out all that hair! We are anxious to find out if our little girl will have any hair. My heartburn is starting to ramp up, so maybe she could have a full head of hair. I've heard mommy myths that heartburn means your baby will have hair. I guess we will just have to wait and see.

 

 My beautiful Mommy!

 

Aunt Cindy and Uncle Bob 

 

Shower pics

My good friends Emily and Karen threw me a beautiful shower a couple weeks ago. They put on a classy French inspired shower where we got to use my Grandma Betty's china on my Grammie's dinning room set. It was wonderful to share a fancy tea and lunch with the girls.

 

 

I'm so thankful for my friends and I appreciate all the advice they gave me about birth and babies. They shared the good, the bad, and the poopy with me. Above is a pic of my girls from work or married to a work friend - Erika, Kensley, Karen, me, Emily, and Megan.

 

Stephanie from the sorority won the guess how big my belly is game! She was shy just about half an inch. Thanks, Steph!

 

I was just showered with thoughtful and useful gifts. So many wonderful things to share with baby. Erika gave me a gift that brought me to tears - she printed parts of Phil and my wedding vows where we talked about starting a family and put in a memory frame for us to fill with baby pictures and firsts. I was so touched by the thought of surrounding our wedding vows with pictures of our new baby girl and memories of her firsts.  

 

I am so happy my sorority gals came up to celebrate with me. We sure had our fun in college and I'm so glad to have these true friends still in my life. Pictured: Sara, me, Stephanie, and Bretta.

33 Weeks - Here are some sneak peaks of the nursery!

 

Here is me with my cousin, Megan. Megan and my Aunt Cindy came up for a visit and got to check out our additions to the baby room. They, of course, spoiled us and our new family addition with some amazing gifts. I think the picture above shows that Frenches can have girls!

 

Megan knitted a beautiful cardigan with little peach elephants on it. It is amazing and perfect for this fall and winter when it starts to get a little chilly. Oh, I just can't wait to have our baby girl here already!

 

 

We have the furniture in place and now we can add pictures, decorations, and some floating shelves to really complete the look.

 

 

I've been taking the chance to get down to visit with my mom and dad as often as I can these days as Mom is going through a rough patch. My dad is amazing and is doing an incredible job taking care of my mommy. Happy Anniversary to them last Tuesday! They are an amazing inspiration of love and commitment through sickness and in health.

 

Here is the weekly shot. Not much different, but don't tell her that. She is probably about 4 lbs. now and 18 inches long if she is average sized. I'm feeling stronger kicks, hiccups, and stretches. Every now and then she has me yelping in pain, but for the most part she just surprises me with her strength.

 

Phil is still on the mend and gets a new cast tomorrow. Then I think we're looking at 4 more weeks of casts before he goes into a boot. Hope all goes well at the appointment tomorrow as it will be the first time Phil stretches/moves his foot position since late March.

Week 32

 

Oh...my...goodness... I am always out of breath these days. Other than that I'm feeling pretty good considering. I can tell our little one is running out of room in there. I'm not getting as many kicks as I was before; now I'm feeling a lot more pushes and stretching and what I can only describe as a dolphin-type move. We are making headway on our nursery and are loving how it's turning out. Pictures to come.

31 weeks and we have a crib!

 

Our little pineapple should be about 3 lbs. this week and between 16 and 17 inches long. Since finishing busy season, we have done what feels like a whirlwind of errands and projects around the house making up for the last month.

 

Here is a preview of the nursery with the crib put together. There is still a lot left to do, but we are happy to be making progress.

 

Phil got an iWalk so he can finally move around the house without his crutches. It is wonderful to have help around the house and he is happy to finally be contributing. He vacuumed the whole bottom floor on his first day with the leg while I got a well deserved nap.

29 and 30 weeks!

 

We can't believe that we have made it to 30 weeks already! We finally finished up the busiest part of the year and can focus on getting ready for our baby. Our little sweetie continues to be active and her kicks are getting stronger as the weeks go by. I love watching her move and shaking my belly around. We are starting our labor and delivery classes soon to help us gear up for labor. It is just around the corner. 

 

We got a chance to meet Ryder Walker Romano last week and even our baby girl got to say hello. While I was holding Ryder, little baby girl kicked right where Ryder was resting on my belly. Can't wait until we get to have cousin play dates this summer!

Phil is working on recovery. He got a cast last week which has given him a lot of relief from the soft wrap he was in after surgery. Now he can move around and bump his cast without any pain. He still is 100% reliant on crutches and his scooter, but he is starting to feel more like himself again.