31 Weeks

I am nearly 8 months pregnant, with only 8 weeks (or less!) to go.  This is a picture from our baby shower this past weekend.  It was such a wonderful day!  My mom, sister, sister-in-law, and niece put so much time into making the shower perfect.  A few of my mom's wonderful friends helped out a ton, too.  We are so lucky!  It was great to see all our family and friends.  Chris and I felt so loved and blessed. :)  Baby Wallbank is quite blessed, too!!!  His room is overflowing with awesome new goodies from the shower!  We haven't started putting any of it away yet, but I am looking forward to getting his nursery organized this weekend.

Also, we went to a birthing class AND breastfeeding class last week.  They were both really informative - especially the breastfeeding one!  I think the birthing class was pretty eye opening for Chris.  We had to watch a video of a woman in labor from start to finish, and at the end he said, "That was a little over exaggerated...right?  You won't be like that because you're going to have an epidural.  Right?!?"  Haha I think he got a little nervous!  

Onto the stats...

• How far along?  31 weeks, 3 days
• Baby size:  Baby is the size of a head of lettuce.  He is about 19 inches long (no wonder I can feel his little feet in my ribs - yikes!), and weighs just under 4 pounds.
• Maternity clothes?  Almost 100% maternity clothes these days.  I can barely fit into my old t-shirts I used to sleep in!  I have one of Chris's on tonight!!
• Stretch marks?  Still steering clear.  The cream is working!
• Sleep:  Can't get enough of it.  I am super tired.  ALL the time!
• Best moment this week:  The entire baby shower was so wonderful!  
• Miss anything?  Having normal size feet.  They are so swollen and huge!  I feel like my calves have become one with my ankles.
• Movement:  Baby Wallbank has the hiccups at least twice a day!  It's the funniest feeling. He kicks and moves all over the place throughout the day...and especially at night.  Maybe he's a night owl like his mommy? 
• Food cravings:  Hot dogs.  So weird, but I crave them all the time!!  I ate an entire package almost all by myself in about 4 days time!  
• Anything making you queasy or sick:  No.
• Gender:  Ahoy, it's a boy! ;)
• Labor signs:  I am having quite a few Braxton Hicks contractions these days.  No real signs of labor, though...just the warm ups!
• Symptoms:  Back is really sore, my feet and hands are really swollen, and I'm suuuuuper tired.  I've just recently started to get a bit uncomfortable, too.  I can't complain though.  Overall I am still enjoying pregnancy.  I know I will miss being able to be with my little guy all day/everyday and feeling all his movements inside my tummy!
• Belly button in or out?  Oh, it's out there.  Looks so weird!
• Wedding rings on or off?  On...and I am not sure if I will be able to get them off!!  My fingers are pretty swollen!
• Happy or moody most of the time?  Happy!
• Looking forward to:  My school baby shower tomorrow afternoon!  I am so lucky to work with such awesome friends who are planning a fun get together after school at Pepper Joes. :)  Also looking forward to organizing the baby's room with all his awesome new things this weekend!
• Diabetes update:  I am still on the escalator of insulin requirement, taking more and more each day.  I am changing my pump site every 2 1/2 days, which is way more often than usual!  My sensor (Dexcom) is still helping me track the high blood sugars immensely.  I don't know what I would do without it!  I'm not sure why, but it hurts quite a bit when I insert the sensor lately.  Maybe it is because my skin is pulled pretty tightly on my tummy.  It's worth it though!!  I know all of the hard work and pain will pay off when we have a healthy, happy little guy in a few short weeks! :)

Here are a few shower pictures!