lazy.

Well, I started this blog with high hopes.
These hopes included the following:

Blogging more consistently. 

I have just not been feeling up to the task and I hate to say it, but I blame being pregnant because let's be honest: if you want a good excuse to do (or not do) anything, it is pregnancy.

I am 35 weeks today (although I am still hoping and wishing I am still on the June 9th due date which means I'm 37 weeks...) and boy am I feeling it!

I am definitely more tired, more swollen and more hungry than ever before.

I seriously hate being the one who complains about pregnancy all the time. It really is something I had to experience in order to understand what everyone else was talking about. I felt like I had a good idea of what to expect since I am one of the last of my friends to have a baby and also being around my mom who was pregnant with my little sisters. I thought I knew what I would be getting myself into and even when hearing all of the pregnancy woes, it didn't click until I started going through it myself.

I really can't complain too much though.

This pregnancy has been relatively easy compared to most.

I only threw-up one time - granted it was on the side of the freeway while Kirk held my hair back.

I did feel nauseated 24 hours a day, 7 days a week until about week 18. And it was not an overnight relief. Definitely a slow decline in nausea for about another few weeks.

Other than severe heartburn (which has been alleviated by some good old over the counter drugs recommended by my doctor), some mild swelling, and frequent urination, it really has not been HORRIBLE.

Today I had a doctor's appointment and while I was there, the nurse asked if I had been feeling any contractions. I told her maybe? To which she quickly replied, "Oh, honey. You would know."

So with that I told her no.

Later, when the doctor came in to measure me and check the heart rate of the baby, he laid me down and touched my belly and asked if I was having a contraction then. I told him, no. To which HE replied, "Well, I think you are." 

So... um...?

Maybe childbirth will be easy and painless?

HA!

I have been spending my days getting ready and organized for this baby to come.

Cleaning, doing laundry, getting the rest of the little things to finish my list.

Baby stuff is fun and overwhelming. I find myself getting lost in the isles of Target and baby boutiques. I want all of the fun stuff - not the practical stuff. OF COURSE.

I try to stay away from Babies R Us because that place drives me nuts. I feel like I need EVERYTHING in that store and I can't decide on which brands or anything to buy. I have caught myself standing in front of the nursing pillows for 45 minutes trying to choose which style to buy, do I need a belly wedge to sleep? Wait, should I buy bottles? What brand? Did you know there are like 50 bottle brands? And everyone has a preference. How the heck do I know what my baby will like? Yikes.

Luckily, I have really good friends with great advice to help guide me through my path of indecision.

And there comes a point where I just gotta choose because I have to pee REALLY bad.

Things still on my list:

Baby Swing or Bouncer

Carseat Cover

Bassinet or Pack 'n Play

Stroller attachments for the carseat

Hopefully I will be able to get the rest of the stuff on this list before this nugget arrives. And hopefully he feels the need to grace us with his presence before June 21st! 

 34 weeks here! (Don't mind the vacuum or the fact that I can't take a centered picture of myself... haha!)