33 weeks - Trying to get ready!

It's almost Christmas so we thought it was appropriate to take this picture in front of our tree! So fun! That was one of the best days we have had in a while. Oh my it has just been a mess these last couple weeks! Hunter, Brandon and I have been pretty stressed out and we are finally glad to be able to relax and enjoy the Christmas season.

December 5, 2012 Brandon's dear Grandmother died like I mentioned in the crib post below. On top of it all - the two days leading to her death, while family was giving their good-bye's, I was at home sick with the stomach flu. :( Then Brandon had a touch of it too. No fun being sick! So we were finding out details about grandma in between throw up sessions. I took the flu the hardest, but it lasted just about a day. As a result of all the sickness and stress I believe it started some pre-term labor! So on December 5th, I was also sent to the hospital to be monitored.

I had just the tiniest bit of spotting right after I had a doctor visit and so when I approached the midwife about it they decided to do a quick check. One thing led to another and she discovered I was having mild contractions and was a centimeter dilated. Crazy right? So I was sent to St. Pete's to be monitored. Everything turned out to be ok - they gave me tons of water to drink, fed me and everything seemed to calm down. Then they didn't really have an answer for us other than it was most likely dehydration. Which is crazy since I drank a TON of water and Gatorade once I started feeling better the day before, so I guess I just needed some TLC!

We recovered quickly and after that little scare, both Brandon and I decided it was time to crack down on getting ready for this baby. We went out and bought a dresser and put up the crib! In between helping to plan for Grandma's funeral, I started to get the baby's room unpacked. I posted pictures of our crib adventure on the post below. I started to wash all those adorable baby clothes and have just about all of them put away in our beautiful dresser I got for just $50! Besides some of the room still being in boxes, the baby's room is functioning and ready for a baby! That's a relief. Now I need to start packing that hospital bag and making sure I have all the last minute items I need for a baby in the house. Eeck! Baby is coming soon!

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How far along? 33 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: + 32 pounds
Pregnancy symptoms: I had a major bout of heartburn with some 'upchuck' and I started to choke while I was driving the other day! LOL - It came out of nowhere. Ever since then I have random violent heartburn attacks and then I am fine. Still peeing every 10 minutes. :)
Sleep: I have good and bad days - sometimes I have trouble breathing at night or Hunter is kicking to much and it keeps me up and other days I have so much running through my mind I end up just getting up at 4:30 in the morning.
Best moment this week: Getting a chance to see the Zoolights - It was very relaxing and was just what I was needing. Also making Christmas fudge - really helped with those Holiday candy cravings!
Miss Anything? Sleeping in until 8 in the morning.
Movement: He moves a little less, but when he is moving it is VERY noticeable. Strong little bugger. Food cravings: Hot cocoa and slurpee's still. Plus yummy Holiday cookies and candy. I was craving Pumpkin bars like mad so I made up two batches.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Just the lingering smell of bacon - but I am back to normal and enjoying bacon!
Have you started to show yet: I am getting the comments about the belly alll the time now. But everyone has been so nice - I had a lady just gushing over how cute I was at Target the other day. She really made my day!
Happy or Moody most of the time: Less silly, more reflective, crying more and a few mood swings.
Looking forward to: Getting the nursery done!
Stretch marks? Nothing still.
Wedding rings on or off? It is off - it had to go to the cleaners and the diamonds need to be tightened anyway, so I can't even wear it if I tried. Probably a good thing. It is pretty tight.
Labor Signs: Actually yes, but just for a day or so! They are completely gone now as we speak.
Belly Button in or out? Outie! It pokes through my shirt even with layers on.
Last Doctor Visit Update: The midwife Lynn discovered my dilation and was happy to hear that it turned out to be nothing. The day after the hospital visit they did a preterm labor test which came out negative. yay!

The Crib is up! Isn't it beautiful?

That crib just melts my heart. *Sigh* So adorable.

This is the crib Brandon's Grandma Brawner bought for our baby Hunter. She died on December 5th, 2012 - so we decided it was time to get the baby's room going and the crib was the first thing that needed to be put up! What a blessing to have our baby sleep in the crib his Great Grandmother so lovingly got for him. She was so excited! It will be a beautiful reminder of her.

We also were motivated to get it up since on the same day Grandma died (on December 5th) - I was in the hospital for a few hours due to some contractions and dilation. I had the stomach flu a few days before so we believe it was just the dehydration and the stress from the last couple days! Thank goodness everything is fine and Hunter is staying inside for now, but it sure did give us a scare! And now we are motivated more that ever to be ready for him. So we got to it.

I documented Brandon's crib experience:

Look! Brandon actually took the time to read the instructions! What a guy.

Almost done - I am bouncing around the room in excitement at this point.

Ta-Da! Look at my grizzly man so happy to have done a good job. He says it was 'Easy Peasy.' :)

This is roughly how I will set the crib up. Don't you love the crib skirt? Grandma Debbie was so nice to buy my green elephant crib skirt that I REALLY wanted from etsy. I needed something super special for it since I didn't want to put bumpers in the crib as recommended for SIDS.

Now we need to put together the stroller Audrie and my Mom got us and buy a dresser! Almost there. *whew*