{35 weeks}

I've made it to the big 35/35. 35 weeks pregnant and 35 days until my due date. 5 more weeks seems like an eternity, but 35 days sounds much more manageable for some reason. We are so close to welcoming this little man into our family. We got our FIRST gift for baby D over the weekend, from one of our couple friends. I keep joking that poor Declan just isn't important to the outside world since he's number 3. Of course he'll be extra special since he'll be the "baby" of the family for the rest of his life, but in utero - nope. It's never really bothered me that there's been no rush of "what do you need?" since truthfully we haven't needed a lot thanks to big brother. We also had no baby shower for Connor, which I was fine with since he was number 2 and there's that pesky thing called "etiquette" that some people like to follow and blah, blah, blah. But I'd also be lying if I said seeing someone talk about their "sprinkle" shower for baby #4 doesn't make me want to pout a bit. Not for the gifts, since like I said, hand-me-downs rock. But more just for the celebration of having a new baby. Plus I just want cake. ;) 


I think what got me thinking about it was that a friend emailed me last night asking if she had missed my baby shower. When I explained that my last shower was back in the summer of 2006, she acted so shocked and asked me why. "Uh...because no one offered?" LOL. I have awesome friends and any one of them would have jumped at the chance to help host had I brought it up. But again, etiquette says I can't have anything to do with it, so it was never brought up. Ahh well. I'm feeling weird and hormonal, thanks in big part to the fact I had to go to Em's school this afternoon to sign some papers since we're not in the school district she's going to. So it was just one more step closer to kindergarten in a few months and that just makes me want to cry large, angry tears.


But anywho.


Weight gain - Scale at home has me gaining around 25lbs altogether. I'll know the official number on Thursday. I've been a lot hungrier here lately, so baby must be having a growth spurt. My belly does seem a bit larger to me all of a sudden. I've been drinking like a crazy person in case I was having some fluid issues, so that might just be why I suddenly feel like I'm carrying a preschooler around under my shirt. Em told me a few nights ago that she thinks I have an elephant in my stomach which was both totally horrifying, but also totally hilarious. From my own measurements, belly is around 34-35cm, so I'm still getting it right on the money. Just one more thing I'm anxious about seeing at my appointment.


Movements - He's still quite the mover for the most part. I'm noticing that first thing in the morning is when he's at his most calm. Which means he's probably going to take after his siblings and stay up all night and then sleep in until noon (really, my daughter does this). I'm not even going to guess if he's head down or breech, since there's just no telling. I don't have any sort of back pain at all and was told that "was the joy of having a breech baby). But, I swear I feel a little booty sticking up around my midsection. I think I'm going to be shocked either way come my ultrasound in 3 days. Fingers crossed he's turned, although for some reason I'm much calmer about the whole thing now. Like, if he's still breech I think I'll live. :)


Irrational fear this week - Nada! Yay for me. He's moving all the time, I'm relatively sane at the moment (probably to do with the fact I only have 35 days or less left!) and I have no real aches or pains as of yet. I guess I still worry a bit about his weight gain because of the low measurements almost two weeks ago, but I figure there's no need to stress about that until I know.


We finally got the pool up over this weekend, in between all the crazy intense storms that have been plaguing our area for the past week. It's still only half full and DH is supposed to get the pump all ready to go this evening so I can start chemical treatments tomorrow. I just want to get my big behind in the water! The kids were more than willing to help DH get all the wrinkles out of the bottom when we first started filling it up.

Things I'm looking forward to - Of course, thursday. Other than that, a lunch date with my mom tomorrow and a playdate with one of my good friends who has kids the exact same age as mine at some point this week.