I hate summer

I've never been a "summer person", and summer in the south is terrible.  It's much like the winter I was used to in PA, it lasts very long and gets old fast!  

This is me in my work attire. It's been a long summer so far, and it's not over yet.  Almost everyday I wear a long dress and little sweater for work.  My job involves getting in and out of my car all day. I have to cover my tattoos, so I'm very lucky that maxi dresses are so popular this summer.  Being pregnant and working outside in 90 some degree weather is rough, so keeping cool has been essential.  

On Tuesday I had a doc appointment. His heartbeat was 154. My belly is the right size. I asked the doc about the awful, constant pain in my ribs. He felt my belly and as far as he could feel the baby's position is causing my rib pain and I have a small rib frame.  So, basically he's just gonna continue to kick me in the ribs.  Now I start going to see the doc every two weeks. My next appt is the sugar test. 

Today I treated myself to a prenatal massage. It was great! I was unsure how she was going to do it, since I can't lay on my giant belly.  There was no table with a belly cut out, she just had me lay on my left, then right right to massage my back, and she also did my legs, feet and arms. I've been very short of breath lately, so although my massage was super relaxing I had a hard time completely relaxing because I wasn't breathing comfortably :(

25 Weeks!

We're almost there! Time is going by way too fast!  My belly is about as big as a basketball now. I wish we had a basketball or volleyball so I could take pic to show the actual size, but we have no sports paraphernalia in our house, ha. All I could find was tennis balls for the dog and I'm much, much bigger than a tennis ball.  I took this pic earlier right after a nap, so those are sleep marks, not stretch marks.  I'm hoping to avoid getting them.  

Our little baby boy is very active these days. He's always moving around, having a party in my belly. Lately, his foot or something has been pressing into my rib cage and it is very uncomfortable! I stretch, push on him a little, and tell him to move, but he doesn't listen.

Belly button update: It is still an iny, a very tiny iny, most of it is flat now :)

Baby Shower & Diaper Party!

This post is a little late. The weekend before last myself and my friend Tara headed up to North East for the baby festivities. Robin, Justin's Mom and Justin also flew up to PA.
My Mom and Robin did an awesome job with the shower. We had it at Meeders Restaurant in Ripely, NY. The morning of the shower went by so fast! We had breakfast and played a couple games, "guess the baby food" and "guess the size of the belly". I think everyone just smelled the baby food, instead on double dipping the spoons :)
I'm very grateful for all my family and friends that came out for the shower. We got so many great gifts! The car was packed on the way back to NC. We could not see out of the back windows! Now it's time to set up the nursery!


These are my cousins, Dusty and Kodie. They grew up really fast! I remember taking them to the movies to see Jurassic Park when they were really little.
The diaper party turned out great! Between the shower and party we got about 1000 diapers! Aunt Brenda had the party at her house in Westfield, NY.
Awww...Mom and Paul, sitting in a seat from a car, but not in a car. Paul loved Justin's luau shirt so much that we gave it to him as a gift. He wears it well!
Here are Justin's Mom and my Mom wearing adult diapers. They seem very comfortable in them.
Time to slip n slide in diapers! These are my brothers, Jamie and Josh before their diapers got soaked and soggy!
Justin spent quite a bit of time with Uncle Gary. Uncle Gary was telling very interesting stories about his tattoos, war, and love.

The weather was perfect and the weekend was so much fun! These pictures are from the cliffs in Ripley, NY. Myself, Justin, Tara, and Josh went to the cliffs to watch the sunset. There is a trail to get back to this spot. It was a little rough, because it was muddy and I'm a little off balance. I managed to not fall down, but Justin did wipe out in the mud on the walk back, haha.