Almost there!

We will be 36 weeks tomorrow, which means baby will be here in less than a month! I am ready to be done, however I want the baby to be healthy so I will wait until the end. If baby isn't here by the 26th, I may get a little grouchy! I am very uncomfortable and I can no longer sleep in our bed. I've been sleeping in the recliner for the past week. Zach volunteers to sleep on the couch with me but there's no sense in both of us being uncomfortable. I feel like my stomach has no more room to stretch and yet every picture we take, I continue to look bigger. I know, it's a good thing. Next week we start doing weekly appointments at the doctor.

We've been having numerous baby showers lately. Tomorrow my family is coming to my house for a baby shower. It's great to receive presents and it definitely helps us get ready but the challenge is finding a place to store everything! Who knew how much organization is required to get ready for a baby!

Zach took some time this past weekend to trim our trees and remove the broken branches from an ice storm this past winter. There's a picture below of him in the tree. I am happy to say that he managed to stay healthy and in one piece while trimming. He's going to take the brush to the dump tomorrow.

Hopefully we will be able to blog one more time, at least, before the baby comes but if not we will post baby pictures as soon as we can after the baby is born. Below is a picture at almost 36 weeks.

Week 33 Update

It's been awhile again but we have been very busy! We started taking our child birthing classes in February so our Monday nights are shot! We really enjoy our instructor though and I think this class will prepare us enough to have this baby. We are 33 weeks and I'm quite large (as you can see in the picture) and yet I think I will still be getting larger! I have been pretty uncomfortable lately and sleeping has been a challenge but baby is moving and doing well. Our doctor gave me some stretches to do each day and I have felt some improvement. We've started going to the doctor every 2 weeks and now officially have all of our appointments scheduled. I am only able to travel long distances for a few more weeks so if you don't see us before the end of March and you live more than an hour away, you won't see us until after baby comes.

We finally have our crib and dresser! It is not the one that was back ordered though. We decided to look around after waiting for so long and found a set that actually fits us better. This set is a little smaller and doesn't overtake the room like the other one would have. I love being able to store baby's stuff in the dresser!

Zach and my dad put the crib and dresser together one Friday night. Zach also put together our travel system. It was fun to watch him read the directions and put together the crib. It was even more fun to watch him practicing with the stroller. He is going to be a wonderful father! The pictures beside are of the process and then the final product.

We've been looking at baby names recently. Zach has read through the baby book and put together a list of 100 names for a boy and 100 names for a girl. After reading all of them to me, we have narrowed it down to approximately 45-50 name of each. We will probably narrow the list to only the names we both had. which will narrow the list to 20 each. With only 7 weeks left, we had better keep working!

March is going to be busy with baby classes and baby showers! In case you are wondering we are registered at Babies 'R Us and Target. We hope to see all of you soon and we look forward to introducing our little one to you!