33 weeks and 3days

I was SOO looking forward to Thanksgiving. But I go and get sick and then miss Thanksgiving:( sadness. Thursday I had a fever for a while but it went down after a few hours so that was good. Jacob made us a lovely Thanksgiving meal though. He made mashed potatoes, chocolate pie and bought a rotisserie chicken to go along with the corn casserole and onion casserole we had already made to take to his parents' house. It was yummy. I ate it in between the many many naps I took Thursday. I'm so thankful that I got so much rest that day but I really haven't gotten much rest since then. I've had a terrible pain in my upper left stomach/ribs and it goes all the way through to my back. It makes it hard to get to sleep and stay asleep. But maybe I'll get some sleep once the baby's here. ha ha
Our sermon at church was about being a thanker instead of a complainer so I'm trying not to complain too much about all my pains. so you can see how well I'm doing since the first part of this blog is all complainants.

The baby's room is getting really close to being finished! Jacob, Dad and TJ put in laminate hardwood in Charlotte's room this weekend and it looks really good. Right now Jacob and Dad are installing the 3/4 round and then they'll be all finished! woo! Then we can start organizing her room. There are a few little things that I still want to make for her room- mobile, bow holder, and closet dividers. But we'll see.

I miss being crafty. Jacob bought me a Cricut for my birthday and I'm pretty excited about using it. I haven't done anything with it yet because our house is a mess with baby stuff EVERYWHERE, I don't really have a clear place to get all my scrapbooking stuff out. We are working on getting our guest room cleaned out right now too. We are getting rid of some bulky furniture and looking for a computer desk/craft table for the guest room/office. This house is like 1600 sq ft but it feels like it is getting smaller and smaller by the day:)

Ok and now for a survey that I borrowed from a friend's blog (thanks Jen)

How far along? 33 wk, 3 days

Total weight gain/loss:well that's a personal question! I honestly don't remember what my starting weight was exactly but I'm probably up about 30ish pounds:(

How big is baby? I'm not sure. One website said she should be around 4 pounds.

Maternity clothes? yep, That's all I wear.

Sleep: not much lately. I just want to sleep straight through the night.

Best moment this week: Jacob cooking our first thanksgiving :)

Movement: Oh yeah! She's an active lil girl for sure.

Food cravings: Nothing really specific. I just like to eat alot:)

Gender: Girl. But I'm getting worried that the ultrasound was wrong and we end up with a boy and a million frilly pink dresses! ha

Labor Signs: none yet

Belly Button in or out? what belly button? I guess it's still an innie for now

Stretchmarks? none yet. knock on wood.

How are you feeling? This question could get me into trouble as far as the no complaining goes... But seriously, I'm feeling ok. I'm just tired achy, but no major swelling or anything else too bad.

What I am looking forward to: finishing the nursery and my baby shower Sunday!

What I miss: sleep and diet coke:)

Weekly Wisdom: I'll get back to you on this one. I'm not feeling very wise at the moment;)

Milestones: getting the hardwood floor down! woot!

This should be a fun packed week. I have a baby shower at work on Wednesday. I'm off work on Thursday and I have a doctors appt. Saturday I'm helping my mom throw her step daughter a baby shower. I'm making a diaper cake for the shower and I'm pretty excited about it. I've never made one before but it looks easy enough. And Sunday I have my last baby shower in Selmer with my Dad's family.

that's all for now!

32 weeks

I went to the doctor today and everything looked good. BP normal. Heart beat was strong. My belly was measuring at about 32 to 33 weeks. No protein in the urine. Now I have to start going every 2 weeks for my check ups. fun fun. Oh and Charlotte kicked the doctor when he started to measure my belly, pretty funny.
The only real "problem" I've been having is some numbness in different spots and some pain and numbness near the top of my ribs. The doctor says it is intrinsic pressure or something. aka she's getting on my nerves- literally. ha Jacob rubbed my side last night and got her to move down so I could get comfortable enough to sleep. such a good husband:)

Today was a busy day. I ran around shopping some before meeting Dad and Donna for lunch. Then after lunch me and Donna went to Coffman's furniture to order a chair for the nursery. I really like the one we picked. The only down side is that I won't get it for 8 weeks. Anyone want to take bets on who gets here first: The chair or Charlotte?

Also I got the crib bedding in the mail today! yay! It is so pretty, I'm not even sure the pictures do it justice. It was a little tricky making up a crib bed but I finally got it.



I'm happy with the way the bedding turned out. It's very girly so I'm glad we did blue and green on the ceiling and walls to kind of tune it down some. The chair I picked is chocolate brown and I think it will look great with the bright colors.
Last night I made a hat for Charlotte. I am not good at crocheting hats at all. I tried crocheting in rounds and I couldn't get it to look right so I made it with regular stitches and gathered it at the top. I'm not thrilled about it but oh well. I had some left over yarn to play with after I made a blanket for her, so I tried to make a hat. It was a fun experiment. Waldo modeled the hat before I put the tassel on top. He was not amused. Jacob has a picture on his phone of Waldo wearing the hat, he looks like an old lady going to church. I'll have to post it later.

Here's a pic of a blanket I made. It is really soft and a pretty decent size so I can use it too:)
I started another blanket a while ago but I'm only about 40 % done with it (if I decide to make it a smallish blanket).
It's a granny square blanket and it takes me longer to do those than just a regular stitch, I guess because its a lot of starting and stopping. The picture make it look almost red but the main color is hot pink. Charlotte may get here before I finish this:)

Another fun thing I made, a framed excerpt from The Velveteen Rabbit

While I'm talking about things I've made. Check out THIS LINK to a mobile that I want to make. Do we think I could do this or have the time? Or perhaps I should just buy a mobile...but where's the fun in that?

In other news, I have a baby shower this Saturday! Yay! I'm so excited to see everyone. I'll have to take lots of pictures. That is if I can figure my camera out. Me and Jacob have this fancy camera we bought on our honeymoon and the settings have done something funny and we can't figure out how to take a good picture with it. I'm thinking of trading it in for a disposable camera. haha jk Jacob's parents bought us a video camera and it takes regular pictures too...maybe I'll bring that. ok sorry for the side bar about the camera. But really, I can't wait for the shower. There are a few people who aren't going to make it that I wanted to see but seriously I'm surprised that more people aren't going to miss it since it is the weekend before thanksgiving. And the weekend before my birthday:) I can't believe I'll be 27 on Tuesday. Man I'm old;) This is my last birthday before the baby comes. This is the last birthday as Mitzi, next birthday it will be Happy birthday mom:) craziness.

Another exciting thing this weekend is that we (The Hamilton crew) are going to the Memphis vs LSU game Sunday. Should be fun.

There's only one thing that worries me about this busy weekend: When am I going to get to see the new Harry Potter movie??? Jacob is working til 10 Friday. So we may go see HP after the shower Saturday if I'm not too tired.

Speaking of tired, I'm going to nap for the rest of my day off till Jacob gets home.

Bump shot

I will be 31 weeks tomorrow but wanted to do a belly pic early since I got my diaper bag in the mail today (kind of a dual purpose pic)
yay! It's so pretty

My diaper bag

Here's a couple pics of the diaper bag I ordered from etsy. I'm real excited about it:) She's supposed to finish making it for me this week. So hopefully I'll have it next week sometime.

Front of bag:

A peek of the inside: