34 weeks...Oh my!

Our sweet Cambric at my 30 week 3D scan

How far along: 34 weeks... and boy am I feeling it!

Size of the baby: The size of a large cantaloupe, although my belly looks the size of a watermelon!

Maternity clothes: Thank the Lord for Lauren Dubose!!! She has let me borrow a lot of her maternity clothes to help get me by. I have barely bought any because they are so expensive. If I have bought clothes I just get it in a larger size. But you can't really do that with pants and thankfully Lauren had a lot of pants/capris/shorts to share with me.

I bought a larger size in jeans because I wanted some skinny jeans and all the pregnancy ones were way too expensive. Well let's just say the baby is not a fan of skinny jeans. The moment I put them on I start having contractions! So I guess you could say my uterus doesn't like skinny jeans!!!!

Gender: B-O-Y! I had a small freak out one day thinking "What if he is a she? I've already connected to this baby as a boy and I just wouldn't know what to do......" And the small meltdown went on. Until I had my 3D scan and she showed us his man parts again! Whew!

Sleeping: Oh how I miss thee! It's not necessarily that I'm getting any less sleep then I did before pregnancy because I woke up a lot then too but now it is to get up and go pee every few hours or waking up to contractions. You know how when you start having contractions and they tell you to lay on your left side to see if it helps. Well when I lay on my left side it either makes me start contracting or they intensify. Plus every time I roll over I have a contraction. Therefore when I wake up in the morning I feel like I've been jogging in a marathon!

And let me just say...Please stop telling me my body is just getting me ready for when the baby comes. It doesn't make me feel any better about me not sleeping! ;)

What I miss: my old clothes and body. I've had a few days recently where I just really wanted to wear some of my old clothes and I even put them on hoping that if I wore a long shirt underneath it would still look cute. NOPE!!!! When it comes to your belly button it is definitely too short!!!!!

Symptoms: SWOLLEN!!!! Now that I'm on modified bed rest, I have realized I am start to swell from sitting and laying a lot!!! And yes I am drinking plenty of fluids!!! The other day after the Ranger's game (yes I went to the Rangers game when I was suppose to be home laying down) I was very swollen. I had to prop my feet up in a chair. Then I noticed my students started doing it also. I had to explain to them why I get to do it and they don't. These poor children. By the time I have Cambric they are going to know much more about pregnancy than their parents probably care for them to know! :)

Let's see another symptom would be those wonderful contractions! I went to Labor and Delivery AGAIN a few weeks ago and they had to stop them. I keep thinking this baby is going to be early because of all this, but he is probably going to show us all and come exactly at 40 weeks...I refuse to speak of any date after. ;)

Me leaving the hospital at 1am, doped up. I'm sexy and I know it!

Oh and the feeling that he is trying to escape down there is always present! :)

Cravings: FOOD! I just want to eat all the time. Especially sweets!!!! Before the Ranger game I was craving ballpark nachos really bad! thank the Lord we were going to the game soon! I have also been craving cinnamon rolls. There are these WONDERFUL Rhodes frozen cinnamon rolls that I buy and you let rise overnight. I just realized that they are 500 something calories for each roll. WHOOPS!!!!

Best Moment: My kids constantly ask me questions about the baby. But not too long ago  I got the questions "How is he going to come out" and "Where does the baby come from?" Let's just say I said something along the lines of "Oh we really need to get to work now but I bet if you ask your mommy and daddy, they will tell you." I was expecting a phone call the next day but it never came....

My cousin and his family are in from California and last night his 5 year old kept looking at my belly and laughing and saying "You got a BIG belly" or "Your gonna have a BIG baby!" Lol Let's hope he isn't right on the second one!

Oh and we also went to a baby care class last week. Let's just say THANK YOU JESUS that Troy did not go with me to my breastfeeding class! When they showed a video to us that had a few different women breastfeeding, Troy started laughing. Therefore I started laughing. Therefore 40 other people in the room got to see how immature my husband and I are!!! I enjoyed watching him change our baby's diaper though! :)

I almost forgot we had our family shower's not too long ago.... We feel so blessed  & loved by everyone!!!! We have the best family and friends!!! here are a few pictures of the invites and decor. Not sure why I didn't have a picture on my phone of the decorations at my mom's house. I must have been really thinking about that yummo cake and cupcakes! :) 

My family/friends shower invite

Don't these cupcakes and the cake look awesome!!!!! Everything was pea in the pod themed. LOVE IT!
 

Tuttle family/family friends shower invite

Troy's mom has a friend who decorates for parties professionally and she was one of the hosts so of course she decorated!  Didn't she do a great job?



*Side note on the baby pea in the pod on my cake. My nephew Austin wanted the head so he wrapped it up in a towel and carried it around all day. lol He will be a good daddy one day! :)