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Here We Go Again: June Update, I carried a watermelon?

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How far along? 36 weeks, 3 days
Total weight gain/loss: +30
Stretch marks? Still with the one right over the top of where my belly-button ring used to be.
Maternity Clothes: DOWN WITH PANTS! I’m officially on the anti-pants bandwagon…they are just plain not flattering or comfortable at this point. Save for one pair of capris, it’s all about stretchy skirts and dresses for me now…assuming this darn Oregon weather decides to cooperate with my movement!
Sleep: The last few nights I’ve only had to get up once a night to pee. It has been glorious.
Best moment this month: Rylee helped me go through more baby stuff last weekend. I started packing a bag for the hospital.
Movement: She’s still on a pretty steady movement schedule…AKA lots of movement.
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: B-hicks contractions and some cramping these last few days. Oh, and baby girl has been straight-up head-butting my cervix. That’s super fun.
Food Cravings: Must. Eat. All. The. Things.
Belly Button in or out? Outtie.
What I miss: Perhaps you should read this post.
What I am looking forward to: See above. Haha.
Baby Milestones: Baby weighs close to 6 lbs now and the size of a watermelon! At the end of this week she’ll be considered full term!
Other Goodness: Me telling Andy about my cramping/contractions has him on code orange so this weekend (or who knows, maybe he’ll do it today) we’ll get the car seat installed and finish packing our bag for the hospital.

And just for fun, this is the last photo I have of being pregnant with Rylee, so I figured another belly-to-belly was in order!

The Big Sister Bucket List

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With less than 4 weeks to go before Baby Sister will be making her appearance, we’ve been trying to squeeze in as much fun as possible lately with a certain 4 year old that is at just the right age to go do ALL! THE! FUN! THINGS!

When I was newly-ish pregnant, we started thinking of things that Rylee would like to do before baby sister was born.

{Now, I’m not the type to become a hermit once this baby is born, but I’m also not the type to go on a Target run or rafting trip with a 3 day old, ya know?}

So, with that, we developed a “Big Sister Bucket List” of sorts.

We started crossing things off our metal list back in April when we hit the beach for the weekend. Then more recently, when Rylee shot her first bow, we hit up her first Em’s Baseball Game {complete with popcorn, a soft pretzel & local ice cream in a batting helmet bowl!} and took her to see her very first movie in a theater {complete with a giant tub of popcorn w/ butter and skittles!}.

 

We’ve been having fun. {and eating a lot!}

Other things on the list include bowling – car camping – kayaking – shooting her gun for the first time. {All per the kid’s request!}

We’ve already got plans in the works for the camping and shooting her gun.

Bowling will be easy.

Now, anyone have a kayak we can borrow?

{Preferably within the next 2 weeks? HA!}

Wonderings…

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{Not to be confused with wanderings…I’m not doing too much of any wandering lately}

These days I catch myself in almost a trance-like state, day dreaming and wondering…

What will labor be like this time?…What will she look like?…Will she look identical to her big sister the way my sisters and I look so much alike?…Will she have any hair?…Will it be red? What are the chances?…What color will her eyes be? Blue like her dad and sisters or hazel like mine? …Will she be a champion sleeper like her sister?…Will she love baths?…What will her cry sound like?…Will she like to ride in the car?… Will she like to be swaddled?…What will her favorite foods be?…What will end up being her lovey?…Will she be into sports?…Will she be a daddy’s girl?…Will Rylee adore her like I think/hope she will?…Will she adore her big sister?

Just a few more weeks until we find out, little one.

I can’t wait to meet you!

My Own Little Brave

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Y’all have heard about the movie Brave, right? About the red headed archer? I just watched the trailer for the first time a few minutes ago. {Seriously, just watching the trailer I got that HELL YEA YOU GO GIRL! feeling.}

Last weekend among the umpteen other things we had on the agenda, we had to make time to take Rylee to shoot her first bow. And by we had to, I mean there was no ifs-ands-or buts about it. And for a very special reason.

I spent nearly 4 years working for one of the largest bow manufacturers in the world. Through my time there I met a lot of amazing people. One of which, being this guy down below, Ray Howell. He founded a 1-on-1 youth mentoring program based out of Minnesota called Kicking Bear. Over the years, Kicking Bear has grown by leaps and bounds and it is truly just an amazing program.

Anyway, even since I’ve left the bow company I’ve stayed in contact with Ray. When he was in town last summer, we had him over for dinner and at that point he said that he would love to teach Rylee how to shoot her first bow. Well I found out on Friday that he was going to be in town for only the weekend, and working an event at Cabela’s. So Saturday, between the k-9 police competition and my cousin’s graduation party we swung into Cabela’s to see Ray and Rylee got to shoot a bow for the very first time.

 The entire rest of the weekend, that was all Rylee could talk about.

Safe to say, I think she’s hooked.

In related news: I think we’re going to be knocking something off of our baby bucket list this weekend and taking Ry to see her very first movie in the theater!

Kind of over it.

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First of all, I know how much of a blessing it is to have a healthy, full term pregnancy and that not all women are able to carry full term. I really do.

But let me tell you, God knew what.was.up when He designed women. You find out you’re pregnant and you’re so excited, it seems like your due date is so far away and you just can’t wait. Then somewhere along the way you have a panic attack and think, holy crap we’re already this close to the due date!? Then again, further on in the pregnancy as you get loser to your due date, you can’t help but think could these last few weeks go any slower!?

And I knew this time would come, it was just a matter of when. When I was pregnant with Rylee, it happened about 2 weeks before my due date. It seems as with most things this pregnancy, it’s happening much sooner this time around.

Yep, that’s right. I’ve reached the point of pretty much being over it. Ready to be done.

I’m sure these feelings have absolutely nothing to do with…

The fact that my stomach feels like it’s on a constant state of stretch. * That every time I stand up I have to pee. * That I feel like if I make any sudden movements I may accidentally fart at an inopportune time. * That I’ve already gained more weight so far that I did my entire pregnancy with Ry. * That each morning when my alarm goes off, the first thing that pops into my head is an inappropriate 4-letter word, no matter how much sleep I got. * Armpit Boobs. * Occasional cankles. * The waddle. * That with the amount of panting and huffing and puffing I do, it sounds like I just completed level 3 of The Shred and all I did was change my pants without sitting down first. * Spreading feet. * Leg cramps in the middle of the night. * The lack of mojitos I am able to consume. * That I can’t bend over to reach my toes. * That I can’t bend forward in the car to pick something up off the floor. * That if I sit too long, my hips hurt. * If I stand too long, my back hurts. * If I lie down for too long, my hips just flat out don’t work. * That I get a muffin top when I put on my elastic waisted maternity pants. * That I’m up about 4 times a night just to pee.

And yes, I’m fully aware I still have FOUR WEEKS TO GO.

The good news is this feeling really does come and go. And apparently I don’t look ready to be done. Just today I’ve received a handful of compliments…saying I look all cute and fancy and what not. One person even told me I’ve got that “pregnancy glow”.

Little do they know I’m only wearing a dress because I didn’t feel like putting on pants today.

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Updated 6.21 to add: You know the best part of all this? I KNOW I’m not alone! My girl Brandy, due less than a week after me is on the same page, and even blogged about it today not even realizing I had done the same thing! This is why I love this girl!

What about you? When did you hit the point of just plain being done? What were the things that drove you to that point?