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.

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?

How far along? 34 weeks, 4 days
Total weight gain/loss: +28 {Yep, another 5 pounds in 2 weeks. And that’s AFTER cutting out extra crap and upping my fruit & veggie intake. You know what that means? All the ice creams are belonging to ME!}
Stretch marks? For all you haters mad that I haven’t got any…you’ll be happy. I got a stretch mark right over where my belly-bottun ring used to be. Weird.
Maternity Clothes: With the nicer weather, I’ve been able to get away with a few non-maternity outfits.
Sleep: I go back and forth on this. Some nights are great, other nights, not so much. I got up FOUR TIMES one night to pee. Ridiculous, yo.
Best moment this month: Good question. Nothing that stands out, honestly. But nothing has been bad either, so that’s good, right!?
Movement: She’s still on a pretty steady movement schedule. My belly gets totally contorted at times. It’s so weird. But, still no footprints.
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: Braxton hicks contractions have started back up here and there.
Food Cravings: Nope.
Belly Button in or out? Outtie. Dude, someone told me my belly looks like a giant boob and my belly button is the nipple. And it’s cold out.
What I miss: Same as last time…Sleeping through the night. Bending over easily.
What I am looking forward to: Good question. I’m in the inbetween stage right now…I can’t believe we’re less than 6 weeks from my due date and feel nowhere near “ready” but at the same time, I can’t wait to meet our little girl. Craziness, I tell you.
Baby Milestones: Baby weighs close to 5 lbs now. She’ll continue to gain weight but is probably about as long {tall?} as she’ll be at birth.
Other Goodness: Well, we got her new car seat delivered last week. I found the changing pad covers {and a bunch of other stuff I forgot we had!}. Last night, Rylee kissed my belly and said “I love you cute little sister!” Then looked up to me and said “I hope I get to meet her soon.” I nearly died.

My next appointment is June 28 and the first of the pants off variety!

Rylee wanted to be in this week’s picture with Sister. {I love the way she says sister}

Rylee demonstrating for me the “on the hip” way to hold a baby!

And now the one-handed cradle hold. She’s practicing up!

Ahh yes…the name game.

That seems to be the question/topic on everyone’s mind lately!

I suppose that may be because we’re less than 60 days from go-time with this little girl steadily growing in my belly and we have yet to decide on a name.

It’s killing me it’s taken us this long to figure out/decide on a name for this girl. Mostly because with Rylee? Well, we knew that if we had a girl, her name would be Rylee from the time before we were ever even engaged. So, the moment that ultrasound tech told us we were having a girl {well, from the moment I stopped sobbing} we knew we had a Rylee.

Fast forward 4 years. Anytime someone asks the question “So you have a name picked out?” instead of going into a big long explanation of how we don’t, but we have some front runners, blah blah blah, the easiest answer is to just say “nope…she may never!”

We’ve been kicking around names from the day we found out we were having a girl. There’ve been some HELL NOs and some decent potential candidates.

But here’s the thing about “potential candidates”…the second I tell you of the name(s) we’re thinking of, it’s like opening up this big can of worms that almost entitles you to giving us your opinions on said names. And to be totally honest, I don’t care if that name reminds you of a dog’s name or that you knew a girl with that name back in the 7th grade and she was a total yitch.

So, for the most part, we’ve kept our potentials to ourselves.

We’ve gone back and forth on a couple of names. One Andy LOVES, that I actually love too but can’t completely bring myself to say with 100% certainty that THAT should be our baby girl’s name. And another that would be the middle name for Andy’s top pick, that would also be a good first name option.

Back in April, I thought for sure we had the first name decided. It came up on a road trip I threw it out there and Andy said, well why don’t we just have that name be her first name then? SURE! I thought, holy crap that was easy. Then we had to come up with a middle name. Turns out that was just as challenging. Then a few weeks later, Andy tells me “Well… I really still like ____ the best.”

Aaaand…back to square one.

CUE THE HEAD EXPLOSION!

So. That’s where we’re at.

Still no final decision on a name.

We have the two “front runners” but I’m still always throwing new names out there to see if any stick.

Less than 60 days until go-time.

And back to the exploding head bit.

How far along? 32 weeks, 1 day
Total weight gain/loss: +23 {Did you do the math on that one? Let me help you out…I gained 5 pounds in 2 weeks. FIVE POUNDS IN TWO WEEKS! I better tone it the heck down or the answer to my next question will no longer be ‘no’. And, clearly, the obvious thing to do after realizing you’ve gained 5 lbs in 2 weeks is to go to Cold Stone and order some cake batter ice cream with a brownie & fudge mixed in. Clearly.}
Stretch marks? Still none. {And for the record? I’m super happy there’s no question about cellulite because…ew.}
Maternity Clothes: No change since last time.
Sleep: I found that sleeping sitting up helps with keeping the shooting pelvic pains at bay which is great, but then my neck is all jacked up. These last few nights I’ve actually had some decent sleep…it has been glorious!
Best moment this month: Watching Rylee at the “expectant sibling” hospital tour. She is so excited about baby sister.
Movement: She’s on a pretty steady movement schedule these days…and the movements are starting to be more rolls as opposed to kicks & jabs…me thinks she’s starting to run out of room.
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: Not really this week.
Food Cravings: Nothing to really speak of.
Belly Button in or out? Out…and these days Rylee thinks is SUPER FUNNY. Literally, almost every night she will ask to see my belly, I’ll lift up my shirt and she’ll push my belly button and laugh maniacally.
What I miss: Same as last time…Sleeping through the night. Bending over easily.
What I am looking forward to: Finishing up details…we need to get her a new car seat {stupid car seat expirations}, Rylee has told me she wants to be the one to wash up the bottles. I need to figure out where the heck we stored the changing pad covers.
Baby Milestones: Baby weights close to 4 lbs now {or more considering how much mother-trucking weight I’m gaining!} She’s got hair and toenails and fingernails. Eyes are opening and closing. She can see light.
Other Goodness: I’m all pre-registered at the hospital now! Rylee & Andy put the crib together over the weekend. We got Ry’s carseat pulled out of the car, cleaned up and moved to the other side of the vehicle in preparation for Baby Sister’s seat. The sibling tour at the hospital was adorable. The nurse told us that Rylee can help give baby sister her very first bath and help with the footprints if she wants to…Ry is very excited about that!

And hey, if you happen to feel bad about the whole five-pounds-in-two-weeks thing, you could help ease the pain a litle by taking a quick second to vote for le blog on ‘Top Baby Blogs’…they just reset the numbers. {click the badge below, then click the owl on the left to vote…easy peasy}

And hey if not? No big deal.

Ok. Over and Out.