Baby updates: I don't know why, but over the past week, our excitement level for baby to get here has literally skyrocketed. I think the transition into May brought everything into reality that our sweet little girl is right around the corner. Graduation is over, Kauai is over, everything we were previously counting down to is over, and now all of our focus is directed towards June 10. Sometimes I feel like this little girl is literally trying to kill me though, with love. Her movements have become so pronounced and intense that they verge on the point of being painful. The time of cute, sweet kicks are over. Movement now consists of full body outstretches. There have been times were I can literally see limbs poking underneath my skin. But of course, this is all with love...right? We also had a baby appointment last week and our baby measured in at roughly 5 pounds 6 ounces, which put her in the 50.1 percentile; so she is right where she is supposed to be. Our next appointment is on the 14th, and then after that they move to weekly appointments!
As far as graduation and Kauai are concerned, those two weeks were the best way to spend our last hoorah and it's all better demonstrated in pictures. Here's a few: (all of the rest are on facebook)
And since I am all about countdowns, here's the new and updated version:
Mom arrives in Hawaii: 20 days
Dad arrives in Hawaii: 28 days
Bruce and Sherri arrive in Hawaii: 30 days
Baby Barnes: 34 days
AH, AH, AH!!
How far along: 35 weeks
Due date: June 10, 2014
Sleep: Bathroom breaks all day, all night. Sleep has also become undoable in the sense that I wake up in pure discomfort. Hip pains, back pains, I need a waterbed.
Best moment of this week: Of the week? How about of the past four weeks? Graduation, Kauai, FAMILY, Maternity Pics, etc.
Miss anything: After 8 months of being pregnant, I guess I am just ready to be normal again (ha), I want to be able to hold my little girl in my arms, not just in my belly.
Movement: Oh yes, borderline painful movements; such pronounced movements that I can see my stomach moving out of the corners of the my eyes and sometimes wonder if other people see them too and get freaked out...
Food cravings: I haven't had craving for foods, but I have had a craving for smells, non-food related smells, and weird smells at that.
Anything making you queasy or nauseous: I caught the flu, and that made me nauseous, but that's completely un-pregnancy related.
Labor signs: No, but I should probably become more familiar with them soon.
Belly button in or out: Out. You can officially see it through my shirts.
Stretch marks: Yes, on my hips; but I think I am over-exaggerating them because I pointed them out to my doctor and he laughed in my face and said "come back to me when you have real stretch marks!"
Wedding ring on or off: On
Happy or moody most of the time: So happy! And SO EXCITED! 34 days, WHAAAA?
