37 weeks

As of Thursday, I am 37 weeks! I can't believe how close we are!!

Symptoms:

  I have felt SO great until Thursday!  I had so much energy this week and just felt so good.  I was able to get so much done.   But Thursday, I woke up feeling not feeling so great.  I felt nauseous all day and got sick twice.  I also had some mild menstrual type cramping and was just so tired!  I felt somewhat better Friday and much better Saturday.  I have not had much of an appetite this week...I think I have ran out of room to put any food!!

Weight Gain:

Down one from last week...probably due to being sick and not having as big of an appetite. So I am now at 26 lbs.

Maternity Clothes:

Choices are very getting very slim!  I feel most comfortable in a tunic and leggings.

Movement:

I feel like at time she is dancing in my tummy!  We love to just sit and watch my stomach move...its a weird feeling but I love it!

Cravings:

Nothing really

Dr. Appointment:

I went to the doctor on Friday.  He said the nausea could be just have been a touch of a bug or just end of pregnancy stuff.  He said everything looked fine.  I am still measuring fairly big...I measured closer to 40 weeks.  He said he doesn't predict a huge baby but she will definitely be of good size!! 



Playtime

Last week, Anna Riley got to play with her friends Audrey, Emma and Caroline three days in a row so she was in heaven!  She loves those girls!! 

Wednesday, we met Mandy and the girls at the library for Storytime.  We really missed storytime during their break in August.  As soon as the girls got there and came to sit by AR, she started waving really big and said "Hi Guys!" 

After storytime, we went to ChickFilA for lunch and more playtime.

These pictures are with my phone so they aren't great!

She LOVES the cow!  As soon as we pull into ChickFilA she starts screaming "Cow, Cow, MOOO."  She would much rather sit on that cow the whole time!

Thursday, I had a doctor's appointment and my usual sitter had class and Riley had a meeting come up last minute so Mandy kept AR for me.  Mandy sent me this picture while I was at the doctor.  They got to make smores for a snack!  She didn't want to come home and cried when we had to leave! 

Friday morning, we went to Bama Bounders (a gymnastics place) for Preschool Playtime.  This was our first time going because you have to be at least 18 months to play.  I tried taking pictures but trying to keep up with her was hard enough.  Ane the ones I took didn't really turn out because I realized my camera was on the wrong setting the whole time!! 

She loved running up and down the long trampoline.

We then met Daddy for lunch at Tazikis...YUM! 

Ava Kate's nursery

I love the way Ava Kate's nursery turned out.  It is totally different from Anna Riley's and I like that.  There are still a few things I will add later. I would like to get a shelf to go on the wall on the right when you come in and also I will hang one or two of the maternity pictures up as soon as I find frames I like.   

Yes, the frame has Anna Riley's picture in it...it was left over from AR's birthday party and I forgot to take the picture out. 

Football Saturdays

Oh how we love Football Saturdays!!   I have to admit though, we have kind of enjoyed doing things low key this year.  We LOVE tailgaiting but it is a lot of work. We have really enjoyed tailgaiting at home this year.  Bama played a night game this weekend so we decided at the last minute to just go to campus and walk around and eat lunch.  The weather felt great and  I really felt good so we walked quite a bit.  We took Anna Riley to see the statues, had lunch on the quad and let Anna Riley play on the blow-ups for a while.   She and I were both worn out by the time we got back to the car.  She fell asleep on the way home and slept for 3 hours!  We spent the rest of the day being lazy and watching football all day!  It was a great day in football too:  Auburn lost, Tennese lost and Bama won! :) 

I tried to get her to stand on the National Chapionship we won 2 years ago

when I was pregnant with her but no such luck!

Giving Coach Saban high five



36 weeks

Symptoms:  I feel great somedays and not so great the other.  I have had a lot of ligament pains on the right side this week, especially after going walking Tuesday morning.  I am not quite as tired as I have been so that helps a lot.  I still have trouble breathing and I have to take really deep breaths sometimes...this usually happens when I am sitting.  I have had more pain in my back this week.  My belly button is almost completely out.  With Anna Riley, my belly button looked more like a crater or deep hole but its a lot different this time. 

Weight gain: 27 lbs.
Maternity Clothes:  The options are getting very slim
Sleep:  Sleep is not the best.  I have to pee quite a bit and I am literally rolling out of bed.  Also, around 4 or so most mornings, I wake up to go to the bathroom and can't go back to sleep for like an hour.  So, if you get a blog or facebook comment from me in the early morning hours you know why! :)

Movement:  Movement has slowed down a good bit and now when she moves around it usually doesn't feel so great.  I am sure she has ran out of room!

Cravings:  Anything with cream cheese ( I don't think I can really blame that one on pregnancy!!)  I am eating the caramel apple cream cheese dip I talked about earlier in the week as we speak. 

Dr. Appointment:  Everything looked great at my Dr. appointment today.  The group B was negative, iron looked good, weight gain still about a lb, baby measured great so we were all good to go!  Cant believe we are only 3 weeks away!  :)  I am BEYOND ready to meet my sweet Ava Kate!

New Toys...

Or that's what she thinks anyway!!
We have brought home all the baby stuff (except for the swing) from my Father-in-laws basement this week.  Anna Riley thinks she has just gotten lots of new toys to play with.  She carries them all over the house, puts her babies in them, gets in the herself.  It will be interesting to see how she shares these "new toys" with her baby sister.

I'll be good...

For a cookie (or two)!!

These pajamas describe her so well!