~* 32 Weeks *~

This marks the 32nd week of my pregnancy. I had an appointment with Dr. Hamburger on Thursday and again it was another good report. His heartbeat was normal at 136 and he is measuring right on the mark. His weight could double before he is ready to leave my belly... it is hard to believe there is any more room in there for him to grow! As you can tell I'm expanding nicely, and we were both fed well this weekend by my family! We all can't wait for the little man to arrive. It will be another 3 weeks and I will make my last trek to Arcadia for the baby shower before my due date. Hopefully by then I am still feeling well! Robby and I have a new addition to our living room, a hand-me-down recliner from my parents! So it is re-arranged a little differently now too and I'm loving it so far... sitting here typing away with my feet up! (which are a bit swollen now) It will come in handy with company coming and being able to rock the baby. We also got the crib from my co-worker Judy this week! It is still in pieces because it's not quite fitting in the place we wanted it in the bedroom. We'll do some more figuring and hopefully get it up yet this week. Our 2nd base for the car seat came in the mail, we washed a bunch of sheets/quilts/etc. for the baby, and Mom and I had fun digging through old baby things at home to get ready and found my baby book. I was 7 lbs 5 oz compared to Robby's 9 lbs 7 oz and he was 22.5 inches long... I think I was 20.5? I'll have to look at the exact measurements again...of course I have already forgotten. Both of us were born naturally, my Mom was in labor longer with me than Rita was with Rob, but it was still under 6 hours. Another thing I found interesting was my Mom's due date for my sister was April 6, 1980, a day before Easter that year. My sister arrived 2 weeks early on March 24, though!!  :-) We got to help my brother celebrate his 35th birthday on Saturday with some great food, family, and of course a lot of laughs. It is always hard to say goodbye to them. Rob and I had our last childbirth prep class Thursday night too. They talked about medications/procedures used during labor/delivery and that we should think about creating our birth plan and going over our wishes with our doctor. I'm not against getting an epidural, but want to try real hard to go as long as I can without one. I know nothing else will matter once I hold my baby for the first time. Next I want to take a breastfeeding class but I won't drag Robby to that one. HA! The weatherman says snow tomorrow...hopefully he is wrong! The bed is calling my name! Goodnight!