Eric and Krystal

Nothing too exciting happened during 36 weeks, but my belly continues to get bigger.  Which means Baby M and I are both running out of room! 

We went to the doctor on Thursday of this last week.  He still says that we are not ready for labor.  He encouraged us to go walking and that will help move things along.  So now I need to find a warm place to walk!  It is too cold to walk outside!!!  The doctor also said that he thinks it will be after Christmas before I will be ready.  That sounds pretty good to me since my doctor will be on vacation over Christmas!  At my last visit the doctor was easing my fears about him being gone, but this time he came in and said that it would not be fair if I went into labor while he was gone because he had taken care of me this whole time!  I thought that was pretty funny!  We heard a nice strong heartbeat and the doctor said it sounded like one happy baby!  The doctor also said the head is down, but it still has to drop a lot more.  I see the doctor again on December 30th and he said he has a pretty good feeling about that visit.  I guess we will have to wait and see!  

Things have still been pretty busy around here!!!

Week 33 included baby shower #3 given by a couple of friends from church.  It was very nice and had a wonderful turnout!  We played a couple of fun games and had some laughs!  Someone at the shower made a good point about us not finding out what we are having.  She said that if we knew what we were having we would have gotten a lot of clothes, but since we don’t know we actually got things we need.  I have to agree! 

Week 34 was Thanksgiving!  We were able to go to my mom’s house for Thanksgiving.  It was a great day!  The weather was slightly warmer and the food was delicious!!!  I felt like I ate a lot, but pretty much anything I eat now feels like a lot!  The baby and I are both running out of room!  That weekend Eric helped me put up the Christmas tree while we listened to Christmas music!  It was a lot of fun!

During week 35 I went to the doctor.  The appointment went really well.  He is happy with my weight gain…which makes me feel really good!  He said that it is not time for the baby to come yet.  I have only had a few contractions that were days apart.  I go back to see him in 2 weeks and I will see him weekly after that.  The doctor helped to ease some of my fears as well.  He is on vacation Dec. 24th-29th so I have been thinking a lot about what will happen if I go into labor while he was away.  He said that all the doctors he works with are wonderful physicians and will definitely take good care of his patients. 

I forgot to mention in the last post that we received more anonymous gifts!  My mom came to baby shower #2 and she helped me bring the gifts home.  As we got to the door we saw a pad for our changing table, a boppy pillow and a bag full of various items like outlet covers, travel size body wash and desitin gift sets, and window shade clings for the car.  I am still in awe that someone has been giving us all of this.  I wish that we could tell them how truly truly thankful we are to them!!! 

I also updated the belly pictures!