29 Weeks and Counting!!

The first week of my last trimester has been quite interesting to say the least. I am already experiencing the swollen feet and ankles on a daily basis, and on occasion swollen hands. I am also having a more difficult time sleeping at night, especially since I have to wake up so often to empty my bladder, partly because I drink so much water and she loves to just kick my bladder. Just last night I fell asleep at 10pm and woke up at 1am and was not able to fall asleep. I've been awake for almost 21 hours straight and I'm exhausted. Oh well...I guess it's just preparation for many of the sleepless nights I will soon encounter in a couple of months.

 

A view from the front

Thank goodness I have an awesome husband who massages my feet every night to help the swelling and discomfort subside a bit. He really has been awesome through this whole experience; I really am lucky!

I do have to vent about some of the weird things that people feel they just need to say to me that in my mind are just not necessary.

1. "Oh you're pregnant!" -- No shit Sherlock, I mean really?! It doesn't take a rocket scientist

     to figure that out.

2. "Wow! You're belly is really popping out! You look like you have a watermelon under    

      there." 

3. "You're soooooo big!! But you look great." -- Did you just throw that last sentence in there 

     because you feel like you stuck your foot in your mouth with the first sentence?! 

I could go on and on with some strange things people tell me, but I'll spare you all and myself from having to repeat some stuff that gets me even more irritable than I already am.

 Side view

I will say that all the discomforts aside I am so in love with this little girl growing inside of me and I can't wait to meet her.

Now What?!

On Saturday, June 5, 2010 I graduated from college with my Bachelors degree in Human Services and I'm trying to figure out what to do with my spare time since I don't have homework or classes to occupy my time.  It's definitely been an adjustment, but I think I'm figuring it out.

 Here I am pregnant with our daughter who is due to arrive in early September 2010, my husband Omar, and "bonus daughter" Desiree.

With my proud parents!

So for now I've just been catching up on some much needed R&R and organizing my life a bit at a time. I have also started coming up with some "crafty" projects to work on in the next few weeks for our "Baby Polie's" room. I already purchased the material to make curtains and some supplies to make some creative artwork to display on the walls. I'll post pictures of those as they get done. Currently "Papa" Beto (my dad) is working on jazzing up her room by sanding and painting the walls. I can't wait to post the before and after pictures once it's all done.

With prepping for her arrival comes the planning of the baby shower; this part has been super fun, especially because my awesome cousin and best friend Eliza has been planning most of it. We already figured out the invite design and can't wait until she returns from her DC/NY trip this weekend so that we can work on them and mail them out the last week of June. This means that I have to get crackin' on our Baby Registries, which can be pretty overwhelming and exhausting. Thankfully my cousin, Vanessa, has offered to help me register and give me pointers on what's not needed and what's really needed. 

So as you can see I now know what to do with my "free" time before the little one arrives in just 12 short weeks.