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Again, only if he’s healthy is he allowed to come 2 weeks early! But I sure hope he’s going to be healthy enough for it! LOL I’ve noticed more and more how much this little guy dances around when music is playing, whether on my phone, on the radio or just on the tv/movie playing in the background. My pelvic pain is lessening, but it’s still very noticeable. Especially if I walk to much. Which probably means no zoo trip before the baby comes. 🙁 Drats!

Here’s what Babycenter says about 31 weeks…

This week, your baby measures over 16 inches long. He weighs about 3.3 pounds (try carrying four navel oranges) and is heading into a growth spurt. He can turn his head from side to side, and his arms, legs, and body are beginning to plump out as needed fat accumulates underneath his skin. He’s probably moving a lot, too, so you may have trouble sleeping because your baby’s kicks and somersaults keep you up. Take comfort: All this moving is a sign that your baby is active and healthy.

Not much has happened with the house since last week…but today I am working on cleaning downstairs. I have TONS of laundry to fold/hang and put away. The kids are starting to clean up their toys…starting is the key word. Plus I’m planning on emptying out the remainder of the office downstairs so we can clean the carpets and move the kids down there. With only single digits in weeks left I’m really getting anxious to finish organizing. I also have to take KitKat back to the vet today. I didn’t get him in for his follow up since Steve and I were gone for our Anniversary weekend, and then last week was crazy busy so today is the day. Let’s hope he’ll be okay and cooperate with the vet.

here’s the first full filled out page that I’ve done…I’m almost done with pages 2 and 3 but I’m trying to come up with more side dishes. 🙂 I’m not very creative!!!

So I saw this on another website (Craftzine) and LOOOOOOOVED the idea!

My sister, Annette, loves it too. I’m making mine a little different…including side dishes as separate magnets. My sister likes the same sides with every meal so her magnets will probably include the main dish boldly stated and then the side dishes listed below. I never know what sides we have in the house, let alone what we should have, so Steve came up with having them separately. I’ll upload my printable dishes when I’m done, just to show you how it turned out. I’m SO excited! Hopefully this will help ME be a better homemaker/cook…hopefully! 🙂

Yay…30 weeks! The end is getting nearer…which also means interrupted sleep in getting nearer. But I’m getting excited. I really want to get more things organized and we’re actually getting closer to switching rooms (kids into office, nursery into kids room). Steve, Spencer and Evie have finally all felt the baby move – usually when Steve puts his hand on the belly the baby stops moving – but he was able to feel him. 🙂

So, here’s the update of the 30 week baby growing in my tummy:

Your baby’s about 15.7 inches long now, and he weighs almost 3 pounds (like a head of cabbage). A pint and a half of amniotic fluid surrounds him, but that volume will decrease as he gets bigger and takes up more room in your uterus. His eyesight continues to develop, though it’s not very keen; even after he’s born, he’ll keep his eyes closed for a good part of the day. When he does open them, he’ll respond to changes in light but will have 20/400 vision — which means he can only make out objects a few inches from his face. (Normal adult vision is 20/20.)

So I’ve been dying to get Spencer’s hair cut lately but just have not had any time to do it. Now that preschool is done, the baby shower is done, school is out (for nieces and nephew), and our anniversary weekend is over I felt like today was a good day to do it. SO, before I went into work (to review surveillance video), I met up with Annette at a hair salon to get Spencer AND Evie AND Annette’s hair cut. Spencer went first and then Evie (and Annette had a different girl doing hers at the same time). I love that this lady actually made his hair do the whole spikey look and not just one length on the top….

And then it was Evie’s turn. I asked her how short she wanted it and she used her fingers to show me about 2 inches off of her head. I. THINK. NOT! I told her it had to be longer than her shoulders so she decided to her shoulders would work…then we asked for a little longer just for my benefit! She did great and her hair looks so healthy and cute! It’s sad this is her first hair cut…even a trim…and that her 3 1/2 year old hair was looking really damaged and dry on the ends. I just never wanted to lose what hair she had since it took that long to grow it out!!! But I should have gotten it trimmed a long time ago. She loves it. I love it. It looks so cute!

I did not get pictures of Annette’s ‘after’ hair so maybe I’ll have to snap a few when I get back to her house!

I have 11 weeks left – hopefully only 9 weeks (that means he’s within that 2 weeks early/late window that doctors like to have and that he’d still be able to come home if he is healthy enough). Wow…that’s crazy…to think I could have single digits of weeks left until this little guy is here with us! Whoa…we’d better get a move on and get the house ready!

Your baby now weighs about 2 1/2 pounds (like a butternut squash) and is a tad over 15 inches long from head to heel. His muscles and lungs are continuing to mature, and his head is growing bigger to make room for his developing brain. To meet his increasing nutritional demands, you’ll need plenty of protein, vitamins C, folic acid, and iron. And because his bones are soaking up lots of calcium, be sure to drink your milk (or find another good source of calcium, such as cheese, yogurt, or enriched orange juice). This trimester, about 250 milligrams of calcium are deposited in your baby’s hardening skeleton each day.

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Steve and I are *almost done cleaning out the office. Next we’ll use a carpet cleaner to make sure it’s nice and clean before we move the kiddos downstairs. They are really excited to be switching rooms. It’s a little smaller than the room they have now but hopefully since their toys and such are all downstairs already it won’t be a big difference.

We also moved the computer desk upstairs in our front room (well, the corner where the stairs, front room and kitchen meet). So far I’m liking it. We can always put it in our room or do what we were originally thinking and put the office and the nursery stuff in the same room…not sure how that would work once we had a crawler/climber but we’ll see what happens!

I’ve finally gotten around to putting more pictures up around the house and taking down the prints that come with the frames! LOL No more bears on my wall! We’ve decided to wait on getting new couches until we stock up on more food storage. We’ve really been wanting to feel more ‘prepared’ lately…food storage, killing debt as fast as possible, legal paperwork, etc. We are planning to move the small couch from downstairs to our upstairs front room and then just have the long couch and rocking chair downstairs. One day I’ll get those couches replaced…they are SO not my style! BUT, I will be glad to have a couch upstairs again…gives me another spot to read instead of my bed or the rocking chair. I’m also getting little projects done that I’ve been putting off…like putting my piano music in sheet protectors.

I’m trying to take it easy since I’ve already had a preemie and that’s what the Dr said is the only criteria to have another one. I’ve also been experiencing pelvic pain that I didn’t experience with my other two kids. I haven’t asked the doctor yet wether or not I need to worry about it, but I did look online and read about it…it is common during pregnancy when the body is preparing itself for labor/birth…I’m just hoping it doesn’t mean it’s preparing for the next few weeks!

Ok…that’s probably long enough. 🙂

Now this is just awesome! If I had a Star Wars fan in my household I would SO buy this! HOW FUN!

I have an awesome boss. Truly awesome. He’s always trying to find ways to help me and my family, making sure we’re all doing okay and seeing if there is anything they can do to help us. Today he randomly asked if Steve and I would like to spend some time away from the kids before the next baby comes and if that could be arranged. He gave us one of his free nights at the Zermatt Resort in Midway, UT.

It looks like so much fun! And, even though I’ve heard it’s pricey ($30-$40 per person), their seafood buffet looks SO GOOD!

Indoor/Outdoor pools…being surrounded by beautiful mountains…lots of things to do in the surrounding areas…it just looks so nice – and compared to what we were thinking (dinner/movie/sleep at home while the grandparents have the kids)…I’m excited!

Thanks Brent! This is above awesome!

Wow – my oldest is a Preschool Graduate! They were having a luau and for the last part, we were invited to come. They sang us a few songs, did the Pledge of Allegiance, sang The Star Spangled Banner, and a few other things to show some of what they learned over the school year. Miss Jamie then presented the kids with candy necklaces, personal certificates, and little diplomas. Spencer received the “Ninja Turtle Certificate” – because he came out of his shy shell and showed his fun personality to everyone. I’m so excited he was able to get comfortable with everyone – gives me hope for all of his future classes and other life events! Plus Miss Jamie gave me so many tips on how to handle a kid who gets frustrated quickly when trying something new (like reading).

I took quite a few pictures, some did not turn out very well, some I got around to fixing the lighting/others I didn’t, and I realized I took more pictures of Spencer’s side of the class than the others (hope the other mom’s weren’t AS biased as I was and have more to share!) Here’s a gallery of pictures (just so I don’t have to upload and insert one at a time). Click to see the pictures larger!

This morning was my 28 week check up. I started with drinking the glucose drink (5 minutes to drink it) – which is really not that bad – and after an hour had my blood drawn. While I was waiting I had my check up. Dr Young said I was measuring fine and asked me how everything was going – no cramping, feeling the baby move, etc. I told him how Steve never really gets to feel the baby (or other babies) move and he told me a little trick…use an electric toothbrush! All you have to do is put the base against the tummy for 15-20 seconds and the vibration will wake the baby up. LOL – I’m SO going to try that! Is that mean? Oh well!

Here’s some great news (well, for me!). Dr Young told me when I’ll be able to stop getting the progesterone shots! He said most doctors will  wait until 36 weeks, but he’ll check to make sure my cervix isn’t ‘opening’ at 34 weeks and if it’s not, he’ll let me stop then. I can handle only 6 weeks left of hip shots! SCHWEET!