5 More Weeks...

At least I hope there's only 5 more weeks left.  It would be absolutely lovely if it were 4 weeks or something, but I'm not holding my breathe.  I went to the doctor yesterday and everything is right on track, which is good, and I now start going every week.
I wish I could say that the last few weeks have been great, but they have been super hard! I am unbelievably uncomfortable and sleeping at night has become more of a chore than anything.  The last few days have been really warm here, like mid 80's, and I am dying of heat! I'm so so so glad that I won't be pregnant during the summer! There's no way I could handle that.  Besides being super big and uncomfortable, I cry at the drop of a hat.  But, even though I'm sick of feeling like this, I am very thankful that my baby is healthy and I love being able to feel him squirm and stretch and kick none stop every day and night- I swear he does not stop for more than 5-10 minutes ever.
I've already got all of baby's clothes and blankets washed and folded and put away, and we have gone shopping for most everything we'll need once he comes... we think.
Jesse finished his classes last week and he has two weeks off before he starts summer semester.  It's been very nice having him come home from work and there being no homework to take up his evening.  He also started going full time at work, which is really good since I'm not working at all.

And even though I don't like the idea of posting a picture of me and my belly since I feel massive, here is my 35 week belly photo :)

33 Weeks

33 weeks today! My due date is coming up crazy fast! I thought I had all the time in the world to get ready, but now I'm freaking out because I don't think I'll have everything ready in time. I went to the doctor today and I asked him if he would be willing to start me early. Seeing as how both my mom and my sister have a tendency to go past their due dates, I did not want to be in that same situation. Surprisingly, he was all for it and said that if everything was good and ready then he would have me started a week before my due date! That's only 6 weeks away!! Crazy! I'm trying not to get my hopes up, because it's not for sure yet, but I can't help it after hearing that! I really really really hope that I can have my baby a week early!!

I have become super uncomfortable, especially while trying to sleep. I get the worst cramps in my upper leg/hip area when I'm sleeping, so I usually only get about 4-5 hours of uninterrupted sleep before the pain wakes me up and then pretty much keeps me up the rest of the night. My back is in complete pain by the end of every day and I have started getting pretty bad headaches again. Pretty much anyway that I sit makes it difficult to breathe. I am definitely experiencing what people call "pregnancy brain." I can not remember anything to save my life and most of the time I feel like I'm walking around in a daze. BUT, despite all of these annoying and uncomfortable side effects, baby is healthy and growing right on schedule, so I do have a lot to be thankful for. These next few weeks are really going to try my patience as I sit and wait the arrival of my pretty baby, but I will try to still enjoy as much of it as I can :)

Baby Shower

About a week and a half ago, my mom, Heather, and a lady from my mom's ward did a baby shower for me. There was tons of yummy food and I got lots of cute presents from everyone that came. Both my grandmas from Southern Utah were able to come up with Heather, which was great, and a bunch of cousins came as well. I very much enjoyed the presents and seeing everyone!

My Aunt Carolyn made this adorable banner

My sister made this cute diaper cake

There were a couple of cute little babies

Lots of adorable outfits

My grandma Adams made this beautiful baby blanket

And of course, lots of good company

30 Down, 10 To Go

I can't believe I am 30 weeks! It's insane to think that 10 weeks ago we were just finding out that we are having a little boy and now in 10 more weeks we will actually have him here! I'm not gonna lie, it's a little scary. I definitely don't feel very ready, but I'm not sure if you ever really feel 100% ready for something like this. He has been moving like crazy the last couple weeks, I don't think he ever really sleeps, but I guess that's typical baby right there. I love feeling him move around and kick me.. thankfully he hasn't hurt me yet. I don't think I've gotten a full nights rest in about a month now so I'm always super tired and by the end of the day I am super sore and worn out. Not working has been lovely, even though I feel like I never do anything productive during the day. Just within the last couple of days I have noticed that bending over, whether to put shoes on or to pick something up, is a chore. Even with being super uncomfortable, I really can't complain. Everything has gone very smoothly and overall I'm still feeling pretty good.

My 30 week belly

In other news... yesterday my poor little kitty became an "it". She got fixed, and yes, I cried like a baby taking her in because she was so scared and she cried the whole way to the vet. She was super groggy/loopy yesterday but she seems to be feeling much much better today, which is good. She's been super cuddly and sleepy :)

Jesse's birthday was last week, and I'm a bad wife and didn't take any pictures. His present was to get all the parts he needed to fix up his rifle. He also ended up getting a handgun just a couple days later. To say he is very proud of his guns would be an understatement :) but I'm glad he enjoys them. I think that's about it, other than my baby shower, which I will make a seperate post about... hopefully.

6 Months! and an Update

Well, I am officially 6 months along, which means I only have 3 months left til I get to hold my little baby! 3 months definitely does not seem like enough time to get ready for this huge change, but at the same time I am so anxious to actually have him here and 3 months seems like forever away! I just can't wait to meet him. I've been feeling really good lately. The only thing I could do without is the awful leg cramps that wake me up every night. I've tried sleeping with pillows and all that stuff but nothing seems to help... oh well I guess.

In other news, I am now officially done with my job, and oh my goodness I couldn't be more relieved! They still have me come in every couple weeks to help with paperwork and stuff, but I don't mind that because I just go upstairs into the office and everyone leaves me alone, and I get to go in and leave whenever I want.. that's my kind of job. So with all of my new free time I have decided to try some crafty things for spring. I've been successful so far, except I need to fix my wreath (I want to add purple into it to make it more "springy"). Pinterest has definitely become a new best friend to me :)

Jesse and I have also been called to be youth Sunday school teachers in our ward. We will be teaching the 14 year olds. We got to meet them yesterday and they seem really fun, so hopefully we can be good teachers for them. I've only every been in Primary so far, so I'm super excited to be with the youth.

24 Weeks and an Update

I am now 24 weeks along in this pregnancy. The past few weeks have seemed to go by so fast! I'm so excited for my little guy to come, but at the same time, I'm getting really nervous. I know they always say that the whole mothering thing comes naturally, but to think that in just a couple months I will be in charge of taking care of a tiny little baby scares me. I am so glad that I live so close to my parents... I have a feeling they, and especially my mom, will be the ones to get me through the first little while. But like I said, I am still so excited to finally have him here. As for how I'm feeling physically, I'm doing really good. My back and legs get really sore sometimes, but other than that I really don't have any complaints.

In other news, this past week I decided that

1. It was time to quit my job

and 2. It was time to chop my hair off and get the "mom do" as everyone I see calls it- and I don't regret chopping 11 inches off at all!

It's such a relief to finally have put in my two weeks at my job. I've been wanting to quit for a while (like 2 years) and have just never had a good reason to, and I was too scared to get another job and have to learn a bunch of new stuff. So I decided that with me only working like 6 hours a week right now, and me

only being a few months away from having a baby, now would be the perfect time to finally do it. As it gets closer to spring I would've had to of started working long shifts standing on a concrete floor in an 80 degree building, and there's no way I was going to put myself through that being 7-8 months pregnant, so I quit while I still could. I'm excited to have just a few months where I don't have to worry about school or work and I can complet

ely focus on getting things ready for baby. I am going to try to start crocheting a blanket, and with our tax return money I get to buy a sewing machine, so I want to try to make a few baby things with that too. I'm determined to become a crafty person :)

22 Weeks

Here is my ever-growing belly at 22 weeks. I can't believe I'm more than halfway done with cookin this baby! But at the same time I can't believe that I still have 18 weeks left.. I'm getting super anxious to have him here! I'm still feeling pretty good, except for the massive headaches I'm getting almost daily now, and the heart burn after eating anything... that's no fun.

Jesse and I have decided on a name for the little guy, it's going to be Walter Carroll Barocio. He'll go by Wally. He'll be named after Jesse's great Uncle Walter and my Grandpa Willard Carroll Jones. I think it has a nice ring to it... and I just love the "old people" names for some reason.