~*~ Week 34 ~*~

I took this week off from work and thank god I did because I really needed a break! Taking care of Eric and the dog and trying to get things together really is taking a lot out of me. I know maternity leave wont be a walk in the park but I am looking forward to that time as well :o) Things are pretty much the same this week. Quick recap. . . . tons of peeing, back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, my feet which I cant see hurt, no stretch marks, exhaustion, heart burn, indigestion, ect. . . Logan is definitely moving around more, I woke up this morning thanks to his morning kickfest. Now that I've broken that down here is whats new. Today Eric has promised me he is going to buy the carpet for Logan's room, maybe I'll be able to push him into also getting curtains :o) Wish me luck with that. Yesterday we painted the letters for Logan's name in his room which I plan to put on the wall by his crib. Here are the letters. . .

So onto Logan's development up to this week. He is the size of your average cantaloupe. From head to heal he is around 18 inches and 4 3/4 pounds.

Internally he is putting layers of fat which will allow him to regulate his body temperature. At this point his lungs are well developed and if something were to happen and he were born now 99% of babies can survive outside of the womb and have no long term issues.

Here are the belly pictures bare belly and covered belly. . .

And here I am playing with photo shop :o)

Connectiuct Baby Shower

This past Sunday I had my Baby Shower here in Connecticut. It was hosted by my wonderful In-laws . . . Xan, Mom P., and Corey. . . with help from others, I am truly so grateful! I had so much fun catching up with friends and family! So first off here was my arrival. . .

Then here I am mingling with a very good friend of mine Lindsay we go way back to UConn!

They did a game where everyone had to guess with string how big my belly was so here is my sister in law Xan taking my measurement. . .

Here is the girls of the Ponticelli family along with the newest addition Owen (Corey's son)

I'm chatting it up with Mom P.

Getting some practice in holding my nephew Owen. He is such a cutie!

Getting ready to start the gift opening. . .

Xan put together this little laundry line of outfits. . . Yay Giants. . . Boooo Red Sox!

Logan's first Winnie!

Corey picked up this little gem. . .I LOVE IT! Eric. . . .not amused. . .LOL

I'm sure this toy will drive me nuts eventually. . . .

This is the outfit Eric and his siblings wore to their Christening it was made by my mother in laws mother and Logan will wear it too.

My in-laws are alumni of Ohio State. . .

Very key piece of equipment especially for a paranoid person like me :o)

This was made for Logan by a family friend named Sara. . .its beautiful!

Me with the It's A Boy sign. . .

Look at that huge belly!

My little flower girl. . . Emily :o)

Corey and I

Xan and I

The Ponticelli Girls!

Me and Mom P.

Sara, Emily, and I

Eric and I

Eric and I again :o)

Yup that's my husband. . .

Taking a load off after a fun day :o)

Again a special thanks to everyone who planned this party for us and for all of those who came to celebrate little Logan!

~*~ Week 33 ~*~

Getting closer. . . sorry it's late. My husband Eric had surgery so I have been at his beck and call. . . which really isn't fair I mean I'm almost 8 months pregnant and taking care of him and a dog with all of my fun, awesome side effects of pregnancy! Anyways so I had my last doctors appointment last Thursday which weighed me in at a whooping 36 pounds gained so far. . . ouch!!! But everything looks good so far not dilated yet but definitely feeling those good ole' Braxton hicks contractions. I can also tell that Logan is getting so much bigger because I feel him rolling around. . .it's the weirdest feeling and very hard to describe. I can't wait until he is here but we are still working on getting everything together. We need to get some carpet in Logan's room, some furniture, and tons of other essentials. We will get there. . .I hope. Anyways on to development. . .

Logan is the size of a pineapple. He is a little over 4 pounds and 17 inches. . .he is still putting on weight!

Internally, Logan's skin is becoming less wrinkled and red since he is packing on the pounds. Also his bones are hardening but his skill is still pliable which will help him go through the birth canal.

Here is this weeks belly picture. . . I became brave and went bare belly for this shot. . . I look HUGE!

*~* Week 32*~*

Today marks 32 weeks and we are getting there. Logan is still sitting really high up making life for me pretty uncomfortable. I forgot to update this info on the blog but last Sunday Eric felt Logan kick for the first time. He was like "Oh that's it" well if it was any more than those little bumps I don't think I would survive pregnancy. . .I mean what does he think the baby's arm is gonna pop out of my belly button and shake his hand LOL. But this heart burn and swelling is really rough. This past week Eric was shocked when he saw how swollen my feet got, it was so bad I could barely bend my toes and my sandals didn't fit :o( Other than that my still no stretch marks. . . but Logan is sitting high up and I'm greatly looking forward to him moving down a bit giving my lungs some room to expand :o)

So this week Logan is about the size of jicama. He is about 16 3/4 inches and 3 3/4 pounds (which we know from my sonogram he is actually heavier than that)

Internally Logan's fingernails and toenails have come in. Also he may have a full head of hair. And my uterus is sitting so high that it may be causing more heart burn (yes I can confirm this!)

And the belly picture. . . which Eric messed up this morning. . .he caught me with my eyes closed so I did some photo shop magic to bring you this weeks Belly Bump :o)

~*~ Week 31 ~*~

Sorry the post is late but it has been an insane week! Well lets start off with Thursday morning. It started off like any other morning I woke up. . .pee'd like 30 times and got ready for work. . . still going normal I got into my car to start my morning commute. I made it about 5 minutes down the road from my house and then my normal morning became not so normal. While I was stopped at a stop light in traffic a gentleman to my right made a not so smart move. He decided it would be a great idea to try to pull out quickly from the McDonald's parking lot between myself and a tractor trailer. . . he thought he could cut across the right lane and hop into the left. Well the other car traveling in the left lane (who had the right of way) was unable to avoid the impact and he was pushed into my car. Yes my 2010 Subaru Forester. . .my "Mommy Mobile" ugh! I was sideswiped and shaken around a bit. Well considering that I work in insurance I went into adjuster mode pulled over and went immediately to the tractor trailer guy and begged him to wait for the police as an unbiased witness (which he did, I mean how can you deny a pregnant lady right?). Then came the task of exchanging information with the other 2 drivers and speaking with police. . . yadda yadda yadda. My wonderful husband came to the scene right away for support and well he's also an adjuster for accidents. After everything was all said and done although the impact was minor it was thought that the best thing to do was to go to the doctor and get checked out. Since I was supposed to have an appt later in the day anyway I called and moved up the appt. I wasn't going to treck it to the hospital if there was no need.

The appt started off just like any other appt. weight, blood pressure. . . ya know how it goes. . . btw up to 32 pounds, that was a tough one to take. Then time to sit down with the doctor, yup I was sent directly to the hospital :o( It's standard procedure that no matter how minor the accident is, pregnant women must be monitored for 4 hours. So called into work told them I wasn't going to make it and off to the hospital my husband and I went. There I was in the maternity ward. . . 2 months early hooked up to monitors, IV and the whole deal. Well turns out that tightening and cramping I was feeling was something called a CONTRACTION. Yeah how was I supposed to know. . . this is my first trip round the block ya know?!? So since I was experiencing contractions I was then told I would need to be kept for 7 hours. Now all I had to eat all day was 3 pieces of toast and I was told I was not allowed to eat anything! UGH!!! Then in comes the doctor again and it was time for a sonogram :o) I did enjoy getting to see little Logan. As she was looking around and taking measurements I was paying close attention. . .he is so big now that they looked at him in sections, so I'm asking what's that big thing there. . . "oh that's his head" great. . .it looks huge. . .that has to come out some how ya know. . . not looking too promising for me! Then she says yup that is definitely a boy. . . Eric was so proud! And enj0yed pointing out his balls as well. . . yup that's my husband. Well aside from our little bit of entertainment the Doctor noticed that Logan was moving into position. . . now I needed to stay overnight. I guess you could call it our dry run. Eric got to sleep on the daddy pull out couch, I had to try to sleep with all the monitors and IV hooked up and every time I moved Logan would move causing a nurse to come into the room and although they tried not to wake me they did in order to move around the monitors. What a stressful 2 days that was. Yes so to all of you pregnant women out there. . . don't get into a car accident. . . its really not a good time. But it was nice that my husband was there for me, got me McDonald's and Ice cream once I got the go ahead to eat. He slept by my side and the next day when it was his birthday. . .he took me shopping to get some more maternity clothes :o) I really love my husband!

So now onto the next thing. . . Sunday morning. . . I was planning on sleeping as late as I possibly could. . . and then the phone rings. I see it's my PIC Corey, my husband's sister in law. Now her due date was May 4th. But I figure if she is calling me at 7am it may be a call I want to answer. . . It was my brother in law, they are at the hospital and the baby is coming. . . so we got ready in seconds flat and ran back to the hospital that we just left 2 days ago. And at 9:33 am we were surprised with the news it's a BOY!

Here is me congratulating my brother in law. . .

Here are the girls of the family. . . my sister in law Xan and Corey. . .

Uncle Eric. . . he's getting his practice in now. . .

And here I am pregnant belly and all. . .

His debut. . . Here is baby Owen!

Eric snapped the cutest picture. . .

Ok so I'll give some updates on Logan and I. . . everything other than that little hiccup is good. . . no more contractions, he is sitting high up digging into my rib cage, but still no stretch marks. . .knock on wood!

Logan is about the size of 4 navel oranges which is over 16 inches and at my sonogram they estimated him at 3 pounds 10 oz.

Internally Logan is putting on fat under his skin and getting rid of some of those wrinkles :o)

And the belly picture! Here I am wearing one of my new shirts :o)