31 weeks

10/8/08

This week, our 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.

This has been another crazy week. Our refrigerator has gone out for good. It has been dying a slow death since the power outage. Several repairmen think it was caused by a power surge during all the storm activity. We currently have everything in a small dorm room fridge that George has had since college. We went out shopping tonight, finally decided on the one we wanted, went to checkout, and found out it would be 3 weeks for delivery. WHAT!?! We cannot live out of this dorm room fridge for 3 more weeks!!! We found another one we liked, but it only comes in black or stainless, and our other appliances are white. I wouldn't mind changing over to stainless, but hopefully it will be several more years before our other appliances bite the dust, and I am not sure I everything not matching. We are going out shopping again tonight. Originally we thought we would get another side by side like we had, but we have changed our mind to a french door style fridge on top, and pull out freezer on bottom. For us it makes more sense to have a bigger fridge, since we have a deep freeze as well.

As far as pregnancy goes, I have started to notice some slight swelling of my feet and fingers towards the end of the day. It seems to happen more if I work all day at the hospital, and then have a lia sophia show the same night. I guess it is from standing on my feet all day. I have gained a total of 23 pounds. I have 9 more weeks to go, so I should be close to 30 pounds in the end. That is right around what I gained with Owen, and lost all the pregnancy weight plus some with no problem. I hope it comes off just as easy this time. I am going to breastfeed for at least a year again, so I am sure that will help shed the pounds sooner. I am still having the pregnancy congestion issue, but it is getting worse. Sometimes it is now occurring when I am upright, and remains constant when I am lying down. My belly is really starting to get in the way when trying to do different things. I can't stand up from sitting on the floor as fast. It also gets in the way when trying to give Owen a bath. I can't believe I am down to just 2 more months. D-day (delivery day) is going to be here before we know it.

I had a horrible dream this week about my delivery. I was in labor, and at the hospital in the tub. George was working security at the movie theater, and he said he couldn't come to the delivery because he couldn't find someone to cover for him. So, here I am in the tub, in lots of pain, and Owen is running around the tub being crazy. I guess I also had no one to watch him. Not only is he running around the tub making tons of noise, but he has his plastic golf club, and he keeps hitting me in the head with the head of the club. I end up giving birth to a boy, and George finally shows up. When he comes in, he is carrying a baby girl. I ask him where that baby came from, and he tells me that it is our baby. I am holding the baby boy I just delivered. I was so confused. Owen was still running around (he was the same age he is currently), George was holding our baby girl who looked around 3-4 months old, and I had our newborn baby boy. Then, George was obsessed that the newborn baby's name was going to be Anderson. He didn't understand that we were not going to name the new baby Anderson, because that is Owen's middle name. He wouldn't budge, and we ended up naming him Anderson anyway. I know in reality that George would not miss the delivery of this baby for anything in the world, and Anderson as a first name has never even come up. Why is Owen beating me over the head while I am delivering? Why do I have a 3-4 month old, Owen, and a newborn? What does all this mean? It was all just really weird.

I go back to the midwife on Monday, and have another ultrasound on Thursday. I will keep you posted. I keep telling George we have got to finalize our baby boy name. Preston is still top on our list, but it is not set in stone yet.