Family and 36 Week Maternity Pictures

I took the plunge and got family and maternity pics taken.  I originally had no intention of doing them, but since I had maternity pics taken with my pregnancies with Emery and Paisley, I thought I might end up regretting it later on.  And, with this being my last pregnancy, I figured I better do it.  I think they turned out great and I'm glad I went for it ..

Emery and Paisley's New Room

In preparation for the new baby, we moved Paisley into Emery's room.  I wanted to just get another twin bed, but Ivan and the girls really wanted bunk beds.  I ended up caving and we got bunk beds.  I decided to get a full on the bottom for more room for when we have Makayla come to stay with us.  Let me tell you, I'm not sure if it's just because I'm pregnant or what, but the whole process of moving Paisley into Emery's room was a lot more work than I ever expected.  We finally finished today and it's been about a month long project.  I'm glad it's done and I love their room.

We transitioned Paisley from a crib to a toddler bed a few months ago (after she jumped out of her crib once, crazy girl!).  She did good in the toddler bed and never even got out of it.  When she would wake up in the mornings, she would lay in bed and call for us until someone came to get her.  Funny since she knew she could get out and knew how to open the bedroom door.

The first night the girls slept in their new bunk beds, they did really good.  Emery on top and Paisley on bottom.  They didn't get up once - but, we also had a really long day and they didn't go to bed until 11p.  The next night was a much different story.  They were both up 3 times together, then Paisley got up another 2 times.  I moved the baby monitor into their room and it's funny to hear Emery convincing Paisley to get up so Emery doesn't get into trouble.  It's been about a month now and they usually stay in bed once we put them to bed.  Just last week, Paisley had her first accident with falling out of the bed.  I woke up at 230a to Paisley screaming and crying.  Then, Emery was crying because she got woke up.  Paisley was on the floor with the legs under the bed - I'm still not sure how it happened, but luckily, she's only fallen out of the bed once.  Here's to many more memories with the girls sharing a room and hopefully growing up to being really close, loving sisters.

28 and 32 Week Updates - Baby #3

Here are my 28 and 32 week belly pictures.  I'm still feeling pretty good - surprisingly, the back pains have decreased in frequency (unless I push myself too hard and clean the whole house in one day) and I've been pretty active with the girls.  My acid reflux is still kicking my butt - just hoping that it goes away after the baby is born.  I actually came down with a crazy cold two weeks ago, just my luck to get a cold in June.  It lingered for over a week, but nothing I couldn't get through.  Then, on Tuesday, I got a horrible headache.  I thought it was just from the heat and not drinking enough water and went home, took Tylenol and went to bed.  But, by around 10p, I was miserable.  I was finally able to get to sleep, only to wake up with the same horrible headache the next day.  I went to Walgreen's to check my blood pressure, just to rule out signs of pre-eclampsia. Luckily, my blood pressure was fine.  I ended up going to see my OB Wednesday afternoon because I was in so much pain.  They prescribed Tylenol with codeine and again, I went home, took the medicine and went to bed.  About an hour later, I got worried because I still wasn't feeling any relief.  Another night with a headache.  The next day at work, my peers and I were all trying to self-diagnose me.  We decided that it could be a sinus infection or migraine.  I called back to the OB and they gave me an RX for a Z Pak for a sinus infection.  Luckily, by Friday afternoon, I was starting to feel relief and today, I'm about 90% better.  It's always the strange, random things that happen to me during pregnancy. 

I have finally started to feel like I'm making good progress in preparing for the baby.  All of the newborn to 3 month clothes are washed, folded and put away.  We finally moved Paisley into Emery's room so the baby's room and crib is free.  Now, I just need to get the bottles ready and bring out the swing and bouncy chair.  

We aren't 100% settled on a name yet, but I think it will be Haven Grace.  I also like the names Liberty, Journey and Jersey.  I just feel like those 3 names are a little too far out there and don't flow well with our last name.  As with the other two, we probably will wait until right before we leave the hospital to make a final decision on the name, so we'll see.  

The girls are still as excited as can be about the baby.  Paisley calls the baby, "baby Haven" all the time and it's too cute.  They both love to hug and kiss my belly.  Emery regularly makes comments about how big my belly is getting, but she's sure to include that I'm not getting fat, the baby is making me fat.  Nice, huh.

28 weeks

 32 weeks