Week 37

How far along? 37 weeks
Size of Baby: Swiss Chard
Total weight gain/loss: 36 lbs
Maternity clothes? of course
Stretch marks? one by my where my belly button ring used to be..they should post a picture of this in tattoo/piercing places with a caption that says "Listen to your mom. This is what it'll look like in 10 years"
Sleep: I really just want to sleep on my stomach again
What I miss: Happy Hour
Movement: the last week or so the movement hasn't been alot of kicking she just slides from one side of my stomach to the other
Cravings: donuts & chocolate milk
Symptoms: I can't wear my watch or rings or certain shoes from the swelling
Showing: for sure
Gender: Molly
Mood: Anxious again this week but for different reasons. We've set up an appt. to pick a pediatrician and tour the hospital on Friday (I know we're way behind on these things)This week I'm anxious to see her again. This Friday we'll be checking one last time to see if she's turned herself. She's currently hangin' out with her bottom down and her head and feet up in my ribs (kinda like a taco). If she turns on her own we're good to play the waiting game. If she doesn't we'll try to turn her on Tuesday. Again if it works we'll just wait on her to get here. If she doesn't turn we'll schedule a c-section for later that week. I really have no desire for that to happen so pray that our stubborn little girl will cooperate.

Week By Week

Just thought this was crazy to look at. Enjoy!

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Week 20-36 (minus week 21)

Adventures in Couponing

So I went on my first couponing trip. Here's what I got:



4 (3 bar) packages of Dove Soap
2 (6 pk) LUVS white baby socks
2 32 oz Clorox bathroom cleaner
1 32 oz Clorox toilet bowl cleaner
1 64 oz Palmolive dish soap
2 (12 pk) Orange Soda
1 bag of Mrs. Baird's hotdog buns
1 can of Underwoods Chicken Spread

Retail Value: $52 before tax
Grand Total after coupons: $25 before tax

I'm sure the extreme couponers would've spent 18 cents but I feel like I did pretty good for my first go 'round.

Girlfriend's got some Stuff

Between the two baby showers I spent part of the week putting Molly's things together and finding ways to keep organized. Here's the proof:

Diaper bag filled

Diapers stacked and changing pad covered

Diaper champ bagged and ready

High chair assembled and inspected by her "big sister"

Car seat and shade installed

Bow holder made and hung

Toy bucket made and filled

To organize all her stuff I finally labeled the bins in the closet


Swing put together and functioning

Week 36

How far along? 36 weeks
Size of Baby: crenshaw mellon (I have no idea what this fruit is)
Total weight gain/loss: 33 lbs
Maternity clothes? for sure on pants and shorts but with tops I can go either way.
Stretch marks? one by my where my belly button ring used to be
Sleep: getting better
What I miss: maragritas
Movement: tons
Cravings: cheerios
Symptoms: my lower back hurts all the time
Showing: for sure
Gender: Molly
Mood: Anxious...We haven't picked a pediatrician or even toured the hospital yet. I just feel like there's TONS left to do before she gets here...where'd the time go??

Ironing...

Oh how I loathe thee!

If you know anything about me you know that I'm overall a pretty tidy person. With that being said I HATE IRONING!! I mean I really Hate it. Usually if I want to wear something and it's wrinkled I'll toss it on the board and run the iron over it as quickly as I can. This is one of the few areas in which my hubby and I differ. He believes clothes shouldn't be hung up until they're ironed so that you don't have to iron as you go and can get dressed more quickly. Which I guess makes sense as it's one less thing to do before you walk out the door. (DON'T EVER tell him I said that) So I came up with a system.

I had these little wooden door hangers laying around so I painted one white. Then cut out the words and pictures using my Silhouette.


Now when I hang clothes to dry I hang them behind the sign if they will need to be ironed before hanging them in the closet.


Not saying I've found the answer to all the world's problems but I have found the solution to my ironing dilemma.

Medina Lake

Could it be possible? Did my super hardworking hubby just get 3 days off?? In a row??? With one of those days being a Saturday????

YES he did!!!

So we took advantage of these 3 days to go on a "babymoon".


A two years ago we went on vacation to San Antonio.

Us at the River Walk

Dinner at the Tower of the Americas

Usually when we go to San Antonio we spend time with family. This time we started the weekend off with Molly's Second baby shower. Then we spent time out at Lake Medina with the whole family.

Rustin with Auston and Aaron





Rustin, Courtney and I attempted to "soak" a watermellon for our day on the dock.


If you'd like to make one yourself we discovered that sticking the bottle upside down into the watermellon worked better than trying to inject the vodka into the watermellon.


According to everyone else it was AMAZING! I'll have to trust them on this one.

All in all we had a great time. This trip is probably the last time Rustin and I will travel as a "twosome" and I look forward to our next trip (probably not until middle October-ish) when we can bring Molly along.