Counting the days...

34 to be exact. Seriously. I am 35 weeks and 1 day today. Holy moly. And boy am I feeling 35 weeks. My back hurts, my feet are sausages, and this whole retaining water thing is so not attractive. And yes, I understand I'm doing this all for my sweet baby growing inside of me, but man...the last couple of weeks are not so fun!!! I'm just looking forward to school being over, and hopefully I'll get some much needed rest before Baby B graces us with his/her presence.

Since I am a total slacker at this blogging thing, I'll give a small rundown of what the Boatman family has been up to lately:

I had a brief stop at L&D about 4 weeks ago. I thought my water was leaking. I'm ok and it wasn't amniotic fluid, but it did help Billy and I answer be the experts for our prepared childbirth class when we went on a tour of the hospital a few days later. :) We completed 4 weeks of prepared childbirth and also took a not so helpful infant care class. I went to get a 4D ultrasound when I was at 32 weeks, and they told me I should have come 4 weeks earlier. :( The baby was so squished that they couldn't get any good pictures. And of course, the placenta was right next to the baby's face so we couldn't see a profile or a really good face pic. Umbilical cord, placenta, arms/hands....it's always something getting in the way! I celebrated my 29th birthday and got a new digital SLR camera to take pics of my little one. My team at school and some wonderful friends and family threw me a couple of showers. I feel much more prepared than my scare at L&D 4 weeks ago. My wonderful Mom, with the help of my wonderful husband, painted and decorated a fabulous safari nursery. Pictures to come later. Really....a BIG HUGE SHOUT OUT to my mom for all of her hard work. I know it wasn't easy, but it looks spectacular and I just can't wait for the baby to see it. Honestly, Billy and I will just go in there and hang out, just excitedly anticipating what's about to happen in our lives. We just love our nursery. Thank you Mom!!! I go back to the doctor next week for a 36 week ultrasound and growth check. This will start my weekly appointments. I think this about sums up what's been going on lately. Oh, can't forget to mention that there are 12 days of school left. TWELVE!!!!!!!

My 29th birthday...31 weeks
35 weeks
Baby Boatman at 32 weeks