34 week update

On Sunday we went to Golden Gardens park in Seattle to do maternity pictures with my friend and amazing photographer, Justine. So far I have only seen the teasers on her blog, but I love them SO MUCH! She is also going to be taking pictures at Eva's birth. We had such a great time, and the weather was perfect. They even got me into the ocean in my swimsuit! It was also Ollie's first time to an actual beach, with sand that wasnt in a sandbox. He loved it! Cant wait to go back!

I also had an appointment with our midwife Andrea, last week. Everything still looks good, and baby is REALLY low. They always feel my belly to see what position she is in, and I was informed that the part that I thought was her head, is actually her shoulders! Yikes, she is ready to come out! I am hoping this means a fast labor is coming... :)

Also, Ollie is learning his letters, and I hope to have a video posted of that soon. Its so cute! And he is such a smartie (like his daddy, of course!).

Here are a few of the pictures from Sunday, and the link to the blog if you want to see more!

Its the second post, so you have to scroll down a little.

http://www.jsheltonphotography.blogspot.com/

32 Weeks

Almost there!

I got my glucose test results at my last appt, and everything looks good! Big relief. I also met a new student midwife who I really liked. She was cracking up at how much Eva moves. People are always asking me if I can feel her moving, but it was fun to have the midwives see just how much :) She is a strong girl! I also talked more with them about trying again for a water birth, and they think I have a really good chance this time, because second labors are so much faster.

We had a busy weekend, visiting with Kathryn and "Ga-Ga" (that's what Ollie calls Mom). The first thing I heard on the monitor this morning when he woke up was "Ga-Ga? Ga-Ga?" So cute! Ollie also got another haircut, and he looks so grown up now. He is learning a new word literally every day. Its crazy! We are, of course, very proud of him :) Here are my belly pics and Ollie eating his breakfast with the plastic spatula from his play kitchen.

Ollie's Haircut Video

31 Weeks and Easter Weekend!

We had a really busy weekend with family and friends, celebrating Easter! Ollie did so well going to all the different places, but today he is a total grump :) Oh well.

Sunday was also the beginning of the 8th month of pregnancy for me! Yahoo! Almost there!

Oliver's First Balloon

We went to Red Robin last week for dinner and Ben got Ollie his very first balloon. He was in love!

30 Weeks!

I feel like I have officially started third trimester now that I am 30 weeks. Something about seeing that "3" really makes it feel real. Only two more months. Holy cow.

Last week I did the glucose test, and I am still waiting for the results. Since I havent heard back from them, I am assuming that everything is fine. I'm still getting lots of Braxton Hicks contractions all day, and they are getting stronger. As frustrating as they can be, its nice to know that my body is already working , and hopefully making labor that much shorter :)

As for my other baby, yesterday we went to the Tulip Festival with a bunch of other moms and babies his age, and had such a great time seeing the flowers, and stomping in mud puddles. I am SO glad I brought a change of clothes for him- he was totally soaked by the time we left. I did bring my camera, but the batteries died before I could take one picture. Bummer. Ollie has also become a talking machine, trying to repeat what we say, and trying tons of new words and sounds! He's our little genius ;)

And without further ado, here is the 30 week belly: