baby update.

Dear Max

I love you but...

I miss being tan

I miss being skinny

I miss being able to see my feet

Lots of little things I miss 

but

I know it will be totally worth it when I hold you for the first time outside of my belly!

Cravings

Alright, so this entire pregnancy I had no cravings, at least none that were that big of a deal but starting this week all of that has changed. I drove all the way to target last night at 8pm so that I could buy chocolate, of course that isn't the only thing I bought but we went there just to get half priced Valentine's day chocolate...and then today after my doctors appointment (that went really well) I was driving home and all of a sudden my mouth watered for something from McDonalds, which ordinarily I think McDonalds is absolutely disgusting but I pulled into the greasy fast food junk line and waited for my chicken mcnuggets and french fries (with hot mustard of course) and now I feel absolutely gross! I will be going to the gym tonight and walking an extra mile! Let's just hope this doesn't become a daily thing...because I am not trying to get into bad habits!

Swelling

Oh just another thing I had thought that I had missed during this pregnancy but was I wrong...I have started to swell terribly but thankfully it is only around my ankles/feet and not in my face or hands which are signs of preeclampsia and that would not be good. The swelling goes down during the night while I am sleeping but they poof back up by the next afternoon/evening. My doctor said I just need to keep drinking water like crazy, so after my appointment I went to Target (fav store) and bought a nifty water-bottle! (thank you Aunt Joy for the gift card!) Hopefully the swelling won't get too bad, so far I have been extremely lucky with this pregnancy.

Braxton Hicks = not my friend

Alright so going into my doctors appointment today I was really nervous about what she was going to tell me. The baby has dropped & is face down...I have been experiencing contractions since last Friday afternoon, along with other "pre term labor" signs so I was a little scared she was going to a) tell me I am doing too much and put be on "bed rest" b) tell me I am starting to dilate and this baby is coming soon! or c) both. Thankfully I am not dilated, she didn't put me on bed rest, and the baby is going to come when he wants. Which at this point it doesn't matter if he makes his appearance this week or in 5 weeks he is big enough and healthy enough to where they wouldn't stop labor and he would be just fine. Of course I am hoping he stays in my belly as long as possible so that we can get everything ready for him! But if this baby is anything like his father he has a mind of his own and will come when he wants :) But let me just say that these stupid Braxton Hicks contractions suck and they gradually get more annoying and also start to hurt a little more each day...growing in strength my doctor tells me that I need to start making sure that they aren't growing in frequency and if they start to become more frequent that I need to call them. So right now it is a waiting game and I am so nervous I won't even know if and when I start the real deal...but for now he is safe and sound in my not so little belly :)

Keep us in your prayers as we get closer and closer to the appearance of this beautiful baby boy, we will need the support! We are both very excited but also extremely nervous consider it is our first baby! I hear it will all just come naturally and I am banking on that! :) Plus we know that God has an amazing plan for this babies life and ours! 

one last thing: today at my doctors appointment the nurse was trying to get the heartbeat of baby Max and she couldn't for the longest time because he was so active (this isn't the first time this has happened so I wasn't shocked) she didn't even know that Jeremy plays college basketball but she said "well, looks like you will have a little all-star on your hands!" It made me so excited when she said that, and of course proud of my little boy already! She eventually was able to get to where we were able to hear the heartbeat and as soon as we heard it I started to tear up, it is just such an amazing thing to experience. 

Today was a beautiful day outside!

& tomorrow will be even better...70 degrees and sunny! yes please!