L&D Tour!

Today Alex and I went for a tour of the Labor and Delivery floor at Walter Reed. We are truly blessed to be able to have our little munchkin there! They definitely try to make the process as smooth as they can for expectant and new parents.

After our tour we battled traffic on the beltway before deciding to stop a mall and do a little shopping! My favorite buy of the day? This cute tiny Boo the Pom we found at the Hallmark store! And yes, we stopped for Five Guys for some burgers too!

Yup! There's a baby in there!

It's been about two weeks since I posted a belly picture and my how things have changed! Or rather grown! Baby Ben is running out of space slowly but surely and he's not shy about letting mom know! We have an appointment next Friday so we'll post an update then for sure unless things get crazy between now and then!

The Turkey Button

So while sitting on the couch the other night I commented about how I was surprised that I hadn't really developed the outty belly button that most pregnant ladies have by now. My husband, without missing a beat, said "Well that's cause he's not done cooking yet! Doesn't the button pop out when he's done?" :-)

As proof of my lack of a turkey button I include the following picture. We gave my belly a face... No reason... Just cause :-)

32 Weeks!

Today we hit 32 weeks preggers! It's officially the start of the 8th month, and now the game is on. Last night a friend of my sister went into labor at 35 weeks, and I had the "oh crap that could be us soon" moment! Like, I was up three times last night and only two of them were because I either had to pee or Ben was wiggling so much he woke me up. The rest of the time I was thinking "we have so much left to do!"


Needless to say, this morning after stopping for coffee and bagels at our favorite place we began assembling a list of things we've either still got to get, do, or pack! But first we went to Target and I bought these awesome Avengers shoes for when Ben gets here! He can't wear them til he's like three (maybe earlier if he gets his momma's big feet) but how cool are they!?

9 Weeks and Counting!

I know I've been slacking with my blog posts, but in all honesty there really isn't a lot going on right now! And that's a good thing! We had an appointment last week at 31 weeks ( that's a little over 7.5 mo for my 9 mo only measurers) and everything looks good! Well sounds good at least! We didn't get another ultrasound :( but I got to hear baby Ben's awesome heartbeat and the doc measured my belly which I guess is how they note if everything is well within where it should be.

Ben's movements have gotten a little less erratic and ninja like and more like a little baby who's running out of room in there! I'm constantly getting feet, elbows, knees etc all over the place. He's also prone to hiccups about twice a day which is adorable. Unless its at 4am and I have to get up in a few hours lol then it's less cute. Aside from the back aches and just pure exhaustion that comes from growing a human being, things are going well!

Alex and I are finishing up the nursery slowly but surely. Granted the kid is going to live in our room the first couple months anyways, so the nursery is really just a cutely decorated storage room right now. As far as stuff, I think if Ben showed up early we'd be ready . Mentally? That's a whole other story :-) in less than two months there'll be a tiny person solely dependent on Alex and I for everything. That's a lot of pressure lol! But at least we know how to use the Baby Bjorne!