36 Weeks

We hit the 9 month mark on Friday. I'm still feeling a lot of pressure in my lower abdomen and I definitely waddle everywhere I go! Wednesday night I got some more baby practice in with Nola. Jay and Kellie needed a night out so babysitter Caitlin came over. It's so different watching her now than when she was a baby. She was walking all over the place and talking baby talk nonstop. I have to learn their bedtime methods though because I have never had an easier time putting a baby to bed! It was great! On Thursday we had a visit from Uncle Matt. He was in the area for work, so he and his friend, Jeff, came up to the house for lunch and an afternoon by the pool. He finally got to see the nursery and I think he now realizes that I really am having a baby! We had a great time Friday night at the Cheesecake Factory with all of the old Deer Run neighbors. It was so good to see everyone, and for all of us to be together, finally! On Saturday we took it easy and caught up on all of the Olympics for the week. Ryan loves this time of year so we've been DVRing all of it. On Sunday Kellie and I went shopping while Ryan got in some manual labor helping Jay lay soil in their backyard. He has a nice t-shirt tan now! We'll have to sit by the pool to help him even out. :) I've been going on walks and still doing my regular routine at the gym trying to help this baby along. It's hard to walk sometimes because of all the pressure, but I figure that's a good sign. I'm anxiously awaiting the doctor's appointment on Thursday. Ryan is taking an appraisal class in the city all week, so let's hope nothing too big happens while he is there!

Here's my 36 week picture. Could be the last one!