67 Days To Go!!

Tuesday morning was my 30 WEEK appointment!! Only 9 and a half more weeks until our little monkey arrives. I was a little nervous after the Dr measured me because usually I have measured to the exact day… if my 28 week appointment landed on 27 weeks 6 days I measure 27 6/7 cm, which always amazed the Dr because not a lot of people are right on the dot like that. I was measuring smaller than normal at my appointment, but was quickly reassured that from here on out the measurements will differ depending on the way baby is positioned. Jaiden’s heartbeat was still strong as ever beating away at 158 bpm. As much as I’ve hated standing on the scale and watching the numbers go up, I’m right on track with that as well. I’ve now gained 19 lbs since becoming pregnant. I know there will be more added on to that, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed it comes off after baby is born. It might be a little rough with all the upcoming holidays. My mom and grandma are quite the amazing chefs, and I’m already drooling over this new recipe I found for a pumpkin cheesecake…

I’ve encountered a new lovely symptom of pregnancy this past week… crazy, wicked, annoying heartburn. Yuck!! I guess I’m just going to keep my fingers crossed and believe in all the ol’ wise tales that it just means that Jaiden’s going to come out with lots of hair on his cute little head. We debate this constantly… I really didn’t have a lot of hair as a newborn and Kevin came out with more hair on his head than a gorilla has on his whole body. Look for upcoming posts with both of our newborn pictures. Who will Jaiden look the most like?!… Be careful when you answer this. Just remember who will have carried him around for 9 months…

I shot my last wedding until baby comes this past Saturday. From the time I left my house to the minute I walked back in through the door it ended up being just about a 15 hour day. Keep in mind I’m on my feet the entire day with the exception of driving to and from. Needless to say when I got home I was hurting. I always get Braxton Hicks when I’m on my feet for long periods of time so by the end of the night my stomach was hard as a rock and my body was telling me take it easy the next day. I hibernated for the next couple days, but am back to feeling great.

My mom, Kevin and I drove up to Grand Rapids yesterday to do one last ultrasound with Amanda. At first Jaiden was sleeping ever so peacefully, but not for long. He is getting so big! It was amazing to be able to see the change in the last few weeks. He is looking quite scrunched in there, poor little guy! He kept stretching out with his arms above his head and trying his hardest to kick his feet out for some more room. Only a couple more months and he’ll have all the space he needs! We have the cutest video of him yawning; I’ll try and upload it at some point. You should have heard all of us watching him move around yesterday, he already has everyone completely wrapped around his little finger and he doesn’t even know it yet.

I think I have officially experienced “the popping out” stage in pregnancy. My family hadn’t seen me for about a week and was completely blown away by the new and improved bump. Alisha came up from behind me at her volleyball game and as soon as I turned around her eyes popped out, jaw dropped to the floor and she said whoa! Your belly is getting so big. Haha It’s hard to imagine what the next 9 more weeks will do to it!

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Baby Jaiden