6 weeks to go!

Monday morning was our 34 week appointment and baby and I are still right on track. Pretty hard to believe that in only 2 weeks time we will have reached the point where they would no longer try to stop labor if it started! There are no reasons to believe that he’s coming early, but it’s still pretty crazy to think that he will be here so soon. His heartbeat was 140 bpm and he is officially in the right position… head down! Let’s just hope he stays that way! The Doctor was able to tell me exactly how Jaiden was positioned, which was pretty neat. Now I realize why I’m feeling little pitter patters on my ribs… nothing painful (I’ve heard some horror stories!) but he sure has active little legs! I have been feeling great still and my only complaint is that my comfort level is slightly dwindling. I can’t seem to get comfortable a lot of the time, and I wake up tons at night... but it’s nothing a good nap can’t fix. Our next appointment is Monday the 23rd, and from that appointment on we go every week! This is a big appointment where they are going to go over different policies, procedures, and get a birth plan going, but of course Kevin is going to be out of town that week until Thanksgiving! Luckily my Mom is going to take on Kevin’s role and will be at the appointment with me. They suggested having someone at the appointment if Kevin couldn’t make it because it’s going to be a lot of information to take in and it would be nice if someone else was there to help remind me of it all and help keep me calm when the time comes where I need to remember everything that was said. I feel like we’ve really entered the final stretch can’t wait until our little man arrives.

We are going up to Grand Rapids this weekend to get maternity/belly/Christmas pictures taken, but in the meantime Kevin decided to get a little creative. Here are a few of the pictures he took. I’m sure you can all guess what he was adamant on buying for baby as soon as we found out it was a little boy… Michael Jordan basketball shoes. I’m sure that when Kevin gets Jaiden dressed, he will most likely be wearing these with every outfit, whether they match or not!

34 weeks...