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Guessing the gender

Guessing the gender

I forgot to blog about this when it happened, but right before we found out what the gender of our baby is, I had my students guess what they thought. I left school on a Friday to go to the doctor, and told my students that on Monday they should either wear pink or blue to vote for what they thought I was having.

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And here are some of the voting classes:

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I don’t remember which got the most votes, but it was fun!

Guess the date!

Guess the date!

Well I had another great shower this weekend. Here is one great picture and I will do a post with more about it later

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Now its your turn to particpate! Leave a comment and guess which day our baby girl will be born! Her official due date is either August 11 or 13, the doctor has said both at different times. I am saying her due date is August 11th. I go to the doctor on Thursday and she will tell me how big she thinks the baby is and all that fun stuff.

Now leave a comment and make your guess!

What to do?

What to do?

I have about 4 full weeks until the week that has my due date in it.

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Here are some things I want/need to do:

-hang out with friends more!!

-finish sewing a nursing cover or 3, at least until my supply of fabric runs out. I made some a few summers ago and still have supplies to make some. So I want to make a couple to give away and then go pick myself out some really fun fabric from Hobby Lobby and make myself one.

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-work towards/finish sewing the T-shirt quilt I started last summer. I cut out the shirts and layed out the placement and then got as far as sewing the first row. I need to cut all the rest of the middle pieces and sew the rest of it up! Recognize any of these shirts?

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-launder the baby bedding and some newborn clothes. I put it on the crib already because I couldn’t resist seeing how it looked! But now I need to take it off and wash it! (Post with nursery pictures coming soon)

-use a gift card for Movie Tavern and have a meal with my movie

-use a gift card and eat cheesecake from The Cheesecake Factory

-do more Kegels

-put the rest of our CD collection on the computer and into iTunes so we can listen to it more easily!

-go swimming a few more times. Here we were on our way back from the pool at our condo in Destin. It was a nice pool! Not too deep with some shade! (I like to be able to touch bottom when I swim!) (Those flowers in the back smelled HEAVENLY!!)

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What do you recommend I do in my last few weeks before I have a small child to be responsible for????

Update!

Update!
Pregnancy Highlights
How Far Along: 29 weeks

Total Weight Gain/Loss: about 24 lbs! As my doctor says, “not awful, but not great either”…. I am going to try to maintain for a while and not gain. It is unfortunately gathering in my thighs and, last time I checked, that is not where the baby is…

Maternity Clothes: I found a couple of fun shirts and some shorts at Motherhood on vacation that I really like. I am going to try to stop buying maternity clothes for a while because I think I am sufficiently stocked up.

Best Moment this week: My husband telling me how pretty I still am, even though I don’t feel like it sometimes. I am struggling a bit with body image right now!

Movement: She is getting strong! Her movements are much bigger now!

Food Craving: Nothing specific right now. I find that I get thirsty right before bedtime, but really I am trying to not drink right before bedtime to cut down on indigestion so it is kinda an issue! I really want to gulp down a bunch of water, but I know that the second I lay down I will regret it!

What I miss: moving around easily

Sleep: I am actually sleeping pretty well! Thank you to Robin and Alicia for lending me some pillows that are helpful!

What I am looking forward to: School being out! Only 4 more days!

Symptoms:Indigestion, swelling in my ankles and feet and aching under my belly.
Little girl, we love you already and can’t wait to meet you!