33 Weeks

7 weeks (give or take) to go! Oh the excitement!

Oh lovely, Cletus is a smelly fruit this week! He's definitely a little prickly with his sharp kicks and jabs all over the place. Still a mover and a shaker in there!

Last week was a week full of wearing dresses to work - with only one pair of maternity work pants, I'm having to get creative with the wardrobe! Thankfully warmer weather will make skirts and dresses preferable anyway.

Hump Day Bump Day - 32w + 3d

We did our 7th Bradley class on Tuesday and discussed birth plans. We did an activity where we had about 20 cards with different aspects of birth printed with options on each side (like "epidural vs. no epidural" or "no induction vs. Pitocin"). Starting out you laid out all the cards with the choices you'd make in an ideal situation, and then in various stages the instructor would say "OK, now turn over 4 cards" and we'd have to make a decision on which aspects of our "ideal" plan we'd be willing to give up, obviously with the ultimate goal of having a healthy baby. We went through several rounds of "giving up" certain things, which was to help us figure out what parts of the birth plan were the most important to us. It was a tough exercise and really made us think, but definitely good to have the conversation and consider all of the options & scenarios.

On Friday, we had a wonderful shower hosted by some of our work friends - it was so great! The decorations were adorable, the food was amazing, and we were just so thrilled to have the love and support of so many of our colleagues. 

Chocolate chip peanut butter cookies, shortbreads, and red wine chocolate cupcakes! YUM!

Making our grand entrance 

Diapers!

So much to be thankful for!!!

That kicked off a great weekend that included watching some of the US National Cycling Championships in downtown Greenville on Saturday. Despite the questionable forecast, we had great weather and enjoyed a nice day downtown. We even participated in the "Townie Crit" - a bike race for us amateurs that was really just for fun, involving doing laps around a few blocks on Main Street while in costume!

Pre-race photo at the start/finish line!

Sunday was a rainy day, but we still managed to get to church and run some errands, then hung out with the 4-legged kids for the afternoon. :)

Leo has started standing on Shiner and giving him a massage. Not sure Shiner enjoys it.

Leo snuggling on my lap with the Cletus bump. Leo occasionally gets kicked in the head.

Lazy Harley - yawn!

And here we are trucking along in week 33. Hoping for less rain this week!

Monday morning bump at 33 weeks + 1 day