Ok now we're REALLY getting close. Baby Boy could pretty much come at any minute now! I have no reason to think I am going into later soon though. And that's ok. All I can ask for is that when he chooses to come, he is healthy and ready to be here. Everyone seems to think he will arrive early instead of late, including us. I want him to come sometime between December 12-20 which is 38-39 weeks which is full term. But this would give up a little bit of time to settle down before the house fills up for Christmas. We're just so excited to meet him. And we are (more or less) ready for him. This is thanks in part the 2 baby showers we had this past week! One at home with friends during our Thanksgiving visit where my Mom was able to come as well. The other held by my (semi) new team of coworkers. Both were so thoughtful and sweet! Besides the showers, we've also received gifts from loved ones otherwise. For example Baby Boy's only Tia sent the car seat!!! Something we desperately needed but I was holding off on. Its interesting to note that after all these gifts, only 12 out 67 registry items have been purchased. So its true that people will just get you whatever they want. At the end of the day we are just thankful for the generosity of those around us.
As we've continued to prepare however I did start needing to buy items off the registry. I've been putting it off for awhile, but now that the showers have past I wanted to take advantage of any potential Cyber Monday savings and start really ticking stuff off the list since Baby Boy can make his appearance basically at any point. I took my find to compare and find the best deals, coupons and cash back. I spent nearly $1,000, but its not bad when you consider we haven't spend almost any money on him until this point. Babies are expensive, and $1,000 isn't that much when you think about it. I got some nice, high quality, premium items too. One more thing we're missing is the second car seat. Its less urgent than having at least one, but I think we definitely need 2, one for each car. With all this buying though, everyday has been like Christmas, receiving boxes filled with multiple items. I still need go through all the shower gift and write thank you cards. I have every intention of doing that this weekend. Once I do that I will be able to finally organize the nursery (again) and get it looking complete!
At this point I'm feeling pretty large. On Monday the doctor felt my belly and estimated he was 7lbs. Not sure how accurate that is, but hope he doesn't get to much above 7lbs by the time he arrives!! My belly button is almost flush. Heartburn is worse than ever but I'm still too stubborn to take anything. My legs and feet are starting to get swollen at the end of the day. Nothing crazy, but certainly noticeable and some days are worse than others. I'm definitely low on energy when it comes to getting around. If I have to do any walking around I'm moving slow and need to take a lot of breaks. I'm still in high spirits though and none of it seems so bad. Its all manageable and not enough to make me complain. However I must be visibly in some kind of distress because those around me, including strangers, ask if I'm ok and if I think I'll make it. I'll make it :)
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