Week 31

60 days!  I asked Sean if someone came to the door and said, "in 60 days you get a baby!" would you be ready?  Because we are getting one in 60 days or so!  Just the other day we were in Target and saw all of these cute baby clothes for Halloween.  Sean sort of disappointingly said, "She is going to miss Halloween.  Next year she will almost be a year old", there was a short pause..... and then he said "She is almost here!"  The change is in the air, there is a brisk chill in the wind now, it's starting to get darker a little bit earlier, and the leaves although still green are starting to look dull.  I usually don't get excited for summer to leave, but the first night I had to wear a big over sized sweater when we took our pets for a walk and was like 

"Yes, we are in the season my baby will be born in!"  That was a very crazy thought for me! Technically the calendar might not say "fall", but it's here, at least for me.  I'm so looking forward to scarves, new wardrobe colors, boots, cider, Halloween candy, the beautiful leaves Nebraska has to offer, and my baby!  She comes with all of this fun stuff. 

So it seems that the magical pregnancy fairy realized she missed me on her list the past 7 months and has come back with a vengeance.  My pregnancy has been fairly easy until this third trimester! I have heart burn all the time and get it from things you wouldn't even guess, like ice cream?!   I got a stomach bug that was floating around the area.  I got sick, in my car, on the way to work.  It freaked me out so much I went into the ER, that is twice now within the past 4 weeks!  I was mostly concerned with the cramps (thinking I might be experiencing preterm labor!), and  I was having and fear that my baby hadn't received enough nutrients because I had been mildly sick the days before that. They reassured me she was fine and it was a stomach bug that would pass.  I feel much better now, and maybe should be grateful I received it when I did vs. when the baby actually gets here.  I've been on the BRAT diet since, bread, rice apples and toast, and even though I feel like I'm not eating as much, she is moving more than ever!  I'm so thankful for the visiting teaching program, my visiting teacher took me to the hospital that day and let me borrow some of her essential oils.  Let me say that the doTerra essential oil Digest-Zen is AMAZING!  It has helped me keep food down, and the smell of it helps me come out of the nasty feeling.  I definitely am getting some for the house along with the On-guard essential oil.  Hopefully this is the last of the problems.  This one wasn't really even baby related.  Time to get a flu shot and stock up on a bunch of citrus!

We got our pets into the vet!  This might not seem like a big deal, but for me it is one more check off of the list.  I wanted to get them all caught up on vaccinations and medications before the baby arrives.  The vet suggested that we turn Converse into an inside cat, it is easier for him to get worms when he is constantly outside eating rodents.  We are going through that adventure right now, of keeping him inside at night.  He isn't very happy with me, but I don't want a wormy cat around my baby, plus he has gone missing in snow storms before and has given me anxiety.  It's been a long time coming, better now before she gets here than later.  

One fun thing I found this week was using pillow cases on the changing  pad on the changing table.  I'm all for saving money and not giving into the consumerism aspect of things now, this was another one of those "Thank you Pinterest!" moments, so now I don't have to buy a changing pad cover so that's cool.  This aside, it feels like it is taking forever getting our nursery ready!  I know slow and steady wins the race, but right now it feels like we are behind! We have slowly been collecting items for it since we find out about her, we have more items than we are in need of, but it still feels like we have a long way to go!  We unwrapped her mattress, I didn't see a point in taking it out of the plastic until we were really close, and we found a tare in it!  Babies R Us is more than 30 minutes away from our house, I'm hoping they make it right because we certainly bought it more than 30 days ago!  I'm certainly grateful for the items we do have, and I know it will come together, I just want to be ready, which is something I'm sure every mommy wants when their baby is coming.  I'm hoping by the time we have a big pile of leaves on the ground, we have a nursery ready to go.