Raisin' Bran and Amelia: 34 Weeks

Baby is the Size of a Quokka

New for baby this week? About 18 inches and 5 lbs., lungs, brain and central nervous system reaching finals stages of development, baby is using Mama's immune system to build their own up, peeing a pint a day

Total weight gain/loss? 25 lbs.

Sleep? Pretty good. Getting up more frequently to pee. Had my first charlie horse the other night. I forgot how terrible those were for me at the end of my last pregnancy.

Best moment this week? Valentine's Dinner with Joe

Miss Anything? Bending easily.

Movement? I am surprised how different movement feels with this baby. It is probably due to my anterior placenta acting as a cushion. Movements, although frequent, just aren't as large and visible from the outside like they were with Bran.

Food cravings? Oreos and milk

Labor Signs? I have some Braxton Hicks contractions pretty much every day.

How is mama feeling? Really good, even better than a couple weeks ago honestly.

Looking forward to? Getting as much rest and relaxation as possibly. I have been taking advantage of napping when Bran naps on my days off.

It has been a pretty uneventful last couple of weeks. I am still working 3 days a week, so between that and keeping up with Bran it keeps me busy. At my last checkup with my OB I got some interesting news. Apparently she tore her hamstring a few weeks ago when she had fallen on some ice and it is going to require surgery. Although she will be back in the office in a few weeks, she is unfortunately going to be out of the hospital/OR for 6 weeks until she can get off of crutches. We are both kind of bummed this runs right up to my due date, but she is hopeful she will be able to deliver for me again. Of course there is always the chance of having a baby in the middle of the night and getting another doctor anyway. So fingers crossed! I am just thankful I will at least get to see her at my last few weekly appointments. And now I have to see the other two OB's at my first weekly appointments, which already start next week, yikes!

Nesting is in full swing. I got all of Bran's old clothes sorted and labeled (in case we have another boy) and dug out of all the gender neutral items. The amount of clothes they go through in the first year is insane! I didn't realize just how many clothes we had until I dug them all out at once, and I feel like I don't even get that much stuff for Bran. And the newborn clothes are so tiny! I can't believe we are going to have a tiny baby home with us again in just 6 short weeks.

Dada is also "nesting", or maybe he is just playing into Mama's nesting? I really want to get the entryway painted, so he has been hard at work getting all of the trim and molding fixed up and painted. I would love to have it done before baby gets here, but we'll see?? Projects just don't go as quickly around the house these days with our little helper.

I had Valentine's Day off and spent it goofing around with my little man. Bran got gifts from his first little Valentine's this year, Frankie and Maddie. He is going to miss them so much when he switches to daycare this summer. Joe and I also got an adult night out and had an excellent dinner at Oscar's! Hopefully we can sneak out for another adult night before Baby L 2.0 is here.

The other night Joe and I were just hanging out watching tv when we heard a big thud. I immediately assumed it was one of the dogs, but they were both laying right by us sleeping. I look on the baby monitor and apparently Bran had fallen out of bed. Funniest part is by the time I saw him on the monitor he was already up and climbing right back into bed, he didn't even cry or yell once! He is so tough, he really amazes me. He must really love his new bed. But how this little boy managed to wiggle around enough in this big bed to fall out, with a rail, is beyond me. He is also so cute in the morning because I will hear him on the monitor when he wakes up, "Mama, where are you?!". Sleeping son, it's 6 a.m.! haha.

While I was cleaning out the nursery I came across the Old Wives Tales answers from Bran's baby shower. I ended up having 10 girl and 5 boy predictions, which obviously ended up being wrong.