And the craziness continues!!!

February is going to be the death of me, haha! Chris & I have been SO busy, and every weekend is full!

My TN showers were amazing! I was completely overwhelmed with everything! We got so much great stuff for Avery - and it's all so adorable :-) I couldn't believe the decorations & food at my Cupcake shower - my friends definitely outdid themselves! And my church shower was beautiful and I was happy to see tons of women I haven't seen in ages. It was a fast, but super fun weekend!

I've been training my replacement at work this week, and I've had to stay on my feet a lot more than I normally would. By the time I got home each night this week, I was about to drop w/ exhaustion. And my poor feet! They look terrible, lol. I have to work tomorrow - ugh, but then I have a baby shower to look forward to at our church here on Sunday afternoon! Yay!

Chris and I went and purchased Avery's stroller & pack n' play today!! I'm very excited to put everything together, but for now the huge boxes are still in my car. Poor Chris has to carry them up our 3 flights of stairs...

Time is flying by. I'll be 33 weeks on Monday, so we don't have much longer til Avery comes!!

Love you all,

Michelle

Busy, busy, busy...

Hello all,

Today is my 27th Birthday! Chris and I are in Myrtle Beach right now and it's been so much fun :-) I love the beach any time of year! We've done a lot of shopping and eating, two of my favorite things!!

Things have been crazy since I last posted!

Chris and I endured our childbirth classes at Rex. We had to go 2 Saturdays in a row for 4 1/2 hours. We watched some not so exciting videos about labor & birth, and had to practice breathing techniques and things like that. I was excited to tour the birth center - it's SO nice :-) And Chris is excited about the good food in the cafeteria, haha. He missed the newborn care section of the last class because he had to sing at a wedding. So I made him practice changing a diaper on a teddy bear at home! He did great for his "first diaper change."

I'm finally in my 3rd Trimester - and I've already noticed huge changes that I'm not enjoying so much. My face and hands are starting to swell, and my feet ache constantly. I'm also having leg cramps pretty often. I guess I can finally say I FEEL pregnant. My stomach seems to be growing daily too, lol. I survived the glucose test - it wasn't bad at all! I was happy to find out that I don't have gestational diabetes - I've been eating TONS of sugar!! Chris and I were able to have a 3D/4D ultrasound last week, and it was SO amazing. Avery didn't want to cooperate at first...she had her arm right in front of her face. Dena, our ultrasound technician, had me get up to walk & bounce around, and that did the trick! We have a whole CD of photos of Avery's sweet face & body.

Next weekend, I'm heading to Greeneville for two baby showers - yay! I can't wait to see everyone! My good friends are throwing me a cupcake shower on Saturday, and then my home church is throwing me one on Sunday. Chris can't go, so I'm very thankful that my best friend Allison is going to ride to Greeneville with me! It'll be a fast but fun weekend! I think it's going to make everything seem much more real when I come back to Raleigh with lots of baby stuff...

I'll make sure to update after next weekend. I have to go to the doctor every 2 weeks now since things are getting so close! My next appointment is this Tuesday.

Hope everyone is doing well!

Love always,
Michelle