36 Weeks and sort of counting...

Lots of pregnant gals enjoy taking pictures to show their growth during pregnancy....yeah I don't get that whole phenomenon. I do, however, recognize that since I hardly see any of the people who check on our blog you might be interested in my gargantuous belly so here it is. By the way I know my pants look like they're falling down...that's because they usually are. Sorry but it's true - my belly sticks so far out the stretchy band has to hold on for dear life and often fails. Oh well, it's the best I can do right now. :)

So this has been a great pregnancy for me so far. Very little sickness or even nausea, overall energy considering I'm pregnant, decent sleep (though on the decline), no middle of the night charlie horses unlike with my Ryanna pregnancy, normal/healthy weight gain, and so far no new stretch marks. I have a couple weeks left to get those coveted stretch marks and prego pounds though. :) Based on that list I understand if some of you Mommies out there hate me - I feel very lucky to have had 2 great pregnancies. On the other hand we have had some extra worry because our 18 week ultrasound showed some swelling in one of his kidneys. Fortunately, with technology we've kept a close eye on this and what it might mean. There is even a neonatologist who recently moved here who has been going over all the radiologist reports with us, answering our questions, assuring us that this is a minor and manageable situation. So the gist is our baby boy is growing healthy and strong. After delivery he will have his kidney checked out and we'll take it from there. We feel at peace with the situation. It's like Dr. Kwak (the neonatologist) said, "We can only tell so much from a ultrasound and after delivery we might find everything is fine. If not then worst case scenario is he has a problem with an organ that God provided a spare of."  We aren't consumed with worry - actually the feeling in our home is only excitement to welcome this baby into our family!

I had my usual appointment yesterday and Dr. Griffith really freaked me out by saying well now that you're 36 weeks I wouldn't stop you if you went into labor - WHAT!?! You mean I am going to go into labor at some concrete coming date and I'll deliver this baby boy in all my glory and then I'll be a mother of two???? Of course I knew this but it still felt like I was hearing this for the first time. So now I'm getting into nesting mode - washing blankets, setting up the bassinet, going through clothes given to me(thank you Kristen!), and just overall letting it all settle in. Watch out everyone! Pretty soon there will be 2 little Brian/Kristin spawn taking over the earth. Hehehhe.