we're not obsessed.. promise..

Although our thoughts are pretty consumed with having this baby in four weeks - we're not obsessed with this belly. I just want to post something since we haven't taken a picture of anything we've been up to in so long. But we finally ordered a new camera and it should be here in the next week or so. Then normal not bump (minus head) pictures will grace this blog. Until then, this is all you're gonna get.

35 weeks, 5 days - can you tell she's starting to drop? - hallelujah!

a little more than a month left...

So all of my pictures of my belly have my head cut off because I have to use my cell phone (our camera was lost on a subway in D.C.) and Ben's never home. To actually 'see' the belly up close and personal I have to put the cell phone super close to the mirror, therefore, cutting off my head. But it's not like my head has changed =) Our nursery is almost finished. I just have to hang up the pictures and shelf, so I'll post pictures of that soon. We're slowly checking things off our list to have ready by the time she comes home. Luckily we only have two major/expensive things left to purchase: stroller, swing. Gosh, babies are expensive.

This picture is from 34 weeks, 3 days.

why we'll probably fail at this whole labor thing...

So we went to our first birthing class yesterday. Both of us weren't too excited to go because 1) there was a small list of things I wanted to be covered, and 2) Ben wasn't going to learn much that was new. BUT I signed up so I'd feel prepared and all that jazz. We were not the best students... at all... We kept quoting the movie "Baby Mama" and laughing in the back row (yes, we were those kind of students). When we first got there they gave us a worksheet to fill out our thoughts and feelings about different pregnant words. Some examples are below.

pain - "how much until I can have the drugs" (Jamie)

the pregnant body - "big belly", "sexy mama" (Ben), "praying for zero stretch marks" (Jamie)

labor - "quick please" (Jamie), "hand squeezing" (Ben)

c-section - some gross medical terms that used the words 'pull' and 'overflowing' (Ben) - gross

Then they asked us to share... I think we made up different answers out loud because everyone else definitely didn't write the same stuff as us. I really did try to take it more seriously, but it's hard to be in that kind of mood and then lay down on some mats and think serene thoughts as Ben is rubbing my back and staring at my face. We have one more class next Saturday... hopefully by then we'll mature a little. I just wish I had never seen the movie "Baby Mama" - if you haven't and you're expecting (even if you're not it's flippin' hilarious!) then I would definitely put it down on the list of 'musts' right next to 'What to Expect When You're Expecting'... =)

another 'bump' picture

This is me at 32 weeks and 2 days.

We lost our camera on the subway in D.C. a little while ago so this picture was taken with my phone. This camera phone is sooo good that it even took a picture of our toothpaste spit on the mirror... ha!

Good things coming up:

*only 50 days (give or take) left until Charlotte arrives

*only six weeks left until my maternity leave begins (hallelujah)

*only a few more weeks until Ben can stop making fun of me for wanting to watch Christmas movies (even though I've secretly watched a few =)

*only six days until my birthing class... boo...

*only 75 days until Christmas

*and only 159 days until my birthday

some good advice...

As I've been collecting advice for what to do when this baby arrives, I stumbled across this website which has definitely been the most helpful... =)

http://www.c00lstuff.com/1133/Do_s_and_don_ts_with_babies/

why i love my mom and sister

I love my sister because she sends me sweet packages.

This one being my favorite. =)

And I love my mom because she sent me this car seat, with an Ugly Doll, and a crib (which we'll put up in a few weeks and take pictures of then).

Gosh, do I sound shallow or what that my love is strengthened by gifts? =)

Oh, and here is the "bump" at 30 weeks. 10 weeks to go...

i'm nesting... a lot...

For the past.. oh I'd say... two months I've been doing some serious organizing/cleaning every weekend. I've cleared so much out to put in our basement, cleaned things I haven't cleaned since we moved here over two years ago (I know... gross), and have gotten a lot of things ready for this baby. Recently (okay like two weeks ago) I already put out my fall decor. I just can't help it.