We bring you: “Pregnant Lady Hula Hooping”.

Enjoy!

You’re welcome.

How I’m feeling: Still feeling pretty great. I do get tired at the end of the day, but I’m still keeping up and for that, I am grateful. I went to Yoga this week and did a couple of longer walks and they all felt great. But by the end of the day, I’m happy to put my feet up. Still feeling lots of squirms, tiny kicks and baby hiccups. And this week also marked my first ‘cone-shaped’ belly. Baby has been hanging out on my right side during the whole pregnancy and now you can SEE my whole stomach shift when he/she stretches out.

Weeks along: 37 Weeks  

Pounds Gained: 17.9 Total
 

Pregnancy Woes:

• Charlie Horses during the night
• More frequent bathroom breaks (both day and night!)
• Trouble sleeping at night since I can’t really roll left to right anymore. HAHA

Pregnancy Loves:

• I think the baby dropped a bit this week? (I can’t see it, but people told me they noticed!) My heartburn has been a little bit better and I feel more movement lower in my belly than before. This makes me excited because I know it means we’re getting closer to the big day!!
  
• Frozen Yogurt! I’ve been looking forward to this all week!! (Gooey brownies, cookie dough and gummy bears! YES!)
  
• Still on a fruit and cereal kick too.

Items we got for the baby:

• We got a new Glider for the bedroom!! Irving spent all afternoon on Mother’s Day putting it together for me! I love it!
  
  Testing it out in the store!
  
• My friend, Courtney, made this awesome quilt for the baby!! I am so in love. I love, love, LOVE it!
  
  Photo and puppy belong to Courtney!

Highlights of the week:

• Finished Birth Plan and discussed with doctor! Everyone says to make a plan and be prepared to throw it out the window, but I feel better knowing I’m going in somewhat prepared, but I’m not going to freak out if it doesn’t end up working out as we envision it.
• Installed Car Seat!
• Went on a nice 3 mile walk this morning!
  
• Finished Nursery!! (I promise a tour by next week!)
• Picked out Baby’s coming home outfit! We have three options, in case the baby ends up being bigger or smaller, but this one is a frontrunner!
  
• Started packing the hospital bag! That is way more overwhelming than I thought. It’s hard not knowing the exact date we’ll need it! I don’t want to pack too much and then have to wait three weeks and need the things inside! But I also don’t want to be running around if it happens to be earlier! But it’s started… and we have a list. So hopefully we won’t forget anything!

We had fun playing on escalators this weekend in Hollywood!

Goal for this week:

• FINISH packing the hospital bag
• Keep working on pregnancy photobook
• Relax!

Previous Baby Updates:

17.5 Weeks
19 Weeks
20 Weeks
21 Weeks
22 Weeks
23 Weeks
24 Weeks
25 Weeks
26 Weeks
27 Weeks
28 Weeks
29 Weeks
30 Weeks
31 Weeks
32 Weeks
33 Weeks
34 Weeks
35 Weeks
36 Weeks

OUT WITH THE OLD…..

IN WITH THE NEW!

One of the many life changes that comes with having a baby I guess.

I had one pair designed that had one color on one side and another color on the other… but I didn’t want to get too crazy, so in the end, I ended up with a sweet pair of magenta and grey kicks:

I designed everything from the laces, to the grommets, to the stitching color. I LOVE them!

My favorite part? I branded them with KELOCITY on the back. HAHA Awesome. Now no one can steal my shoes. #Winning

Mama is proud. =)

Weeks along: 36 Weeks  
 
Pounds Gained: 16.8 total 
 

Pregnancy Woes:

• Braxton Hicks and cramps have become a daily occurrence. They’re not too painful, but they do take my breath away sometimes. They say it’s the body’s way of preparing for what’s to come. They actually make me excited because it’s a reminder how close we are to meeting the baby!!
• Living far away from family has been tough lately. It’s hard being 3,000 miles away from your entire family. I’m really looking forward to spending some time back east during my maternity leave. So thankful for Skype though!!

Pregnancy Loves:

• Strawberries. Cereal. Smoothies. Repeat. <—- I went through 3 cartons of strawberries and two boxes of cereal myself this week!
• Baby has been giving me so many kicks, rolls and squirms lately! They slowed down a little bit recently, but the past couple of days they picked up again! I’m just hoping he/she is still head down as we get closer!

Items we got for the baby:

• We were so spoiled by friends this week with another beautiful baby shower. We are so lucky. Thank you!
  

Highlights of the week:

• Baby Shower #2!
  
• Officially being 9 Months Pregnant! Seems like a big milestone!
• I went on one 2.5 mile walk this week. Doesn’t sound like much, but it’s been a while since I did that!
• Yoga! This week’s class had a lot of meditation and stretching which was exactly what I needed.

Goal for this week:

• Finish Birth Plan Preferences
• Pack the Hospital Bag
• Put the final touches on the nursery!!
  
• Install Car Seat(!)
• Start making a pregnancy Photo Book

Previous Baby Updates:

17.5 Weeks
19 Weeks
20 Weeks
21 Weeks
22 Weeks
23 Weeks
24 Weeks
25 Weeks
26 Weeks
27 Weeks
28 Weeks
29 Weeks
30 Weeks
31 Weeks
32 Weeks
33 Weeks
34 Weeks
35 Weeks