our day for little bean

oh my last weekend was wonderful! it was my baby shower for little bean!! my amazing friends threw it for me. my bestie andrea flew out from atlanta (it's her third time this year coming out) to throw it for me. it was such a special day. i am very lucky to have friends like andrea, bobbie, and margaret. 

the decorations were beautiful, the food was so yummy.  there was a variety of things like mini quiche, bacon, meat pies from portos bakery , yogurt parfait, french toast with cups to dip syrup into, and donuts.  if you know me, i love donuts.  they have to be my most favorite food on earth. so so yummy.  any whoo, on top of having delish food there was fun games as well.  one where everyone got to guess the size of my belly by cutting a piece of string.  my sweet friend ruby who owns the blog westside mommy ended up winning the game.  probably because we are pretty much the same size. there was also a hilarious game that andrea threw together.  she cut up eyes, noses, and mouths from different pictures of my hubs and i so that people could mix and match them to make what they would think baby watson would look like.  some of them were so funny, and others were terrifying. i will put some at the end of the post so you can see people's creations.  

another fun thing that ended up being a total surprise was a photobooth!!! so creative! they set it up in one of the rooms at bobbie's place, and it was so fun to take pictures in there! i ended up getting a photo with everyone which is good. a very sweet way to remember my baby shower. 

thank you again andrea, bobbie and margaret. you all are so wonderful. and thank you to everyone that came.  you all got us such special things.  we love all of you!

also, here is the picture of the food table...

and i don't believe we have announced it yet, but yes, robert is what we are naming our little bean.  we are naming him after my father.  i am lucky to have such an amazing dad, and i hope i am half the parent that he is.  

my niece also took some great shots of me opening gifts. i don't want to post them all so that i don't bore people with pictures. but here are a few.

pregnancy by week

happy thanksgiving!!!

this year, i have many things to be thankful for. 

• my wonderful and supportive husband
• my family
• my friends.  i seriously have the best group of friends ever.  i feel really lucky to have all of them in my life.
• little bean. i can't wait till he's here!!!!!
• my apartment, and everything we have.  

back to the hospital we went....

late monday night, i woke up mid sleep, feeling horrible back pain.  i figured it was just a strain or something so i took tylenol and just tried my best to ignore it.  i tried my best as well all day tuesday to ignore it, but come night i was feeling a whole lot worse.  i took two hot baths with lavender oil, i tried more tylenol, tried the heating pad, and had the hubs rub my back.  nothing worked.  around 9:30pm last night (tuesday) i was in tears, and gave in and called my ob.  

hubs ended up driving me over to the hospital where i had some blood drawn, as well as urine samples to figure out what was going on in my body since i wasn't having any contractions or anything like that.  turns out that i have kidney stones! yay....not really. we ended up spending around 3 1/2 - 4 hours at the hospital. i got some different pain meds which worked wonders last night, and i got some to take home until this stone passes. please send good thoughts my way.  having kidney stones feels like hell!

33 weeks!!!!!

how far along: 33 weeks!!!!! insane!

total weight gain: 27 pounds

baby is the size of: a pineapple. anyone ready the pregnancy chicken?  this week they poked fun of that size comparison. it was pretty funny.

cravings: i didn't think i was craving anything until i woke up from my nap and smelt the ribs in the crock pot.  now i am def. craving bbq, and watching the clock closely for 6:30pm!

belly button in or out: out

looking forward to: sleeping normally again

best moment this week: my AMAZING best friend, and another really lovely friend of mine threw me the most amazing baby shower.  i feel so loved!

maternity clothes:  yup

labor symptoms: nope.  

i had the most lovely baby shower this weekend! oh boy was it nice! i will write a separate post all about it once my sweet niece emails me all the photos from it.  my niece is 11, and is in a yearbook class taking photos of the band for her middle school yearbook.  she offered to photograph my baby shower while she was up here.  such a sweetheart! 

the hubs and i are getting really excited for little bean. only 7 more weeks and he'll be here! yayay!  today at my ob appointment she said he is measuring at 35 weeks, but we will get all the good details at the big ultrasound appointment in 2 weeks. i can't wait for that appointment.  that's also the appointment where we will find out if my placenta has moved.  i really hope it has!!!!

32 weeks!!!!!!!!

how far along:  32 weeks!!! ahhhh! 8 weeks left, 8 months pregnant!!!!!!

total weight gain:  25+ pounds! looks like i swallowed a basketball

baby is the size of: a honeydew

miss anything: sleep! sleep is getting rough.  i've missed sleep this entire time pretty much, but even more so lately.

cravings:  salad. salad big time!!!!

belly button in or out: out!!!!!

looking forward to:  my baby shower which is this saturday!!! also, looking forward to seeing my bestie! she is coming into town tomorrow from atlanta.  woot woot!

best moment this week:  i went to a good friends wedding this past sunday.  such a beautiful wedding.  she did an amazing job decorating for the reception. everything was diy! we had a blast seeing them get married, as well as hanging with some of our favorite people!

maternity clothes:  yup

labor symptoms: well.....

last week was a pretty stressful week.  i had a doctor appointment on wednesday, where they found some blood in my urine(tmi i know). at that point i had no symptoms of a uti or anything like that. around thursday evening, i started having what felt like lower back contractions, followed by having to pee every 30 seconds.  i felt miserable.  i ended up calling my ob, who then put me on some antibiotics which didn't work.  saturday came around and i was still super uncomfortable, so i was put on a different kind of antibiotics which did work.  and now i am feeling so much better thankfully.  it's one thing to have a baby resting on your bladder, but when you have uti on top of that it sucks. 

anywhoo! my bestie comes into town tomorrow which should be fun! luckily this time it won't be extremely hot while she is here.i have some of the greatest friends in the world.  i feel so lucky! can't wait to see everyone on saturday.  anywhoo, i need to get off the computer so i can start getting ready for dinner.  we have some friends coming over for supper! they are bringing us pho (yay!!!!)  

hospital bag packed!

so after having my scare at 29 weeks, and then a little scare yet again at 31, my husband brought up that it's probably time for me to pack my hospital bag.  so today i headed over to target to grab some things.  

so this afternoons project was packing my bag!  i asked friends on face book what i should pack! i got some great advice.  so, here are some of the things i've packed!!!

1. outfit for bean from the gap
2. another outfit (going home outfit) for bean from petit bateau . we got bean the outfit when we were in paris.  i love it. it's the striped one on the top left
3. pajama pants and 2 tank tops from target.
4. slippers also from target .
5. hanes granny panties and socks also from target .
6. nursing bra
7. camera for taking lots of pictures
8. bag of snacks for adam and myself.  

not photographed are some toiletries such as toothbrush, shampoo, conditioner, chap stick, makeup, and i will also bring my blow dryer and flat iron.  i don't want to pack those things yet.  

i can't believe i am at the point of packing my hospital bag.  so crazy that we will have a little one here soon. can't wait to meet my little man!!!

31 weeks!!!!!!!!!!

how far along:  31 weeks!!!! i can't believe there is only single digits weeks left.  9 more! I can't believe how soon our little man will be here.  i have such a strong love for him already.  i can't wait to meet him.

total weight gain:  25+ pounds, and i am measuring at 32 weeks.  so thats good!!!! 

baby is the size of:  a coconut

miss anything:  bending down with ease.  i'm at the point now that when i drop something, i just leave it in hopes someone else picks it up.  too much work to do it myself.

cravings:  nothing really.  

belly button in or out:  out!

looking forward to:  meeting out little man.  only 9 weeks to go give or take.  

best moment this week:  my mom bought us a car seat which was awesome.  super excited.  also my family is coming up tomorrow.  my dad, grandmother, aunt, and one of my uncles.  they are bringing us some baby gifts, as well as taking us to lunch which will be nice.  since they won't be able to make it up the weekend of my shower, and i most likely won't be driving down to san diego to see them until after bean is born it will be good to see them now. i spent a lot of time cleaning my apartment yesterday and getting ready for them come.  this is the only apartment that my family has ever visited.  well besides my dad who helped us move here.  he's actually helped me move into every apartment that i've ever lived in.  such a great guy. 

maternity clothes:  yup

labor symptoms:  well.none to my knowledge.  today i went to my normal ob appointment. it wasn't an appointment with the specialist so we still don't know the status of my previa.  but at the appointment today we did find some blood in my urine ( sorry if that's tmi).  i'm hoping it's nothing more than a uti or something like that, and not a sign of pre-term labor.  i haven't had any other symptoms whatsoever. not for a uti or for preterm labor.  so i really hope it's just nothing.  crossing my fingers everything is fine.  i should be getting a call i'm assuming within the next few days with some lab results.

so like i said before i am super excited to see my family tomorrow.  they are driving up from san diego.  being preggo and being stuck in the car for long amounts of time is awful.  so it's nice that they are making the drive up here with some baby gifts.  after this i probably won't see them until after january.  so it will be nice to catch up and have lunch.

also a dear friend of ours is getting married this coming weekend.  we've both known her for probably around 10ish years.  we will drive on sunday up to santa margarita which is exciting. i can't wait for their wedding.

back to some baby talk.... bean moves ALL the time.  it's crazy. i love being able to feel him move all the time.  especially when i'm talking or singing to him. i use to feel like a crazy person talking and singing to him, but now that he moves when i do it, i don't feel as crazy.  

anywhoo i will stop gabbing.  i know i'm not that interesting.  i just have a lot to gab about.  im gonna grab some snacks, a big bottle of water, and relax.  

9 weeks left!!! aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!