36 weeks

How far along? 36 weeks!!!!
Total Weight Gain/Loss? Not sure, I have my appt on Tuesday.
Maternity clothes? Oh yes and those are starting to get small.
Stretch marks? Here they come…. It is always that last month that does it to me. L
Sleep: Yeah right. I don’t get much sleep at all. I can’t wait to have no sleep with an outside baby. J

Best moment this week: Making it through another week! It was a long one.
Movement: Yes. It is getting pretty painful. She is running out of room.
Food cravings: none.
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: Having some strong contractions at night, but go away pretty quickly.

Belly Button in or out? Pretty much out.
What I am looking forward to: Making it to 37 weeks. Full Term baby!!!

What I miss: Sleeping on my belly.
Milestones: Making it to my ninth month. I am in the homestretch!

This week has been a long one. We had our month end at work, so that meant some extra hours at the office and some extra pain at night. I have been having some pretty strong contractions at night, but they never last long enough to worry about. Just enough to stop me in my tracks for about a minute.

Braylon is really starting to catch on that he is going to have a baby sister soon. He knows what everything of hers is and takes care of it. We have a dolly that he likes to put in all of her stuff and tells us it is for Baby Avery. He is so cute. He is going to be very protective of her. I got the car seat out this weekend to get cleaned up and ready to go. Braylon made us put it in the truck this morning before we left for church.

We are starting to get very excited about the arrival of Avery. I have gotten her and my bags packed so they are ready to go. We just have a few small things to get and we are completely set. I still haven’t finished Braylon’s quilt. L In fact I haven’t even started on it. I am waiting for my next nesting phase to come along to give me that extra push to get it finished!

Now we are just waiting. I am kind of hoping she will come late so that I can plan a little more. I love having things planned out, so the fact that she could come early is scaring the bejesus out of me. I just DO NOT want to go into labor at work.

We will keep you all posted on things to come. I have my first “check” on Tuesday so we shall see how things are progressing.

34 weeks

Wow, where does the time go? I can't believe that I am 34 weeks pregnant. I have only 6 weeks to go!! I just can't believe it. I can remember taking the home pregnancy tests confirming my suspicion that I was pregnant and the due date seemed so far away. Now it is almost here!! Almost sooner than I am ready for. :) This definitely isn't the best looking picture, but all I have had time for with two sickies in the house.

I have put up two polls on Avery's arrival. Please vote! I am just curious to see what everyone thinks might happen. Here are mine and Chris's detailed votes along with what Braylon's stats were:

Chris: March 3rd, 8:52pm, 7lbs 11oz

Mine: March 7th, 11:52am, 9lbs 2oz

Braylon: His due date was 7/7/07. Born 7/10/07, 9:23pm, 8lbs 7oz

How far along? 34 weeks
Total Weight Gain/Loss? 10 lbs as of last Tuesday.
Maternity clothes? Oh, yes.
Stretch marks? No new ones, it won't be long for some new ones to appear.
Sleep: Not the greatest, but I'll take what I can get.
Best moment this week: Getting Avery's bedding done! Now on to Braylon's!
Movement: Yes. It is getting pretty painful. She is running out of room.
Food cravings: none.
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: Lots of Braxton Hicks,

Belly Button in or out? Half in Half out. Getting more out by the day.
What I am looking forward to: Getting Braylon and Avery's room completely finished!
Weekly Wisdom: None.
Milestones: Only 6 weeks to go! She is definitely head down and very very low.

33 weeks / Flu

Oh what a weekend. Friday marked my 33rd week of pregnancy. I am now over 33 1/2 weeks. I can't believe how fast this is all going. I had planned on a post with pictures, but Braylon got the flu Friday night and then Chris got it yesterday. So I have had my hands full taking care of two sick boys. Braylon seems to be feeling better, but is still not eating. I'm not sure if he is afraid to eat after getting sick so much or still doesn't have his appetite back. We'll keep offering it to him and I'm sure he 'll start eating again soon. Chris was running a fever last night after he started to feel a little better, but stayed home again today to rest up and get back to 100%. I'm sure his coworkers don't want him giving it to them. Our computer has a virus and we can't get on it anymore. :( I am posting this at work. Hopefully we can get it working again soon!

The weekend wasn't all that bad though. My mom and dad came to town on Saturday. My mom brought down my sisters sewing machine and cutting boards so that I can start on Braylon and Avery's bedding. They are sharing a room, so I wanted to make their bedding coordinate. I wanted Avery's to be a little girly and Braylon's to be boyish, so the only way I could think to make that happen was to make it myself. When my parents got into town, we just relaxed that evening and watched the K-State game (dvr'ed it!). It was nice to just relax. Then on Sunday we went to church, got more fabric and then my mom helped me cut out all of Avery's bedding. My dad fixed a few things around the house for us! Thanks Dad! And then my dad and his friend John drove home to Centralia together while my mom and Mary Jane (John's wife) stayed another night with us! They both work at the bank and had Monday off and wanted to go shopping. I had yesterday off as well, but being on my feet for too long sends me contracting so I passed on the shopping and stayed home to take care of Chris and to work on Avery's bedding. I was so productive yesterday, it felt so good to get so much done. I went through all the baby stuffed, got everything washed and almost finished all of Avery's bedding. I just have the bed skirt to finish. I plan to work on Braylon's quilt next weekend. I am getting so excited. I'll post some pictures of their room when I am all finished!

Last night we watched the #9 Kansas State Wildcats defeat the undefeated #1 ranked Texas Longhorns. Oh how we wish we could have been there in person, but the comfort of my own couch was just fine. It was such and exciting game and Bramlage looked electrifying. WAY TO GO CATS!!!

Videos

Merry Christmas / 30 weeks

30 Weeks

Christmas Day!

Braylon opening his first present from Santa!

Mommy getting some lovin' from her little boy.

CCutie pie on Christmas Morning!

Watching Papa try to plow snow with the tractor. Thank goodness we didn't have anywhere to go!

Opening his presents Christmas Eve.

K-State Basketball game on Monday night.

Ready to go sledding for the first time!

Opening presents at Grandma and Grandpa Meyn's.

Opening presents at home before we left for the week!

Hope everyone is having a safe and Merry Christmas. I know we are. We are having a VERY White Christmas. This first I can remember like this. All of our Church services were cancelled and my parents can't ever remember that happening. Needless to stay we are stuck inside for awhile. I just feel bad for those who weren't able to spend Christmas with their families because of the snow.

I am 30 weeks exactly today. I feel like I am getting very large and that Avery is running out of room. It hurts when she moves now. I have been having some on and off contractions so I have been trying to take it easy. I will be talking to the doctor about it at my next appt. Other than that I am sleeping as well as can be expected. I just can't believe that I only have 10 more weeks to go!!!

Pictures

28 weeks

Braylon, Boston and Bouncer looking out the window waiting for uncle Ryan to come home!

Braylon opening his first present of the season!

Braylon and some of his second cousins!

29 Weeks/Christmas Baking

How far along? 29 weeks
Total Weight Gain/Loss? 5 pounds as of my last appt (last Tuesday).
Maternity clothes? Oh, yes.
Stretch marks? No new ones, I think but I have a feeling they are coming. I have been feeling a lot of stretching this week.
Sleep: Not the greatest, but I'll take what I can get.
Best moment this week: The week being over and starting my week long vacation!
Movement: Oh yes, you can see and feel her moving! I was starting to get a little worried the other day because she wasn't moving very much, but luckily that didn't last very long.
Food cravings: none.
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: Lots of Braxton Hicks, but nothing more.
Belly Button in or out? Top is out, bottom is in.
What I am looking forward to: Heading to Hanover and Centralia tomorrow for Christmas. I get the WHOLE week off!!!
Weekly Wisdom: It takes a lot of stomach muscles to sneeze. I have been sneezing constantly for the last two days and I am so sore. Ah I hate colds.
Milestones: Making it in to my final trimester!!! Not too much longer to go before we get to meet our beautiful little girl.

So, I can't get any pictures to post right now. I'll try again tonight.

This past weekend my family came to see us in KC. My mom, sisters and I made cookies all day Saturday while the guys went Christmas shopping. I had a blast hanging out with my mom and sisters. Braylon liked helping out also. He loved my mom's Kitchen Aid Mixer, anytime he heard it come on he was in the kitchen. Then later that night aunt Rosie helped him decorate some sugar cookies.

On Sunday we headed to Silver Lake for our Feldkamp Christmas. Braylon had a lot of fun playing with his little cousins and opening his first present of the year.

Braylon has been afraid of Santa for quite some time. He wouldn't go near him last year, so I have been working with him this year so that I could get a picture. Wednesday night we went to the mall in hopes of getting Braylon's picture with Santa. We did!! There was NO line and we got right in. Braylon didn't like it by any means, but he wasn't screaming or crying. :) I think it was a success!!

We are heading to Hanover tomorrow for a few days and then to Centralia next Wednesday for the rest of the week. Chris, Braylon and I are looking forward to a nice, relaxing week with our families.

Hope everyone has a great Christmas!!

(I'll try and post some pictures tonight!)