Your guess is as good as mine.

Everyone keeps asking me when Baby K will make his debut.   His due date is three days away on July 5th, but your guess is as good as mine. 

Dialation-wise, I haven't made any progress since the OBGYN started checking me three weeks ago.

Am I discouraged?  No.  Am I enjoying silence when I wake up?  Yes.  Do I like that I get to feed myself before I have to feed someone else?  Yes.  Do I like my tidy home.  Yes. 

I am enjoying this calm before the storm. 

the last three weeks...

A couple weeks ago, I was telling people that there was no way that my stomach could expand any more.  Whether it was wishful thinking or delusion, I was convinced that I would spend the last month of my pregnancy frozen in size at 35 weeks.  I must have been delusional....

Here I am at 35 weeks... big, but not too big...

and at 36 weeks... bigger and looking like it was a long day...

and 37.5 weeks....YIKES!  I better go lather it up with the second coat of cocoa butter lotion right now!

Hanky Panky

At 32 weeks I've gained 22 lbs.  Not bad...many of my pre-pregnancy clothes still fit.  However, only a handful of my pre-pregancy undies still fit.  In fact, at this point, only one brand will do.  Thank you, Hanky Panky, for creating the perfect blend of style and comfort.  But at this point--thank you mostly for the comfort.

"Ready, Set, Deliver" Class #1

So I still haven't rented Baby Mama yet, but I will this week. I wonder if her lamaze class was anything like mine...probably not.
Less than ten weeks to go in this pregnancy and for the next five Mondays, Matt and I will be attending a "Ready, Set, Deliver" birthing class at our hospital. Tonight was the first class. We sat in a semi-circle, kind of how I imagine an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting looks, with about 15 other couples. Except instead of saying "Hi, my name is Hannah and I am an alcoholic," I said "Hi my name is Hannah, this is my husband Matt, and we are due July 5th."

Summary of the night: Matt almost fell asleep from boredom--until they put on a Bill Cosby sketch which woke him up for a few laughs (I'll bet he won't be falling asleep, or laughing, when they start showing the real-life birth videos). And I almost fell asleep too...except in my case it was utter relaxation instead of boredom.

The instructor had the women practice different positions to relax and focus on V E R Y S L O W breathing. At first, breathing that slow was difficult for me. I am a fast paced person and my lungs have historically followed suit, but it is incredible the difference it makes when you concentrate on nothing but breathing slow. Oh, and did I mention that while I was working hard breathing, Matt was massaging my back, neck and hands. I could get used to that! Needless to say, if we don't take away anything but the massage from the next four classes, it will be worth the $90 dollar class fee.

Bring on week two and another massage!

Anyone need a wet nurse?

I've read that occasionally, pregnant women, start lactating mid-way through the 9 months. If someone would have told me the truth--that I was going to be a full blown milk factory--I could have come up with some innovative solutions. I should have started pumping early or I maybe I should apply for a wet nurse position to supplement my income.

Today, it managed to leak past 4 layers: pad, bra, undershirt and outer shirt. Unbelievably disgusting.

Best Friends, Beautiful Wedding and Babes

Our Easter weekend 2010 was a bit unorthodox. We were away from home, our family and our church. In fact, I believe that it was the first Easter that I haven't been in a church. I really missed being there--the Easter celebration is a time where it just feels "right" to worship, with others, the risen Christ and the life of hope that he gives. Instead of a traditional Easter celebration, we were in Los Angeles celebrating a new "life" in marriage, and new "life" in my belly.


Saturday

My dear friend Rachel's wedding was on Saturday and we had a great time getting together with our APU college crew. Weddings seem to be the only thing that brings us all together at one time. It's unbelievable that we met over 10 years ago, and graduated almost 7 years ago. Time really does fly. The seven of us single college girls are now married with 5.66 babies. Baby K is .66 since he's 2/3 of the way here. Joy and Matt brought Addison and Lindsay and Nate brought Sawyer. Sienna, Daniel and Lucca were missed.

The wedding was absolutely charming. I wish I would have taken more pictures of the all the details. I loved the table arrangement's integration of tree stumps, the lemon theme carried out down the aisle and the vintage dessert plates.

Rachel did a great job planning and making the wedding so personal to their taste and style. Brent and Rachel were stunning and you could see the joy of love and the Lord emanating from them. It's always such a comforting feeling knowing that one of your friends has met the love of their life.

Sunday

We spent Sunday in Huntington Beach with my great friend and photographer Christy Bauer (the one posing with Baby Sawyer above). She was so gracious to take "Belly Pics" with me and Matt. I can't wait to see how they turn out! I will be sure to post them as soon as we get them. My sis Nicole came down from L.A. to have lunch with us and assist with the shoot. At least I had one member of the Pelton family with me on Easter!

The big news was the earthquake. We were standing outside of a building, having just taken some pictures in front of it and talking with another couple that was pregnant. I started feeling really dizzy, almost as if I was going to faint. I closed my eyes for a couple seconds trying to ground myself and then said to the group: "Wow, I am really feeling dizzy." At the same time, they all said "Me too!" It turns out that everyone felt it, but thought that they were the only ones. So there's another first for Baby K--Baby's First Earthquake:)

It was a short weekend, but worth the trip to celebrate "life" in a new way.

the start of something new...

It's the start of something new...well, the actual "start" started 6 months ago, but it took me a while to start blogging. I finally caved for two reasons 1) pressure from friends and family and 2) I love perusing my friends blogs about their babies and lives and loves. Its only fair that I contribute.

My belly is growing and in a little over 3 months, we will welcome our little peanut into the world. Although every parent tells us to "enjoy the time we have before the baby comes," I'm ready to meet the little guy. I dream about what what he will look like and how he will feel in my arms. And although it feels so good in my imagination, I know that it will be a million times better in real life. Needless to say, I am not dreaming about the labor and birth...I try to avoid prolonged thoughts about that as much as I can!

Next post....the nursery pictures.