Full Term!!!

 

We are officially full term! It’s hard to imagine that baby Peyton could be here in just a few short weeks. I keep telling myself that she probably won’t make her arrival until I’m way past due so I don’t get too discouraged with the waiting. I think the most difficult part about the next upcoming weeks is the unknown. The waiting would be much easier to take if I had a definite arrival date for Miss Peyton, if only she could text me her calendar J.

Jordan and I had a great visit back home for the holidays. Since being back in Bama I have had a terrible cold though and I’m pretty sure it just turned into a sinus infection : (. Having a baby all up in my lungs and a stuffy nose makes it very difficult to breathe … no fun! Now that we are home and our schedules have calmed down it is time to get to business about getting everything ready for our sweet little girl. There are several things around the house that need to get done and we still have a few baby items we need to purchase. With all of the very generous gifts that people gave us we have very few things that need to be bought though which is so wonderful!

I have packed a few things for the hospital bag but honestly at this point it’s all food! Peyton’s bag should be easy to pack, the biggest problem I foresee is not being able to pick which outfits to bring. Today Jordan put together all kinds of fun things like our swing, bouncer and highchair. It definitely looks like Peyton has already taken over the house. Peyton has been very active as usual and it is now pretty easy to see her move from the outside if I am wearing a pretty tight shirt. One night while Jordan and I were snuggling in bed we were facing each other and she gave him a solid one two punch in his gut. He couldn’t believe how forceful her kicks/movements could be.

At my appointment this week my doctor told me that I was not dilated at all which didn’t surprise me. This exam wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be, uncomfortable for sure but not painful.  I’m honestly going to see if I can forgo this check until my 40 week appointment. It really isn’t necessary and I’d just rather not know. We’ll see how this goes over though. We did go to our birthing classes but neither one of us found it very helpful, so we skipped out on the second day. Our instructor was pretty negative and the information she gave us just wasn’t helpful.

After seeing pictures of myself over the holidays I was very surprised by how big I actually look. I don’t feel extra huge most of the time but once I see a picture of myself I start to understand why I get so many comments about my size.

 

This is the same shirt I wore to my baby shower when I was 31 weeks along. It almost did not fit this morning.

I hope everyone had an extra wonderful Christmas and New Years.