34 Weeks

So here I am. 34 weeks. I feel VERY pregnant. My ankles are swelling and walking is hard work, well actually everything is hard work, getting up, laying down, sitting, standing, you name it and it's hard for me to do. That's alright though because I get a baby out of the deal.

I went to the doctor today and everything looks good. Will's growing and he's positioned head down. Stephen and I are feverishly preparing for Will's arrival and are almost done, I think.

Stephen

Why, you may ask, is there a picture of my toes leading off a post entitled Stephen? Well, due to my immense pregnancy belly hindering my reach to my toes and my desire to feel attractive while in reality I feel like Jabba the Hut, Stephen was kind enough to paint my toe nails for me. He did a pretty good job too!

Stephen has been so great throughout my entire pregnancy. He painted my toe nails for heavens sake! Anything I even mention that I'm craving he wants to run out the door to store to get for me. He cooks, he cleans, he deals with my hormonal crying fits, he's pretty much amazing! I love my husband SO SO much!

Baby Showers, Weddings, and Birthdays, OH MY!

August has been an extraordinarily busy month. My family came into town at the beginning of the month and kicked off the craziness. My younger brother and cousin stayed with us after my family left, all while both Stephen and I were finishing up finals, by the way. The boys stayed with us for a week, in which we had fun playing Nintendo, going to Seven Peaks and going to the video game store. We then all drove to San Diego for my other brother's, Jordan, wedding. It was beautiful, although the weather was the chilliest I've ever experience in August, we still had a great time. Stephen and I stayed in San Diego for a week after the wedding for a well deserved vacation. We relaxed by the pool, went to the beach, played with some great friends, and my mom and sister threw me a baby shower. It was amazing! Thank you Auntie Linda for having it at your house and thank you everyone else that came for the beautiful, in a very manly way, baby boy presents. I feel so ready for Will to come.

We also celebrated my birthday while in San Diego. We had a lemon cake that was incredible! Stephen gave me something that I've wanted for years but never could afford, a Cricut machine. It cuts paper into words and shapes so I never have to buy sticky letters again! I'm so excited to use it!

It's been an eventful month but I really don't mind, it made it fly by. Oh, and by the way, only 2 months until Will makes an appearance. AHHHHH!

P.S. More pictures to come!

28 Weeks

I did it! I made it to the third trimester, well tomorrow I will have made it. I honestly never thought it would come. I'm feeling pretty good, still exhausted but good none the less. My ankles have yet to swell but I might be jinxing myself, oh well. I still don't know if I look pregnant. I still feel like I just look really fat but Stephen, being the amazingly loving husband that he is, insists that I do. People still look somewhat surprised, though, when I tell them I'm pregnant so that really doesn't boost my confidence. Oh well, I'll let you be the judge.

25 Weeks

So today I am 25 weeks along. I can't believe that I'm almost in my third trimester! I remember when I was 10 weeks along and I never thought I would get to this point, but the time has really flown by. I was hoping that in the second trimester I would get some more energy but it seems that I am destined to be tired the entire pregnancy. I am, however, not throwing up 10 times a day anymore so that's nice, right? Because I have an extraordinarily long torso I haven't really started to show until now, really I'm showing now either but I look more pregnant, I guess. So here it is, the much awaited pregnancy picture...

Happy Father's Day!

Because today was Stephen's first Father's Day, I wanted to go all out, breakfast in bed, an amazing dinner, etc. Unfortunately Little Will wanted to have his say about Father's Day too and decided to sit right on my sciatic nerve...Yeah, not so fun, my legs and back are not so happy. But I was able to make him some turnovers and Orange Julius for breakfast.Stephen made dinner, however. Well, really the crock pot made dinner. We had pulled pork sandwiches, they were amazing. I don't have any pictures of them because we devoured them before I even thought about it. I also made some white chocolate macadamia nut cookies. So delicious!

The Wiggler formerly known as Tiddlywinks

Little Will, which is what we call Tiddlywinks now days, is a crazy wiggler. He is constantly moving around and it seems that his favorite activity is bouncing off the walls of my uterus and rubbing them to try to find a way to burst out before his time, already a little escape artist like his daddy. Last night Stephen and I were watching a bit of TV and Will started in on his acrobatic routine, which by the way tickles like crazy, and I grabbed Stephen's hand in hopes that he could feel the craziness going on inside my uterus. Turns out....HE COULD!!

I will never forget his face when he felt the little wiggling. It was one of my favorite moments of our marriage. In fact my entire pregnancy has given me a treasure trove of amazing Stephen moments that I will never forget. The first pregnancy test that was positive, Stephen doing a jumping dance around the house and smiling like a mad man. The first time we saw Will on an Ultrasound. When we found out we were having a boy. The list goes on and on. We are definitely excited for little Will to come.

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IT'S A BOY!!

Stephen and I went to my 20 week ultrasound appointment on Thursday and we got some great news...Tiddlywinks is...a....BOY!! There is no doubt about it, you could see his little man bits very clearly. So we can officially retire the name Tiddlywinks and start calling him William. That's his name, William John (Hawaiian name) McCuen (although I still think I'll call him Tiddlywinks until he's born).

Well...

So tomorrow is the big day. We're finding out what sex little Tiddlywinks is. It's your last chance to weigh in on the subject.