We are 37 weeks pregnant at the end of this week! CRAZY!
I now go to the doctor once a week and will continue that until the baby comes. Today my appointment went REALLY well as the Dr said that baby is all the way down (settled into the cervix), he's head down, 100% effaced and I'm about 1cm dilated! Last week he was just head down so we made a lot of progress in the last 7 days! Hopefully I continue to progress at the pace that I am and baby comes soon! Alas, the wait continues for now.
Eric and I have been super busy lately just getting ready for all the things happening soon! Eric starts his last semester of school this week and amen for that! He would have been done back in 2010 but thanks to Marine bootcamp and his deployment he's had to miss 3 semesters of school, so he's finally able to finish up his last semester! I know he'll do great but I'm going to have to be really good about giving him time to study and handling the baby myself so he can get his work done and etc. Not to mention he'll still have drill work to do for the Marines so he's going to be a busy boy! I can't stop thinking lately how thankful and how blessed I am to have such a hardworking, dedicated husband. He truly wants the best for our family and he will do anything to make sure Cannen and I are provided for and he does it with a really humble heart and a smile. He knows how crazy this semester is going to be but he doesn't let it get to him and he's excited to have a packed schedule during the day and a new son to come home to at night. He's really just great and I find myself praying for him and thanking God for him more and more throughout everyday. I don't deserve him and how much he puts up with and how much he loves me.
We were thinking about doing a maternity photoshoot but after more thought we've decided to just do a family newborn session which I'm SO excited about. I've found some of the cutest examples of pictures and we found a great photographer so I'm getting really excited about that. We're going to do it at home in bed which I think will just look super natural and comfortable. We're in constant communication with the photographer giving her updates on the pregnancy because we're planning to do the shoot when Cannen is a week to ten days old. We don't want to wait too long... if there's something I always notice it's that newborns only look like newborns for a few weeks! It's crazy how a newborn is only so teeny and "new" looking for such a short time and then they're just full blown babies! But anyway, I'm really excited for that and I think it'll be SO perfect and cute.
I'm also recently more obsessed than ever with working out and eating right after this baby comes out. Luckily I just naturally didnt gain excessive weight during the pregnancy but it's been SO annoying going to the doctor every week and logging my weight gain and not being able to do anything about it. Most pregnant women can work out more during their pregnancy but the Dr told me back in first trimester that I'm not allowed to work out. The most I can do is walk on the treadmill and tone my arms and other non-strenuous things. (This being because of the two strokes I had at the beginning of my pregnancy and my constant bad blood pressure). It's totally fine ofcourse that I'm gaining weight and I know I need to gain excess weight to have a healthy pregnancy..... it's just a weird feeling at first to gain weight so fast and keep gaining for nine months! Normally you'd be trying to go the other way and lose weight to be healthy! haha! In any case, this is all just to say that I'm SO excited to pop this baby boy out and get to the gym and get back in real shape...and back into normal pre-pregnancy clothes! <--- mostly that reason. I'm determined to be in better shape after this pregnancy than I've ever been and I know I'll be able to do it. Theres nothing like a pregnancy to make you miss certain things that you never thought you'd miss... like a sweaty gross gym session! ;)
Another exciting thingggggg: My best friend, Desiree, is getting married exactly a month from today!!! I couldnt be happier for her as she is already such a beautiful bride :) Unfortunately her wedding is exactly a week after my duedate so this child needs to come out like now or atleast very soon so I can make the wedding! I will honestly be heartbroken if I have to miss her wedding. Either way, I'm just so excited for her and her WONDERFUL fiance, Tony. They are a super fun couple and a super goodlooking couple too so I just know it will be a gorgeous wedding. She's getting more excited everyday and I'm right there with her. You'd think it was my own wedding with how excited I get sometimes... haha!
But anyway, thats about it for now! Mostly our lives have just revolved around getting ready for baby Cannen and getting ready for Eric's last school semester. As always, we are SO thankful for all the amazing people surrounding us and praying for us and getting excited with us for all of our upcoming adventures! We have the best family and friends and I'm so humbled and blessed.
