8 months!!!

I can not believe it, and I know I say that every month but seriously I am 8 months pregnant. It has been many, many years that I have wanted to say that!

Things are going so well and have gone so well over the past month with the pregnancy. Only a few little things like, tired all the time, and lower back pain have been ailing me but, hey that is what happens when you pack on pounds and carry another life inside of you. I find it a sign that I am having a good healthy pregnancy.

Mason is so active and loves to kick me all the time. I keep thinking he is going to kick right out of me because he is such a strong baby. He loves, loves, loves music and does not love Archer trying to walk all over him. I play the piano for him almost everyday playing Chopin, cause I don't like to play Mozart and well Classical is Classical and I love Chopin. He loves to move around at first then goes silent while I finish playing. He goes crazy after I eat and after I walk on the treadmill at the gym. I do feel a little funny going to the gym still cause I am only getting bigger and the point of the gym is to get smaller, but I am still trying to go as often as I can and when I am feeling well. It does wear me out for the rest of the day but I am doing something good for me and Mace.

I start birthing classes in just a couple of weeks so that will be exciting. I also got a tour of the hospital after my last monthly check-up and that was very surreal for me. It was weird thinking that in just a few months I will be in there and will have a new little life to take care of. My last prenatal appointment went really well. The doc is happy with my weight gain, which I am indifferent about, and he said that the contractions I am having a perfectly normal and he is glad that I am having them cause they are getting my body ready for D-Day. Also he said that the size of my uterus is right on track and everything is perfect! So perfect in fact that at 30 weeks pregnant I am still having appointments every 4 weeks when usually they change to every 2 weeks. I am just so glad that everything is going well.

This last weekend I had the baby room and the other bedrooms and guest bath painted along with having our pergola stained out back. The baby's room is all ready for Mason to get here. I will post pix but I am waiting for some other artwork to arrive before I post the final pix of Mason's room up.

I will stop teaching next month and will have a few weeks off before the baby gets here so I can prep everything and me for it and also spend some time with Matt when he gets home. But really this past month didn't fly by is kind of crept by and I am enjoying being pregnant and getting to know what Mason likes.

~32 Weeks Pregnant~

30 Weeks

I just wanted to post a fun pix! So Matt requested that when I take my weekly pix to send to him that I use the same shirt so that he can "really" see the changes in my belly and it is a good control. So I thought I would have fun and wear one of his regular T-Shirts. I sent this pix to Matt and the first thing he says is, "YOU'RE STRETCHING MY SHIRT!!!" No I did not take offense to this because that is exactly why I took the pix and I wanted to see what he would say. He then said how HOT I looked pregnant and that it was actually a really great pix and he could really tell that, yes I AM PREGNANT! Anyways I just wanted to share our fun little story and the pix!

I am starting to get excited because in less that 10 weeks Mason will be here. I am a little nervous too for the the big changes that will happen in my life as I don't really know what to expect. I still have to have the baby's room painted and put the curtains up, but really I am almost done. I am starting to get that nesting itch because everything I look at in my house just doesn't seem clean enough to me, but I am trying to put off cleaning until I really can't stand it anymore. Not "cleaning" cleaning but the DEEP CRAZY Cleaning that I know I will get.

Things are still going well with the pregnancy. Just getting stronger Braxton Hicks contractions especially when I exercise. That is really how I know that yep this is really happening!

This past Sat, my Studio had the 4th annual Spring Recital. All of my students did so well performing. I even played my horn as a duet with my two players so the parents got to hear me perform. Mason got in on the action too, cause I had a contraction during the first duet. But all the kids did so well and we all had a fun time. Now that the recital is done, and symphony is done, and I was released from being a counselor in the Relief Society, I feel like I can actually relax and take a deep breath. It is kind of weird but nice.

Matt is doing well and looking forward to being a daddy. We are hoping and praying now, and I am telling Mason everyday many times during the day that he needs to arrive while daddy is here. Matt is going to be deployed to Iraq on the 21st of July so we are hoping that he is here for the birth. He will be, he will be here for the birth! So if you could keep us in your thoughts and prayers for that too.

That's all here! I will post again soon at 8 months!!!! CRAZY!