32-Week Appointment

Well yesterday I had my 32 week appointment (you know one of the good 5 minute ones that costs the insurance company like $200?!) Yea, well that was what yesterday was; a 45 minute drive and then 5 minutes to see the doc, gosh I LOVE those! (Can you sense my sarcasm?!) Sometimes I wish I could just call in and say, "Doc, the scale is reading _____ lbs., I have taken my own blood pressure and it is 112/68, I feel fine besides the constant pain of carrying a child that comes after you have carried one only 16 months ago, he has been moving like a spider monkey so I know that his heart rate is probably around the 130s or 14os like it's been and yes my feet are a little swollen and yes I KNOW that they will only become more swollen in the weeks to come." Now, wouldn't that be so much easier than wasting an entire afternoon and having to use half a day to take off work?! All kidding and sarcasm aside, the appointment went great; I gained another 7 lbs. (chalk it up to Christmas and New Years), making my total gain 26 lbs., my blood pressure was really 112/68 (don't know how that happened after the morning I had at school) and his heart rate was in the 130s and 140s. Yes, my feet are starting to swell but luckily not to the point of cankles yet (yes, I said YET because I know that is the next big thing). Everything is great and honestly I am VERY thankful that the appointment was uneventful and only lasted 5 minutes. Unfortunately payday wasn't until TODAY and I CANNOT for the life of me get to the point of starting to buy Mr. Jack gobs of stuff like I did for Berk! (Why is it that I am automatically drawn to all of the cute spring lines they are coming out with for little girls and the lack of cuteness for the boys things?!) My sister joked and said that Jack probably wouldn't appreciate being put in a dress (which I totally agree with), but then I reminded her that his big sister is bound to do it a time or two! (Of which I am sure I will get pictures that he will forever hate me for later in life!!!) But all in all things are great just counting our days and trying to enjoy the many joys of pregnancy! (Because this is NOT and I repeat NOT happening in another 18 months after he is born!) We will hopefully get the guest room cleaned and furniture taken apart in the near future since Sara got a storage building and she will be taking the furniture. We will be ordering his furniture this week and I hope that once we get his room together that I can start finding things for little Jack the way I did for Berk! (Thad does have the tendency to remind me that Berk had WAY TOO MUCH STUFF and that Jack has a good start thanks to some hand-me-downs from Jayden!) But again just counting down the days and trying to prepare ourselves for the many changes that lie in our near future! Hope everyone has a great weekend and I will hopefully post some pictures over the weekend!

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