No 31 week comparison photo, we must have slacked off this week last time. This week I had a busy week of 12 hour clinicals and then jetted off to Denver for a short but very fun visit with Lisa, Will and baby Aldus. My life has been a total whirlwind the last several months and it is all culminating with graduating next week. So the trip to Denver really sneaked up on me and I found myself lying on my bed with my aching feet propped up on pillows while Patrick packed for me (a first!), then I passed out in the same position (I had just worked a 12 hour shift) and didn't move until my alarm went off at 5am the next morning letting me know it was time to hurry to catch my flight to CO. It was a super fun, relaxing trip and although I missed little Piper and Patrick a lot, it was great to just veg and sleep in and sit on the couch and watch someone else take care of a baby. :)
Speaking of babies, this little baby is starting to feel very low. A few times during walks around Lisa's neighborhood I felt like I had to hold on to the lower part of my tummy because I feel like I have a bowling ball rolling around in my pelvis. I'm getting lots of Braxton-Hicks and the flight attendant on my flight home took me aside to ask exactly when I'm due. I definitely don't think I look big enough to be questioned, but I thought it was pretty funny.
Current names on our chalkboard:
Boys:
Rexford, Ryder, Patrick, Oliver, Banyan, River, Sebastian, Jude, Milo
Girls:
Matilda (Tilly), Margot, Margaret, Josephine (Josie), Sadie, Hazel, Olivia, Marley, Viola (Patrick put this one back up), Cecilia, Charlotte
New symptoms are swollen ankles after 12 hours on my feet and when I was walking around Denver with Lisa my hands/fingers were swelling up like little sausages. Also, I can tell a difference in my breathing and it feels like the baby is constricting my lungs a bit, but that doesn't make much sense since I feel like the baby is down low. I guess I'm just outta shape. :)
Just for fun: Here is a pic of Aldus, who should be nicknamed Freakish Baby Who Never Cries and Is Always Happy and Can Be Plopped On The Floor And Ignored for 10+ Minutes and He Is Still Happy and Greets You With a Smile When You Come Back To Get Him. This photo was taken during his first official solid food meal. He reacted to solid foods like a hungry baby bird who hadn't eaten for days.
3 comments:
But he had eaten if you can't tell! We miss you. Can you come back now? Did the flight attendant think you were too close to due date to be flying?
aldus is so cute and looks like will's mini me.
i think you should put brendan on the chalkboard, brendan lynch. cpg
are you still 31 weeks pregnant?
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