36 weeks and counting

Let me give you a quick disclaimer for my 36 week belly picture. I look like hell. I even tried to photo edit this picture to make myself look better but even photo shop couldn't help. That's pretty bad. I think what makes it so bad is my horrible attitude. I was not feeling up to much the day we took this picture. I was tired and grumpy and felt like there were a million things around the house that needed to be done. And the last thing I wanted to do was get in a bikini and prance around a public pool. But I did and I'm really glad I did because I had a really good time.

We went over to Disney on Saturday to hang out with my mom and sisters and the kids. They had gotten a room at one of the resorts so we took advantage of a free resort pool for the day. We had a really fun time hanging out with everyone and lounging around. I felt a little uncomfortable wearing a bikini with my big belly hanging out. I felt like people were staring and judging. But, I refuse to pay $30 for a maternity bathing suit that I will only wear one time. And all my tankinis just don't fit the belly anymore. And, honestly, there was a flabby old lady at the pool in an American flag bikini that I looked way better than anyway. Later on we headed out to Downtown Disney and had a fun dinner at Rain Forest Cafe. It was a really nice day.

I discovered, however, that I can no longer tolerate a car ride longer than 35 minutes or so. The ride home was ridiculously uncomfortable. Even a reclined and heated seat could not help me. I've been getting more Braxton Hicks lately and between those and having to pee every 13.6 seconds and those goddamn restless legs, I am seriously miserable in the car. By the time we got close to the house I was cursing the low speed limits and those who decided to follow it. Joe and I vowed no more long car trips until I have the baby.

The rest of the weekend has been very low-key. We did some running around yesterday for groceries and miscellaneous stuff and got the house cleaned up. Today we didn't leave the house at all. We stayed in and finished up some chores and my niece and sister-in-law came over for lunch. The weather here this weekend was so crappy that being outside just wasn't going to happen. It was very cloudy and overcast and very, very humid with rain off and on. Joe and I did an impromptu photo shoot with some bare belly pictures. I knew I definitely did not want to do professional maternity pictures because I think a lot of times they're really cheesy but I did want some bare belly pictures. So we laid out a black sheet and did some belly close ups that I converted to black and white. I don't know if I'm ready to share them yet though. I have to look at them some more and figure out if I think they're too cheesy.

This week should hopefully go pretty quickly. The 4 day work week should help but I've got a doctor's appointment on Wednesday afternoon (I'm going every week now!) and Joe and I have our breast feeding class on Thursday night. Friday night I'm going for a hair cut and color to hopefully get me through my maternity leave. And then we're right back into another weekend. We need to get our hospital tour done so we're going to try to do that next Sunday afternoon. We are going to be busy! The following Monday I finally get to go for my growth ultrasound. I was supposed to go this week but the doctor is out of town. I'm anxious to see how big they estimate Evan to be. I've heard those ultrasounds can be inaccurate but just to have an estimate would be great. As long as they don't estimate 10 pounds or something crazy like that! I'll keep you all posted on anything exciting that happens... if it happens.

And here is the 36 week belly picture from hell...