Zits are the Pits and Happy Halloween

I am chalking this up to my crazy preggo hormones, but I have recently been getting zits in my arm pits.   I have been using the same deodorant for years, and as it's only happened in the past couple weeks, I will stick with the weird preggo symptom theory.  But for real, zits are the pits, especially when in the pits.  Those things hurt like a mother to pop! Zouch!  

Well it's Halloween!  It is a very dark and stormy night in these parts, wind, thunder and all, so very perfect for Halloween!  We aren't taking part in any festivities this year due to my being huge and uncomfortable.  We'll just have to make up for it next year!  To be honest, I was kinda hoping for a Halloween baby, but apparently our dude has other plans.  I do have another ultrasound on Monday to determine his size because I am measuring way bigger than my 37 weeks.  If he's as big as they think he is, the doctor said we will discuss my options.  Yikes.  To be honest, I don't care how he gets here as long as he's healthy, but hearing your doctor say 11 pounds will really put the fear into you.  That's right, 11 lbs.  I am actually really surprised by that because I've only gained 20!  At least I won't have much to lose...

DIY Maternity Photos

Over the weekend we had our professional maternity photos taken.  We had a blast and I can't wait to see them!  When we got home, Jon took some pictures of me just for fun.  They turned out pretty good too!  Take a look!

Baby Shower #2

We had a second baby shower with Jon's family about a week ago.  It was so nice to see everybody and it was such a cute jungle theme!  Thank you to everyone!

That Time I Got Stuck in the Bathtub

Yep.  decided to take a nice bath with my Lush bath melt and could not get out of the tub.  I ended up having to yell for Jon to come help me and even then it was touch and go.  Sigh.  No more baths for this mama for a while.  At least it was nice until the getting out part!

In other news, we are raising a preteen.  This is challenging.  The fun thing is he tries to use excuses and really thinks we aren't going to figure it out!  For example, Josh is playing the oboe this year in band.  He is to bring it to our house when he's with us so he can practice.  Last time he was with us, we asked if he had practiced that day (Friday) and he said yes.  So we asked him to break the oboe out and play us what he was working on.  His face was priceless!   He was like a deer in headlights!  He started stuttering around his words and of course come to find out he had not practiced b/c when he put the oboe together, no sound would come out.  All he needed was a new reed, but he didn't know that.  I have no idea how long he thought he could get away with playing with no sound.  Sigh.

Preggo Pic and Five Senses

Figured I'd do a quick preggo pic since I actually got ready with makeup and everything.  We are off to our 2nd baby shower (we are so blessed) so look for that post to come!

Five Senses for Today:
Hearing: Topeka purring.  He's been extra lovey lately :)
Tasting: Chocolate milk and Boo Berry cereal.  Nom...
Seeing: Little dude's rump sticking out at me.  He really likes to stick out his tush, lol!
Smelling: Bath and Body Works Leaves candle.  Tis' the season!
Touching: Baby clothes!  Time to get all of these washed and ready to go! 

And that's that.

Where to start.  It's been a month since I updated and I can't say a whole lot has happened.  I did have my first baby shower!  I forgot to take my camera (stupid preggo brain) so I'm waiting on pictures from my mom.  It was such a wonderful time!  I got to see my family and spend time with them which was awesome!  We got a lot of good stuff for our little dude.  Huge thank you to all who came!  I'll add pictures once I get them.  Of all the times to forget my camera.  

For the past couple of weeks Jon and I have both been sick with a cold so we've been early to bed and not doing much.  We did go to a cabin with his family over the weekend of the 5th.  Jon and Josh had fun, but I spent most of the time in bed because of my cold.  It's finally starting to wind down and we're both feeling better.  I did manage to get a few pictures while we were there.

My Pregnancy Faves

Since I'm in the home stretch I figured I'd jot down my favorite preggo things.  Here they are.

1. Maxi Dresses - These were my favorite thing to wear while I was pregnant!  They were comfy and had the added bonus of covering my legs if I didn't feel like shaving!

2. The Belly Book by Amy Krouse Rosenthal - I wanted to keep a pregnancy journal, and there are so many out there I wasn't sure which one to choose. I honestly chose this one because it looked cute, lol!  I have loved this journal though!  It has both questions for you to answer and also areas to just make your own notes.  Also, it wasn't too mushy!  It kept tracking my pregnancy fun!

3. What to Expect When You're Expecting app - I had this app on my phone and it gave me daily and weekly updates.  I really enjoyed reading the little tidbits each day and the weekly updates!

4. The Baby Bump by Carley Roney - I really liked this book!  It was informative, but still easy to read which is nice when baby brain takes over!

5. a body pillow - I didn't feel the need to invest in an expensive pregnancy pillow, so I just bought a body pillow at Target.  That thing was a life saver!  I had a lot of hip pain because Linus was so low and I wouldn't have gotten a wink of sleep if I hadn't had that body pillow!

6. Lubriderm Advanced Therapy Lotion - I have pretty bad allergies and one thing I was sensitive to before pregnancy was smells.  Perfumes and scented lotions can be awful for me and with my hyper sensitive preggo smell abilities it's been even worse!  This lotion is barely scented and doesn't bother my allergies at all.  It also kept my dry skin nice and moisturized!

7. TUMS -  I don't really need to explain this one do I?

8. Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula Massage Cream for Stretch Marks - I can't say that this keeps you from getting stretch marks.  I've had stretch marks since puberty (thank you predisposed genetics), so I'm just used to having them.  I have been getting more in the last month or so so I decided to treat myself to this cream.  Like I said, I don't know how much it actually works for the marks, but I love the smell and it makes your skin super soft.  I've really enjoyed using it.