37 weeks

Cheers to another week! I don't know if it was my haircut, or my shirt, or whatever, but I swear my belly is sticking out like 3 inches farther than last week?! Haha I suppose I can expect this until he arrives. I'm kind of ready and hoping he drops because I look ridiculous. Next week I'll move my arm so you can see the full extent of it. 

I had zero desire for any sweets throughout my entire pregnancy. Nothing seemed like a good idea to me. Well, all of the sudden I'm like a little kid in a candy shop! Well not so much candy, but baked goods. And not just any baked goods, but a specific brand of chocolate chip cookies (I've experimented with many) and a certain brand of brownie mix (okay, the only one I could find with no hydrogenated oil, but I still think those little chocolate chips make them gold). The Simply chocolate chip cookies, when I get lucky and cook them the perfect amount of time, taste exactly like Subway. It's ridiculously easy, too. I like to make them after dinner and then let them sit out overnight, thennn put them in tupperware. Okay what am I doing, I just wrote a paragraph on cookies. Grayson please come soon so I can snap out of this!!! As for the Zevia, their products are awesome. I drank the ginger ale when I had morning sickness, and the cream soda helps with...um...

So here's my 17 week, 23 week, and 37 week pictures put together. I cannot believe what 20 weeks can do to a pregnant body (let alone 40). I have a newfound respect for all mothers. The fact that you choose to sacrifice your body (for some of you, 4+ times!) for the joys of parenthood is astonishing to me. It's been quite the battle at times. Buying bigger bras, and then even bigger bras, having to deal with your MATERNITY jeans getting tighter every time you put them on, watching every inch of your body get rounder, the numbers on the scale escalating higher, crying at every little thing that's slightly sad, flipping out roid rage style every time the smallest thing doesn't go your way, starving for foods you haven't liked in a decade/never liked at all, feeling like your face is busted no matter how much time you spend in the mirror; all this for a 7+ pound baby! But to have a little human with the genetics of you and your favorite person on the planet is a concept I still cannot comprehend, but so incredibly honored to be able to experience.

I can't believe in 3ish weeks I will have a new title: MOM!

36 weeks

I know I have been slacking tremendously on this blog, and I am very sorry! Holidays got in the way and I was all over the place. And I just got really lazy ;) I look a little different than I did two months ago, I can't believe it! Everyone knows I'm pregnant now, and it's really funny to see how people treat expectant mothers differently. Before I was pregnant, Matt and I would always get the awkward table for two that would wobble unless you stuffed 85 napkins underneath the leg, and placed in the romantic spot right next to the bathroom or kitchen. Now hostesses stare at me with their smizing eyes asking if I would like a table or booth and seat us in the hoppin-est part of the restaurant (which is partially insulting that they think I can't fit in a booth, but just as flattering that I have free reigns hehe). 

I am seriously dying to meet my son. I'm not in so much of a rush to get him out (although my pelvic bone desperately disagrees with me), but more so excited to hold him, take him to his new room, and meet his pug brother along with all of his super funny, caring, loving friends and family. I will eat my hat if he shows up before his due date, I feel like it will be more February 20-something, but we'll see :)  This has been a dream of mine ever since I was a babes myself, so I'm in a state of disbelief and shock that I'm not only expecting him soon, but I'm expecting him in a MONTH. It's so surreal to me and I'm 100% in awe that this dream of mine is actually and finally coming true. I am so happy!

I swear Matt has caught the nesting bug just as much as I have. He's been painting the walls of our house all week now, trying to make this place a little homier for our family. I've been washing everything imaginable, painting nightstands and changing tables, and getting this little room ready for our newest family member :) Everything is purchased, final touches are being made, now all we do is wait! Ah, I can't believe it's been 8 months! Quickest 8 months of my life. 

Grayson, see you in 29ish days!