Week 38: Two More Weeks

Is it Christmas yet?

Haha...yes, I am ready for Baby H to make his arrival.  The last week or so has been a little more harder than this whole pregnancy due to the severe itchiness of my belly and backaches.  Yesterday I  only had one itch attack and I broke down and popped some tylenol before bed for my back pains.  Thankfully I didn't have an itch attack in the middle of the night and I was able to roll out of bed to use the bathroom without any pain.  Success.

Here are my weekly pregnancy update photos thanks to pregnantchicken.com and whattoexpect.com...

Yes, I agree with this 100%.

Also, good news (I think?), Baby H has dropped.  Besides my belly being a little lower than the usual, the main reason why I know is because he's been punching me much lower...it feels really weird and last night I had to clench my teeth a couple times as he punched my bladder along with everything else down there (and/or head-butted).  Baby H will definitely be a strong baby!

Yesterday my pa drove out to my place and he drove my car to the dealership while I drove my parent's Kia.  He was able to experience my car problems and tell the service department exactly what he thought was wrong-I'm lucky to have a dad who knows cars fairly well!  The dealer was able to give me another loaner (this one being another Forester but newer and black).  Afterwards we grabbed a delicious breakfast nearby at Eggs n' Things and then I drove to work while he drove back to my mom in Malibu.  We didn't hear from the dealer until later in the afternoon and my dad explained what was wrong and I understood, but I'm not going to try and repeat everything back here.  They're minor problems and they're going to replace my tires (even though they were replaced two years ago-guess I drive a lot)...but Merry Christmas to me from my folks.  They're the nicest parents ever people.

And I made the mistake of telling my dad over the phone that I had a "minor cramp" that afternoon...it resulted in my dad telling my mom, worrying my mom then in turn worrying my dad.  So they drove out to see me in the afternoon at work...hahaha.  I had to reassure them I was fine and they were off on their merry way.  :)

I tried wrapping presents last night but got around to one and that was it.  Whoops.  I'd like to do that all sooner than later so that I don't have to worry about it later!

Two and a half more days of work left and I can't wait.  Tomorrow I'm taking off early to have lunch with the folks then to my weekly checkup; Friday I'm going to leave a little early as well because we're going to see the second Hobbit in the early evening.  My mom almost didn't want to book movie tickets because she thinks Baby H will come out early!  I had to reassure her it's fine; I know, I know, he could come out early, but I don't want the anticipation to stop everyone from having fun!  Who knows, maybe the Hobbit will make Baby H want to come out and once the movie is over I'll head to the hospital ; ).