36 Weeks

How far along? 36 Weeks

Total weight gain: 30 lbs

Maternity clothes?  Maternity Jeans/Dress Pants, Maternity Shirts for work, Faith Lutheran Daycare Shirts, Matt's Shirts/Shorts for lazy days!

Stretch marks? MANY!

Sleep:  Sleeping okay, back is starting to hurt and starting to get uncomfortable, getting up 3-4 times a night to go to the bathroom!

Best moment this week:  Sleeping in on Monday

Miss Anything? When getting out of bed was easy, now with this big belly it's harder and harder ;)

Movement: Baby moves a lot, lately it is more when we are laying in bed

Food cravings:  Still oreos but haven't had any lately

Supplements: Iron pill for my low iron and prenatal vitamins 

Gender prediction:  BOY! I hope so since ultra sounds have said so!!

Have you started to show yet: YES! Very big! :)

Labor Signs: Little Braxon Hicks

Symptoms: Back hurts a little when I'm laying in bed

Belly Button in or out? Belly Button is IN!

Wedding rings on or off? Rings are ON, barely! Fingers are getting very swollen 

Happy or Moody most of the time: I'm happy for the most part! 

Looking forward to: Meeting our little guy! :)

Extra: Had an ultra sound yesterday and he has dropped! His heart rate is 152 and he is weighing about 7lbs 15oz and my belly is measuring 39cm.

35 Weeks

How far along? 35 Weeks

Total weight gain: 29 lbs-lost one lb

Maternity clothes?  Maternity Jeans/Dress Pants, Maternity Shirts for work, Faith Lutheran Daycare Shirts, Matt's Shirts/Shorts for lazy days!

Stretch marks? MANY!

Sleep:  Sleeping pretty good, getting up 1-2 times a night to go to the bathroom! 

Best moment this week:  Looking forward to Memorial Day Weekend

Miss Anything? Being able to walk around without getting light headed(low iron)

Movement: Baby moves a lot, lately it is more when we are laying in bed

Food cravings:  Still oreos but haven't had any lately

Supplements: Iron pill for my low iron and prenatal vitamins 

Gender prediction:  BOY! I hope so since ultra sounds have said so!!

Have you started to show yet: YES! Very big! :)

Labor Signs: Little Braxon Hicks

Symptoms: Back hurts a little in bed

Belly Button in or out? Belly Button is IN!

Wedding rings on or off? Rings are ON!

Happy or Moody most of the time: I'm happy for the most part! 

Looking forward to: Meeting our little guy! :)

Needing to be THANKFUL more

I have realized that I have been stressed a lot and not thankful for what God has given meet. Early this week at work in our daily announcements was this quote,

"Talking about our problems is our greatest addiction. Break the habit. Talk about your JOYS" - Rita Schiano

This is so true, I have caught myself many of times just complaining or being ungrateful about the little things in life and getting emotional over things I should just let go. Such as people talking money from our checking, getting upset about our crib, and not really having family that supports us and is there for us during our pregnancy, this has been a huge one, not that family isn't happy for us, but that no one(other then my sister) asks how baby and I are doing or cares about any of our appointments or anything. But that's not the point of this post, that just makes me emotional. 

Point of post: Things I am thankful for(just a few!)

-- I am thankful for a healthy a good pregnancy. I have had no complications yet and am still sleeping good for the most part(waking up 1-2 times a night to go to the bathroom!) I can still get up and down from the ground pretty good and I still have quite a bit of energy. 

-- I am thankful for my amazing husband. So might say he is lazy or doesn't like to do stuff, but who isn't, at the end of the day he does everything he can to make me happy. I'm not sure the last time I cooked or did laundry because he does it all. And it's not always about the big things but just the emotional support I have from him. 

-- I am thankful for my sister, for caring about our pregnancy and being there for us. 

-- I am thankful for our friends who are there that support us as well and care about what is going on in our life. But especially Nicole, who I can call and talk to anytime, if it wasn't for her some of my emotional mornings would have turned into the whole day! She always has the perfect thing to say!

-- I am thankful for everything God has given us, our house and car, money to make it by even though sometimes it seems really hard and we aren't going to make it. I have realized that God doesn't throw anything at us that he can't get us through. 

-- I am thankful for my job, even though I am done in 2 weeks I am happy I have met the people I work with. It has been a big stress but God WILL get us through it and I just have to keep telling myself that.

Gracelyn Joy Gniffke

Gracelyn(Gracie) Joy Gniffke was born!!!

5/15/13

7:27pm

7lbs 12 oz

20 3/4" long

at HOME!

We went to see her last night at about 9:45pm and left about an hour later! She is BEAUTIFUL! She has so much hair! I wish I would have got a picture of it but I'm sure I will later this weekend!  

Stressed to the max

We have FINALLY ordered our crib and it has finally came! We picked it up at Walmart on Monday and decided to wait to put it together until Today, Matt wanted to wait a month, VERY happy we didn't wait. We got everything out of the box and screws all laid out before I realized that there was a gash in our crib. How frustrating. Huge gash, not just a tinny slit. but a 3"(at least gash) 

After calling Marshall Walmart, they told me I could only return it and they would give me a gift card for the amount we paid since they didn't carry this crib. This all would be okay, if the sale was still going on, $149 for the crib AND mattress but at this point only the crib was $149 and we had to pay extra for the mattress. So I called 1-800-WALMART, remember at this point I am almost 34 weeks pregnant, after explaining how angry I was that I couldn't just get a replacement(because Marshall Walmart told me I could only return it) the very friendly guy on the other end of the phone and said "Oh this isn't a problem I will send you a replacement to your house free of charge and you just send the one back to us." 

Our new one should be here Monday, and hopefully this one is good to go! It is just stressful being almost 35 weeks and not having a crib, I know I know the baby won't sleep in it right away but it's just nice to know everything is done before hand! :)

33 Weeks

Heather got this from another friend so I decided to start doing it as well! :)

How far along? 33 Weeks

Total weight gain: 30lbs(I believe! I have it written down at work!)

Maternity clothes?  Maternity Jeans/Dress Pants, Maternity Shirts for work, Faith Lutheran Daycare Shirts, Matt's Shirts/Shorts for lazy days!

Stretch marks? MANY!

Sleep:  Sleeping pretty good, getting up 1-2 times a night to go to the bathroom! 

Best moment this week:  Having the house painted and put back together

Miss Anything? Being able to walk around without getting light headed(low iron)

Movement: Baby moves a lot, lately it is more when we are laying in bed

Food cravings:  Still oreos but haven't had any lately

Supplements: Iron pill for my low iron and prenatal vitamins 

Gender prediction:  BOY! I hope so since ultra sounds have said so!!

Have you started to show yet: YES! Very big! :)

Labor Signs: None!

Symptoms: Back hurts a little

Belly Button in or out? Belly Button is IN!

Wedding rings on or off? Rings are ON!

Happy or Moody most of the time: I'm happy now! I was very emotional last week due to our house being a mess and moody with someone using our debt card to buy cell phones!

Looking forward to: Meeting our little guy! :)

Updating the house

I have been wanting to paint since Christmas time, it has been getting put of month by month. We FINALLY got it done BEFORE the baby came(I started to think this wasn't going to happen!). I feel so much more relaxed and at ease! It is so nice to come home to a HOME. A place that feels relaxing and clean! We couldn't have done it with out our amazing friends, The Pettis Family! :) They really should just start painting for a career! We also update the lights in the living room and dinning room, and our ceiling fan in our bedroom(it sounded as if it was going to fall down when we had it on!)

 Our Bedroom Fan Before-After

 Dinning Room Light Before - After

 Living Room Light Before - After

 Dining Room

 Another View

 Living Room

 Another View

 Toy Room

Another View