Almost 34 Weeks! 6 left!

Wow, time really is going by pretty fast! It seems the last few months have just been flying by. There are so many things I want to do before our little one arrives. I've finally started an actual list, so now I can just start checking things off and adding stuff when I think of new things. We got maternity pictures taken yesterday. We have been trying to get them done for awhile now, but the weather has prevented the photographer from making it to our house. Germany has really gotten a lot of snow this year. Most of it melted last week though, so we didn't have a problem this time.

I finally got all the baby bedding washed and put it on the crib. It is so cute. I like to go in the room and look at it. Of course, that is the only thing in the nursery that is actually ready. I still need to get Shaun to move some furniture out of there, so we only have baby stuff in there. We won't do too much decorating in there because we are going to move back to the states a few months after she arrives, so we don't want to paint twice. We do want a peaceful little room for her though.

I had another checkup this week and everything looks great still. I asked about having another ultrasound, but it doesn't look like we'll have one unless something doesn't look right. My appointments are starting to get more frequent though. The next one is the 23rd and then I'll go again two weeks after that and then weekly.

It is amazing the challenges that being pregnant can put on a body. All the simple tasks that used to be easy, now are really tough. Sitting, standing, putting on shoes, pants, carrying stuff...all these little things that I used to take for granted. Walking through small spaces now causes me to bump my belly on stuff. If I couldn't laugh at it all, it would be sad.

I'll be working right up until the baby comes. We joke about roles in the office if I start to go into labor there, but the other day we actually talked out what would need to happen, just in case. I went TDY to Turkey last week and Turkish Airlines gave me quite the experience while I was trying to fly home. They were convinced I was too pregnant and made me get off my direct flight home and go see the doctor in the airport and then they put me on another flight. Then they insisted on wheeling me through the airport in a wheelchair to get me to my flights. It was exhausting, but I won't be flying anymore until after the baby comes. I probably won't fly again until our flight back to the states in October (at least I hope not).

Our baby shower is this weekend! I'm excited! I think it is going to be a lot of fun. Vero and Carol are working pretty hard to put it together and they won't let me do anything. I hate that because I love planning parties and this one is at my house. Oh well, I'm sure I'll enjoy it anyway.

Well I think that is pretty much everything since the last post. I'll post the maternity pics when I get them back.