31 Weeks and other baby related things

I have hit my 31 week mark and the countdown is on!  Only 9 weeks left until our baby girl is due to arrive.  Baby is 3 1/3 pounds and about the size of a coconut.  This is also the time where baby starts moving around a lot and this baby girl sure is.  It used to be that she would only really move around when I needed to eat and then after I ate.  Now, it happens at anytime in the day, but she moves around a lot at night before I go to bed.  Scott found out that if he pushes in a little bit on my belly that she'll kick back and he'll play with her for a few minutes.  It's going to be so fun to play with her outside of my belly.

Everything else is going really good.  My belly is continuously growing and it will be interesting to see how big I get in the end.  I've had quite a few people tell me how small I am for how far along I am.  I wonder if I'll get a big growth spurt and overnight my belly will suddenly be twice the size it is now.  All I know is that I'm okay with being small.

 It's been a while since I've done this questionnaire (11 weeks to be exact), so let's do it again just for fun.

How far along?: 31 weeks! Only 9 weeks to go!
Total weight gain/loss?: Um, I'm going to say that I honestly don't know for sure, but I'm going to guess around 15 lbs.
Maternity clothes?: Yes, but I'm still wearing a few non-maternity clothes as well.
Stretch marks?: Nope, not yet!
Sleep?: Sleep is still going good, although I am worried on how it's going to be during the warm summer months.
Missing anything?: Being able to walk for a long time without my feet hurting.
Movement?: Oh yeah! This girl moves around like crazy and sometimes it's uncomfortable, but I'd rather feel something than nothing.
Food cravings?: Nothing really specific right now. I still like cereal, smoothies, watermelon and ice cream.
Anything making you queasy or sick?: Not anymore!
Have you started to show yet?: I'm going to say yes.  :)
Gender: Baby Girl!!
Labor signs: No and I hope not to have any until at least 38-39 weeks.
Belly button in or out: Can I say neither? It's flat right now and I'm just waiting for it to pop out.
Wedding ring on or off: On 
Happy or moody most of the time: I'm happy. :)
Looking forward to: Our trip to Missouri at the end of June!

I signed Scott & I up for a childbirth class that we'll go to in July and I hope it will have some helpful information.  I am also going to get some maternity pictures done here in about two weeks! I debated about doing it for a bit since I could just have Scott take some pictures of me in a park somewhere for free, but getting them professionally done will give pictures of me being pregnant an extra touch.  I really want to be able to put some pictures of me pregnant in her baby book and not be embarrassed to look back on them later.  It's just something that I want to do and something that will make me really feel pretty while pregnant. 

One day last week, Scott opened up the front door to go outside for something and found a package at the door.  I asked who it was from and the only thing on there said it was from somewhere in Connecticut.  We both do not know anyone who lives in Connecticut and I knew that I had not ordered anything online.  In the package was this adorable diaper bag!!  There was a note with it that said "Congratulations on your new arrival! Hope you enjoy the bag! Amy."  There was also a business card for her business.  Scott & I did not know who this Amy person was and even checked facebook just in case.  After being really confused for a bit, we decided that I must have signed up for something online and got sent this bag.  Well, come to find out a few days later that it was my sister-in-law Kristene that sent it to me!  I guess she forgot to put in a note from her and had us both really confused for a few days.  The bag is cute and it even came with a matching changing pad!  I can't wait to use it.

 The nursery is slowly coming together and now that I am out of school (hooray!), I will have more time to put it together.  Here is a sneak peek of some of the things we have so far. 

The crib and glider!

Cute little book shelf...still need to get another purple basket.

Dresser! It's still downstairs because it's too heavy for me to help lift upstairs. Also, still trying to figure out how or if to change the handles at all. Thoughts?

Cute picture from David & Kristene!

I am going to get some wood lettering to put her name on the wall (you'll have to wait until I get done with that to find out her name!) over the crib and we are going to put some shelves up above the dresser as well.  I'm also thinking of hanging some Chinese lanterns in the corner where my glider is that were leftover from my wedding (luckily one of my wedding colors was lavender purple).  I am still trying to think of what else to put on the walls, but I might just wait until the baby is born and put up some pictures of her or hang up a shadow box or something like that.  I am going to make some curtains as well as a crib skirt out of matching fabric.  I might get a small rug too, but we'll see.  The nursery probably won't be fully complete until a few weeks before the baby is due.

Like I mentioned in my earlier paragraph, school is out for the summer!!  I am excited to be done teaching, but I have been feeling a little stressed out with figuring out my maternity leave for the beginning of the next school year in August.  I was telling Scott & Brita that teaching is the worst job to be sick or take a leave for.  With my job, I have to get someone to cover my job and it has to be someone that can teach my subject area, which consists of multiple different things.  It's hard because I don't have a text book that the substitute can use, so I really have to research & find someone good.  There are some days where I wish I had an easier job to where taking this maternity leave wouldn't be so difficult to figure out.  So, I will also be spending my summer preparing lesson plans along with finalizing baby plans.

The teachers I work with were very nice and gave me a gift card to Target and a delicious Costco cake!  I also received this beautiful hand-made baby blanket from another teacher.

Anyway, I think I've caught up on all things baby girl related!  I hope to be updating a lot more with baby showers coming up, maternity pictures, completed projects and just fun summer activities.