31 and a HALF Weeks

I've found in one distinct way, pregnancy is a lot like being a toddler. When asked how old they are, the enthusiastic toddler will tell one they are three and a HALF, not three. It's very important that people are aware of that extra half. At some point, that half becomes less important. Well I've found myself answering the "how far along are you" question in the same manner. Once I hit Wednesday of every week, when asked, I'm always quick to reply with the week, and a HALF. Either that or "I'll be 32 weeks on Saturday". I feel a bit childish replying like that, but dammit, that half of a week is important!! So I'm officially 31 and a half weeks today, and will be 32 weeks on Saturday....if anyone was wondering. =)

31 Weeks!

Slowly but surely...31 weeks, only 8-ish weeks to go!

I traveled to St. Louis this past weekend for my college roommate Rachel's bachelorette party. We did a behind the scenes tour of the penguins and sea lions at the St. Louis Zoo, it was awesome!

Here's a picture of me, the baby (at 31 weeks) , and Benny the sea lion!

We had so much fun and it was great to catch up with the old roomies even though I'm now sportin' some pretty awesome cankles after walking around all day yesterday. =)

We also got confirmation that this little one is in fact a boy! My old roommate Katie is an OBGYN resident in St. Louis and she took us to her hospital and we got to play with the ultrasound! It was amazing, he's gettin' big (estimated to be almost 4 lbs by his measurements), but he was very active, practicing breathing, and lots of movements! And of course he was nice enough to give us a shot of the "the goods". I have pictures, but they're pretty fuzzy and I think would be even worse scanned in, so you'll just have to take my word for it!

We also have made some progress in the baby's room, the furniture is now here and assembled! Still no mattress for the crib yet, but we'll get there eventually!!

The Dresser

(please excuse the mess on top of it)

The Crib

I also bought some fabric and supplies this week to make a crib skirt out of the same material the curtains are made of, and I'm going to use the leftover fabric to make a baby blanket .

(Don't worry, I'm getting help from a friend at work...I'm well aware that I'm not capable of performing EITHER of these tasks on my own!!)

I'll be sure to post pictures as more progress is made! Right now the room isn't arranged how we'd like because we still have a bed in there to use for guests that come to visit after the baby is born (since the baby won't be using it for a couple of months after he's born, we figured we might as well keep the bed in there). So once the bed comes out, things will be rearranged.

Thanks for all the continued love and support! I can't wait to see everyone at the upcoming showers!!