Week 38

Hi Everyone. No, I didn't have the baby. I've just been to lazy/busy to post my week 37 updates. Actually, week 37 was fairly uneventful with the exception of yet another Asian woman at the Chinese Restaurant by Nike telling me that she thinks I'm having a boy. I was there with my friend Rache, who can vouch for it. Crazy I tell you!


After that, I came home and did a quick inventory of the baby clothes we have. I think there were something like 6 items total that are gender neutral. We did get the cutest True Tree Camo onesie from my friend Laura a few weeks ago. For those of you who don't know what True Tree (I think that's what it's called) Camo is, you may consider yourself lucky. For those of you who know what it is, you may consider yourself a hick from the sticks and in good company with the Gores!



Baby Gore is busy growing and making me more uncomfortable by the day. By the end of the day my stomach feels so tight that I have to lie down for a bit to just take some of the pressure off of it. I haven't been having many contractions, so apparently baby Gore is hanging in there. At my last doctor visit, she estimated the baby about average weight (which is about 6 1/2 pounds or so) but she thought the baby would be long. I have another doc appointment this Thursday, so we'll see if I've made any progress. So far, so good.


A quick cankle update...I haven't had a nasty episode since the one I documented on my blog for all to see. I have really been puffy lately though. I can't believe the amount of water I can retain. It totally grosses me out. I went for my appointment last week and was shocked when I stepped on the scale! I was HUGE and actually a little surpised. I was pretty puffy that day, but not as bad as my last cankle incident. I decided to weigh myself the following day at the same time of day to see if the scale was wrong (I prayed for that) or if I was just puffy that day (prayed for that too). Can you believe it was a 5 pound difference! I weighed 5 pounds less the following day when I wasn't puffy. Hmmm, what do you think the chances are that I lose 20 pounds of water weight after the baby is born? :-) I know, wishful thinking.



I was very bad last night. I've been really craving sushi (unfortunately the 'cooked' sushi will have to do while I'm pregnant) and satisfied that craving...and then some, last night with my friend Anglea. Our husbands hit the casino to try their luck and black jack and Angela and I went to Todai to basically eat our weight in sushi. It seemed like a good idea at the time but we walked away from that place seriously sick. Nothing worse than O.D.ing on sushi. Not good. We totally gave in to our gluttonous ways and just punished that place. I think this is the first time I've ever gotten my monies worth. I'm still full and totally regretting that move. Ugg!



Hmmm, what else.....



The nursrey is finally complete. I took a few pictures of the latest additions.

Aaron has been busy with house projects. That guy is such a handyman! He's been busy replacing all of the interior doors in the house. A project that has seemed to take much longer than expected because he always finds nice 'surprises' everytime he rips into this house. Seriously...how can every door hole be a different size? I hope he never comes face to face with the builder, it could get ugly. I took a picture of him in his element. I call this one "I'm too sexy for this saw". He was not thrilled about the picture, but he doesn't really read the blog, so I thought I'd post it.

I decided to see how much of a 'handy woman' I was and assembled the new baby swing we received from my team at work. Thanks again ladies! I was so excited to get this, I've heard they are true life-savers. Since Aaron is always busy assembling or fixing something around here, I decided to assemble this. Of course, the directions totall sucked. I think there was more information in the Spanish and French version of the directions than the English versions. But, I managed to get it together. Never fear, Aaron was not totally sold on my handywork and decided to 'double check' my job. He gave it two thumbs up.

And finally, my pictures. I cannot wait to be done taking these pictures! Maybe I should take some of me getting thinner after the baby is born just to counteract the blow to my ego that these 'expanding' pictures have caused. Note to self....white is not a good look. Always wear black!