37 weeks

Alrighty! This MAY BE my last update!

-My feet have finally started swelling! not huge but enough for my feet to overflow out of my shoes. 

gross

It usually happens during sacrament meeting (which for our ward comes last) so Brandon and I have fun making shapes and words in my ankles lol

-I have to COMPLETELY cut off my air supply if I need to bend my abdomen at ALL! 

(think about how often you bend during the day!) 

Adjusting pillows behind you

 getting in or out of the car

picking up anything

sitting on a chair

putting your shoes on

getting in bed

getting out of bed

going to the bathroom (a million times)

pet the dog

dishes

getting anything out of the oven

I can keep going!!

-The other night I laid of the floor with my feet on the sofa and stretched my back for a few minutes and my butt has been sore for the last 3 days because of it! I feel like I just did squats for a mile!

- People have always said "oh 9 months is THE WORST!" and at 8 months I was still feeling pretty good so I thought 9 months would be perfectly bearable too...

...nope...

It is like day-and-night difference from 8 to 9 months!

The other night I was sitting upright in bed with 4 pillows behind me

I had 3 pillows propping my swollen achy feet in the air 

the area fan sitting RIGHT by my hip 

and a huge frown on my face

ha ha ha ha

Brandon came in and asked

"whats wrong? what can I do to help you feel better?"

...poor guy...

my reply was something like this...

"NOTHING! my feet hurt because I've been standing too long, but if I sit down then they'll swell more and my back will just hurt worse! I can't LAY down because I get heart burn and I feel like i'm SUFFOCATING! I have a headache! I'm ALWAYS hot! I have NO SLEEP and I am TIRED of wearing the SAME 4 OUTFITS OVER AND OVER AND OVER!!!!!!" 

Needless to say I just needed some sleep ha ha ha

No worries though.

When I apologized to Brandon the next day for my snarky comment he made me feel better by reenacting my "episode" with a series of very loud dinosaur RAWS 
accompanied by a pair of very convincing philoser raptor claws up by his chest ha ha ha

- I've never been referred to as "about to pop" by so many strangers in my life?...

this old lady at the D.I told me yesterday that I better not get too far from the hospital!

-I have a gross "outy" belly button now!

bleh!

I'm not sure what it is with me but every time we move to a new place the first new friend I make is gay?

Yesterday I went outside with charley (wearing my exercise clothes) 

and my 2 new friends were out by the pool 

I walked up to say hi and they screamed

"OMG! YOUR LITTLE BELLY BUTTON IS STICKING OUT HOW CUTE!!!!"

ha ha ha thanks guys...

- I get tired and out of breath when I talk and eat at the same time!

Its quiet funny actually

- We've started to play this game where I'll stand my Chapstick up on my stomach and she'll feel it and kick it over. It's pretty fun.

- I love having a stomach table RIGHT by face! It makes eating cereal on the couch SO much easier!

-We went to the Dr. the other day

she's in the 98 percentile for size...

(thanks a lot 6 foot 3 husband)

I'm not dilated at all yet

and everything else looks good!

Probably won't have any problems during labor...

besides of course being IN labor...

- Still no name yet. BRANDON actually thought of a new name that we both LOVE so thats in the running now! I'm not going to tell you any names though sorry. 

I'm being stingy with the name telling.

I used to ALWAYS tell people our name ideas and people would tell me if they liked them or hated them!?

What the heck people!?

I thought the rule was you always say "OH WHAT A CUTE NAME!" no matter how ridiculous or stupid the name was!?

I guess not!?

I started doubting the names I loved because I'd have someone say they liked one but not the other!

So after having at least one person say they didn't like every name I had I felt like I was back at square one!

After telling Brandon that everyone hates our names he made me realize that It's OUR baby! 

We're gonna name her what WE like best.

we don't LIKE your kids names either but we don't tell you that?

ha ha ha

So name announcement will come at time of birth :)

thanks for your patience

and remember when we tell you what her name is your line is just: 

"oh what a cute name!" 

so it'll go like this..

Me: everyone, this is Usher Raymond Kardashian Valantine!

You: OH WHAT A CUTE NAME!!

Me: oh thank you so much! I'm SO GLAD you like it!"

see! so easy!

practice in front of the mirror so you can REALLY sell it when the time comes :)

Thanks everyone

xo

Meg