Pre-Christmas Update

Not much new going on, but don't want to go too long between posts and I won't be on my computer much while family's here (plus probably most of you reading this are family...and will be here).

Crazy, 71 days until little man's (expected) arrival and it's probably going to fly by with all the holidays and stuff to do. Amazingly, I still haven't gotten any weird belly rubs or tactless comments from strangers, but with my coat zipped up I think I just look a little bundled so maybe it's not surprising. I did however breakdown and get a support belt thing for my belly. It's a little complicated, but it does help with my back and belly when I'm upright for a long time. I had it on at work though, and I really had to take it off after a couple hours because when I was sitting at my desk it squeezed me too much. And it doesn't help with that obnoxious rib pain :( It's not constant, but it's more frequent and uncomfortable, and the heat pad (rice sock) doesn't work as well. Still haven't tried Bengay, keep forgetting to pick some up. But, it doesn't keep me up at night so that's good. Sleeping hasn't gotten harder recently, still just waking up a couple times to roll over and get comfortable.

Let's see, what else. Oh, speaking of buying things, there are WAY TOO MANY different types of carseats, highchairs, and strollers out there, along with all the other gizmos and gadgets for babies. I don't want to spend a fortune on stuff that he's only going to use for a couple years tops, but I want to make sure we get stuff that's safe and comfortable for him and us. Luckily, we just got a ridiculously good deal on a (quality, not-expired) carseat and two bases, and we already got the highchair off our registry so no more decisions there! And my MIL already said I wouldn't be getting any presents that were actually for baby for me for Christmas. I didn't think I would really care because I usually can't think of anything I want and I don't really need anything for myself, but this is our last Christmas without kids and I already had my last birthday without a little one but we didn't think it was going to happen that quickly. Then about a month later, BOOM, we're having a baby. I'm really happy we had the opposite of difficulty, but it was still kind of surprising. Okay, end of rant.

To finish this all up, here are some pictures of the (basically) finished baby's room and my 29wk belly :) The Christmas tree will get packed up, and the zombie poster will get relocated, but all the important stuff is there!