in the oven for 35 weeks and counting

Baby Parker has been in the oven for 35 weeks now. 

We're getting so close - I can feel it. 

As I write this, I am reminded of how pregnant I am by the pain in the right side of my back.

A couple random things ...

1.

We go back to the dr. on Wednesday & my amazing and talented friend Jenna is doing a maternity session for us on Monday. I'm really excited about both of the those things.

2.

I still have a feeling that he will come early. 

But I don't want to get my hopes up.

My guess is May 1st - E's guess is May 9th

3.

The nursery is almost finished.

 Only 2 things left on the to-do list. 

1. Frame and mat airplane photos. 

I think I'm going to use graph paper as the matting. 

I haven't told E that yet. It will be interested to see his reaction.

My amazing friend Jen used graph paper on Parker's baby shower invites and I love them.

2. Paint the existing chandelier red.

oh wait there is actually three things -

3. Organize closets.

Three is not bad though when we started with a list a mile long.

4.

I'm starting to get stretch marks ( on my butt and thighs). It sucks. I swear that out of all the places on my that have grown, my butt and thighs have grown the least. Weird huh?

Everything I read said that creams and oils did nothing, and that it was all up to your genes. HOWEVER, since the beginning I have been breaking open vitamin E capsules a couple times a week and putting the oil on my belly and boobs and I have NO MARKS. I never thought to put the oil on my butt or thighs & that's where I have the stretch marks.

Coincidence or not?

Now that I have them,

I am obsessively using sugar scrub, vitamin E, and cocoa butter in hopes of preventing more and lightening the ones that I have.

5. 

Tonight I went shopping for a lingerie shower for one of the girls in my bible study.

As I walked around the mall, I missed being able to wear normal clothes.

But surprisingly, I was overwhelmed by gratefulness for this baby growing inside of me.

I am excited for the day when I can buy a normal outfit, but I am REALLY excited for the day when I get to meet this little boy inside of me.

Plus, I think wearing maternity clothes for months will make shopping in normal stores all the more fun.

6.

I bought Parker an outfit to wear home from the hospital.

Sorry the quality is absolutely terrible. I got an urge to blog - so I took this picture on my iphone with no natural light.

Here's a close up of the print.

It's from the dwell studio line at Target.

I want to buy all the clothes that dwell studio makes for little boys.

7.

I have a question for moms out there -

what do you pack in your bag for the hospital?

Well, I think that's about all my random thoughts for now ...