Mego Prego Week 30

It's been a busy week in prego world. I spent all last week travelling back and forth from Louisville for AP teacher training. It was a good test to my endurance level at this point in my pregnancy--and I must say it was a far cry from where I thought I'd be this late into it. I gained a few (understatement) extra pounds and went back to the realm of swollen feet after 3 hours in the car everyday, 8 hours sitting in uncomfortable college seminar chairs, a less than healthy diet filled with unlimited cans of pop, Doritos, student center lunch food, and dinner at various interstate restaurants. But after my bedrest scare, I thought I would be a little more down and out at this point. So as I enter into the last 6-8 weeks (fingers-crossed) of my pregnancy, I'm feeling pretty thankful that I have stayed this healthy and that the babies are doing so well.

On Saturday, my family gifted me with a baby shower. It was such affirmation to know that I am surrounded by so many supportive, loving, talented, giving people. These babies are lucky! You can view the shower pictures graciously photographed by my cousin Erin here.

Mom came back with me on Sunday to help me wash, organize, and sort through all the gifts. I'll be honest...up to this point, I really haven't done a whole lot with the nursery. The clothes that have been flowing in from day one have really just accumulated in the closet with no rhyme or reason. I have lots of ideas but just haven't taken the time to actually do them with the thought that I would have the whole month of July to get everything ready. Well...it's almost July. So here. we. go. We removed tags, washed, folded, hung, and organized three loads of laundry (and let me tell ya...baby clothes are not easy to hang up!), went on a shopping spree for everything else we needed, washed, folded, hung, and organized another two loads of laundry, toured the two possible delivery hospitals, and applied the tree wall decal to the nursery wall. We did find that, thanks to all the thoughtful gifts, Nolan and Caroline are definitely set for the first 3 months of life.

It's crunch time. Time moves quickly and babies grow fast. I'm feeling the pressure but I'm also feeling the excitement that will come with Nolan and Caroline's arrival :)