Here he is sportin' his first tattoo, Captain America.
Baby wise, there hasn't been much to update on, which is a good thing! We're just in a day to day waiting game! I reaaaaaally am hoping that she comes a little bit early (assuming this means she is healthy and ready of course). I'm predicting that it will be THIS week! As I am writing this now, we are already a few days past the pregnancy timeline for when Nico arrived, so that may be the reason for my extra bit of anxiousness. I have even started googling ways to naturally induce labor. Turns out, the only medically supported way requires the effort of walking, sooo I spent this past weekend walking A LOT extra than the previous lazy weekend of doing nothing other than laying on the couch 3 days straight watching softball playoffs. (I did have a relaxing pedicure and lunch with my mom, though, to start the weekend off right. Thanks, Mom.)
Our little family of 3 went to the Barton Creek mall on Friday night for the main purpose of getting a few hours of air-conditioned walking in! Oh, how our Friday nights have changed. This included a trip to the candy store ($14 later...), Lego store, some kids clothing stores, and dinner at the food court. It was actually a fun little family trip, despite the fact that David and I generally despise the mall.
We had a mommy-Nico quality time at the pool for a few hours on Saturday morning, and it was my first dip of the summer. Nico was extra pumped that I got in the pool since it's a rarity with David always being the one to take him. I threw him balls as he ran and jumped in the pool. He let me know that he was Jason Witten on the Cowboys, so that made me Tony Romo. He practiced his swimming one side to the other and also chased me around pretending to be a shark. I had so much fun with my little guy.
The compliments, hugs, and general clinginess have continued to increase, which I'm still soaking up and totally loving. He sure loves his mama. It's these types of days and moments that I hope to remember years down the road. (Disclaimer: He has had a LOT more of an attitude at times, especially to David, which we are trying to be patient about given the big changes about to happen.)
This morning, we took another trip to the Mueller Farmer's Market. That place is growing on us, and it was hard to resist not going back there after we had such a perfect Sunday morning last month. Nico rode his scooter around this time, and we made sure to grab some more La La's Lemonade and Brazilian cheese bread. Tacodeli had a tent there, so we were finally able to try Austin's "best breakfast tacos." When we told the guy that we had never had them before, he replied with, "You guys must be new to the area!" Nico held some tiny animals at the petting zoo and played at the park too, until I begged to leave due to my excessive sweating issues.
I had a 37 week doctor's checkup back on June 3 with Dr. Cox (my doctor was out of town.... boo) and yielded only the good news that we had expected and hoped for. I am 1-2 cm dilated!! Let's hope this labor goes as smoothly as it did with Nico since things are starting to happen down there! The head is still down and in position to get this show on the road! Her HR was great in the 140's. In less fun news, I apparently have really have bulked up this week with a 4 lb weight gain in just 10 days. Yikes. It's gotta be that ankle swelling... not the extra TCBY trips and giant plates of pancakes for dinner, right!?! If only pancakes induced labor, she would be out by now...
I still have been feeling pretty good overall, and while I'm still trying to stay positive and grateful about having a healthy pregnancy, the whining at home has increased from the added uncomfortableness. I'm feeling more whale-like these days, and turning over in bed has become a sport of its own. Almost there though!!!!
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