30 weeks, baby is starting to take over my ribs as well as my abdomen.

29 weeks. Gabe got me these awesome cardigans that are much longer than everything I previously owned.  They are the perfect addition to every shirt, especially during pregnancy.  Easy to take on and off, long enough to not make your butt and body look huge because the cardigan that once fit now looks dwarfed next to your belly.  I wear them all. the. time. Oh and I am still loving maxi skirts, I would wear them to work if I was allowed...and if that was sanitary. 

30 weeks!  Well technically 30 weeks is tomorrow but it is so much easier to take pictures every wednesday than every thursday because I am actually off every wednesday.  And my outfit on thursdays is usually scrubs in the morning, swim suit in the afternoon, and sweats in the evening, and I don't plan on changing that any time soon. :) 

I have been reading this book The Birth Partner.  It is actually for Paul to read because we are not doing birthing classes but I figured if a book was going to tell him what I would want then I should probably know what the book was telling him!  So far I really like it!  

Paul and I have been trying to take walks in the evening weather permitting and I am loving it.  Somedays I skip swimming just to have the energy for a couple mile walk and to cook dinner.  We have been going to bed around 9pm and I have definitely been enjoying  getting nearly 9 hours of sleep. Baby is due in 71 days and I know my sleep will only continue to decrease as I become more uncomfortable in bed and then when baby keeps us awake.  So for the time being, I will enjoy my 9 glorious hours as well as naps as needed. 

I know I have taken elevator pictures before at work, but looking in the mirror on the ceiling never gets old.  I love how you can kinda see my bump poking out, but barely. 

The baby is stretching up into my ribs and down into each hip.  Baby is going to have to start growing straight out to make more room for itself because man, my organs are stretched to every corner of my body now.  I felt my stomach growl right near my rib yesterday!  

My favorite evening activity is when Paul and I lay and feel the baby kick together, it never ever gets old. 

Yesterday I was crazing waffles and hashbrowns, so I made them for lunch. Best lunch I have had in a long time!  Eleanor wanted to join in the fun as well. 

All my loves snuggled in bed (and on the chair).  I think I was getting up to go swimming or something, but the rest of the day was spent snuggled right up next to them all.  Yesterday (tuesday) was definitely a lazy day.  A lazy day that Paul and I weren't sure we were going to have together because if Safeway striked Paul was going to be working 12-15 hr night shifts till the strike was over! Thank goodness they came to a temporary agreement. 

The kitties definitely know there is something going on in my belly, because they won't stop laying on it!  

Today Paul and I dropped the Lexus off at the Toyota dealership (way cheaper than Lexus) to get the brakes replaced.  They have been needing to be replaced for months and months and I told Paul as long as we got them done before baby came then we should be ok. Well we finally got around to doing it and I so glad!  After dropping the care off we headed to Paul's grandparents to show them pictures from the ultrasound (only 8 weeks after we had it done...) and to hang out for a bit.  We were there for about an hour, ate some popcorn and trail mix, then headed to the acura dealership to get the keys programmed for Paul's car. We originally thought we could program them ourselves but we could only program them to open and close the doors, not the special program to make the car start (even though the keys were cut). Anyway, the Acura dealership is right across the street from Southcenter in Tukwilla so we walked to the Asian grocery store there and bought stuff from their bakery for lunch.  It ended up taking 2 hours to get the keys programmed because of technical difficulties, but finally we finished.  Then we stopped by another Asian grocery store to get some more fruit and then headed home to wait for a call that the Lexus was done.  I started washing and cutting up fruits and veggies, do you see how full my fridge is of all fresh foods, I couldn't be happier!!

We were only home for maybe half an hour when we got a call that the brakes were done, so we picked up the car, stopped by the river to see if any fish were jumping, they weren't- there were just dead fish laying in the river- so gross, then we headed home.  I cut up more fruits and veggies, lounged around for a bit, then made pasta with meat sauce, garlic bread bagels, and lemon garlic green beans for dinner. So yummy, and so many dishes.  

Now I am laying in bed, updating quicken, paying bills (our ultrasound would have been $801 without insurance, thank goodness for insurance and how we only had to pay $42 to know our baby was healthy as could be).  I have a few other random computer things to do and then it will by 9pm, which is my bedtime these days. :) Then two more days of work then I have the weekend off!  I love my weekend off. :)