34 Weeks - Pregnancy Update

So, considering it's been 10 weeks since my last pregnancy update, a lot has changed!

Here we are at 34 weeks:

Y'all. I am seriously HUGE. I'm not just saying that so people will say, "Oh no, you look so great!" No, for real, my baby bump is huge! Baby boy has had a serious growth spurt the past few weeks. She didn't tell me by how much, but at my 34 week doctor appt yesterday, my doctor told me my uterus is measuring big (flashback to Landon's pregnancy!) So we'll get a more accurate idea of how things are progressing at my 36 week appt and see what things are looking like.

My body has definitely not missed the memo that Baby Boy is big - all of a sudden in the past week or two I've started feeling really uncomfortable. Lots of lower back and hip pain, not sleeping well, and having a lot of Braxton Hicks contractions (nothing consistent or too intense, but enough to be annoying!) So I am now officially rooting for Brother to come early :)

Despite the fact that surely he's running out of room in there, he's still managing to do some major kick boxing in there. Sometimes it just cracks me up feeling/seeing him move, wondering what in the world he's trying to do. He must know I'm typing about him, because he's firmly pushing a foot up at the moment letting me know he's listening. 

We're trying to start gathering things/getting ready for his appearance. We brought the pack n play home with us from my Mom's this weekend so that he'll officially have somewhere to sleep. In a couple of weeks my sister is coming to visit and is bringing us her bouncy seat, swing, and car seat, so the pieces are falling into place. Biggest item on the to do list (right in front of buying a coming home from the hospital outfit), is to pick a name. Baaaaaaaaah boy names are so hard to choose!

Since we (hopefully) only have a few weeks left before Little Brother arrives, I've been trying to take advantage of being in Manhattan to do lots of fun things with Landon and Layla. We've been to the library story time multiple times, the local donut shop, Chick-Fil-A, song time at one of the coffee shops, open gym at the gymnastics center, and recently playing at the parks since the weather has been nice. They're enjoying all the fun stuff, and so am I! We'll keep living it up till we're a little more homebound for a couple weeks post baby!