whoo in week 32

I woke up and there was another post from Mike about how much he loves me and how he can hardly wait to be back at home cuddling with me and just talking. It is reassuring to know that even halfway around the world, he is thinking of me and thinking of baby Evelyn. I love him so much and I couldn't be happier being married to him. I went to the gym this morning with my neighbor. Sometimes its still hard for me to recognize that I am 8 months pregnant and that i need to look in the mirror and recognize that. I don't need to dissect my body and think about how much i need to lose or how overweight I am because that really doesn't get me anywhere. I haven't gained anything being pregnant so I need to recognize that old body images die hard. I have been active throughout my pregnancy so I just need to find a way to focus on how good I feel and how active she is. It'll only be a few months and my little princes will be here and Mike will be home on r&r. I am definitely thankful for everything in my life right now.

good morning

at left, deployment day

Us at a friend's wedding over the summer

I woke up to pee and was greeted with this on Facebook

hey baby i love you so much i think of you everyday sometimes more than that you are the best thing that has ever happened in my life and i cant wait until we have another person in our family evelyn. if i ever thought i would be this lucky three years ago i would have someone was lying to me. stephanie you are my one and nobody else's.

It's moments like that that I remember just how much I love my husband. I am so glad that we stuck it out through everything. It makes me so happy to see how excited he is to welcome Evelyn into this world. I feel so lucky to have the life I do even though he's halfway around the world.

Above

Graduation

Now onto baby, Baby girl is still just as bouncy. I've been eating really well still since I don't think my body can handle much junk right now. I've been walking Benn a lot still. Keeping moving a lot. I've been feeling pretty darn good these days except running out of breath and the fact the rolling out of bed to use the bathroom is getting harder and harder.

already Tuesday or only Tuesday depending on how I look at it

It's already Tuesday. It's hard to believe but in a way, I am so glad time is going by so quickly. I've been trying so hard to stay occupied in any way I can. I did pre-natal yoga earlier. It was relaxing except that one of my dogs is driving me nuts! I took Benn for a nice long walk earlier. If I don't walk benn he gets restless. I've been trying to keep as active as being pregnant will allow. Baby Ev is moving up a storm like she always does. I'm so ready for December to be here. 9 weeks and hopefully i'll meet the little lady.

At left is me over the weekend. It surprized me how round I have gotten.

It's been a good long while

It's been way too long since I've written. Last monday, i had a 3 hour glucose test which did not go well. Evelyn kicked it out and after she made me puke it out, I started to feel really woozy. I went to the OB clinic and they told me since I couldn't handle the glucose drink, I would have to come back tuesday and wednesday and do a post perennial blood draw meaning I would have to come to the lab in the morning after not having eaten for 12 hours, get blood taken, eat a good breakfast and then get my blood drawn two hours later. It wasn't so bad except for the fact that now both arms are a little bruised at the draw sites. I have about 9 weeks to go until my due date and I am so ready to not go to the bathroom 20x a day and to be able to breathe normally. She's been kicking around a lot in there which makes me happy. I really hope she's next few weeks fly by. I'm missing mike and I wish he would call or IM me today, but i can't will the phone to ring.

So exausted

I have not been sleeping well at all lately: Between the deployment and trying to get comfortable because of being pregnant. It really is not awesome. I think it may be a good day for a nap later. The bathroom is clean, but i need to tidy up around the house. I'm sure I will soon. I think in order to get my butt in gear, i'll have to make a list and focus. I'm really lucky in that I've gotten to talk to Mike a lot lately. I'm not complaining. It's kind of hard to believe that its been almost two weeks. Time is slipping away thankfully. only about 17 weeks until my due date. I hope Evelyn comes relatively on time. I can't wait until it's me, mike and Evelyn. I have photos scheduled for late December after she's born! I can hardly wait for everything. She's going to be so beautiful. I've been keeping really active and walking a lot. Last night, she wedged herself into my side and wouldn't move when I was going on a hike. What a little stinker.

Over a week down in this deployment

I got two boxes sent out to Mike today. $25 isn't all that bad. Evelyn has been super active lately, moving around a ton. I can't wait until December to meet our little girl. The money situation isn't too bad off these days. I'm pretty good at creatively budgeting. I miss Mike but it's not unbearable. I got to talk to him a few days ago. Hopefully communication will get better, but as long as he's safe, it's all good. I've decided i'm going to end up doing the bulk of the baby shopping in October/November. Mike says buy whatever I want/need for Evey.

20 weeks today

on the left, the arrow pointing to the lack of penis. the fist pump on the right.
Had my 20 week ultrasound today. Baby is stubborn. kept moving and moving around some more. Everything measured great! For most of it, baby was facing the wrong way and teasing us, but finally little Evelyn proved to be a girl. A stubborn little girl. she kept swimming away from the ultrasound tech.