Pregnancy Update: Week 38

Week 38 was another busy one for us.  We had a lot to celebrate this past week, and more to look forward to in the coming weeks.  We started the week keeping our fingers crossed our little lady wouldn't make her entrance into the world just yet.  Andrew had to travel to the other side of the state for business.  Luckily, he made it there and back uneventfully!

Later in the week, we celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary by going to see one of our favorite comedians; Lewis Black.  When we purchased the tickets earlier this summer, we were nervous about making it to the big day without interruption from our little one. As the day got closer, my nerves increased.  Luckily, we got to enjoy the show without interruption.  I'm glad we didn't forgo buying the tickets.  On Saturday, we extended our anniversary celebration by having dinner with family and enjoying our annual tradition of cake!  Rather than keeping to top tier of our wedding cake, we buy a small cake to enjoy each year.  This year we opted for a champagne cake, which was delicious.  

 
It's hard to believe it has been 5 years since our big day.  It's been five years full of adventure with our biggest one ahead of us.  Here are a few of my favorite memories from our first five years of marriage.

our first "baby", Buddy 

our first home

honeymooning in Boston 

1st anniversary trip to Green Bay 

bringing Maya home

moving day from our first to our second home

our second home

our first project - Maya helped dig the hole

our first major renovation project

4th anniversary trip to Chicago

sightseeing in Chicago 

 Orlando 

 Universal Studios in Orlando

our next big adventure! 

We went for our 38 week appointment with our midwives on Friday.  Unfortunately, all was not quite as well as I thought it would be.  I knew my feet and ankles had been swelling more and more, but I didn't invest a lot of energy in worrying about it.  When we went in on Friday, my blood pressure was up slightly and the scale showed that I was retaining quite a bit of fluid.  I was put on "bed rest" for the weekend with orders to keep my feet up and take it easy in hopes the swelling would go down.  We go back tomorrow to see if my blood pressure is back down and hopefully the scales are a little nicer.  I did keep my feet up most of the weekend, and the swelling in my feet and ankles are down; I forgot what my ankles actually looked like to be honest.  Unfortunately, if I am on my feet for more than about an hour, my feet swell up like giant water balloons.  Hopefully, everything checks out tomorrow at our appointment and we aren't talking about induction due to an spike in my blood pressure.  

In addition to celebrating our anniversary and trying to keep my feet up as much as possible, we also finished up a few of our last minute to-do items.  Including..... finishing the nursery!  I'm excited to say it's complete and ready for our little lady to make her arrival any day now.  

 To round out week 38, here is the bump photo for the week:

As we welcome week 39, we are more than ready to meet our little girl.  We have finished up our "to-do" list as much as possible.  This past weekend, we celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary and also celebrated what we anticipate might be our final weekend before entering the life of parenthood.  We are excited, nervous, anxious, and slightly terrified (ok, this may be more me than Andrew).  Baby watch is officially in full swing.