33 Weeks!

It was another busy week, I think things should slow down a little now. At least I hope! I can't believe how close we are getting. She will be considered full term in just a few more weeks.

I did tons and tons of cleaning last week before my baby shower. I had help but it was still exhausting. Now the plan is to just keep the house that clean until the baby comes! The baby shower was so much fun. We thought it was going to rain on us but it cleared up just in time and we had perfect weather. The theme was pickles and ice cream so I have tons of pickles and ice cream left over! We got so many great gifts. Between the two showers we really had most of the necessities covered. We went through everything and did a few exchanges/returns Sunday. Now we are only missing a handful of things so maybe over the holiday weekend I can get the rest of our shopping done.

I can't believe how much laundry I've done for Carli already! All those little clothes, blankets, towels and things add up quickly. Probably will be that way when she is here too with all of the clothes and blankets she could easily go through in a day. And on top of all of that laundry we have decided that we would give cloth diapers a try. I may be out of my mind but worst case we switch back to disposables. I got a great deal on the diapers from a lady who closed her maternity shop so we really won't lose anything if we decide it's not for us. But if it works it will save us a lot of money along with all of the other benefits (good for the environment, less chemicals against Carli's skin, easier to potty-train, etc).

I've almost got everything put away and set up so we are ready when she is. I still need to wash all the bottles and toys that could end up in her mouth and decide where to keep all of those things. I've got to do a little reorganizing of the kitchen to find a place (low enough that I can still reach) to put all of the babies items. Bentley is going crazy over all of the baby toys so they definitely need a safe place until she learns they are not for her, but if it makes any kind of noise she is sure it's for her not the baby.

Back to the doctor tomorrow! I sure will be glad to stop going there all the time at the end of this process. I have to do more bloodwork so hopefully my iron levels are getting closer to where they should be, I've been trying to eat lots of iron rich foods and take my vitamins on time. We will see...