33 weeks pregnant

pregnancy 3
august 2 2008
33 weeks

well i think from my picture that the baby may have dropped slightly and that it has also plumped up a bit. so although baby dropping would help give more room for my stomach, the plumpness ends up leaving me in about the same position. i am definitely experiencing more heartburn which helps curtail late night eating and even overeating because it actually makes me feel quite terrible.

according to my pregnancy newsletter, baby is about 4lbs now and will gain a half pound per week until birth. diedre was 7 lbs 10 oz (at 2 days late) and ezekiel was 7lbs 11oz (and 10 days late!) so i'm hoping this baby will follow suit and not get super huge!

now that i've had my steak and lobster, i'm ready to get down to business with nesting. i really need to give away this large carpet thats been under ezekiel's crib and change table (it goes the length of his room) so i can get his room organized. we are also probably going to lend out our change table and set up a change station in the bathroom and living room. this will also allow for more room in ezekiel's room.

i spoke with a lady who knows she's having a girl (due 2 weeks before me) and she said that she's been buying girl clothes like crazy so the ultrasound had better be right. she said thats just part of being pregnant for her. i think for me, since i dont know what we are having, that it makes me want to buy more for diedre and ezekiel now.
so waiting in the wings, i've got:
-a crayola craft tub ($15 at Walmart--several crayola products that are sort of the next step up from crayons)
-a workman's hardhat with light (home depot for kids)
-a dr.'s set (it was on sale for $4 at Toys R Us)
-a Diego (which ezekiel calls "backpack") organization set (basket, hamper and hanging toy thingy--$12 at Walmart, regularly $20) for ezekiel's room (i plan to get rid of his toy box, change table, and this other coat hanging wardrobe thing, and use a few smaller items to organize things).

so some of these things (like maybe the craft tub) could be a gift from the new baby. i also really want to get zeke his own baby (since diedre is very possessive of her babies, she will let him play with them but they are definitely HERS). we already have 4 babies in the house so i think i should probably just pass on that idea and teach him that he can help care for the babies that are already here.

i had also ordered a toy Home Depot chainsaw, but then remembered that derek can buy a toy Stihl chainsaw for kids from the saw shop and he definitely wants that for zeke over a Home Depot brand one. so now i have to return that to Toys R Us.

i kind of like to stockpile gifts (as long as i dont forget) so that i have them ready for Christmas time and birthdays, however, that did kind of backfire last year. derek didnt want to give the gifts i had picked and he wanted to go shopping with me...which makes total sense, i was just trying to be prepared.