32 and 34 weeks

32 weeks...

 

34 weeks...



 

 

Busy, exhausted and in pain doesn't seem to truly describe how I've felt lately.  As you can see, my pregnant belly sticks out more and more each week. I feel huge and I still have 6 weeks to go! I also started swelling at week 33 so that's awesome. I almost want to stop posting pictures at this point because I'm afraid of what I'm going to look like!

 

For my own record, my body is experiencing extreme back pain, numb, tingly, and stiff hands and arms, and some pain with the severe swelling in my feet and ankles.  My doctor says I'm progressing well. My blood pressure is normal and baby seems to be doing fine. I have not experienced any contractions yet but I sure have felt baby Blake stretching and moving about A LOT! Poor guy must be getting squished!

 

Chasing after 3 little girls is getting more and more difficult. They are all doing well though. I finally have #2 potty trained! Little one # 3 is acting more like a true 2 year old every day. She's talking a lot more and she understands a lot more than she did just 2 short months ago. She loves to get into everything and takes every opportunity that the bathroom door is accidentally left open to pull as much toilet paper off the roll as she can. They all love "their Jaren" and ask where he is every morning that he's gone to work. They even fight over him when he's home. We do have a lot of fun with them but we haven't had any time without them in 2 months and we are both burned out. I understand why people always say "make sure to go on a date once a week" when you have kids. It's because you need it for your sanity! Unfortunately, only being able to have babysitters that are at least 21 yrs old who are approved by the foster agency with a background check makes it extremely difficult to get ANYONE to babysit. One day...

 

Not much else is new. Just taking life one day at a time! Time to go make lunch. :)