My 40 week journey is almost over… some say they will miss being pregnant — I honestly think I will not be one of those people. Of course it’s completely worth the end result, but geez I just want my body back! It will be nice to be able to bend down to pick something up, tie my own shoes, get dressed without losing my balance, tripping over nothing, spilling my drinks all the time (apparently i forgot how to drink from a glass while being pregnant), sleep on my stomach if I want to and no more maternity clothing!
Everything here in the Terrell household is going well — we will be getting the car seat installed tomorrow, that was the last thing to check off out list. The bag is packed and next to the front door, waiting to be swept away to the hospital! I’m caught up at work and my fill in starts on Monday – It will be nice to have 3 months off from work, but i’m sure it will fly by and before we know it, it will be time to put Lennox into her daycare (we have already saved her spot in, by the way) and time for me to return to work.
I’ll try to get one more belly pic up here before we go into the hospital too.
Maybe my next update will be after Lennox arrives…. if not, then later next week! Until then… send good baby vibes our way!
What’s Currently Going On
Pregnancy: 39 weeks!
Weight Gain: about 27 pounds over pre-pregnancy weight
Sleep: Starting to get less and less sleep again – I seem to wake up every night at the same time. Maybe that means she will wake up at that time every night in the beginning too – we’ll see!
Feeling: Very sore all over! HUGE!
Health: Ankle hurts, hips hurt, back hurts…. you know – the norm’ lol
Movement: Lots and lots of movement.
Belly: LOW & big! No stretch marks!
Next Appointment: Monday the 14th – last appointment!
Upcoming Events: Last doctors appointment on Monday, Mom arrives in Texas on Wednesday and then we go into the hospital Thursday night/Friday morning for my induction if she hasn’t come by then!!
Now, where is Lennox??
Not too much longer! Hospital bag is packed and ready to go, whenever Lennox is ready to be here! The hotter it gets each day (going to be in the 100’s this weekend) the faster I want her to arrive so that I don’t have to be pregnant and hot — just hot I guess – but that’s Texas!
Nothing else is really going on here – I have finished going into the office for work, but still working from home until the day it’s time to go to the hospital! It’s so nice that I have that ability because I’m too uncomfortable at this point to deal to get up earlier, get ready, get into the office, be in the office all day and then get home! I had a good burst of energy over the weekend and got some things done around the house, but most of that energy has left me at this point, maybe I’ll get another one? I won’t bet on it!
Here are the latest belly pics – this one was taken last night – Mandy was in the picture too but I don’t know if I’m allowed to post that, so I’ll leave that to her to do!
37 Weeks 3 Days
And here is the latest Mommy View 
Mommy View - 37 weeks 4 Days
What’s Currently Going On
Pregnancy: 37 weeks 4 days
Weight Gain: 23 pounds over pre-pregnancy weight – yeah i lost weight this week!
Sleep: Not too bad actually – could always use more – i can’t seem to sleep past 6 or 7am.
Feeling: Sore and more pressure.
Health: Nothing new really.
Movement: About the same – moving around lots
Belly: LOW!
Next Appointment: Monday the 7th
Upcoming Events: Kim & Mandy’s baby shower for baby biscuit on the 5th, mom arrives in Texas on the 16th and then BIRTH! Induction scheduled for 18th if she doesn’t come before then!
Well, I’ve made it! Full-term today! You can officially say I have a watermelon in my belly. I wish I could have some Friendly’s Wattamelon Roll to celebrate.. yummmm.
My favorite!
So what have we been up to the last week and a half? Well – we got everything that was left on our “to buy” list, put together the stroller & infant seat — just have to get the bases installed into the cars. I’ve been getting things together for our hospital bag — plan on finishing that this weekend, so that it is ready to go whenever I’m ready to go! We are wrapping a few things up around the house, but overall, we are ready for Lennox to arrive.
We had a good doctors appointment this past week, baby has started to drop down, and I sure can tell by the amount of pressure I have on my belly now. No real progress other than that though at this point. We did get our induction date scheduled for the 18th, so at least we know that the 18th is the latest we will have to wait before going to the hospital! Hopefully if I’m induced, i don’t have a very long labor!
We also got our maternity pictures back – we are so happy with them! Marcus did a GREAT job on them and we had a lot of fun having them taken. Here are a few:
See a slideshow of additional ones here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/heatherterrell/sets/72157624012647059/show/
What’s Currently Going On
Pregnancy: 37 weeks
Weight Gain: 24 pounds over pre-pregnancy weight
Sleep: A little better the last week or two, all it took was switching sides of the bed and having the fan on high for some white noise… I still wake up plenty but I’ve felt a little more rested in the morning – although that doesn’t seem to last too long!
Feeling: Sore all over, lots of pressure/tightness, HOT!
Health: Nothing new really.
Movement: When she gets moving, she really gets moving – it feels like shes shaking her booty back and forth in there. She had a long spell of hiccups yesterday.
Belly: Measuring right at 37 cm — right on track.
Next Appointment: Wednesday the 2nd.
Upcoming Events: Kim & Mandy’s baby shower for baby biscuit on the 5th, mom arrives in Texas on the 16th and then BIRTH! Induction scheduled for 18th if she doesn’t come before then!
Getting closer and closer! We had our first weekly OB appointment today, so not like I didn’t already feel like I’ve been living at the doctors office, now I REALLY will feel like I’m living at the doctors office, since I’ll be there every week, maybe even twice at the very end.
Everything is looking great! Lennox may end up being bigger than I would of expected – with 4 weeks left, she is already somewhere between 5 1/2 to 6 pounds. She was in the head down position and her booty was sticking straight out! We started talking about induction dates for when we get to my due date, so next week we will schedule that and then we’ll at least know the latest that she could arrive – I wouldn’t mind her being a little early at this point though! I’m ready for her to come out and meet us, never mind have my body back!
We will be going out this weekend and getting the rest of the things on our baby “to buy” list – then the nursery and house should be completely ready for Lennox’s arrival!
Here is the latest belly picture:
Belly - 35 Weeks 4 Days
And the latest Mommy View:
Mommy View - 35 Weeks 4 Days
What’s Currently Going On
Pregnancy: 35 Weeks 4 Days
Weight Gain: 22 pounds over pre-pregnancy weight! This makes me happy
Sleep: Everyone is telling me to get as much sleep as I can right now before she comes, but that is much easier said than done! I can’t seem to get comfortable and I’m waking up a lot — and of course no matter how much sleep I get, I’m still exhausted when it’s time to get up.
Feeling: Sore, Tired, ITCHY.. again 
Health: Nothing too new, PUPPs is back and still lots of heartburn.
Movement: Still dancing around like a crazy girl!
Belly: Measuring right at 35-36 cm — right on track.
Next Appointment: Wednesday the 26th.
Upcoming Events: Nothing more baby related until she decides to arrive at this point!
That is about it – we should have our maternity pictures back in the next week or so I think, once I get them, i’ll make sure to share
PS- Don’t we all think that Miss Mandy should show her belly that’s full of Biscuit to everyone???
Today my co-workers threw a baby shower for Kyle & I (oh and Lennox too!) up at the office. Kyle was able to come up and spend the shower with everyone which was nice. He had met the majority of people but there were some co-workers he has heard about but never met – now he knows who I’m talking about!
My CE group was very generous and gave us a gift card to target that we will be able to buy our Travel System (Stroller& Car Seat) with! That was the last big thing on our list to get – we will go get it this week and get it all installed before Lennox arrives. We had a great time and we appreciate everything that was given to us!!! Thanks again to Amy and everyone who helped her put the shower together!!
Here are a few pictures:
All pictures are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/heatherterrell/sets/72157623965966999/detail/
Well i’m almost to the 35/35 milestone – 35 weeks/35 days! Things are still going well. I’m getting more uncomfortable as to be expected but we are getting so close! We are both VERY excited and ready to meet baby Lennox. Kyle has been dreaming about her at night, apparently I gave birth to her in a hotel room last night but she was already 5 months old… who knows?!
Other than waiting around for Lennox to show up, I’ve been trying to rest/relax — i’ve also started packing my hospital bag – just in case she decides to show up early!
Here is my latest belly pic:
34 Weeks 4 Days
Kyle liked to point out that I looked like a watermelon with my Pink and Green tank tops — I’m a watermelon with a watermelon in my belly!! How appropriate :-p Ok well she isn’t a watermelon yet, but she is just a large melon! She continues to get lots of cute things. We received a package of maryjane socks (all different colors) in the mail the other day – super cute:
What’s currently going on:
Pregnancy: 34 Weeks 4 Days
Weight Gain: as of last thursday, 21 pounds over pre-pregnancy weight. I’d say that’s pretty good!
Sleep: I don’t have insomnia anymore but I can’t seem to get comfortable and I always wake up on my back – even though i’m not suppose to be sleeping on my back.
Feeling: Very sore! I’ve started to have some Braxton Hicks contractions (I think). It’s hard to tell if its the baby pushing or if the tightness is actually the BH.
Health: Dear Heartburn – I hate you!.
Movement: Lots and Lots of movement – she moves alllll the time, she is an active little one!
Belly: Measuring right at 34 cm — right on track.
Next Appointment: Wednesday the 19th.
Upcoming Events: Baby class on Saturday, Maternity Pictures by Marcus (My friend Amy’s husband who is a photographer) on Sunday and Baby shower at work on Tuesday!
Lennox is currently the size of a PINEAPPLE!
She is getting big — moving around tons, which I love feeling but at times it sure is starting to get painful and uncomfortable. Like when she wants to put her foot under my ribs or her HEAD!
Not too much else is new here — her nursery is pretty much done – just a few more things to get for around the house and for her and we should be good to go. I’m going to wait to get those last things though until after my baby shower at work (May 18th).
I’ve also started planning Mandy & Kim’s baby shower! We’ll be having that just 2 short weeks before Lennox is due – Hopefully all will go as planned and I’ll be there with a baby inside my belly and not outside my belly!
My next doctors appointment is on Thursday afternoon – I’ll post an update after.
Current Belly Pic: 32 Weeks 5 Days
What’s currently going on:
Pregnancy: 32 Weeks 5 Days
Weight Gain: as of last friday, 19 pounds over pre-pregnancy weight – about 5 of those latest pounds are water weight…says my doctor. time to watch the sodium intake!
Sleep: A little bit better the last week — not having the insomnia – but I can never get enough, and i’m still up many many times to go pee or eat!
Feeling: Tired and Sore – some days more than others – very hard to bend over now or stand for very long… but other than that, pretty good.
Health: Heartburn is really my only health complaint at this point — I don’t see that going away anytime soon though. At least I can take medicine for that.
Movement: Still lots and lots of movement. She likes sticking a body part in one spot and staying there. Last night I woke up and it felt like she had her head up under my ribs, it was hard to get into a sitting position with her head there, I had to push her down to get her to move.
Belly: Measuring right on track — getting bigger and bigger.
Next Appointment: Thursday May 6th.
Here is a new view… MOMMY VIEW! – Notice I haven’t been able to see my feet for a while!
Mommy view! 32 weeks 5 days
The nursery is coming all together now – we have pretty much everything set up – still need to hang the quilt on the wall and we are putting her name on the pink wall, just leaving that until the very end so that we know we put it in the right position.
We had our neighborhood yard sales this weekend and I found some great stuff! I was able to get the jungle playmat for $8, in perfect condition – they are usually $70!
Also found a bunch of clothing, books, wipe warmer and a few toys! All in all it was successful. Kim found a bunch of stuff for Biscuit as well
Here are a few pictures, you can view them all here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/heatherterrell/sets/72157623931024188/detail/
Bookshelf -- most all the books are from consignment sales and yard sales -- all under $1 each
Crib
changing table area
Cute rattles I found for 25 cents
Just under 2 months left until Baby Lennox is here! We have been busy bee’s here in the Terrell household. As you know we had our shower a few weekends ago – we had a great time! Thanks again to everyone who came and gave Lennox, Kyle & I gifts!
This past Saturday we had our prepared childbirth class – all day! We were afraid it was going to be pretty boring and long and not overly helpful but felt like we needed to take it – we were completely wrong! It didn’t feel long at all, we had fun and we learned a lot of very useful information! We have 2 more classes coming up and then we will be as prepared as we are going to be At this point, we are both ready for Lennox to come but we know she has to cook a little bit longer in there! She will be here before we know it!
We have started looking in daycare and all that fun stuff, we have plenty of time still but we have a few different options that we are looking into.
Other than doing all of that – we have been working hard on the nursery (I’ll have some new pictures later this week, hopefully!) We have almost everything put together, just have some organization to do. It’s really coming together well, very cute!
Anyway – here is my latest belly picture – you can tell that i’m very tired these days!
Belly at 31 Weeks 4 Days
What’s currently going on:
Pregnancy: 31 Weeks 4 Days
Weight Gain: as of last week 9-10 pounds over pre-pregnancy weight
Sleep: Not so great — I am up a bazillion times to either pee, eat or toss & turn!
Feeling: Tired, can’t you tell? Other than that, my body is starting to get sore, especially by the end of the day, harder and harder to hold up that tummy! Out of breath very quickly as well — glad my bedroom isn’t upstairs!
Health: Heartburn is still a daily occurrence – I’m not a fan at all! The other day a lifesaver gave me heartburn, who knew that was even possible! PUPPs is better, thankfully! I was ready to tear my skin off! Lots and lots of leg cramps
Movement: Moving around lots – she is getting less and less space in there so its more pushes and shoves – she will push back if you push her, it’s kind of a game!
Belly: Bigger and bigger! No stretch marks Measurement – TBD on Friday
Next Appointment: We are at the every 2 week stage of my pregnancy, so I go back this Friday (23rd) for 2 more visits and then i’ll switch to once a week then she’ll be here!!
Nursery updates coming soon!
