The Craziness that is The Eby Family: 31/32 week appointment and Rylan update

I had my 31/32 week appointment this morning. I am officially 31w, 4d pregnant. The appointment went fine- bp 100/60, (another) 3 lbs gained, Miles 150 bpm, and 32 cm fondal height. So everything is right on track with where it should be. I went ahead and scheduled my next 3 appointments which will take me up to the week before Christmas and nearly 37 weeks so that might be it since Rylan was born at 37w, 2d which would be Christmas day..

I've stopped caring how much weight I gain because it is what it is and there's nothing I can really do about it now. I haven't been over indulging, granted I have my moments, but that has always been the case with me. It just seems that I gain a lot more weight with boys. And I'm trying my best to be positive and not complain about how I feel - which is completely wiped, for the record. I just keep reminding myself there are lots of women that never get to experience this and it is a small price to pay for a beautiful baby at the end. I was also reminded this morning of all I went through back in January to get to where I am now when Jake started asking questions about the baby we lost. It kind of puts it all in perspective when a 7 nearly 8 year old still is having a hard time letting go of a lost pregnancy from 10 months ago. So no matter the problem, I'm trying my best to keep positive and just focus on the end goal - Baby Miles in my arms.

In my nesting insanity I have already started getting the house ready for Christmas. I have put out some decorations and I went through all of the ornaments so they would be ready for when we get our tree. I also have a very good start on Christmas shopping. For anyone that knows me well, this is all VERY weird for me. I have never been the early decorator and I NEVER have my shopping even started until into December. I just feel so tired and spent that I just want everything ready so I don't have anything to do except wait. And for anyone with kids, you know that there is always SOMETHING that needs to get done so if I can have the decorating and shopping done early hopefully it will make the other stuff easier. Fingers crossed I can get it done AND that it works!

Rylan update:

A few weeks ago I had mentioned that we were trying to get Rylan toilet trained. Well, a few days in we were hit with a bit of a set back.....warning TMI coming.......She got diarrhea for 5 days. Fantastic. Luckily, it didn't set her back very much. She was ready to get back on board with going #1 immediately and #2 is slowly coming along. She is wearing underwear during the day, everyday now with no #1 accidents and a few #2 accidents. She has been VERY good about using the bathroom when we're away from home and she's been very happy to wear her underwear during the day. We're not all the way there yet, but I think the finish line is at least in sight. Time to cross those fingers again in hopes that she continues on this path and doesn't have any set backs when Miles arrives.

So that's it for us. We'll be staying home for all the holidays this year. We're not expecting any visitors, but if Miles arrives early that might change. We are hoping that Miles will make it before the new year and I'm personally hoping for before Christmas - his stocking got here a couple of days ago just in case :) And Chris is now predicting Miles will be the Apocalypse baby on 12/21/12 :)

Last, but not least - BELLY PICS! Ok, so its not that exciting, but I'm sure you can all at least get a kick out of just how lovely I'm looking these days ;)

31w, 4d - 59 days or less (I hope)