35 Weeks - Hot Mess

As of today I am 35 weeks pregnant with Baby #3. Here's what's going on......

- I have gained 36lbs. No swelling - yeah! But I think my upper arms are bigger than Walter's now - boo hoo!
- Baby movements are starting to feel like baby jabs and getting a little painful as space becomes tight.
- Baby is still head down. I'm fascinated how someone could live for weeks completely upside down. All I can think of is how you get such a headache when you are upside down and all the blood rushes to your head.
- I believe we are finally settled on a middle name for a boy, thus completing the name game. It happened in a quick conversation in the car on the way home from church yesterday. I threw out a few names, Walter said he liked one of them, and that was that.
- I'm in total nesting mode. I'm getting a little stressed about having everything ready for when the baby comes. I finally washed all the neutral infant stuff and it's waiting patiently to be worn. I forget how little all the clothes are. Makes me excited!! I picked out my "going home outfits" and need to pack a little bag for the baby. I bought a dresser for the boys off Craigslist yesterday. I think I want to paint it, then it will be ready for me to start transitioning some clothes making room for baby stuff in the nursery. I still need to get some additional shelving for the closets to accommodate a 3rd person's "stuff".
- I've officially reached the point of the pregnancy where I'm always hot. I feel like I just wrote this post, and now here I am again :) Any slight bit of heat makes me feel like I'm in an oven. Thankfully we've had a couple unseasonably cool overcast days this week. But it's also raining a lot and the humidity from that is making me hot and sticky - that's even worse!. Walter just rolls his eyes as I turn on the AC and crank up the fans while he feels perfectly fine (or even a bit cold). He pretty much knows not to argue with me about it at this point - haha!
- I've also reached the point where I can no longer tolerate tomato based things because of acid reflux. I realized this the other night when we ate spaghetti for dinner. But, apparently I'm an idiot and it didn't occur to me that salsa might not agree with me either (hello -- tomatoes!!!) I went to dinner with friends last night, ate more than my share of chips and salsa, then woke up at 2am with hot flashes, my throat was on fire, and I started throwing up. Just lovely :)

About 5 weeks to go. I'm counting down. I can not wait to see what this little baby looks like (oh yeah, and the gender too)!