Maternity Pictures

I got my maternity pictures back and they look really good. My great friend Lindsay took them for me. She does such a wonderful job and she's so fun to be around. I enjoyed taking the pictures and will always remember the "photo shoot" when I look at them. I've posted a couple of them here. Everything else is going well... we have about 6.5 weeks left (hopefully). I have some showers coming up, which I think will help me feel more prepared. We're so lucky to have friends and family who are helping with all of this! Allen and I also took a child birth class on Saturday. That was an eye-opener! But I think it really helped answer some of the questions that we both had and we were able to get familiar with the hospital and the way things will go once this little guy is ready.

8 Months Already?

I can't believe I am already 8 months! That means there is less than 8 weeks until little Baby Maeker gets here. There is so much to do! I need a pediatrician, I need to find child care, I need lots of baby gear (thankfully Aimi has provided this kids wardrobe for his first year), oh... and I still need a name. I'm sure it will all fall into place, but I hope he's not a day early. We need all the time we can get. Of course, everyone I see keeps telling me how big I am. "Are you sure you don't have twins?" I do feel pretty big, but it's so exciting to look back at the pictures that I have been taking each month and see how my tummy has grown. I can't wait to show the little boy one day pictures of him inside my belly. Here is a picture of me at 32 weeks... what do you think?

It's 2009!

This is the year of Baby Maeker! I can't believe it's getting so close. I felt my first braxton hicks contractions the other day. It took a couple of days to figure out what was going on... but I'm sure that's it. Talk about a tight tummy... everything gets really tense. It's so weird. This whole pregnancy is the most amazing thing that has ever happened to me. I can't believe there is only about 8 weeks left. I'm not ready yet. I'm so excited to meet the baby and to hold him and look at him, but there is still a lot to do before then. We finally cleaned out his closet this weekend. That was a chore. My back still hurts from digging through all of those old purses and boxes. Ugh... I'm glad it's done though. We still haven't officially decided on his name... but I think I'm getting somewhere with Allen. We'll see. It may be one of those decisions that gets made when we see his little face. I have a feeling he's going to come out with a ton of dark hair. Allen wants him to have blue eyes like his daddy (which I would love), but I have some pretty dominant genes... so he may have beautiful brown eyes. Who cares, as long as he can see out of them! I took some maternity pictures with my great friend Lindsay on Christmas Eve. I can't wait to see them and I will post them once I've got them back. All in all, everything is going well. I couldn't ask for anything else. I just hope the little guy and I stay healthy through the end. It's coming up...