Hey y'all! We are getting close! 33 and half weeks and counting. I have been waiting a long time to say he is due next month when people ask!! It’s been a very hectic couple of months, but we finally closed on our first home May 31st and have been getting all moved in and situated the last couple weeks. We LOVE our house and are in the process of making it our home J I am starting to stress about Jaxon’s room…I think it is safe to say I have hit the nesting stage. We have set a goal to be all ready for Jaxon after July 4th weekend and we are making good progress so that should be no problem—I’ll post pictures of his nursery when it is complete. After that, all we will have to do is install the car seat base in the car, pack our hospital bag and wait it out! Hopefully the waiting game isn’t longer than we expect!
We have been going to the doctor bi-weekly the last month and will start going every week after our next appointment which is next week. Our doctor says he sounds very happy in there as his heart is beating strong and he is still such a wiggle worm. He moves all the time! People keep asking me if he is starting to slow down, but I think he is moving more than he ever has the last couple weeks. It’s cool because we are starting to be able to tell his feet or hands when he is moving them in my belly based on his position. He’s getting extra comfortable up in my ribs…not always the most comfortable feeling in the world! Sometimes I think he thinks he can push his way out the front of my stomach! We are measuring exactly on time and anticipate staying this way until the end. In a couple weeks we will have our final ultrasound and get his weight estimate. Taking bets now on if he will be as big as Jared and I both were??? I guess we will know soon enough!
We are really starting to check off all the last things on our third trimester to do list. We found our pediatrician, and had our maternity tour this week at the hospital which was great! We are really excited about this hospital and it was nice to take the tour seeing everything and go through all the steps of what will happen when we arrive for his birth! We’re very confident in the support this hospital provides and all the neat policies they have really encouraging and promoting Parent/Baby bonding starting with the “Golden Hour” in the first hour after birth keeping baby skin to skin the whole time and encouraging our new little family to have that hour to bond just with baby. They even talked about weighing him after that hour which we thought was interesting, but we will probably weigh him really quickly out of curiosity J They also have something new called “Snuggle and Snooze” to where nurses, lactation consultants, doctors, etc can’t knock on our door during a certain time everyday allowing for rest. Of course if we needed something they’d be there and we can call them in but since people are constantly coming by it allows us to have a break from all the medical attention for a little bit and just rest or have intimate time with our visitors. We both think this is all pretty cool!
The hospital tour made us that much more excited and just ready for him to be here. We are getting really close!! A little over 6 weeks from his due date and hoping he decides to make his appearance a little before! A lot of family is patiently (or maybe impatiently ;)) waiting to meet him and we can’t wait to share that special day with our family. He can’t wait to meet you all J I am still feeling good, but it is getting harder to do some normal things. I can tell it’s time to start slowing down a bit. Prayers would be appreciated in the final weeks for our health and for our labor and delivery as well. We want to meet him in July….really hoping he doesn’t decide to come in August ;) Jared not only has his countdown to Jaxon’s arrival but is already counting down the days until football season too because he is excited to have his little buddy watch all the games with him this year! His Vandy collection has officially started!
We love our little boy already and can’t wait to officially meet our son!
Also a big Happy Birthday and Happy Father’s Day to both our Dads who celebrate both of those this weekend!
And a very special early Happy Father’s (to be) Day to Jared who’s heart already lights up for Jaxon and will make the best Daddy!
XOXO,
Anna, Jared and Jaxon
