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AND - t minus 36 days until this...

 Happy Saturday...come to think of it, this might be the first time I've ever looked at my blog on a Saturday.  Wow...so this is what happens when you are waiting around for labor to start? 

Time is standing still!

I just wanted to do a quick check-in on the blog to say TIME IS STANDING STILL! I am done with work, well almost. I have been working from home this week, and I must say - I could get used to this. However, it does get kind of boring and I think I would go crazy if this is what I did every day. I'm sure I will think differently once Bennett is here, I know I won't want to leave him!

I am feeling good. Almost too good. I thought the end of pregnancy was supposed to be torture? I can still sleep well, do things around the house, and am not confined to the couch! I am blessed! Bennett seems pretty content in there, but he still moves quite a bit. He moved literally all day yesterday, it was crazy! It seems like he wants to get outta there and stretch out a bit. Come on little man, we are ready for you!  My 38 week checkup I was making a little progress...but not as much as I'd hoped.  Starting this Monday if I haven't made any more progress it's time to start walking non-stop! 

Here's my 38 week pic - I don't think I am any bigger than last week. Bennett seems to have dropped a little and I might even be a little smaller. That's cool with me! I was feeling really massive there for a minute!  I also decided to cut my hair last week, it feels so much better!  No more 20 minute dry time for me!  Not complaining though...I will never, ever complain about having thick hair again!  It saved me a few years ago!  You can tell from this pic that I've got some swelling in my face finally...I was expecting that.  My feet still swell pretty bad at night...the left one is always more swollen than the right.  I keep them propped up but it doesn't seem to matter much!

38.5 weeks - 11 days to go!

My parents were in town this past weekend and we made Scalini's eggplant parm!   There have been a ton of babies born after eating this recipe.  We made it at home, but copied the recipe exactly.  It was INSANE...seriously, we were in awe of how good it was!  I will warn you though, it is NOT easy to make.  It took me, Ben, my Mom and my Dad several hours to make it.  It was a team effort for real.  But, if you've got the time, make this one night.  You won't be disappointed!  Here's a pic of me before completely devouring it.  Even though it didn't put me into labor, it was worth the effort!!

YUMMMMM!

Hope you are all having a great week!  We are just waiting around for our little boy to make his grand entrance...come on BENNETT!

Love to all!

KJS

It's the Final Countdowwwwwn...

You know that song! Let me go ahead and apologize because once you get it in your head it doesn't stop!

I thought I'd try to catch Bennett kicking me in a video, and I did it! Yeah, I know I am talking to Gracie half the time...story of my life.






If you listen closely at the beginning of my video, you can hear SNL's Jeopardy skit - one of my faves of all time!  Suck it TREBEK!

And here is the belly at almost 37 weeks! It is surreal to look at this picture. I can't believe I am this big right now. My weight gain hasn't been terrible and it's all in my belly. And my butt. And my boobs. You know, everywhere except my arms and legs. ;) I exercised up until week 32. At that point it started to hurt! I've got pregnancy carpal tunnel too, man that's no fun at all! At least my face isn't huge. The weight will come off! Hopefully???!!! You know how I said 3 weeks ago that I wasn't sure how I would get any bigger. Well it happened. HA! Bennett is still very active and gave me a rib kick this morning that almost threw me off the bed. Ouch. I don't mind, at least I know he's ok in there!





Just for fun, here is my 9 week pic - I was just starting to show! BIG change. haha!

I don't think I ever mentioned it on here but we got approved for FREE cord blood banking. Pretty frickin' sweet! Hey, there's one good thing that came out of me having a blood cancer. It can not only be used for me but for other members of our family as well. It's much easier to transplant stem cells than bone marrow because you don't have to have an exact match. It costs thousands of dollars to store cord blood, and all we have to pay is a $150 processing fee and we get it for free for 5 years. It's fresh on my mind because I just packed the kit in my hospital bag this week. It's ready to go! I know this is the future of medicine...it is absolutely amazing what can be accomplished with stem cells these days. It's unreal.

We would appreciate your prayers as we prepare to bring Bennett into this world! He'll be here no time, 3 weeks or less!

Happy Friday, and hope you all have a great weekend!

I'm gonna go waddle around some more...

KJS

ps...do you all like my new design?

Critters in the Backyard

Ben and I love sitting outside and watching all of the "critters" as he calls them.  We have birds, squirrels, chipmunks, lizards and rabbits!  As soon as I see a rabbit I run in the kitchen and grab whatever I can find in our produce drawer to throw at them.  Ben gets a little irritated because I literally start launching apples and carrots across the yard.  HA!  Can't help it, I'm an animal lover. And of course, I can't forget about my beloved hummingbirds.  They have been a little MIA this year, which is odd.  But recently they've started to come around again, and I've got 3 right now that I feed daily.  They are teeny tiny ones, and they are so cute!  Check out what we saw on our bird feeder Saturday morning.  This little guy is a climber!

And I got a shot of a hummingbird the other night!  They are SO HARD to get a picture of!



I will update later in the week with another picture of my massive belly! 

Love to all!

A Fun July Weekend

We had a great 4th of July weekend!  Pics below!

We got Yard of the Month for July!  Ben is so proud!

HAHA!

Walker at the Herron's Pool Party on Monday - isn't he a cutie!!

Walker, Nolyn and Raegan in the swing :)

Chris doing a "foodle" - funneling beer through a noodle - boys will be boys I guess!  HA!

And here's a video of the fireworks we saw at the park near our house.  Nice show!

The house is ready for our little man!  Everything is done.  We just need him to make his grand entrance!  We have our hospital tour tonight.  I'll see if I can get Ben to take my 35 week pic when we get home.  Wow, I am uncomfortable.  And the heat is beastly right now...  I actually had to go buy a couple more dresses last week as I cannot fit in most of my maternity clothes.  Um really?  You're know you're big when you can't even fit in a maternity shirt.  Dangggggggg... My belly falls out of the bottom of almost all of my shirts.  Now that's hot.  Be jealous. 

Have a fab week y'all!