Countdown to Baby: 7 weeks to go!

This week went by a little faster! Maybe I don't have time to get in the sewing projects before Baby's arrival.

We didn't get to see the actual crib mattress, but we did get to see the adult size mattresses, and check out the firmness of the foam (made from natural latex) and see what the cotton cover looked like, etc. Also, the price in store was much lower than the price displayed on the website, so I think we're going to go for it!

I had a lovely chiropractic/prenatal massage appointment this week, which has definitely helped me sleep better! It was a fun day, Matt went with me and we packed a picnic lunch that we ate after my appointment at a nearby park. The weather was the perfect fall weather (which we haven't gotten much of yet) and it was so nice to walk in the park after lunch... but we were rudely interrupted much sooner than I would have liked by more Braxton Hicks. I can't wait to be able to walk as much as I want without triggering BH. Soon we'll be taking walks with Baby! 

Along with continuing our Christmas shopping, Matt and I put together our Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes this week. Two years ago, that was our second date activity! It's been the start of a fun tradition I hope we'll be continuing with our kids. We're slowly continuing to collect and wrap family Christmas gifts, but with only two weeks to Thanksgiving, I think we're going to have to amp things up a bit to finish by then!

I doubled Shepherd's Pie this week, but didn't have enough mashed potatoes to top both, so the one for the freezer will need mashed potatoes added when we're ready to eat it in January. That isn't too big a deal, since the hardest part of Shepherd's Pie in my opinion is the chopping and cooking of the filling, which always takes longer and makes me more tired than I anticipate! I think I'll double it from now on, just because the extra work is hardly noticeable, and then we can have easy Shepherd's Pie!

Baby's kicking has been a little less uncomfortable this week (I had no idea before getting pregnant that having another human hanging out in your abdomen and using your internal organs as punching bags could be quite so painful!), I think because he's getting a little more cramped, and doesn't have as much space to "wind up." I'm definitely enjoying the gentler thumps and squirms. 

Only 49 days to his due date! Which means only 45 days until Christmas! Yikes! Maybe time isn't slowing down after all.