I'm a whale...

Sorry for the delay...my naps have been preventing me from updating the blog. Last week was my shower at work. It was a lot of fun. My partner teacher, Marielle, took a lot of time to make invitations and set everything up (the invitations were really cute!). I was cracking up the whole time because my co-workers told me their pregnancy horror stories, I even had to stop opening gifts because I was laughing so hard. We received a lot of essentials: diapers, wipes, butt paste, lotion...

I am 33 weeks and I feel really huge right now. At work I usually sit on the carpet with the kids and on the kid chairs, but lately it has been really hard to get up. I have had the "early contractions" this past week. I feel like I am going about my normal routine and all of a sudden I feel a bad pain in my lower stomach. The baby is moving so much, it is really funny b/c Abe and I sit and watch my stomach shift back and forth. Sometimes the baby moves when I'm at work and I start laughing while I'm teaching, so I just tell the kids that my baby is dancing and they laugh too.

We went to a breastfeeding class last weekend, Abe learned a lot! We got to see a lot of different storage ideas, and different pumps. It made me contemplate how long I want to breastfeed for...I think it would be nice to not have to buy formula but I'm really going to have to figure out the logistics of pumping at work (which really shouldn't be too bad cause I have a partner teacher). Our next class is on tuesday, baby basics, we have the labor and birth class on the 17th.

I am really worried that we are not ready for the baby to arrive, but I keep telling myself that he or she is going to come whether we are ready or not! ~ Valarie