I was working today - walking quickly to yard duty when I felt my lower  tummy tighten.  It has kind of happened before, but I just realized that it probably was a Braxton Hicks Contraction.  My tummy was kind of tight all the way till I got home from work and sat down.   It doesn't make me worried or anything, but I just realized what it might be.  Then, when I got home I was cleaning house and my nose started to bleed two different times.  I don't ever get nose bleeds.  I'm thinking that my body is just saying - you did enough this week and now its time to relax so I am doing just that :>  Poor Chris though because we are having company all weekend and I am going to just try and chill.

I am 31 weeks today and have many emotions.  I was actually a little bit sad because I realized that just as I am starting to be able to enjoy my pregnancy (I only throw up about once every week and a half now) it is almost over!!!!!  I am also worried that I might be gaining too much weight since the constant puking has officially stopped.  I will find out on Monday at my next doctors appt.  On the other hand I am a little worried because I heard that morning sickness can come back at the end of the pregnancy and I am starting to feel queasy again even though the food stays down.  It isn't very often though, so hopefully I am just being paranoid!

Will kicked me in my ribs for the first time today!  I have been feeling like there is a lump or something near my right rib cage and today he gave me a good jab. It made me laugh because that means he is getting longer and stronger, and I am probably going to be feeling a lot of those from now on.

A friend of mine just delievered a baby girl 5 weeks early and she was only 3.1 pounds.  That is really scary to me because I still have 9 weeks to go and it reminds me that anything can happen!  Luckily both my friend and the baby are doing well - she was just so tiny!

Ok - enough for now I have to go to sleep so I can face my 20 2nd graders in the morning :>

For the past week I have felt like I am literally on an emotional roller coaster ride.  I cried because I looked fat in all of my clothes.  I cried because I spent too much money at the store. I even cried because I missed American Idol.  It seems like anything can make me cry and once the water works start they are so hard to stop.  Chris is trying to be really nice about it, but I can tell it's pretty frustrating since I am totally not a crier.  We painted Will's room yesterday and it looks really good.  Today we get to put on the second coat and add the banner - it still seems so unreal!  Then you start moving around, or catch the hiccups and I am reminded that you really are in there and growing strong! 

I started work again last week and am going to try and make it through to the very end.  School ends on June 7th and Will is due on June 14th - we will see what happens.  Its kind of scary, but exciting at the same time. 

I have to go now because we are hosting the family Easter party on Sunday in our new place and there is so much work to be done!!!!  I sure hope I don't have one of those crying fits tonight :>   

It took 3 weeks to get a phone line and online set up at our house!  That was way too long!  I am now 29 weeks pregnant and our little boy is moving around like crazy!   He is also getting the hiccups daily - they feel so odd.  Chris and I went to register at Babies-R-Us and found that we were in way over our head!  We registered for some stuff, but it's not like you can just register for something that you think is cute- it also has to be proven safe, meet state standards, and it seems like everything is so expensive.  I mean is it really necessary to buy a 250-300 dollar breast pump if you are planning on breast feeding and going back to work?  We didn't know what was too expensive and what was worth the price. 

Over all I have been feeling really good.  I have been on a two week break from work (school starts back up on Monday) and am loving sleeping in and having little to worry about.  I am pretty sure that the morning sickness will come back on Monday when I go back because it seems like if I am up before 8:00 my body simply needs to throw up.  I have this kind of blah feeling lately.  I mean I am totally excited as every week passes, but I feel like it is taking too long, and going to fast, at the same time.  I can't wait to set up his room and have the baby showers and am counting the minutes until I can eventually get to see and hold him, but I also want to try and make sure that we enjoy our last 11 weeks as a two-some. 

Okay enough rambling for today!  I can't wait till next week because that means that we will be 30 weeks and that is a milestone I have been waiting for!  Oh yeah we aren't 100% but we are pretty sure we are going to name him William Joseph - Will for short.  It's a nice name, I like the nick name, and he would be named for both of our grandpa's that have passed away.