36 Weeks

How far along? 36 weeks
Sleep: Surprisingly sleeping a little bit better, even though the contractions can make it difficult. 
Best moment this week:  My work baby shower! We had a potluck with lots of great food, and they gave me a diaper cake and gift card. Super nice!
Movement: Movements have slowed down for sure. She had dropped a lot and isn't as active.
Symptoms: Contractions. Dr's appt yesterday showed that my cervix is thinned and she could feel baby's head. She said usually the head will float back up, but she is fully engaged and ready to go. She said "See you at the hospital or here next week if you make it!" as I was leaving. 
Symptoms I DON'T have: not sure.
Food cravings: Fresh fruit, blueberries and whipped cream, cake, chocolate, white bubbly wine
Food aversions: not really any.
Gender: Girl!!!
Belly Button in or out? Outie.
What I miss: Energy, being not slow at everything.
What I am looking forward to: Picking out a coming home outfit, buying newborn clothes.
Milestones: Done work tomorrow!
Size of Baby:

Weekly Belly Picture:

Work Baby Shower :)

Baby Shower!

So my sister threw me a baby shower on Saturday.  It was pretty nice and I got tons of awesome gifts! It was fun to see everyone and even though it started out all rainy, it got quite a bit nicer throughout the day.  We played a few games that Jess thought of and I got to wear a new dress.

 

Starting to play pin the sperm on the egg haha.

Final Results:

Giving my sister a spin:

Opening gifts!

The frog hat Jess got me haha:

Here are the gifts that I got...

From Alex (Tuck's girlfriend):

A book (Goodnight Moon and a really fluffy receiving blanket)

From Bonnie and Brooklyn:

A Winnie the Pooh bouncer!

Really nice flowers from Tommy's mom that got there right before the shower :)

All of the gifts in the crib when I got home:

And then spread out all over the baby room floor....

From Tommy's brother Daniel, pretty cool:
A Ninja turtle onesie and a hat

and the back:

From grandma glenda:
A really nice homemade crocheted blanket and some pretty cute outfits!

From Meghan:
Pretty awesome activity mat , adorable outfits and bib :)

From my darling sister Jess:
Some cute/funny outfits, nail clippers, covers for the carseat and a pacifier thermometer

From Haley
A super cute basketball outfit!

From Shelley
A few adorable outfits and a baby backpack :)

From Debbie:
Super cute duck, shoes and outfit and she has also made us a quilt... super nice!

From Kristyn:
A pretty cute toy :)

And from the bestie Laura:
Adorable fish onesie and matching pants and a cute bib!

From auntie Lori:
Some really adorable outfits, and the baby bullet that I got earlier

From Steph:
Baby hangers, diaper creme, a bib, a babyfood cookbook, a teether, sippy cup, nailclippers, cute turtle shoes, baby food trays

From Roberta:
baby food trays in 3 sizes, a teether, pacifiers, and diaper liners for our cloth diapers :)

And from my mom:
"annoying songs" according to her hahaha thanks mom, and an music aquarium for the crib

And she also had the craft I made tucker at work framed for the baby room :)
(also I know the pic is upside down but I'll have to fix it at home haha)

I feel very lucky with all of the awesome gifts I have gotten!!!! Now just to organize it all :)