What a difference 2 weeks make!

Well gang, I'm 32 weeks pregnant which means 8 months to most people.

The fatigue has returned with a vengeance. I am super tired all the time and very much not looking forward to my night shift tonight. I don't know how I am going to function. I have been awake for about 4 hours today and can't wait for my nap. The baby is moving for much longer stretches now. I think it was almost a hour straight yesterday. It's great except when I am trying to go to sleep and the baby thinks it's fun to grind his or her little head against my bladder and then punch it a few times just in case I wasn't paying attention. It's quite fascinating to watch my belly roil and try to identify which body parts are cruising by. I am very pleased to report that my little one is vertex (head down) already and in a good position.

Shawn and I are making good progress on the nursery. The crib, dresser/changing table, and feeding chair are in place, and some wall hangings up. Here's the obligatory photo of the father-to-be putting the crib together .



We started registering for baby supplies. It's quite overwhelming. We began at Target because the baby section is at least manageable, and then did Babies-R-Us on Saturday. My cousin is giving us a bunch of necessities, which will be great. I have lists of things we need compiled from various books and friends, but it's still like learning a foreign language with all the baby lingo. Convertible car seats, travel systems strollers, air-flow bottles, organic cotton, sleep sacks, etc. It's enough to make my head spin.

Shawn and I begin our childbirth classes next week. We are doing Hypnobirthing and it's a 5 week course. We won't finish until I am 39 weeks pregnant, so we'll see how the baby feels about the timing. Then we have both a breastfeeding and parenting class mid February. We have been reading lots of pregnancy, parenting, baby care, and babyproofing our marriage books, but I still don't feel even the remotest bit prepared. I guess you can't ever truely prepare for somthing like this though. We promise to do our best!