That's right, folks. 58 days until this baby is due. I'd be happy with going a week early - as long as the baby is healthy. I'm already tired of being pregnant. Last night was a rough night. It was the first night I actually had a difficult time sleeping. Every time I rolled over it was extremely uncomfortable and woke me up. At least the discomfort has held off until now. I think it started much earlier when I was pregnant with Gabrielle.

.. and I'm at work. Blah. Luckily it's been quiet so far *knock on wood*. I haven't had one call in the 46 minutes I've been logged in. I hear other people starting to take calls so I'm sure they are on their way. I'm actually hoping that it stays fairly quiet and they start sending people home. That doesn't mean that I will get picked to leave, but I can hope.

I hope everyone out there has a safe and happy New Years Eve.

Work really sucks lately. Now we have a whole new variety of computer issues today. Is it Wednesday night yet? I have to work from 8 to 4:30 tomorrow and then I'm off until Friday, but I do have to work Saturday.. blah. Heck I have to work three Saturday's this month. The 3rd, the 10th and the 31st! I got the short end of the stick here, don't you think?

I am in hell. Actually, I'm at work, but it might as well be hell. Nothing is working correctly today. Our computer system is screwed and calls are either not coming through or they are going to the wrong department or we are getting locked out of the system. This totally sucks! I'm getting yelled at left and right by customers because, of course, it's all my fault that this shit doesn't work. Why did I come to work today?? Oh, yeah.. because I need the money.

Here is my belly at 31 weeks 2 days pregnant. The holidays with all of the food and cookies sure did make me grow!

We had a wonderful Christmas and I hope everyone out there did as well. I have to admit, I'm glad it's over. Jeremy and I have decided that we're going to slowly shop throughout the year for Christmas instead of waiting until the end. It will make it much easier on us that way.

I'm enjoying having a 4-day weekend. My oldest son is here and he made me watch the dumbest movie with him last night - Walk Hard. It's a "spoof" of Walk The Line and it was HORRIBLE. He thinks it's a funny movie. That just shows you the difference between a 35 year old woman and an 18 year old guy. =)

I think I'm going through a "nesting" phase. I've been cleaning since yesterday and haven't been able to stop. I've done the dishes about a dozen times, cleaned nearly every room and done every bit of laundry there was to be done. I figured I would take a small break and write something here since it's been a while. I'm enjoying a nice cup of coffee in my new Dean & Deluca coffee mug that my sister-in-law bought me when she was in New York. I've always wanted something from Dean & Deluca! I put a half piece of Ghiradelli Peppermint Bark in my cup so now it almost tastes like a peppermint mocha twist from Starbucks. Yum.

Can you believe I only have 9 weeks left of this pregnancy? In a way it seems like not long at all, but with as tired and uncomfortable as I feel.. it also feels like forever. I hope to God it goes by relatively fast.

31 weeks pregnant:

Your baby is continuing to grow and has grown to over 15 ½inches in length and weighs anywhere from 3 ½ to 4 pounds. Your baby is continuing to develop a layer of fat under her skin. This is in preparation for her arrival into the world and gives the baby more of a newborn appearance. During the next several weeks your baby will really begin to put on the weight. Remember the average size of a newborn is about 7 ½ pounds and 19 to 21 inches long.

Netflix is freaking awesome! They ship so fast! We put one of the movies we had watched in our mailbox on Thursday and at 7:30 the following morning they sent an email saying they received it and were shipping out our next title. I wasn't expecting it to be so wonderful. We had signed up for GameFly several months ago and it was very disappointing. We canceled our account when we signed up for Netflix. GameFly is similar to Netflix, but they have video games instead of movies. It took forever for them to receive things and send out a new game. We also never got anything new because they were out of stock within minutes of the release. This is so much better. It's the best seventeen dollars I've ever spent.

I can't believe there are only six days until Christmas! I still have a few items to pick up and lots of stocking stuffers as well. And then there is the wrapping that needs to get done too. Yikes! I really need to wrap presents this weekend while Evan is at his dad's. I guess that will be my job on Sunday. Notice how I put it off until the last possible day of the weekend? Spoken like a true pregnant women with ten weeks left before the baby's due date. I'm am so ready for this baby to get here. I'm looking forward to getting my body back. Right now I feel like a human jungle gym.

I can't believe it's been almost a week since I wrote anything here. I've just been too tired to care, I guess. It's a snow day today. There are over 600 schools closed in the Metro Detroit area. Winter break started a day early. I am taking the day off as well. I am sick with a bad cough and horrible headache and I really don't feel like dealing with the foot of snow out there, let alone the annoying customers that call.

I am so tired these days. The third trimester is really kicking my ass. I can barely make it through a day without needing to rest. We went to my husband's grandpa's house today to help decorate his house and have lunch. There was so much food and candy and cake. I ate too much and then wanted to pass out. We got home a few hours ago and I needed to take a small nap before making it through the rest of my evening. I can't wait until this baby gets here. I'm tired of being pregnant and uncomfortable and tired. I am aware that once the baby gets here the fatigue will get worse before it gets better, but at least I won't feel like a whale.

So I finally signed up for Netflix and it's cooler than I even thought it was. Not only do we get 3 movies out at a time, but we can watch movies and tv shows on our computers and through our Xbox 360. Definitely a better deal than renting through the video store. I'm geeked.

I have 11 weeks until my due date and approximately 47 times I have to come into work. I only know this (the work days) because a woman on my February Due Date board posted how many days she has left to work and it gave me something to do figuring out my days as well. I am so tired lately and so not in the mood to be at work - EVER.

I'm really looking forward to making Kieflies on Thursday! Not only because I love spending time with the girls in my family, but because I am seriously craving them right now. Good thing we eat some while we are making them =) Get me a big glass a milk... I'm ready!

Here is my baby belly at 29 weeks:

Do you ever feel like you live at work? I do. I've had to work far too many Saturdays recently. At least after I leave here today I don't have to work another Saturday until January 3rd. Nearly a month without having to get up at 6am.. plus a 4 day weekend over Christmas.. that will be nice. Please let this day go by quickly!

I had my 28 week appointment and my glucose tolerance test today. Everything is good with the baby. I'm measuring at 28 weeks - right on track - and the baby's heart beat was 140. I will find out tomorrow (hopefully) if I passed the glucose test. The doctor said that a lot more people are failing the 1 hour test because they changed the cut off from 140 down to 130 so I may have to go back in for the 3 hour test. I really hope not. I've never failed one before, but since they are making it more difficult to pass it I guess I will just have to wait and see. I'm no longer doing the every 4 week appointments. We're down to the wire now. I have to go every two weeks - twice in December and twice in January - and then every week until the baby is here. I can't believe how fast this is going! Oh, and my total weight gain is 14 pounds.

I haven't been much into writing anything here lately. I've been so busy and so extremely tired lately. Having two Thanksgiving dinners (one Thursday and one Sunday) doesn't help keep my energy level up. Feeding an already-tired pregnant woman a big turkey dinner twice in one week does not promote productivity. I'm already looking forward to my four day weekend at Christmas time and it's still three weeks away.