week 28 and week 29 are done

So the further along we get the worse I am getting about staying up to date. I guess not because it isn't exciting anymore, but because nothing extremely new is really happening. It's like once you have felt the baby bounce around and know the sex, it just becomes a waiting game and for Kelly more discomfort and growth.

In week 28 nothing majorly new happened. More shopping for baby stuff, more of Jackson kicking mommy.

In week 29 we started noticing Jackson really going crazy and Kelly says he is like a hamster in a wheel running in circles in there. Poor Kelly had a pretty bad cold most of this week and didn't get to do much.

I have to give a lot of props to my beautiful wife. I thought going into this whole ordeal, oh no I am going to see my sweet Kelly turn into a hormonal monster.

Just like always she has been even keeled and extremely vibrant and strong. She wakes up at 5 am every day with no gripes and somehow manages to wrestle her way into nice work clothes and heels and heads off to work for 14 hours, cooks dinner and still has time to cuddle with the dog and I and go for a walk.

Anybody else would be in a constant foul mood. I think this is exhibit A of why she will be the best mother in the world. I am so lucky to have my best friend with me to raise this child.

The time has come when putting on shoes requires sitting down on the ground first and getting off the couch takes a helping hand. Kelly talks about how heavy her belly is. I try to sympathize and show her my little buddah belly, she is not impressed! I also remind her cheerily only 12 more weeks to go dear, then duck in case a shoe might fly by.

Sometimes when we walk she gets really sore and starts to waddle, I put a hand on her hiney and help push her up the steep hills. =) That is a 'supportive' spouse!

Last night was one of life's precious moments. I came to bed late and crawled in and felt the covers moving all over. I could tell by her breathing that Kelly was asleep. So I crept my hand onto her belly and Jackson was going WILD. Kicking punching rolling. We may have a cirque de soleil member here! Once i realized Kelly was still out of it I smiled to myself in the dark, thinking he really does have a life of his own, does what he wants when he wants already. (and apparently is a night owl like his daddy) uh oh!!

I freaked myself out a bit last night researching when most women go into labor. I found quite a few who delivered between 35-37 weeks. WHAT?? I thought we were in for 40 and most likely 42-43. We don't even have a birth plan yet or a bag packed?

Maybe it is jumping the gun, but I bet those people who delivered at 36 weeks didn't have their bags packed either. So maybe we should start thinking about that soon.

I realized today that my foal was born a week after her dam's birthday, and Jackson is due about 1.5 weeks after Kelly's so maybe........( Sweetie if you are reading this, I am not comparing you to a fat mare =) )

We go in this coming monday for a prenatal visit. I feel like it has been forever because I missed the last one. Will be neat to hear his heartbeat and see what the doctors say about how close we are getting. I think after this week we bump up to coming every 3 weeks for a month, and then every 2 weeks until the last couple when we will go weekly until Jackson arrives.

The pregnancy calendars say Jackson should have some hair on his head now, should be interesting to see how he pops out. Kelly had some hair as a baby and I had a full flock of dark black curls. We also wonder about his eyes all the time. Kelly has brown eyes and mine are hazel/green, but we both have blue eyed fathers and siblings. So there is a 1 in 4 chance. Either way we will love him to pieces.

Kelly has a baby shower coming up on the 28th in the tri-cities. I know she is thrilled to go back home for a little while and see family. I just wonder how the 4.5 hour car rider is going to go. I better map out every rest stop from here to benton county!

Until next time i blog here are Kelly's Belly at week 28 and 29 respectively.