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Who knew it'd be so hard to keep up with this teeny blog. Ok who am I kidding I think my teachers actually nicknamed me Procrastination Rae in high school.

Ok so we need to catch up for week 30, 31, 32, and finally 33 since today is day 1 of week 34.

Week 30 Kelly went in for a prenatal visit and when they put the dopplar to her belly Jackson kicked it HARD. His heartbeat sounded great and Kelly is right on track for weight gain and how big her uterus was growing. This week things like putting on shoes and socks and rolling over in bed started to get a a bit harder for Kelly but she is a trooper and still goes on the 3 mile UPHILL walk with me and Josie every night.

Here is the week 30 picture

Week 31:

In week 31 we got to head home to the Tri-cities with our dear friend Ashley for Kelly's baby shower put on by my mother and Sister in law. Jenny.

Kelly was so excited to just be home and relax for a few days.

The shower was a ton of fun according to Kelly. We both cannot believe how much stuff we got. We are so thankful for our families and friends for taking care of us. There were literally piles of clothes, toys, diapers and other baby items.

We ended up leaving our TWO car seats and stroller at my parents house because there was absolutely no room in the car to bring it all home! Thank you again Ashley for the handmade baby blanket and for letting Josie pant and drool on you for 4 hours each way =)

I wasn't at the shower but I hear they played some games and ate goodies. I'll put some photos in here for you to see:

The three layer diaper cake created by Kelly's mother Cindy. Adorned with toys and rattles and anything a baby could ever want!

Soon to give birth to boy cousins...Kelly and my sister-in-law, Jenny

Kelly checking out our new stroller, a gift from her family! They take such good care of us!!

We cannot tell you how thankful we are to everyone for the amazing gifts. Kelly has been working super hard to get all the thank you cards out in a teimly manner. We are truly blessed!

Week 31 belly shot. Yes it is the same outfit as week 30 but I promise it is a NEW picture

Week 32

In week 32 we were so busy we actually didn't even take a belly photo! I know you are all devistated!...but we got week 33 so no fears!

In week 32 we are pretty sure Jacksons amniotic fluid reached max capacity, Kelly can now feel EVERY move he makes no matter how tiny, and we now know he is a lot more active than previously thought. He is always flipping or turning or moving a leg somewhere. He is running out of room though and there are less big kicks and more just watching an appendage roll across Kellys bell or seeing a big round thing poke out on one side and then disappear. We think he likes to do headstands and poke his butt out.

This week we got invited over for Dinner and at Kelly's boss' house. Chris his wife Jana and Kelly's co-workers Leslie and Jake were there. Little did we know they were throwing us a small shower too! The food was excellent and I always enjoy hanging out with Chris. He and I have decided to try out for hosting the soup when Joel Mchale finally throws in the towel. I know we would totally rock it.

He and Jana are expecting their second child as well. They were also overly generous and gave us some of their boy clothes that their first child has outgrown. What awesome friends!! Leslie and Jake also got us a wonderful gift and the most delicious cake I have ever tasted! Jake also has us in tears with his impression of a Texas accent. YEEHAW NEWT!

Cheers to fun times with great people!

Ok week 33, phew we are back up to date!

Week 33 was more of the usual except over the weekend we did a little bit of nesting. This consisted of me moving things all over the room until Kelly would break into tears and make me undo all my wonderful ideas. Ok maybe not QUITE that bad, but it was an adeventure.

It was fun and made everything very real again. We rearranged our room to make room for the crib and bassinette and maybe the changing table. Still deciding if we want to cohabitate with stinky diapers. We vaccummed our room for the 3rd time since living here. Don't do the math, it's gross. I took some clothes out of my drawer and started putting all the 0-3 month sized clothes in there. I stopped ,holding a tiny pair of socks, and thought "Oh my God he is going to be here so soon."

As I talked about earlier we got a lot of clothes. I filled the whole drawer and we still have a garbage bag STUFFED with baby clothes we haven't even looked at yet. So cool. We unloaded all the diapers into the closet, put the baby shampoo's powders and creams in the bathroom and moved all the toys upstairs too. We still aren't 100% ready but our little family love nest is taking shape! We need to get our carseats on this side of the mountains before we are stuck at the hospital with nothing to take Jackson home in =).

It's getting closer, Kelly has started talking about packing her bag for the stay.

She is hanging tough but you can tell she is tired, heavy, sore, and tired and tired and tired......I can tell she loves our son already but she's about ready to be done! Never the complainer though she just keeps on, working, studying for her PR class and being a great wife! Can you tell I am crazy in love with this woman?!

On Monday we had an appointment and I got to go. The doctors said everything is still going swimmingly. Jackson's heartbeat was the loudest we had ever heard it and the Doctor said he was laying head down that day. Maybe he will drop into the birth canal soon?

They let us know Kelly is RH positive so she will not have to get the RH shot which is nice, in 2 weeks we go back and they will do a strep B test then.

After our appointment we got to head over to the hospital and pre-register, then tour the birth center. The woman in the birth center was very nice and showed us the rooms which looked very cozy and even have patios you can go out on. They also told us they allow as much family as you want, which was not what the OB had told us. Kelly's only concern was that the beds did not look very comfortable, hopefully she won't be in it long!

We really can't complain so far the journey has been seamless, and hopefully the rest of it goes just as well. Hard to believe that in as little as 4 weeks we could be meeting our little man for the first time!!! Of course it could also be another 6 weeks. Only time will tell.

Here is the week 33 Belly, and heres to a quick and painless week 34!