It's been a while since I've posted any pictures of my ginormous self (or as my niece, Mara calls me, a monstrosity) so I figured I'd share the backlog of "weekly" photos. Or really, the "whenever we got to taking them" photos since they are definitely not weekly updates.

Anywho, here you go! And I figured I would just start from the beginning to show you just how much I've grown :)

So there, you have it! I'm pretty sure I'm pregnant.

Overall I'm feeling pretty darn good. Or as good as I can be considering I'm nearly 39 weeks pregnant (which means we need another weekly photo tomorrow or shortly thereafter).

I think I may have finally hit the nesting phase of pregnancy when I started my leave last week. There are homemade granola bars in my pantry, I roasted a chicken, my house hasn't been this clean in months and I even scrubbed our glass shower door with a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser.

Oh, and the nursery is complete. I know. I said it. The nursery is complete. I'll take some pictures tomorrow to share with you. Unless I go into labor!

28 Weeks and 3 days to be exact.

Man, time flies when you're having fun.

It's been awhile since we've taken a 'weekly' photo, per se. The last documented one was at about midnight 6+ weeks ago. I guess we can blame the remodeling/Erik traveling/us just plain forgetting to take photos for the last six weeks.

Apparently Stella was pretty upset about it, too. she decided she wanted to join us last night.

Here I am with what has been called a "basketball" or "inflatable" under my dress. Guess I'm starting to look mighty pregnant now that we've hit the 3rd trimester...

And here's the side by side comparing now to 20 weeks ago.

Still feeling good.

Passed the glucose screening test. Drinking the flat sprite was definitely not as bad as I thought it would be.

As of my last Dr. appointment I'm mildly anemic. Remember when I recommended Gummy Vitamins for pregnancy? Well, make sure you're smarter than me and that you read the label so that you know there's no iron in them. I'm now taking some chewable ones that taste sort of like flinstones vitamins with a separate DHA supplement. I can't be 100% sure but I think my energy level has gone up now that I'm getting the proper amount of iron. Either that or its from eating hamburgers 3 out of 4 days in a row last weekend... Hmmmm...

This kid is a mover and a shaker. Strong heartbeat (yay)! And I'm 90% sure that he or she had the hiccups about an hour ago. Either that or there were some little karate chops going on in there.

If there's anything else to update I definitely can't remember as my brain no longer functions like that of a normal human being. Its amazing that I'm able to remember to put on pants before I take the dog for a walk these days.

Oh, and I bet you're dying to see the nursery!

So am I.

Haha.

I'd love to say we're getting there but that's hardly the case. But, the crib is officially in the room. It still counts even if the box hasn't been opened, right?

:)

There's still some finishing work to be done in the house... staining newell posts, installing baseboards, remodeling the half bath... but the floors are DONE.

I'm not feeling very wordy tonight so here are some before and now pictures of the finished floors in all of their red oak glory.

Forgive the terrible photography. Luckily, the pictures still speak for themselves when they say Holy. Shit.

Oh, and did I mention that we're doing some work in the back hallway/half bath/laundry room, too? Here's what that looked like this past Tuesday...

Yep. We're crazy. It's a good thing that once we have this baby things will (hopefully) slow down a little! That, and we'll be out of money :)

So apparently when you look like this...

You get the desire to do this to your house...

The good news is that by now the stairs have been rebuilt and wood floors have been installed. And the half bath? Well let's be realistic. That hasn't been touched.

Next week = floor/stair sanding & staining.

Oh, and did I mention we had the exterior of our house painted?

Yeah, I have a lot of updating to do on this here old blog.

But right now I'm sitting on a couch at my parent's house as our house is not suitable for living conditions. And I'll be heading to bed shortly but wanted to at least let you see what the crazy pregnant lady has been up to. Or, really, what the crazy pregnant lady has had her husband, dad and a lot of contractors up to.

How's the nursery coming along, you ask? About as well as the half bath. Currently it contains 2 torn down beds, 2 mattresses, some stray dressers and a partridge in a pear tree.

So that's what we've been up to. Anyone else tearing apart their house just for the fun of it?

Brandstaetter!

Sorry to disappoint anyone that was hoping we'd reveal the gender, but we didn't find out.

We did, however, find out that we have a healthy baby. A healthy, stubborn baby. A healthy stubborn baby that was asleep on his or her belly and apparently not very happy with us for the wake-up call at today's ultrasound.

This is probably one of the funniest ultrasound pictures. Ever.

And yes, this is 100% real.

I told Erik that I believe our baby is a Brandstaetter. He believes that this is the Irish in him or her coming out.

I guess only 20 more weeks and we shall see!

Oh, and here's a profile shot of our little stinker (not flipping us the bird).

So, that's what we were up to today.

That, and demoing our half bath. I'll have pictures of a few fun things that we've been working on around here to share soon. Like the stairs that no longer have carpet and are being rebuilt next week. Or the dining room that also doesn't have carpet anymore and will have wood floors in a few weeks.

Yep, no better time to rip your house apart than when you're 5 months away from having a baby, right?

Are we the only crazy "nesters" out there? Anyone else have any fun stories to share of what they did during their last few months before a little one showed up?