My dentist appointment..

I had a routine cleaning today at the dentist. I was supposed to get x-rays at this appointment, but since I have mister Brentley in there, no x-rays for me. They said my teeth looked really good, which was good news to me because I have been a bad girl, and haven't been to the dentist in several years! I was supposed to go when I was pregnant with Grace, but I didn't get to. I was afraid I was going to have cavaties or something, but I always make sure and brush my teeth everyday, so I guess that explains why I don't. Unfortunately though, he says that I am more than likely going to have to have at least my two bottom wisdom teeth taken out, and maybe even my top two. He won't know for sure until I get x-rays when I go back in six months. It's pretty much a definite that the bottom two will have to come out though. My mouth is already crowded on the bottom. Plus one of them is growing in weird. He said it's amazing that I haven't had any pain from it.
Anyway , I am NOT looking forward to that. I've never had surgery of any kind. So that will definitely be a new experience. My mom said that she would help me out when I have to get them taken out though. She had all four of hers taken out, and she said I will not be able to take care of the babies for a couple of days because of the meds they will have me on. At least I know I have a good support system :)


Also, a little bit of update on life..

• I have already noticed Grace's language improving since I posted that one post about her. She is getting a lot better at repeating words back to me, so her vocabulary has expanded, and she is using words a lot more. I am very happy about that!
• I only have two days of school left (tomorrow and Monday)!! Unfortunately on my last day I have to give a 7-8 minute speech :( The good thing is, we got to choose our topic, and I decided that my speech is going to be about why women should let their bodies go into labor naturally instead of electing to be induced. I am really passionate about that, and I don't mind doing the research because it actually pertains to me at this point in my life.
• And lastly, baby shower on Saturday!! I am super excited about that. Erica is making the cake for us. My nana is making us a diaper cake too! And my mom is going to watch Grace Saturday morning, so that Chris and I can get everything set up and the food ready. I am so thankful that I have all these people willing to help us. I've had over 20 people RSVP. I'm expecting anywhere from 25-30 people. I will have pictures of the shower asap :)

Pregnancy update..

I haven't done one of these in awhile, so I figured I would do one.

32 weeks and 6 days pregnant.

I will be 33 weeks tomorrow! I still can't figure out where the time has gone. As far as symptoms, I have several new ones. The first one is extreme PRESSURE! It's very painful. When I walk it feels like my bones are rubbing together, and I can literally feel popping. And you can forget bending.. if I bend over it feels like someone is stabbing me what I stand back up. Most of the time it's in the mornings and it lasts like 30 minutes to an hour, but here in the past couple of days it has been getting worse. It's been lasting a lot longer.

He also likes to lay on my nerves. There is one he lays on that sends a sharp pain through my right hip.
And my last new symptom is trouble breathing.. which honestly confuses me.. how can he be so low that it feels like I have a bowling ball between my legs, but then also be so high that he's compressing my lungs?
I seriously think that he is going to be a big boy! I'm hoping that means he will come early enough that they don't want to induce me, but honestly I sometimes wonder if he's going to come too soon. I feel like I am constantly in pain between the pressure and the random Braxton hicks :(

At my doctor's appointment the other day (I go every two weeks now) my doctor was asking me if I had felt him moving that day. I said no, and she got this weird look on her face. She didn't say anything though. She just started listening to his heart beat, and then she started pushing on my belly, and she goes, "His heart rate reacts to me pushing on you. That's a good sign." I knew there was nothing wrong because he never moves much in the morning (it was an early morning appointment), but still.. my doctor acting like that is never a good feeling. He moves ALL the time though. He makes me belly look like waves in the ocean lol.

The next couple of weeks are going to be pretty busy, but I'm getting a little break.. I found out yesterday that we are ahead in two of my classes, so both of those classes are going to end on Tuesday, which means only one more 12 hour day!! Plus, after those classes end, I will only have one class to worry about. I am very happy about this!
And it is just in time for my baby shower, which is next Saturday! I'm really excited about that. And we are also going to have maternity pictures done the next Saturday, so I'm excited about that too :)

The 4th of July :)

I can tell Grace is definitely not a baby anymore :( This past weekend we had a lot of fun with her though!
I had Monday off from school, so I got to spend the whole day with her :) We spent the first part of the day just lounging around, then around 5pm we went to my family's cookout. There were tons of little kids there and Grace played so well with them! She also swung in a big kid swing, and she didn't fall out! She has never done that before, but she did such a good job! She even played all by herself with the other kids. Usually she wants me right by her side, but she didn't mind then. And let me tell you this kid can eat! She ate baked beans, TWO corn dogs, and a cookie lol. She was not going to let that food go to waste :p

Then we came home, and my mom and sister came over for awhile. We let Cheyenne and Grace play with some sparklers (I help Grace hold hers). We also discovered that you can see Lake Winnie's fireworks display from our yard. They had fireworks Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, so we got to watch them all three days. Grace was so cute!  Every time a firework would go off she would start pointing and saying "look!" It was precious, and she really liked it.

And lastly.. the night before the 4th this little guy pretty much adopted us. We had never seen him before that night, but he was still hanging out on our front porch the next morning, and all day on the 4th. We asked everyone around us, and no one has ever even seen him before, much less claimed him. I was hesitant to take him in because I didn't really want anymore animals right now, but he was still hanging around the next morning, which is when we found out someone shot our neighbor's dog. It had gotten out, so it was partially her fault because the dog wasn't on a leash, bit still.. that didn't give a person the right to shoot it! I couldn't bare the thought of the poor kitty getting shot. Plus Grace LOVES this cat. Everytime she saw it she would say "kitty!" (which she had never said before) and want to play with it. She even tried to protect it from the dog our neighbor was walking. Grace ran toward the dog holding up her hand and saying "stop, no, stop.".. and now that it is in our house she says "my kitty!" One of her first sentences! He's a really good cat too. We have decided to name him kitty, since Grace can say kitty, and also because someone may put up flyers for him. He had no collar, but he's declawed and very domesticated, so he had to be someone's cat.