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Well, it’s been 6 weeks since I’ve posted anything, so let’s do a quick recap of what’s been going on.

A few weeks ago I had a wonderful baby shower at my aunt’s house in Clovis. Some of the people there I hadn’t seen since my bridal shower 6 years ago, and some had been even longer. We got so many cute things! This baby will be well dressed for months to come.

The? next event was our annual family wine tasting in Sonoma. Instead of our usual 25-30 people, there were 10 of us this year. So out went the giant bus with a driver and in came a 12 passenger van with me at the helm. This was a first and last for me. As God is my witness, I will be back to the wine swilling slightly inappropriate girl we all know and love next year! Grammy can watch the baby, right?

Then came the big 3-3, a maternity photo shoot at the beach,?and a nearly week-long visit from the parental units. Those little work horses helped us weed, clean and get even closer to finishing the nursery. I don’t know what?we’d do without them.

On the pregnancy front I’ve been slowly growing and getting more?and more uncomfortable. I’ve gained about 14 lbs (with 5 of those being baby) and have been told by the doctor to drink more fluids and eat more salt due to low blood pressure and some dizzy spells. I even got to step into my patient’s shoes and put on compression stockings for the blood pooling in?my feet. I broke a sweat putting them on and instantly felt bad for every person I gave them to and told them they’d just have to get used to them. Needless to say I’ve only worn them once.

But, overall, the best part of these 6 weeks was seeing our little guy?in 3D on the big screen. He is?getting pretty squished in there so?it was hard to get a completely clear picture of his face because there was either an arm or umbilical cord in the way. In hindsight it would have been better to do it around 27 weeks, but I wanted to wait until my family came down so they could share this with us.

So now we have 7 weeks to go. I personally think he will come 2 weeks?early, but maybe that’s just wishful thinking. Anything to get rid these painful rib and side kicks.