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36 Weeks

Four weeks until our beautiful baby girl is here!  It is hard to believe (still!) that a person, A BABY, is growing in my belly and that if she was born right now, would look like a person.  God is AMAZING!

We finished our birthing and breast feeding classes and Adam and I both agree that they helped us with the reality of what will happen.  We know nothing can fully prepare you for labor, delivery and a new baby, but we at least have a better idea of what to expect and how to prepare.
This past weekend we cleaned out my car and installed the car seat.  My goal this weekend is to get all of our bags packed just in case anything unexpected arises!

Mood: Doing good!  Dr's appt today and Caleb and Seth birthday party this weekend.  Very excited!
Energy: Sleep has been better this week.  I think I may have found the most comfortable position with all the pillows.  I am still waking up every 1.5-2 hours to go to the bathroom, but my comfort level has definitely improved! 
Cravings: To have a healthy baby girl! heehee!  I have been hungry more often, because I can't eat as much in one sitting without being uncomfortable.
Nausea: None
Total Weight Gain: 26 pounds
BEW this week (per BabyCenter):

Your baby is still packing on the pounds — at the rate of about an ounce a day. She now weighs almost 6 pounds (like a crenshaw melon) and is more than 18 1/2 inches long. She's shedding most of the downy covering of hair that covered her body as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy substance that covered and protected her skin during her nine-month amniotic bath. Your baby swallows both of these substances, along with other secretions, resulting in a blackish mixture, called meconium, will form the contents of her first bowel movement.

At the end of this week, your baby will be considered full-term. (Full-term is 37 to 42 weeks; babies born before 37 weeks are pre-term and those born after 42 are post-term.) Most likely she's in a head-down position. But if she isn't, your practitioner may suggest scheduling an "external cephalic version," which is a fancy way of saying she'll try to coax your baby into a head-down position by manipulating her from the outside of your belly.