Less than a week from now we will be a family of 4! We are scheduled for Monday January 30th. I can’t believe how fast this pregnancy has gone. I’m ready but I’m not!
We spent MLK weekend out of town with Aaron’s parents and had a blast. Aaron and his dad went fishing Friday and Saturday on the Guadalupe in New Braunfels. Aaron’s mom, Alex and I went shopping. We went to the outlets in San Marcos on Friday. I got an awesome maroon Coach cross body bag and wallet and Aaron’s mom got a beautiful grey Coach purse. We had a nice lunch at Johnny Rockets (good music and food!) and then hung out at the hotel until the boys were back. On Saturday we went to Half Price Books, had lunch and drove around. Once Alex was done with his nap, we took him to a park since the weather was amazing. He had a blast on the swing and I pushed him for around 40 minutes. The boys had a blast fly fishing and I think they both want to make it an annual trip.
To save money we all shared a hotel room! It was kind of tight with all of our stuff but it wasn’t bad at all. The only bad part of the weekend was that I forgot my pregnancy pillow at home. I knew I was sleeping better/not hurting as much this time around and I thought it was a combination of the pillow and the cooler weather. Now I know that the pillow does help me! I woke up in so much pain while we were away. With Alex I used 4 different pillows – one for my head, one for under my belly, one for my back and one between my knees. My hips would hurt me but for the most part I did fine that way. This time I got a huge U shaped pregnancy pillow. My hips still hurt but I have bad hips so I wasn’t expecting that to be magically fixed. I used 4 pillows while we were gone but they didn’t help much at all. I was one tired mommy by Sunday.
Another awesome thing about the weekend was really getting to test out my minivan. We were originally going to all ride together in Aaron’s dad’s truck but do to getting a later start leaving town on Thursday night, we decided that we would take two vehicles. It ended up being best to allow Aaron’s mom and I the freedom to not have to be back to pick them up. We were never gone that long but it also meant that we didn’t have to take them in the morning! So the minivan ROCKS!! I LOVE it! It was so easy to load; plenty of room for everything, comfortable and it was so nice getting Alex in and out. Getting Alex in and out of my car would kill my back (we still had him in the middle) and I was always worried about someone parking to close. When he was really small, I had a couple of times that I was barely able to get his carrier though the door because people had parked to close to me! Hitting a button and the door opening is pretty darn awesome too! I have a feeling I will be in a minivan for a while.
This past weekend we did some stuff around the house (not as much as I would have liked) and Aaron traded kayaks with a guy to get a hybrid kayak/stand up paddle board. For now he can use mine if he gets to go out in the cooler weather but that likely won’t be happening for a little while! Friday night it was my turn to host book club and it was nice having all of the girls head out my way. I am the lone person on my side of town. Everyone else is either in town or the Pearland/Missouri City area. I’m going to miss getting together with the girls for a few months but I plan to read or listen to each book even though I won’t be attending. We also went to Babies R Us to get a couple of last minute things. I am praying she holds out until the 30th because I still have a lot to do!
Alex before his haircut on Saturday
Looking much older after his haircut! I love my little man so much!
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