37 weeks

How far along? 37 Weeks
Total weight gain: 21
Gender: Girl
Maternity clothes? Maternity
Stretch marks?  There might be a small, I mean small mark.  I do twice daily inspections and I think I saw one
Sleep: Well my hips have started hurting from sleeping only on them, which wakes me up to turn to the other side more often.  But I’d say the sleep is good because it’s not keeping me up.  2 nights ago all I could think about was Xander’s birthday party, so that kept me up most the night.    
Best moment this week? Xander is finally realizing that mommy has a baby in her tummy.  He rubs my belly when I say “where’s baby sister? Or where’s baby Sterling?”.  It’s so cute.  And most recently, he’s started laying his head on my stomach.  I like to say that he’s listening to her because he’ll start talking.  Last night was so sweet!
Miss Anything?  Sleeping on my stomach!!
Movement:  still movement, just doesn’t seem as move or maybe just as noticeable.  I guess with the space being limited now, she’s tight in there and is harder for her to move? 
Food cravings: still oranges…also oreos, and Nilla Wafers
Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope
Labor Signs: oh I don’t know.  I’ll just say no because nothing serious enough to take me to labor and delivery…lol
Symptoms: heartburn every 2-3 hours now, both feet swelling now, miserable pain at the top of the uterus (more on the top right now), ribs feel bruised, stabbing pains a few times throughout the day in my va-jay-jay…ouch! They stop me in my tracks!
Happy or Moody most of the time: Still HAPPY!
What I’m looking forward to:  deciding on a middle name!  We keep changing it and it’s hindering my getting 2 of her paintings done.

21 days left!!!  Oh my gosh!  This seems like nothing and will be here before I know it.  I’m so amazed at how fast these last 9 months have gone.  I’m excited to meet baby, bring her home and get our lives adjusted to a family of 4.

There are 3 middle names we are wavering back and forth with:

Sterling Gianna?

Sterling Marissa?

Sterling Marishka?

Today we’re going to clean the house like we’ve never cleaned before…lol.  We want to have everything in its place, cleaned and orderly before we bring baby home.  Because I could go any time now, we’ll make today our “everything” gets done day.