The Countdown Begins - Week 27

Yikes! 13 more weeks! It sounds like a long time away but it feels like it's just flying right towards us. I know in the beginning I felt this pregnancy was going by so slow, but now that we're less than 3 months away...the night sweats...the nightmares...the insane appetite for cheesecake. Ooops, that last one was an issue before I even got pregnant. Is there a rehab for cheesecake addiction?

Things, fortunately, are going very well! I just had my glucose test last week. The doctors gave me this orange soda looking drink (which Ryan was tempted to try out for me) to drink and after one hour they do a blood draw. This way they'll be able to measure how fast my body is processing sugars. If I don't pass that means I have something called gestational diabetes, and I'll have to go on a crazy diet, where I'll actually have to eat VEGETABLES! The horrors! Can you imagine? For some reason in the past week or so I've gotten an intense craving for more sugary items, so hopefully that won't affect anything. I wasn't so great at passing tests in school, hopefully this one will be easier! I'll know my results sometime this week. So cross your fingers for me.

Ryan and I just came back from our shower in Illinois. We had such a great time! It was so great to see all our family and friends. Everyone was waaaaay to generous. Baby McBean is very lucky to have so many people that care for him or her, as are we. There was a onsie decoration area, and mixed with creative minds, we got a lot of great onsies! Two of the funny ones that stuck out. Both are by my sister and brother in law. I always knew they were a strange family ;P



And a personal fav ;)



Here are some more pics from the shower. It truly was a great time! We're fortunate to be having another shower down here in AZ this weekend. We're really looking forward to that as well! If there's food you know I'm there!!









I guess I should remember to include the information you guys really want to know, huh? I should probably mention the status on the baby, huh? Everything looks and sounds great! The heart rate was in the 140's. Seems that that has been pretty much the standard. The doctor also mentioned that I was measuring at 30 weeks!! I'm not sure what that means for me. I don't know if that means the baby is ahead of it's gestation date or if momma is just measuring big herself! I have a feeling as I get closer to the due date I'll start matching up a bit more. Otherwise we're having a big McMahon baby! I'll be having another ultrasound in 3 weeks so I'll be posting with more pics of the baby McBean.

And some gratutious belly shots. I think the shirt is getting a bit too small for me, makes me look bigger than I really am. Right?? Blame the shirt! (It's just so darn comfortable!)