heat

and pregnancy don't mix.
I have had a very nice pregnancy - minus the few bumps in the road, but overall i can say it's been nice. Well, then summer came. We didn't really have 'spring'...it was like 2 months of wet, coldness and then BAM 100 degree weather. My feet would sometimes swell just a tiny bit, nothing noticeable to strangers, but i would notice, usually on a hotter day and after work. Well, this past week has been hotter then hot and my feet are like little sausages, or loaves of bread...whatever...lol Last night they were SOOO swollen it hurt, i just wanted to cut off my feet.... i HATE the feeling. I have been drinking so much freakn' water to try to get the swelling to go away, i eat watermelon, i put my feet up as much as i can and they were still soooo swollen, i even wrapped them up with a cold washcloth. At least i know when i go to bed, the swelling goes away (i have my feet elevated when i sleep - but i've done that since i was on bed rest so i wouldn't get blood clots)
I just ate the feeling and i hate the way it looks....i want my cute lil' feet back. I also think my feet are getting longer and wider. I usually am a size 8.5/9 --well, i have these size 9 shoes that my heel and toes are about to bust out of and i swear they are not wide enough.....so today i am going to look for some bigger cheap shoes to get me through the next few weeks....

TreeHugger is getting bigger - i can feel the difference. She moves around now A LOT, i love the feeling and know i'm going to really miss it. Now my tummy will be lopsided cuz she's hanging out on one side, so i give her a little push and she usually slides back to the middle...lol. Today it felt like she was using my ribs as monkey bars.....it was the strangest feeling and it did not tickle...lol.
She's gotten some hiccups the last few weeks, they are a weird feeling and honestly, a little annoying. I always thought it was weird when friends would say that hiccups were a little annoying and now i understand why....it's just this constant thud...it's like someone poking you over and over and over and over and over again. Yeah, i'll probably miss feeling her hiccups too. :)

We had our very last shower the past weekend.....it's kinda bittersweet, it's our last baby shower ever....i mean, i look back at when i even started this blog and how far we've come....i never thought i'd get here...i thought my dreams for being a mom to my biological children were over...and now we have lil' TreeHugger.... i can't wait to see who she's going to take after and what things of mine she'll have.