Hi Everyone,

So its 2 days until Christmas and I am finally writing an update! First I would like to say congrats to Adrienne for having her baby..it looks like she is the first in the local baby boom. I now know of 7 other girls/women besides myself (and new mom Adrienne) that live in Half Moon Bay and are expecting in 2009! Crazy!

Second, sorry to those of you who actually check this thing as i think its been a couple months since I posted anything. I will try to give a good update without being too detailed. So much has happened but I don't want to bore you either! All I can say for sure is that I am 33 and a half weeks and baby boy is probably weighing about 4 lbs now. I've gained a total of about 25 lbs so far (2.5 of those in the last couple weeks!) but I haven't had any swelling yet and most of the weight seems to be in the belly (fine by me!).

Okay so since my last post... I started having heart palpitations (they also called it a flow murmur) which apparently is pretty common in pregnancies due to the major increase in blood volume. Basically, I was at work one day and started feeling these "thuds" in my chest. I felt my pulse and it seemed irregular, as if a beat was beaing skipped every few seconds. I made an appt. with my dr. immediately and she referred me to a cardiologist. So I went to see Dr. Millhouse in Daly City and he told me not to worry, that I had a flow murmur because my body was pumping a lot more blood than its used to and that when I felt the THUD it was my heart trying to beat again too quickly (before the excess blood had a chance to flow out from the last beat). Still, it was scary at first, I never thought I would be sitting in a cardiologist's office! To make sure it wasn't something more serious they did some blood tests, an exercise/stress test (they put a monitoring harness on you and have you go on the treadmill for an hour and a half at different speeds), and even had me wear a 24 hr. harness (which was a little uncomfortable to sleep in!).

Since the tests showed everything was "normal" he asked me to come in every 4 weeks (assuming nothing changed) and told me that I would probably stop feeling the palpitations in a few weeks after my body adjusted. Luckily he was right and they eventually went away after about a month, but i was so dizzy and short of breath at work when I could feel them that it made it almost impossible to finish my shifts. Ugh.

As I went into the beginning of the 3rd trimester, waitressing became harder and harder for me. I had planned on staying until tomorrow (Christmas Eve) because i thought tips right before the holidays would be best (especially with a belly finally showing!), but then i pinched my sciatic nerve and could barely walk. That did it, I told my dr. that I was having an even worse time working and she said that she didn't want me waitressing anymore. So my last day was the day before Thanksgiving. I filed my paperwork for disability and won't be going back until after the baby is born.

Last month also brought housing changes as we moved into a new place in Montara with John's friend Christina. I love the new house, its much more baby friendly then the last place and its nice having a home instead of just a room that John was renting (no matter how big its not quite enough for us and a baby!). I've got most of the nursery set up, although my decorating has been slow since my back is messed up. On "good" days I try to get as much done as I can but I have to be careful or I'll be paying for it the next day! : D

At the beginning of this month I had my first baby shower! John's mom and sisters threw it for me at his parent's place. I felt like royalty, they did such an amazing job. Got lots of fun and cute (and SOFT!) things for baby :D.

Alright, well I'm getting tired so time to go. I have some new pics but they're not on my camera so I have to wait for my friend to put them on a cd so I can post em. Until then,

I hope you all have a Merry Christmas!!!