My toes look like sausages..............

I'm still here- baby hasn't yet arrived. So sorry for such a lag on the blog posts- the holidays were a complete whirlwind!!!! My first day of vacation (Friday, December 22) I got hit with something- soooooo sick! I just felt weak and achy and had chills and no appetite. I was sick for almost 48 hours. I still managed to go to the Nutcracker, but had to skip the yummy steak dinner :( So that was no fun, especially since I couldn't really take anything to help except for tylenol. And I dont' know about you guys, but tylenol NEVER helps me with anything. So then it was Christmas and go go go! My brothers came out on the 20th, my parents got here on the 17th (and thank goodness- I definetly needed my moms help that last week of work!). We had a pretty much packed schedule with both Steve's family and mine for the whole week I was closed. Then, the following weekend was my BABY SHOWER!!!!!!! So much fun, a bunch of my best friends flew in from out of town, and everyone brought their favorite childhood snack :) Lots of sweets! One friend brought chocolate chip cheese cake! Um, YUM! We played funny games and I got some awesome gifts for baby!
OH! and I almost forgot to mention- for christmas i got my DREAM CAMERA!!!!!! So stoked. So i dont' have my offical 8 month pictures still, but I do have a lot of pictures to share!
Anyways, let me first tell you the changes that baby is making happen to my body.
First off- I'm a freakin pilsbury dough boy at night. My toes and feet literally look like sausages. I noticed it the week I had off, I wasn't keeping track of how much water I was drinking, so then I'd puff up. Not cute. I'm usually quite proud of my skinny ankles. Now they no longer exists. I can't even attempt to put on my wedding rings :( and my fake britney bling is starting to get tight as well. BUT I did only gain 1 pound at my Dr. appointment. Probably had a lot to do with the few days I was sick.
My belly is HUGE, and it has also dropped. Some parents noticed when they came back from the break. That means baby is headed down! :) A good thing.
Also means I have to pee more. And there will be times when I have to go SO bad, like not even sure I'll make it to the bathroom............ and I get there- and nothing comes out! SO annoying.
And I'm ridiculously tired. I'll sleep 10 hours and still need to take a nap. Its insane how tired making a baby makes you.
Baby is still bopping around, but I can tell Baby is getting a little squished. The movements aren't as big, I guess thats the only way to explain it. But I can see my belly moving, and its so funny. Now it will get lopsided, its pretty funny. And one night I felt Baby's little toes. Very cool.
Everyone is still guessing what sex Baby is. I just read an article where its only 20% of people dont' find out the sex of the baby. Everyone doens't know how we can wait, but its seriously not a huge deal for me. I love Baby no matter what :) And its fun that Baby has this little secret that no one else knows. But yeah, people guessing is pretty amusing. Steve's Grandma did the wedding ring over the belly trick (if the ring goes back and forth its a boy, if it goes in a circle its a girl). I think Grammy twirled the ring a bit to make it go in a circle, cause she's hoping for a girl! (She only has two grandsons) Don't tell her I think that though ;)
I'm still emotional. When I get super tired, I'll just start crying over anything. Luckily, since my mom is here to help with dinner and stuff I'm not feelign as overwhelmed and not freaking out as much.
We have been doing date night, and last night we did a double date night with a couple friends of ours. Won't be able to do those again for awhile! So we had to get a few more in :) Fun stuff
Today Steve and I are off to buy a few of the essentials that we still need to get. Like the baby car seat (um yeah, can't even leave the hospital with out it!)
So I will be better at updating now that life is back to normal, no more holidays! Can you believe that I am 9 months on Tuesday? And that its four weeks till Baby gets here? Actually, Baby could really come at any time..............
Now for the pictures:
(Oh, and I did have Steve take a Demi Moore on Vanity Fair style picture. I dont' look quite as fabulous as her- my arms have gained weight and her's are still all buff and skinny (and so is her face- why do I have to gain weight in my face????).......... but it is a cool picture I'm excited to have. Don't really feel comfortable posting it online, but if you REALLY want to see it- email me. And if you dont' have my email, that means I wouldn't have shown it to you anyways!)

ok, so i'm posting this with out pictures. its been two days since i wrote it, and i haven't had time to put the pictures on my computer. i have to get rid of a bunch to make room, and its a process that i'm not looking forward to. can someone tell me, when are you more tired- when yo'ure 9 months pregnant? or when you have a brand new baby????? anywyas, pictures will be up soon.................