When will Annabelle Arrive?

Right: The last pictures we have at Annabelle at 31 weeks.

These past months leading up to Annabelle's birth have been an adventure! First, we added on to and remodeled our house, which I wouldn't recommend doing while you're pregnant. We've been very busy with the store and just getting ready for the arrival of our little girl.

Today marks 29 days until Annabelle's due date. Chris thinks I'm not going to make it to the due date because he thinks my stomach can't get bigger and will pop before then. I secretly hope he's right. (Well, I guess I don't want it to pop!)

Of course, I want her to be happy and healthy, but this is starting to get a little uncomfortable. My biggest complaint is my lower back. It's in excrutiating pain almost all of the time. Chris took me to the mall last night and bought me a maternity support belt, which basically holds her up and takes a lot of the pressure off of my back. I wore it on our walk last night and this morning, and it seemed to help a lot! So hopefully it will make these next few weeks more bearable.

I am also just so excited to finally meet our little girl. What will she look like? What type of baby will she be? Will she have blue eyes, or defy genetics and have brown? Who knows? I just can't wait to hold her and love her. I'm sure that after the first few days after she arrives, I'll want to put her back for a while, but we'll make it through that tough time and it will all be so worth it.

Annabelle should be approaching 6 pounds right now and about 19-20 inches. It's amazing how she's just right there all of the time. She is always trying to learn how to breathe and sucks down amniotic fluid, giving her the hiccups at least 5 times a day. I feel every single one of them. And she's terribly cramped. Every move she makes is pretty shocking. It's definitely a funny feeling, and pretty funny to see half of my stomach poke out at times!

Thursday is my first weekly visit with my doctor. She will check to see if I'm making any early progress toward delivery. I'm excited to find out, but I'm preparing myself for the fact that it's likely my body hasn't done anything toward giving birth. But we'll see!