So I'm at 32 weeks already! I can't believe how fast time has gone by! Everyone keeps asking if I'm ready for it to be all over already but I'm not ready at all, I feel I need more time! I still have not bought anything for the baby or anything. We did get some great baby gifts for Christmas though from friends and family. We got a lot of clothes, booties, blankets, and even some little toys and books! So that's been fun so far, but I still feel I have so much more we need to get and do before I feel more ready!
a couple of baby's christmas gifts :)
At least we have decided on one thing, and that's a name. I actually had a name picked out before we even knew we were having a boy but I was thinking I would save it for later, but I haven't found any other names I like better. So we have decided (and agreed!) on the name Jacob Michael Decker. I love the way it sounds! I've always kind of liked the name Jacob and even though it's claimed to be pretty popular right now, we both like that it's a good standard name, timeless I guess. And Michael is a family name- Luke and his dad both have Michael for their middle name so it's kind of nice our first boy will carry that middle name. So it just seems to fit! I didn't really want to spoil the name until after he was born but everyone always asks, and most of our family has even started referring to him as baby Jacob. But Luke and I still just call him Baby :)
So things have been going well. Christmas was a great break to go home, spend time with family, and get away from work and everything going on at home. Luke and I were able to fly home to see my family in Maryland and Luke's family in Virginia. Everyone was home from both families except my brother James who is still serving on his mission in California, but we did get to talk to him on Christmas day which was great. We went with Luke's family for a weekend to Virginia Beach and stopped through Williamsburg on the way home. With my family we spent some time bowling, bike riding, shopping, and just playing games and stuff at home. So we had a very nice and relaxing 2 weeks with family and friends.
So of course coming back to work is never fun, it has been a little hard. It's nice that I get to work in an infant room all day because it's a lot of good practice, but definetly a lot of work, it's tiring. I'm going to work as long as I can but I'm not sure how much longer that will be. Everyone asks me if I'll be going back to work afterwards and bring the baby since I could work with my baby in the room buuut I don't know if I'm up for that, at least at this point. I'm excited to be a stay at home mom for awhile!
I guess my only complaint lately has been my awful chest pains, and my doctor just kind of disregarded it as heartburn but that doesn't seem to match at all, so I was a little annoyed. It seems like the baby must have his foot in my ribs or something, it's been really hard to breathe too. But at least I see my doctor every 2 weeks, so I'll just have to ask again this Friday. Has anybody else had chest pains? I would think it would be more common but no one seems to know what I'm talking about! Haha but I'm definetly feeling bigger, I've gained about 18 pounds so far- I guess that's good? And the baby rolls around, and stretches and moves allll the time, so I'm just hoping I can handle the next two months! :)
