28 Weeks

So Abrah informed me last night that I needed to update my blog because my baby belly is significantly bigger than my last post @ 20 weeks. So here is my latest belly shot.....


Tomorrow marks the 28 week mark. I can't believe we are in the third and final trimester. November can't come soon enough, but will be here before I know it, I'm sure. I have been feeling really impatient lately for him to come. I think what did it is that I knew I would follow Chels in the baby delivering business and she delivered, so I'm up next! :)

Overall, I feel okay. I am having some big time back issues right now that are making pretty much my entire life uncomfortable. Baby Boy Bruner is hanging out pretty low and that doesn't help out my history of back, tailbone, and pelvis issues...I hate to see where this kid goes when he "drops!" I have been frequenting the chiropractor and get to wear an absolutely adorable maternity belt. It might be the most uncomfortable thing I've ever worn, but I have noticed that it has helped a bit since I've been back at work.

In other news, we officially closed on our house last Tuesday so we will be able to move in a few weeks. We gave our sellers 30 days to be out, and I think they are more than ready to be out but their seller is taking his time. Since we are the last domino to fall in the chain of moves, we must wait patiently for our turn.

Caleb has been busy working on the crib. He thought it would be really special (and I agree) to have himself, our dads, and the living great-grandfathers to Baby Boy Bruner build the crib. I picked out a design and he is working hard to make it all come to life. I can't wait until its finished and we are in our house to start really preparing for our little man's arrival.

We have yet to pick a name for Baby Boy. We both have choices we really like, but unfortunately they aren't the same choice. Caleb's solution is to throw them both out and start completely over, but I'm having a hard time giving up on my name choice!

Finally, I am back to school and so far am really enjoying my group of kiddos this year. Lord knows I needed a good class after the year I had last year. I have some really fun personalities that so far just make me laugh and don't drive me too crazy. The entire class is also OBSESSED with the fact that I'm having a baby. I'm certain that one girl in particular has yet to learn a thing from me this year because all she can think of is Baby Bruner. She asks me at least once an hour "What's your baby doing?" to which I always answer "Oh, he's just hanging out." Another girl was convinced she saw him moving all over the other day, but it was just my belly shaking when I laughed at something. Then I overheard a boy tell another boy that he could see Baby Boy's foot...again, no, but they are having a great time talking and thinking about him. They also think they should get to name him...we will see how desperate we get!

We're Still Here!

Hi all. So, clearly blogging has not been high on my priority list lately (or for the last year and 2 months), but my goal is to start doing a much better job. I really don't have an excuse now since I am on summer vacation with little to no responsibility at the moment (which is really rather enjoyable).

So...lots of changes have occurred for the Bruner's over the last year or so. We found out in March that we are expecting! We found out last month that it is a BOY! We were both very excited about this news (I have to say both so Cal doesn't look bad when I make people think he would have been unhappy with a girl!). Anyway...we were really hoping for a boy for lots of reasons.
1. All his cousins born this year are boys and he won't have cousins on Cal's side of the family.
2. Cal really wants a start on his "litter" of boys to dominate the sports field.
3. If this kid is born with my hair, I don't want another head of hair to do. At least with a boy, I'll just keep it short! ;)

We are of course kidding, we would have loved a girl just the same and know that our little one will be just perfect come November. I am a little over 21 weeks along. The beginning of this pregnancy was terrible. I was nauseous and vomiting constantly, and lost about 10 pounds by the time I hit the second trimester. Thankfully, that has improved a lot. I still have some nausea but have been able to keep my food down most of the time!

Because of our expecting arrival, we moved from our apartment, but unfortunately didn't find a house before our lease ran out. So...our stuff went into storage and into the Johnson house we moved! We have a nice size bedroom and were able to bring our own bedroom furniture (I'm not sure I could have survived without my bed!). Josh, Abrah, and the boys have made us feel so welcome and I have enjoyed my summer vacation with two of my favorite boys in the world. It's been fun to see Myles grow a little each day and Riley is always entertaining (minus those first few mornings where he would crawl in my bed to snuggle super early..doesn't he know I'm on VACATION?!).

We had been house shopping for the first few weeks we were here and were really discouraged with the selection of choices that we had. I was getting really frustrated when a cute little gem popped up just before the 4th of July. We saw the house and less than a week later had accepted the seller's counter offer and are now in the process of finalizing all the details. We are excited to have a permanent residence for awhile (we were becoming pro's at moving) and can't wait to get into the house and make it our own. However, I'm not sure what Riley will do when his Aunt and Uncle (who he now thinks are his brother and sister with another brother on the way) move out. Luckily, it's just down the road and Riley knows he can visit anytime he wants.

So...that's a brief update of the last year of our lives. I promise I'll do a better job of keeping up for all you readers out there (if I still have any after 1 year+ of no posting). I know Jenny and Chels have been on my case to blog again...

And here are some pictures....

06.30.11 (20 weeks)


Baby Boy Bruner

Caleb really enjoyed the ultrasound because Baby B would NOT take his hand down from his face. Caleb made the remark that it's like he doesn't want to be bothered while sleeping or something. I have no idea which parent he would inherit that trait from! I think Cal is a little afraid he has two of me on his hands :)