Baby Update {32 & 33 weeks}

(WARNING: This is for sure the LONGEST baby update EVER…)

I am 34 weeks today!
Yay!

{34 weeks}

We are so so so SO thankful that Hollis is still growing in my belly where she belongs!
We are praying she will stay put for another 4 weeks or so!

{32 weeks 2 days}

My belly is seriously the size it was when Harper was born at 37 weeks…
(Ross is having a LOT of fun with this fact… ha!)
I am so thankful that Hollis is growing and is healthy, but my back is KILLING me, I do not sleep and my belly feels like it will split open if I take in a full breath of air (not to mention eat a meal)… then there is the humid summertime southern heat and the fact that every time I bend down to pick something up off the floor I have a major contraction!
Combine all of these “issues” with raging hormones and I am a WHOLE lot of fun these days!
(Wanna come hang out with me?! LOL!)

{32 weeks 4 days}

I am now going to see Doctor Keeton twice a week.
I get BPPs (Biophysical Profiles) and NSTs (Non Stress Tests) to make sure Hollis is doing well and being in my belly is a safe environment for her.
At 32 weeks, Hollis passed the BPP (ultrasound test) with a perfect score of 8/8!
Then a few days later, she did not pass the NST… so I went in for ANOTHER BPP and thankfully she passed!

The highlight of the past few weeks was when I discovered I could still manage to squeeze into one of my size small dresses!
(Yes, this made me jump up and down, squealing like a school girl!)

{33 weeks}

Now that the time for Hollis to arrive is seriously close,
I am making crazy, unnecessary things for her like this big bow hat…

Poor Ross is struggling with his pregnancy symptoms too…
His heartburn, sciatica and weight gain are relentless!
POOR THING!
(Yea, RIGHT…)
Then one night I was on the laptop and when I looked over Ross’s shoulder I saw he was lacing a shoe lace through the little holes in Harper’s shovel.
I asked “Babe, what ARE you doing?!”
He responded “Cross stitching!”
…and I fell onto the floor then just about went into labor!
Even Mr-all-things-manly Ross is “crafting!”
(WHAT is happening to my Hubby?!)

At 33 weeks, I had another BPP (it was SUPER early in the morning hence the face…) and was thrilled when Hollis received another 8/8!
I also received two doses of Celestone Shots to help boost Hollis’s lung development just in case she arrives early!

My super sweet and dear friend McKeever monogrammed a bunch of lovies and goodies for Hollis!
She sent me this picture of one of the lovies and it made everything soooo real since Cliff and Harper both sleep with their Angel Dear lovies every night!
Thank you McKeever for the goodies and making Hollis’s lovies so special!
I am so blessed to have you as a friend!

Then came…
Happy 4th of July!

{33 weeks 4 days}

And the next morning I was back at Dr. Keeton’s office for a NST…

Hollis failed the NST again,
so I went back to see Dee Dee (the BEST ultrasound tech EVER) who scanned Hollis for about 45 minutes. Hollis would not practice her breathing despite me rolling on my side and Dee Dee “buzzing” my belly… so she did not pass the BPP.
Her combined score for the NST and BPP was a 6/10…

They decided I needed to grab some lunch and then have another NST…

…thankfully, this time Hollis passed (sort of) and we were cleared to go home!
YAY!
(No worries… I go back to the doctor in a few days for another BPP)

Now that we have had two weeks of Hollis not “preforming” her best,
I am CRAZY creating everything I can think of to keep myself busy and somewhat sane.
Ross has been wonderful with supporting my crafting craze because he knows this is how I channel my anxiety…
(This is not even half of it!… maybe I HAVE already lost it!)

Here are some ultrasound pictures from the past few weeks!
(I had 4 ultrasounds in 2 weeks)

Hollis has a head FULL of hair which is perfect because I have about 100 bows waiting for her to wear them!

{32 weeks 2 days}

She is so big now that sometimes only one body part is visible on the screen…
like her ear!

{33 weeks 5 days}

Dee Dee was able to capture Hollis grabbing her foot with her hand!
(The video is soooooo neat!)

We were FINALLY able to get some decent 3D shots of Hollis last week!

Here is a silly face!

I can’t wait to feel this sweet hand wrap around my finger!

Seeing Hollis will NEVER get old!
I just love being able to see her so often and literally watching her grow from 4 weeks all the way until she is born!

God is so good!
We are so thankful for everyday Hollis stays in my belly!
Thank you all for your prayers and sweet messages!

Oh yea,
and if you actually made it to the end of this post…
YOU ROCK!
(and I love you!)