I love hand me downs!

As the youngest of three, I am well versed in the world of hand me downs. I don't know when I first got to wear clothes that were bought just for me!! Maybe my first day of kindergarten? I remember picking out that crazy outfit. It wasn't that bad - I do remember getting back to school shopping for things for myself each year. I even did hand me downs with maternity clothes (with a few new of my own as well). I would not have it any other way.
A great thing about being a military mom is that there are tons (and I mean tons) of small children and pregnant mamas around. I have already received hand me down clothes from my neighbor. Unrelated to military life; it is great to have an older sibling that already has a child. I have hand me down clothes now that my nephew no longer fits in. This is the best system ever. I don't think I will need any clothes for the baby for a long time. I also got several cute things from my amazing friends at my baby shower - I just hope that Rollin has a chance to wear them all! I am very thankful to all who have given me (and my son) such great gifts of new and new to us clothing. We are set.

Here is the middle of week 34. He definitely keeps growing straight out to the front.

Big movements

So here is a picture of me in the middle of week 32.

Someone told me the other day that she would have guessed that I was about 4 months pregnant instead of 8. I told her she was crazy. I measured exactly right at my doctor's appointment last week and all of my test results came back normal!! Hooray for normal!

I am having lots of acid reflux. So what are your bets on a full head of hair?!

They always ask me about if I'm feeling movement. I always respond with when am I not feeling movement? He's definitely active and likes to poke me in the ribs a lot. Stretching way out and wiggling around seem to be his favorites; like mother like son?

 I got a short video of him poking his butt out.

This is a pretty common occurance now. One of my friends actually got to feel it the other day. He usually gets stage fright when someone puts their hand on my belly. I absolutely cannot wait until his daddy gets to see and feel this in person. I won't say when that is going to happen, but soon. We'll post a picture with Daddy when he is home safe.

The Dreaded Bellybutton Debacle

One of my worst fears may be about to be realized ... the outie belly button.

Absolutely no offense to any of you that have an outie. I just know that it will be super irritating if my bellybutton turns outie because my button is uber sensitive. This is totally a weird picture to share, but I just had to show how my button is almost flat to the surface now. I think I might be able to deal if it stays flat, but I'm going to have issues if it goes out. I know I'm weird and crazy and potentially also have some vanity mixed in there. My maternity photo shoot is still three weeks away. Ahhhh! I will have to cope and learn how to own it by then if I do get an outie button because I will be doing some bare belly pictures.
I wonder what some of you moms' experiences have been. Did your button turn out? Was it constantly irritated? Did you have any comments from people on it? I know people are mean and nasty about all kinds of things. I have heard people comment in the past about it when they see an outie on a pregnant lady. Which is a totally unfair comment to make since there is no way to control how your belly grows. Oy!

Somewhat unrelated topic - My child kicked me so hard the other night that it rolled me from my side to my back. It is wild. He has also started sticking what I'm guessing are his feet in a little pocket of my belly on top of my ribs. It is hard to describe, but it is the weirdest feeling and I pretty much always push them out of that spot. He also seems to lay diagonally from my left hip to my right ribs and stretch out. It is the funniest looking thing to watch my belly get moved in that line as he stretches out his arms and legs at the same time. I'll try to catch a picture of it if I can.
I think my baby boy had a growth spurt this week. Many people at work on Tuesday said I looked bigger that day all of a sudden; as in over night from Monday. According to some of my apps on pregnancy he should be about 15-16 inches and weigh 2.5-3 lbs. And for those of you that like the fruit/veggie size comparison - cabbage.

PS. I dreamed about driving my car from high school the other night. Particularly that I was driving stick shift.
Then last night I dreamed that a whole group of us were going out to eat and for some reason my Trifecta girls, some homeless dude, and a guy that went to my high school all were riding on one motorcycle that I was driving. All the rest of our friends and significant others took cars and had extra space in them.
I guess this week had a vehicle theme to my dreams. Further evidence of the boy I'm having? JK