Lots To Report

First off, if you haven't notice the cute little countdown right about this post, I'm now at 34 weeks - only 6 weeks to go! Haven't had much to report from the Doc because all is well. Jaxson is definitely making it know that he's running out of room! He's as active as ever throwing around his weight from side to side and jabbing/kicking me in the ribs to make sure I don't forget he's in there :-P
This part of the pregnancy is definitely getting more challenging for me. I've gotten used to having days where I'm pretty uncomfortable but this week has thrown a new challenge at me...NO SLEEP! On Monday night I woke up at 1:00am and was fully awake until 6am. So with only 3 hrs of sleep under my belt I called my boss and he said to come in whenever I was ready, thank goodness! Then again last night was another Monday. I woke up right before 2am, was awake until 5am but slept till 6:30am. I felt too bad to call into work again so I went in anyway but made it till about 11 when they sent me home to rest. Thank goodness, because about 12:30pm I was out like a light for 3 hrs. I sure hope I can figure out some sort of remedy because I can't keep going in late or leaving early every time I lack sleep. Any advice?? I know, gotta get used to it for when he's born, but once he's here I don't have an alarm clock telling me to get dressed and go be nice to people for 9hrs!!

Ok, enough of the pity party...here's the belly pic :-P I think I've put on some bulk since my last pic 5 wks ago!

34 wks exactly!

Time for a subject change...Del's job. Last post I talked about Dellas taking on new responsibility at work with his boss having left and that we hoped it would go well and pay off. Well, it has started to! Yesterday Del came home and announced, in his usual nonchalant fashion, that he got a raise!! One of the head honchos called him into his office, gave him lots of GREAT compliments and said he's getting a raise effective Oct 1! The gist of what the boss said is that Kiewit rarely does this but they're giving him a bi-annual raise. Usually they only give yearly raises but they make exceptions for those who are doing particularly well. So he got this raise and should plan to get another come March or April. He also said that very few Engineers in the history of Kiewit can take on the amount of responsibility that Del has and handle it as well as he has. He's impressed with Del's ability to manage everything that they keep throwing at him so this is their way of showing their appreciation. I'm SOOO proud of my hubby and knew his hard work would pay off! I'm glad it came when it did because he's had a few challenges this past week so this was a great boost for him!

Not only was yesterday "pay raise day" but it was our 3rd anniversary as well :-) We didn't do much last night but celebrated last weekend with a trip to downtown Seattle to check out the new ferris wheel and then dinner in Bellevue. Unfortunately the views were pretty hazy due to several wildfires in central Washington, but it was still fun!

At the top of the Seattle Great Wheel

Lastly, we got a special package from a far off land a couple days ago! Auntie Ris and Uncle P sent over a package for Jaxson from Kwaj and I was very excited to see the contents :)

Not sure why I can't get it to turn the right way, you can just tilt your head :-P But Thank You Aunt Ris and Uncle Peter!

So as the blog title warned, I had lots to report but I think I've covered it all. Got a doc appt next week which MIGHT give me a tiny idea of when this little guy will be ready to come. The goal is to make sure he's already "assumed the position" and see what other progress (if any) I've made. So until then!