32 weeks: really doing it.

one nice thing about measuring pregnancy by weeks is that when you hit the monthly milestones they really do feel like a big accomplishment. 32 weeks?! that's huge. in my opinion that is. i can hardly believe i'm this far along already! (yet i totally can at the same time because i'm beginning to feel like i've never not been pregnant)

please excuse my smug face - i thought i was smiling but apparently i'm just feeling better than the world this morning.

in the last four weeks these developments have happened:

- i've officially entered the no sleep zone. i always thought that when people talked about not sleeping in your third trimester it would be because you're so uncomfortable, and that probably will be the case at some point - but not yet. nope, i just don't sleep through the night ever. i'll open my eyes two hours after falling asleep and be ready to go and feel so sad when it's only 1 or 2 AM. other mornings it's around 4-6 and i am just wide awake and cannot go back to sleep for at least an hour or two. i'm trying to be better about adjusting my position, keeping my eyes closed, getting up and going to the bathroom (my absolute least favorite thing to do in the middle of the night. tmi), etc. so i can go back to sleep and it's been a little better...but i'm still waking up regardless of these facts. 

- hiccups are a frequent occurrence. i wasn't so much the biggest fan of feeling these little guys at first because, you know, he's so low, but he's moved up a little bit in the last week and it's been much more fun!

- movements are no longer jerky little kicks and punches. i'll feel those occasionally but he's getting bigger so they make my stomach feel like i'm on a roller coaster (thanks to mj for pointing out the feeling). sometimes it feels reeeal nuts, but it definitely makes watching the movements more entertaining. especially because somehow the other day he managed to find a way to make my belly button actually sink into my stomach!! it was so funny, tanner and i were watching it happen with our jaws dropped. i have no idea what was going on, but it was highly entertaining.

- as i mentioned before, he has moved up a little higher in the last week. this means his head has found its way to my ribs a few different times - and wow. sometimes his head is up against my rib and his bum or something is down by my hip on the opposite side and it is just plain weird. but not terribly uncomfortable, luckily, because i have this blessed long torso so i just feel glad he's finally learning how to stretch out!

- emotions are done. i almost forgot to write about these but holy cow. they should not be forgotten in this update. i feel like i really haven't been too affected by hormones during my pregnancy up to this point. well, that was really nice - but it is no longer the case. tears all the time for this girl. i watched first position (the ballet competition documentary) and teared up watching the 11- and 12-year-old performers. i was thinking about how talented they are. that made me cry. i bawled my way through my testimony at the beginning of the month. teared up watching THE WEST WING with tanner.*  it's getting a bit out of hand, but it can also be highly entertaining (if you're the type of person that thinks tears are entertaining).
*it should be noted that this is our new TV show as of late. tanner loves it so much and i am clearly emotionally involved.

- a common reaction for people that see me now is "whoa!". guess that means i've really made it to the big time pregnant show these days.