Esther Pisano

Everyday I'm Waddlin'!
I'm officially 39 weeks and actually pretty surprised I am still pregnant! This pregnancy has been my most uncomfortable and I've had lots of contractions early on, leading me to believe that baby would join us on the earlier side. Siena came on her own at 38 weeks ready to go and hasn't slowed down since!! I was induced with Noah at 39 weeks because of my blood pressure suddenly elevating, so this is the most pregnant I have ever been! It is crazy how each pregnancy and baby is so different. Maybe this means this baby will be laid back and chill ; ) a mom can dream, right?
Or maybe it just hears the chaos happening on the outside and feels it's siblings jumping on my belly all day that it's scared to come out haha. I don't blame ya, there baby.
I apparently look giant because the looks I have received the last few days have been like I might explode at any second. I have had someone ask me if I am overdue because the baby is so low and just lots of other comments about if I am close to being done. You know, what every pregnant person wants to hear! ha.

SYMPTOMS

Lots of contractions. Hoping this is leading me to labor soon! I don't get the real deal super painful ones until my water breaks, but they are definitely getting more intense as the days go by! I was in for monitoring last week (I'll share more on this later if it turns into anything) but I was contracting every 6 minutes, so hopefully that is making me progress!
Freakin' HEARTBURN. I am so over it. I have never had heartburn before so I know it could be way worse, but I went from just getting it in the evenings to pretty much all day. I feel like big chunks of fire are just stuck in my throat. yuck. This kid better have more hair than it's siblings did at birth or I might be a little annoyed haha.
I am still so tired. This pregnancy has been a doozy as far as tiredness goes. At least I'll be ready for a newborn! <-----sarcasm :)
Lot's of pressure since baby has dropped super low.
Just basically all the fun end of pregnancy stuff! Unisom is my best friend to avoid insomnia and from tossing and turning from being so uncomfortable.

CRAVINGS

I am currently dying for a strawberry Fanta haha, but I have to drink bubbles at my own risk...because, heart burn.
Fries with chic fila sauce and ice cream. Ya, know all the healthy stuff! ;) I am still drinking lots of shakes tho to fill in those gaps!

WEIGHT GAIN

I've been packing it on now that I am at the end. I didn't gain anything for the longest time. Now I am up about 20-25 lbs. Def not as bad as it could be but I started out much heavier than my "normal". I am excited to get back into working out once baby is here and I am all healed. I am a huge believer in not rushing your postpartum body!

DEAR BABY,

We are so excited to meet you! Boy or girl, you are already SO loved. Your big brother and sister talk about you all the time and I know you will fit right into our crazy little clan. Although this pregnancy and just life in general has been a little bit rough at times, I know that you are exactly what we need in this moment. A perfect blessing planned by God. You are an answered prayer. I dream of what your face will look like, if you'll have hair when you're born and if you'll look more like your big brother or sister (or maybe a combo of both?!). The anticipation is getting real, but I am content having you wait until you are ready to join us. Until then I'll continue to feel you hiccup and dance inside my belly. I can't wait to kiss your cheeks and cuddle you close. We love you little one!!

MATERNITY PHOTOS

I almost didn't get pictures done this time, but decided I might regret it later so I booked some last minute! I am 36 weeks in these and pretty big looking. I am so glad I did it tho. This is our first baby born in the states and in Arizona at that, so we tried to go for more desert looking pics this time. Love how bright they turned out!
The kids look so cute! It is kind of hard to believe Siena will be a big sis soon! She loves using this belly as a pillow, but I think she will be thrilled to have a baby around. Noah is excited but I don't think he really cares either way. I am excited to see them with their new baby soon and embrace the total chaos that I am sure it will be!

My not to little baby girl! She is so tall!

One of my favs!

I love this picture SO much! Siena can be so shy even tho she has the goofiest personality, so I am excited she got one of her smiling and one of Robbie's real smile too! They are the cutest.

Love how the kids are looking at each other!

So blessed to have babies with the love of my life!! He is the best daddy.

Thank you so much to Oriental Trading who sponsored this post! All opinions are always my own.

This year's birthday snuck up on me so much faster than they have in years past. When we lived in Italy I was so over prepared since it took so long to get things shipped that I kind of took advantage of faster shipping this year! ;)

Noah and Siena's birthday's are only a week apart so I know it makes the most sense to have a party for both of them, at least for now. Noah is at the age that he has a full blown opinion of what he loves so when he chose dinosaurs I knew that he would be set on it for months in advance...which he was. I debated on also doing dinosaurs for Siena but the truth is, this is one of the only birthdays that I get to choose her theme for her and my mama heart just didn't see dinosaurs as her first birthday theme. I decided to just make it work having two themes for them and it worked out just fine!! The party was mostly for Noah since it was all his friends who came. It was so fun giving Siena her own special area filled with floral decorations.

We are so lucky to have made so many great friends here in Utah to invite and celebrate these sweet babies!! It can be hard living away from family when special occasions arise but now that we are driving distance from most of our family it makes it so much easier! My parents drove out to celebrate both of the kid's birthdays and to be here for the party. My aunt and uncle also made a special appearance from Colorado to celebrate these babes. They are SO loved by so many!!

I set up the party by pushing our dining table back against the wall and splitting the decor in half. I gave Siena her own little area with her beautiful high chair garland that I am still obsessed with!! If we ever have another little girl I want to basically use all of the decorations in her room haha. The table was used for the sweet cakes and cup cakes I had made by a local lady here. She did a great job!!

The rest is all DINOS! Balloons, garlands, special Dino food and games. He was thrilled!! It's so funny how hard we are on ourselves as parents. The day of the party was bit stressful and I was still getting decor and food up when people were starting to arrive. Kind of a nightmare!! haha but the first friend who walked in to my unfinished party exclaimed, "WOW! This is SO awesome!" and I totally felt like I did a great job :) so next time you're planning a party don't be too hard on yourself because your kids and their friends will think it's amazing ;)