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It's becoming more and more clear how close to the end I am. And it's amazing! I had a checkup appointment on Wednesday, everything was great. Isabella actually let us listen to her heartbeat without trouble, no kicking the doppler this time. :) I'm measuring at 31 weeks, about a week ahead of where I'm at. Good sign. My doctor had me get a flu shot, and Gary gets to have one at his appointment next week. We'll be all set for this winter. She also told me the pain that I've having, I just have to deal with. Fantastic. My body is just getting ready to give birth so the joints are loosening and with my problems I already have, it's just natural.

Wednesday I also realized that I will only be on 6 more schedules that come out at work. 6. That's so few! My countdown is offically at 9 weeks left now. Single digits. It's becoming so close and it's making me so excited. And we have so much going on until then, the time is going to just fly. I'm looking forward to my showers. Getting to see our families and share this time with them is great, I just wish everyone lived closer to us.

We've decided to start saving and preparing more for Isabella's arrival. Tips are now going towards diapers and formula. Since I'm not going to be breastfeeding, formula is going to be expensive so the more I can get now, the better. I just don't know where to start with that. So at my next doctor's appointment I'll be asking lots of questions on the best formula to go with. But the problem with that is, will she take it?

A little over a week until our ultrasound. I'm excited to get a glimpse of Isabella and see how much she's grown and developed since June. I'm also really nervous for the results of her kidneys, so I asked my parents to come with us for a little extra support. Hoping for only good news, but at least I'll have a great support system with me in case anything is wrong. My mom is also awesome. She's saving a week of vacation to come and stay with me after Isabella is born. My parents are going to help me out as much as possible especially because we don't know how long Gary's going to be able to get off of work. He can borrow vacation time against the next year, but at the same time, we don't want to start off the year with him "in debt" in case we need time off later.

For now, we're going to enjoy our last free weekend for the next month and wait impatiently for Isabella to arrive. :) I'm ready for her now.