Officially my last week in the 20s. Then only 10 weeks left. Things are getting real!
Not much new pregnancy-wise. I'm getting to the "I'm done point" which isn't great considering I still have 2.5ish months left. I no longer can paint my toes or do any sort of bending over without seriously squishing this little guy. I get so tired by the end of the day or start having serious braxton hicks contractions that I try not to overdo it, but then I feel like I'm jipping Zoe and being a lazy bum. Thankfully, she's content when I read or do puzzles with her. And she could care less if I sit and watch her play outside rather then partaking in all the fun. It's my own guilt I guess. She prefers to sit on my lap though now for everything which is starting to get tricky since I'm running out of lap room as this belly keeps getting bigger.
I'm trying so hard to get her to grasp that there will be a little human here soon. I just don't think she has any clue. I'll tell her baby brother is in my belly and she looks at me and lifts up my shirt and looks at me again and just pokes my belly button and does her "I'm tickling you" squeal. I'm praying that her transition goes ok.
We made our one and only trip up north this weekend. So much fun and too short as always! Traffic wasn't bad at all thankfully. Zoe is great in the car (especially now that she can face forward), but she only lasts so long. And 5 hours is long as it is...add in traffic and that's tough.
While some our meals out weren't so great (mom and dad are still trying to figure out what places have good food and which don't - we definitely helped with the do not go back list), we made up for it with lots of trips to the playground, a little children's museum, walks, shopping, feeding the ducks, camp fires, etc. Zoe had so much fun, slept great, and misses her camper already :)
(I've had this saved for a week now waiting to add the picture, but the picture never happened. Oops!)
Third trimester! Things are getting real now. Once we are back from up north, we are going to need to start getting our last few projects done. It's really all cosmetic at this point, so I suppose everyone will live if we don't get it done. Although, we still have not discussed names at all. I finally put my list out so I would remember that we absolutely need to figure this out. Don't worry baby boy, we really are excited! Your sister is just a busy body during the day and I'm a blob on the couch by 8pm :)
While I went from being REALLY nervous about having a baby when Zoe was JUST turning 2, to mildy nervous, I'm really getting ready to meet this little guy. Not only so that I can do all of my normal daily activities without feeling like I just ran a marathon, but also to have that newborn smell, and that teeny tiny baby to love all over. It's hard to believe that we'll be able to love another little nugget as much as we love Zoe, because man, she's adorable and hilarious and smart and SO MUCH FUN and steals my heart every day. But somehow, I know it's going to explode all over again.
My appointment this week went great. I'm up 21 lbs total. For a brief moment, I did the math wrong and thought it was 30 and had a mental freak out. I'm trying to remember though it is what it is. I feel like I say this after every appointment. I guess I don't need to write down my mental struggle every time.
Apparently I'm also measuring right on track which I was shocked about. I feel like I look quite a bit bigger already this time around. The doctor assured me I'm not going to birth a 12 pounder (yet).
I start going every two weeks. Crazy that I'm to that point already! I think it stays this way until week 36, then I go once a week.
We had a nice, lazy weekend after the chaos from the week before. I've realized Zoe has a shopping addiction like her mom. I'll tell her we're going shopping and she whines and whines "Shopppppiinnnngggg!" until we are actually there. Oh boy. Target is one of her favorites. Thankfully, she's all about the people watching and doesn't want everything she sees (yet). Her and I ran errands most of the morning until her nap. Then we played until it was time for dinner. She's very into our neighbor Morgane and loves playing when they are out. We only saw them for about 5 minutes before we ran to dinner. Maybe this week!
Sunday we went to the zoo. We realized that Zoe likes the animals for about an hour, then prefers to just run around and have fun with everything but the animals. She was still good and not mischevious at all, she just didn't care about what we were seeing. We decided that we'll have to go around backwards next time so she can enjoy the end animals a little more.
Next weekend is up north!
