27 Weeks!

I'm attempting to post from my phone because, let's face it, I'm horrible about making it upstairs to the computer!

So by a lot of people's standards we are now in the 3rd trimester! Woo! Baby boy is moving a ton. In fact, he literally turned flips (or did something that felt like it) for the entire Sunday school hour of church this morning. It was a *little* distracting! His foot or knee or something along those lines hangs out right around my belly button most of the time. It's really fun to push on it. Even if he's sleeping, he will usually push back. :)

He's been getting the hiccups a lot lately, which always catches me off guard. And he still likes to have the occasional party on my bladder. 😳 I don't always appreciate that so much! Haha.

Supposedly he's now roughly 2 lbs and the size of a cauliflower (14-15 inches). I can often feel him on both sides of my stomach at the same time, so he's definitely got some length on him!

I've been doing pretty well energy wise etc. I've been having the same occasional pain on my lower right side when I walk that I had with Samuel. I can usually work through it, but it's pretty annoying.

I've still been working out a ton, but am gradually switching to the elliptical more. I'm thinking I may not run myself into labor this time. Even though it makes me feel like a crazy awesome athlete, it's *probably* better for my body (and my bladder) if I lay off... We will see though!

I guess the only real issue I've had lately is being overly emotional. I may or may not have cried for a good hour the other day, mainly because my belly is big (which I know is a great thing - my baby is growing! - but I just felt really huge that day. Logic means nothing). It didn't help that some guy asked me how many babies were in there and told me there was no way I was making it til March. Thanks, dude.

Anyway, I've been sleeping well - only getting up once a night if at all. Heartburn is still an issue, but I'm surviving it. My glucola test is Tuesday. I'm assuming that will go on, but I'm *slightly* concerned since it's Christmas time and I have pretty much subsisted on sugar for the last 3 weeks. We'll see though!

Oh, and baby boy is still nameless. We aren't even close. 😁

Anyway, I think that's about it for now. Let's see if this actually will post!!

25 Weeks!

It's hard to believe we're already 6 months in! Baby boy still doesn't have a name. I guess that's fine considering we have a few months still. I remember picking the name with Samuel and then thinking it was *forever* after that before anything else exciting happened. So I'm okay with a little suspense still. :-)

We have it narrowed down to 3 names, so I guess we're at least getting close?? :

Anyway, things have been relatively uneventful, which is how I like them! I ran a 5K Saturday and was quite a bit faster than I expected to be - almost a full 2 minutes faster than my previous preggo record (I finished in 27:15 when previously I had done 29:07 at about the same point in my pregnancy with Samuel). I was pretty proud of that!

I've been sleeping pretty well, with the exception of a LOT of wild and crazy dreams. Some are just funny, some are realllly weird (Think the movie "Inception"), and some are down right awful! But I'm at least usually aware they're dreams, so that's good. Last night, I dreamed someone anonymously sent us a huge package with 2 puppies in it for Samuel's Christmas present. I woke up horrified and pretty livid. Haha. I'm *super* glad that one wasn't true!

My weight gain is pretty on track. 16ish pounds I think? Obviously Thanksgiving didn't help that. Nor does Christmas baking. Or Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cakes. But I try to eat semi-healthy most of the time and I work out a lot soooo I'm hoping it will all work out in the end!

Baby boy is growing like a weed. Supposedly he's the size of a rutabaga this week (because I know how big that is??? Not). Basically he is 13-14 inches long and roughly a pound and a half. Assuming he's average. He moves a ton, though he isn't nearly as jerky as Samuel was. He likes to roll around a lot and move his elbow/knee (not sure which) slowly around my belly button which is weeeeird. One night he definitely got turned around and started kicking me in the bladder/butt for like an hour. Also really weird. Have you ever been kicked in the butt from the inside? Yeah, me neither! haha. Thankfully he got turned back around pretty quickly!

Let's see, what else? I'm not really craving anything in particular. My heartburn has been pretty gnarly a few nights. I've considered calling the OB to ask for some prilosec, but I don't think I'm quite there yet... I might bring it up at my next appointment though.

I have my glucose test on the 22nd... I'm hoping that goes well, or it might not be a very merry Christmas for me. Haha.

I have a lot of Braxton Hicks contractions still, but they aren't any worse/more frequent than they have been, so that's good.

Oh, and I hate maternity pants. And non maternity pants. And all pants period. THAT hasn't changed from my last pregnancy. I told Eric if we have a third, we need to time it so that it's due in like June/July and I can just wear dresses and skirts for the last 3 months.

Anyway, I guess that about sums it up for now. :-) I'll have to go back and add pictures once I get around to getting them off my phone. Until next time!