29 Weeks

The third trimester has arrived and baby girl is getting bigger and bigger!  It's funny how their little movements go from jabs and punches to feeling like there's a giant thing rolling around in there.  It's been a bit since I've updated but fortunately only good things to report.  I'm officially finished having ultrasounds that were monitoring everything and all is well :)  I can't lie though.. I might miss the extra peeks at our girl!  At our most recent ultrasound she was head down again so hopefully she will stay that way.

I also had an OB appt this past week and fortunately my blood pressure was looking good.  At the appt prior to this one it had already started creeping up... I think it was due to toddler wrangling around nap time and the unexpected weight gain! ha.  Either way, back to normal so fingers crossed it remains ok until the end.

We're making progress on the nursery.  Andy has been painting the trim over the last few nights and his dad is going to help him finish things up this weekend.  Harper loves, loves sitting in her little sister's crib... not so sure how she will feel when there's an actual baby in that crib! ;)  I think we've settled on Emma Kate as our name.  It's always been Andy's fave and I have kind of gone back and forth between that and another so he got the ultimate final choice.  Harper has Kate down from our babysitter and Emma sounds an awful lot like mama so we will keep working on that part.

I am excited for her to be here but at the same time feel really sad about giving up so much of my time/attention to Harper... I guess that's a normal feeling?!  I already feel so guilty at times, especially the months I work so much so I really can't imagine how it's going to be to share my attention.  Harper is a bit of a mama's girl right now so I know it's going to be an adjustment.  Andy was joking with me the other night about how my attention is going to be divided but I just assured him I plan for my attention to double ;)  That seems realistic right?  I try not to worry too much about this because there's really no point and clearly there are many people who have come before me and had multiple children with no problems.  I know I've heard people say they can't imagine loving a second baby like they love their first but that when the second arrives it's like your heart doubles... so I'm banking on that :)

I'm also beginning to get a tiny bit anxious about when/how quickly baby will arrive.  I was reading a story online about a girl who felt her first contraction at 7AM so hopped into the shower before heading  to the hospital.  They were leaving the house around 830 and her water broke on the front porch... and then she felt like she had to push immediately.  So she walked back into the house and laid down on her ottoman and delivered the baby! ha!  Fortunately her dad was a doctor and was there to assist but regardless... nervewracking.  We are seriously not leaving Lexington for like a month before this girl is due.

Anyhoo, here's our little update for the week!

How far along: 29

Total weight gain: 21

Strechmarks: none, my belly is so itchy though when I'm wearing maternity pants

Sleep: pretty great

Best Moment this week: warm weekend spent outside!

Movement: yes

Gender: girl :)

Labor signs: lots of braxton hicks

Belly button: getting shallow... am afraid it may pop out this time around

What I miss: not getting out of breath so easily

What I am looking forward to: another week of vacation next week :) no big plans, just spending a lot of QT with my fam

Milestones: size of a butternut squash

 Big sis saying hi to 'mama's baby'