Great Doctor's Appointment

Today I went to the doctor. After 3 doctor's appointments with weight gain "concerns", I finally had a "great job!" appointment. I gained two pounds in three + weeks. Sweet. I do expect that I gained more, but that I weighed heavily on the scale at my last appointment, making this appointment seem smaller. The doctor told me I "wasn't in trouble" this time. He jokes, and really, no one has even been really concerned about my weight. BUT-the last gains haven't been easy for me to mentally digest because I want to be a semi-competitive triathlete sometime after this ordeal. I am up to a total of 22 pounds at 32wks and 4 days. When I asked the nurse how that compares to my gain with Stephen, she looked back & it is exactly the same as my gain with Stephen. I am happy with that, I gained right at 30 pounds with Stephen. I will tell you, however, that I am in much better shape this time, though. I also started this pregnancy nine pounds lighter.

Other news:
*my blood pressure was 100/60...so, working out is helping the cardio system.
*belly measured a week small, again. Maybe I won't have a 9+ poound baby?!? As long as he's healthy....
*he's laying in me diagonally right now, which may be the reason for the pressure I feel on my left pelvic area.

Easter

We had a great Easter. It was busy and fun!

Easter Egg painting the Friday before Easter.


Daddy playing with Stephen in the sandbox the Easter Bunny brought.


Picture at church. I had to wear all black since I performed in 2 services.



Mommy checking out what Stephen has in his basket during the pre-dinner egg hunt. This picture rocks! You can't even tell I am 31 weeks pregnant! Right?!?


The boys and their boys at the pre-dinner Easter egg hunt.

Can You See Me?

This morning I was playing with Stephen after breakfast while Daddy cleaned stuff up in the kitchen. I was pretending to sit on him and tickling him. He was having a good time and started getting a little rowdy. At one point, he moved to the couch in the living room. I was sitting on the chair's ottoman and had my back to the couch, so, I couldn't see him. Since I am as pregnant as I am, I wasn't moving quickly to our next location of play with him. Then his little voice rang out, "Mommy! Can you see me?"


I replied, "no honey, I can't see you. I don't have eyes on the back of my head."

After a moment, I turned my head around to see him. My little turkey was getting ready to jump on the couch, which he knows is against the rules! So, he made sure I couldn't see him before he broke the rules! Wow. Things are changing around here!

So...this time I ran over and tickled Stephen until he was laughing really hard. Smart little stinker.

First Easter Egg Hunt of the Season

First off, I am 30 wks and 1 day pregnant today. Here's my latest belly picture. I am wearing a summer shirt because we are expecting record highs today. We may get up to 85 degrees today. It's not looking like it's going to be a cool summer to help with the post partum sweats for me or Beth's 3rd trimester!


Today we went on our first Easter Egg hunt for the season with my social mom's group. Here is a picture of some of Stephen's friends.



Stephen was a pretty good egg hunter this year. Last year he was very good with the routine. Pick up an egg, put it in the basket, move on. This year he was pretty interested to see what was in the egg...so, it slowed us down some. Good thing he has a stay-on-task Mom to keep him moving! LOL!

Active, Active

I am a little tired today. Usually I take many belly pics to get the "right" one and fully plan the outfit...but, today, not so much. Two pics, publish and go!

29 weeks today!


The changing of the belly button. My button was looking like it was going to be flattened, but today started protruding a little. Will it pop out? We shall see! I did B&W, so, you can't see that the brown pigment is starting to come. I got THE line last time, so, we'll see if it makes a return this time...it's looking likely.


29wks 4 days preggo with Stephen:


This baby is an active little boy in my body. He really is having his own little party in there sometimes.
I think we have decided on a name. It's two days old as a decision, so, still pretty new...but....drumroll....Joshua Thomas. It's biblical, we like the nicknames, and it sounds cool. Thomas is Sean's Grandfather's name that passed away in November.

3rd trimester hits

OMG the 3rd trimester stuff hit me like a ton of rocks this weekend.

I decided to mow the lawn. I should not have done that. Afterwards, I went to the plant nursery and bought flowers and mulch and did all this great stuff in my backyard. Then, on Sunday afternoon, I had BH everytime I stood up. I started getting worried & just sat. This morning my SIL and I went on a walk & BH started up instantly. However, they did go away half way through the walk. I drank 2+, almost 3 bottles of water before starting..so, dehydration isn't it.

As I am sitting here, my shoes are tight, so my feet must be swelling in them. Vacuuming the house caused a serious sweat. sigh. At the library today, both of my feet fell asleep because I was sitting on the floor with Stephen. Lovely. On the cute side of things, I think I can feel a little baby bottom pushing into my right rib right now. I can rub my belly and distinctly feel what is baby and what is tummy.

My rear is starting to look a little big and the scale is leaping for joy at some extra weight on it. I am trying to make better choices with food right now. I am going to try soda once a week and only a small portion of chocolate (or any dessert for that matter) after dinner...so, only once a day. I am filling sugar cravings with fruit, will try tea for caffeine cravings.

So, I was really proud of myself for being so active & I thought it would really help me re-coop faster post baby & stay better while preggo. But, I think I got my reality call. Pregnancy just poofs your body up. I am going to try my class at the gym tomorrow still...I really hope to keep some sort of workout program until 36-37 wks pregnant. We'll see. Most importantly, I want this baby to be happy growing in my body for at least 10-11 more weeks. I can hit the triathlon business again with time. I can also use this time to train my eating so I can have an athletic body later.

I would also love this baby to have a name soon. I am working with Sean on it. Did you know there is a Felix in the bible? We're not going to go with Felix-but I don't think I had absorbed that name as biblical before...I think I was reading the book of Acts when I came across it.