28 Weeks!

Welcome to the third trimester!

 Yay! I made it to the third trimester! I'm so excited that we only have 12 weeks left until our little boy gets here. I have actually enjoyed being pregnant so far but I can't wait to meet him and hold him and see who he looks like (I'm really hoping he has blond hair and blue eyes like Mike).

Their is no doubt about it...we are going to have one active little boy on our hands. He is constantly moving. The doctors are having me monitor how many kicks in an hour and I just have to get to 5 and most of the time it takes about 10 mins for me to get that and I'm done. I love it though! I love feeling him move, reminding me that he is still there. It is just the best feeling in the world to have him doing somersaults in there :) We had our 28 week appointment on Friday and he was actually kicking the doppler the whole time. Every time the nurse would move it to get his heartbeat he would kick it away and anytime she tried to touch my stomach he would kick her hand. He does the same thing to Mike when Mike touches my stomach. His heartbeat was still at 140 though so that was awesome to hear and I'm still measuring normal. For now it looks like all is well :)

- I still have a ton of energy and I'm putting it to good use while I can.

- I'm still able to wear all of my pre-pregnancy clothes which has been super nice but sometimes I like to wear the maternity shirts cause they are my warmest which I've needed cause the weather has been crazy lately.

-These past 2 weeks or so  I've really started to focus on what I want his nursery to look like. He has a crib, changing table, dresser and book shelf in there now but I want to decorate. So thankfully I know some people who are much more talented than myself who are creating some wonderful things for his room :) This is leaving me free to focus on shopping for everything else our little guy needs! It's crazy how fast time is passing!

-I'm still exercising 5 days a week although sometimes I have to shorten my workout because little man has decided to push on a nerve that causes my leg to cramp at times making it harder but thankfully its not a lot and doesn't happen often or during the workout-just after making the afternoon not so fun. Working out is really helping my stress and anxiety levels to stay down and its fun!

-We are 90% sure on his name although we still have a few ideas. We aren't going to make a final decision until we meet him though and we also aren't sharing the names we like.  You know.... people give their opinions too freely sometimes and they don't stop to think how negative or hurtful their opinion can be. I know that I am far too emotional right now to have someone say something negative (even if they don't mean it) and it would probably make me second guess myself which I don't want to do. Besides, we want to make sure the name is a good "fit" for him.

- I still don't have any specific cravings...its pretty much just if I am hungry their better be food close by because I'm going to eat. I still LOVE fruit and eat it all day long but no specific kind. I also still don't have any problems eating just about anything I want which has been great.

-I'm still cold most of the time but I'm hoping this gets better as spring arrives. I've also become more sensitive to smell in the past couple of weeks. So more smells will bother me or I'll notice them before Mike and so he looks at me like I'm crazy for a few seconds til he notices it too.

-The worst part of this pregnancy for me has been my anxiety. Thankfully with each week I get a little better but I do worry about everything. I'm extremely emotional and poor Mike never knows what might make me upset. We've really been working on things I can do to lower my anxiety and some of them are helping so I feel like I'm getting better which is really best for everyone. I'm very blessed to have such a patient husband because I know I'm not the easiest person to live with right now. 

On another note, I had my glucose test and YAY for no gestational diabetes! I also had no problems with the test. They gave me the fruit punch flavor of the drink and honestly I thought it tasted fine and I had no urges to be sick so that was great! My hemoglobin count was normal too :)

We are so excited and anxious to meet this little guy! I'm so excited to go do more shopping and get everything he needs :)