Save for Later

We are well on our way into the 3rd trimester and I am still feeling great. The plan is to take advantage of that for as long as possible and get some ‘nesting’ accomplished. I just ordered the crib, mattress and mattress cover today so that will arrive next week. We have a dresser, bassinet and rocker already. I can’t wait to tackle the baby/guest room and make it all fit and work. I always imagine the room bigger in my mind when I think about it and then realize that the full size bed takes up more room than I thought and that the room isn’t that big really. Haha, oh well! It’ll work and little man is just that….little. So he doesn’t need that much space. While I wait for the crib to arrive, I’ll clean and organize the room again and order fabric for the crib skirt, sheets and pillows. I’ll take photos along the way but in the meantime, you can check out my Pinterest board so you can see what ideas I have right now. The furniture, fabric and colors are really all that are set in stone. A few of the other ideas are just inspiration at this point.

Our Kumquat isn’t a kumquat any longer….I am told he is more the size of a head of cabbage now…about 3 pounds. Even though I know I have gained weight, I don’t feel all that large most of the time. Only when I try to get off the couch, out of bed or turn over in bed do I realize how big I am. I am truly thankful that so far I have had a wonderful pregnancy. The 2nd trimester was great. I had a lot of energy, got back to living and not just sleeping and really enjoyed the holidays with family. I did have a cough and some congestion for quite a while though that made things difficult. Can’t really blame that on the pregnancy too much other than not being able to take all that much to nip it in the bud. It’s 99% gone now and I am so grateful. I hate trying to sleep sitting up.

Last week, during our Christmas break, James and I made a quick trip to Buy Buy Baby to finish up the registry. Oh my goodness….too many cute things. I was trying to be practical and not select too much stuff or things I felt I wouldn’t use or need right away. I think I added too many clothes though….oops. I am open to suggestions on must have items or things you may have found indispensable.

My other goal for the 3rd trimester, besides ‘nesting’, is eating better and working out for as long as I can. I’ve been ok on both these points so far but being pregnant during the holidays is HARD. I was not very good with my sugar intake so I want to curb that to make sure I don’t gain unnecessary weight. Yes, I know I will gain more weight in the next 10 weeks and that I need to, so it’s not a diet. It’s just self-control. I want to eat the right things for both me and little man and gain weight in a good way. My friend Sarah encouraged me to just take one day at a time, not a whole week or month (which I am wont to do). So that’s my goal….take one day at a time and do what I can and don’t beat myself up when I fail.

I really have enjoyed being pregnant, more than I thought I would. There are things I’ll miss and not miss at all though. I will not miss the constant trips to the bathroom. I will not miss maternity jeans and a small wardrobe to choose from. I will not miss not being able to sleep on my stomach. I will not miss the sore hips and lower back.

I will definitely miss feeling him move around in side of me. I’ll miss staring at my belly watching his movements in amazement. It’s such an sweet feeling. I love it when James and I just watch and feel and talk to him. I don’t care that here lately he is getting pretty rough and I feel a little sore from his dance moves. Or that he decides to be the most active when I am trying to go to sleep. I love knowing that he is there, alive and well. That I will miss.

I know the next few weeks will fly by and instead of watching his movements in my belly, I’ll be putting him in these adorable shoes! I can’t wait! His shoe collection had just better not out number mine! James is warning me against making our son a ‘dress up doll’. Who? Me? Hehe….so many cute clothes, so little time. Oh the pictures I’ll take too! I promise to be good, James.

We are getting the name question a lot too. Do we have a name? An idea? Well, the answer is yes and no. We have a general idea and will have a couple options but won’t decide or share until after he arrives. Not even family will know until then. I think I’ll always call him Kumquat though. Well, at least until he protests.

The countdown has begun….March 8 or whatever day he decides to arrive will be here before we know it. Holding my sister’s new baby girl, makes me so excited about holding our own baby and finally having him here. I love seeing James just as excited too. He is always rubbing my belly, talking to him and is really the best hubby a girl could have. He takes such good care of both of us. I know some days I am probably quite the pill but he is just as sweet as can be and lets me sit on the couch for as long as I need to. Haha! I am so thankful and so blessed! He is going to be an awesome father and I can’t wait to see him holding our son in his arms.

2012 is going to be quite the year for us. I think I am ready!

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