29 Weeks

We have officially entered the third trimester. 11 more weeks to go if Jordan is here on time...I'm taking the first week of July, Chris thinks she'll be early. We will see who she takes after because Christopher would never be late, but I like to be right on time. Maybe 6/28 will be the day after all!

Jordan has grown to the size of a small cabbage and is pretty close to 3 lbs. The big development now is her brain is starting to form to prepare for all those smarts she's going to get from her parents when she gets here! I have still been feeling pretty good and relatively normal, although I know the next 11 weeks it won't be so easy. I hear people tell me how much they loved being pregnant, so I'm trying to enjoy every movement and every experience along the way. EXCEPT I had my first case of swollen feet the other day...not cool Jordan. Not cool.

 

We have had all sorts of movements over the past few weeks. The slight kicking and rolling I used to feel is now complete chaos inside me. Sometimes I sit at my desk and just stare at my stomach, I'm sure people in the cubes around me just think I'm napping. She will move on one side and ripple all the way across my stomach pressing her little head hard against my right side, sometimes up under my rib cage. Ok - little one, I get it..."let's go get some more ice cream". I'm convinced that's what she's trying to tell me...as long as Daddy's not around. Don't get me wrong, he let's me have my ice cream, as long as I haven't already had cake or cookies at work that day, I know he's just looking out for his girls! However, he did get me an ice cream cake from Jordan for my birthday this year...I'd say that's a pretty good first gift! :)

We are in the early stages of setting up Jordan's nursery, so here is the before shot with the crib and armoire that I just had to have. The rug swatch on the floor is the front runner, but we haven't purchased anything quite yet. Chris is supposed to start painting the walls grey this weekend and then we'll get ready to hang the chair rail if we can figure out how to be handy. There's only one way to learn handiness, and this little girl will need a handy dad for sure...I have no doubts Chris is up to the challenge (Maybe with some help).

I feel like Chris is getting more and more excited as the weeks progress and I'm starting to freak out a little more each day. No doubt that I'm over the moon excited, but I don't deal with the uncertainty and uknown anxiety quite as well as my husband. There are so many things that I know I will figure out when the time is here and I have faith in that, just need to keep reminding myself. I've started to have a few moments when she's really moving around at night that makes it so real and I do get so excited to hold her and start our life as our little family. We got a school/day care set up for Jordan and have her registered for when I go back to work around September. Add that to the list of scary things...dropping my baby girl off for the first time after being with her for 10 weeks. Ok - I've already been too mushy, moving on!

I like to throw in a regular picture of me and Chris every now and then just so we can come back and remember those last few months when it was just us. We have certainly loved our little married life that always seems to be on the go, but we are ready (well, ready as I'll ever be) to watch our little family grow this summer.