I’m 32 weeks pregnant and time is still flying by! I can’t believe it’s been 2 weeks since my last update and it’s feeling very real that we’re no more than 8-9 weeks away from meeting our little one! I’m really starting to feel the pressure to get things done around the house and checked off my “before baby comes” checklist. That list includes finishing up the biggest house projects: our 2nd floor, living room, and kitchen are top priority, unpacking all our boxes once we finally move upstairs into our master bedroom and set up the nursery, freezing food to live off of for the first while after baby gets here, and generally making sure life is pulled together. There’s so much to do and knowing we’re running out of time is a little stressful.
One of the fun things of the last 2 weeks is that my childhood friend, Lisa, got married! I was a bridesmaid in her wedding and I am so thankful for 2 things looking back now. First, that it wasn’t a week later because the day of her wedding was overcast and generally cooler/lower humidity and this past Sunday was hot, sunny, and very humid. I would have really struggled! Second, on the timeline of weight gain, I had a major growth spurt last week and as the dress was altered, it would not have fit me at all if it had been this last weekend!
We’re 3/4 of the way done with this pregnancy now at 30 weeks and this little jumping bean isn’t far off from making his debut! The most exciting news to share is that I passed my glucose screening and I don’t have gestational diabetes!!! I had fully expected to be told that I’d have to go back for the 3-hour test so it was a huge relief to get the all-clear. I think it would have felt like too much to be put on a strict diet for the rest of the pregnancy on top of dealing with my daily (soon to be twice daily) shots and nausea. My test wasn’t until 2:15 in the afternoon so I ate a breakfast of 6 scrambled eggs around 9:30-10 am. I don’t know if it made a difference but I didn’t want to be on the border of having to go back so I avoided carbs that day until after my test. We stopped at Wawa on the way home and I got a side macaroni salad, a sub, and a donut.
We’re trying to power through projects on our new house before the baby gets here so our upstairs is still a construction zone. We just had new windows installed and we’re getting ready to paint after all the wallpaper stripping before the new carpet comes. You can barely tell that this is a really old faded green carpet. Can you spot the cat?
Finally into the 3rd and final trimester of this pregnancy!!! I’m thankful that the weeks don’t feel like they’re dragging but I don’t think that feeling is going to last much longer… Our house is coming along very slowly but I’m hoping it’s about to pick up. My brother is out of school next week and I might kidnap him to help me get stuff done. We have some relatives coming down in a few weeks to really help us get things accomplished around here so I’m hoping we’re able to get a lot done before the baby comes. I really want to feel fully moved in so I don’t have to worry about it once he’s arrived.
In my last update I shared the saga of the dying insects that made me cry which is funny because we had to kill a wasp/nest last weekend on our front porch which made me really sad for whatever reason. This time I have another emotional drama to share.
Last Friday, Brady and I went to Panera for lunch. We both asked for Summer Corn Chowder (my favorite Panera item, maybe tied with Autumn Squash Soup), filled up our water cups, and found a seat. The table I chose had a cup of water left on it and some used napkins so Brady threw them away while I had a seat. This guy comes along and looks at me weird and goes, “I was sitting there.” I just looked at him for a moment and then mentioned well there was trash so it didn’t look like it had been claimed (is a water cup really claiming a table??) He continues to give me this stupid look so I was like whatever! I grabbed my umbrella, purse and water and started getting up. At this point he’s like you can sit there but he’d already made me feel like I dumb or something so I just left and went and sat somewhere else. He didn’t even end up sitting there himself…
Well I’m waiting for Brady to come back with our soups feeling frustrated and emotional about the table situation. He brings them over and I’m looking at them like… these aren’t corn chowder. “Are you sure?” One whiff later. “Yup, these are clam chowder.” I almost threw up. I can’t handle the smell of seafood even when I’m not pregnant. He went to switch them out but it was already enough to push me over the edge. Poor Brady comes back with the right soups to see me sitting there bawling my eyes out. It’s interesting that both of these stories have me crying after getting really nauseous. Oh well, that’s pregnancy for ya.
In other exciting news, we had our baby shower on Sunday! My sister did an awesome job of planning a shower for us before she leaves for the summer next week. It was fun getting dressed up since it’s a rare thing these days. You can read my shower recap here which includes a special memory of my mom.
On Sunday my sister threw us the sweetest Peter Rabbit Baby Shower! We had the shower “early” at 28 weeks for a typical baby shower since my sister leaves for summer camp in Tennessee next week. It works out well that it was early though because it gives us a few weeks to really finish up the nursery and get organized before I’m in the depths of the third trimester.
With a Peter Rabbit baby shower, there are so many opportunities for adorable set ups and I was blown away by the effort put in by my sister, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law (with help from other family members as well!) It was overwhelming to receive so much love in anticipation of our little one’s arrival but I am so grateful.
My dress is a non-maternity wrap dress that I ordered from Just Fab (so I could finally cancel my subscription). I ordered it in an XL and had to do some tailoring myself to get it to fit normally since the waist is supposed to sit much lower. It took about 1-2 hours for me to get it right, but I’m so glad I was able to figure it out since I felt really pretty in the dress and it seemed like the perfect baby shower dress for a hot day!
The weeks are quickly slipping by for now and it’s hard to believe that by the next update I post, I’ll officially be in the 3rd trimester! We’re also officially under 100 days until I reach 40 weeks!
I have a story that I should have shared last time but I forgot and it’s still worth sharing.
It was my husband’s birthday weekend and we were about to do the dishes (handwashing at the moment until we install our dishwasher). I looked out into our screened porch and noticed a large wasp flying around. The last time I was stung by a wasp, I ended up in the hospital so I needed it to go ASAP. Brady eventually got it pinned using a cup against the screen but it was mad and there wasn’t much Brady could do but hold it there. I doused the wasp in Oxi Clean from the other side of the screen and Brady left it in the yard to die a slow death…
A few minutes later, while I was drying dishes, I came across a cricket in one of our drawers. There was no way to get it out easily and I ended up crunching it into a paper towel. It was gross and now I’m pacing in the kitchen saying, “I’m going to throw up, I’m going to throw up.” Brady is looking sympathetic but says, “Pregnancy has turned you into a wuss”. Cue instant tears. I bawled for the next 5-10 minutes for no explainable reason but pregnancy hormones and the death of two “animals” in a matter of minutes. It’s easy to laugh now that I was distraught over something so trivial but I was I was a mess there for a bit.
Currently, he is the size of a large zucchini at 11.8 inches and 1.3 pounds!
Weight Gain
I’ve now gained about 4 pounds from my pre-pregnancy weight which isn’t surprising as my appetite is really starting to pick back up. I’m having issues with food and nausea and general but it isn’t affecting my appetite much anymore.
