This Thursday I will be 28 weeks, officially starting my third trimester. I can't freaking wait. Seriously maybe it's because I am so impatient to meet this little one or perhaps because I am not that busy with work but the week milestones seem to tick by so slowly. Actually I am more excited about 30 weeks, for some reason that just seems closer. I feel like I am getting pretty huge and when people ask how far along I am December seems like such a far away answer. Hopefully once we get into October and I can say I'm into the 30-ish weeks it won't feel like such an eternity.
On Sunday I visited my good friend and her new little baby boy. He is so adorable, it makes my heart ache to meet my little boy! It's amazing how fast they grow. Her little 3 week old is so remarkably different from our other close friends 8 month old girl. The little boy is such a newborn and so little and helpless and the older little girl is about to crawl and eats baby food and seems like she is becoming a real little person. Looking at both of them I find it so hard to believe that I am growing a real person in my belly right now!
We have been thinking about names and I think we have settled on Owen for a first name. It is pretty classic but not super common or super weird. Who knows we might change a few more times, anyone have any comments on that name? I'd love some feedback :)
the overly honest musings of a late twenties newlywed who loves her life and is embarking on the struggle to start a family
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Thursday, 15 September 2011
Back to reality but life is good!
Well, I haven't posted in forever! Mainly because I spent almost my entire summer adventuring around the world! My husband and I went on an epic summer vacation which included a mediterranean cruise to Italy, Greece, Turkey, Israel and Egypt. It was the adventure of a lifetime. I am so glad we went, definitely the type of vacation that we won't be able to do (or afford) bringing along kids! Plus, now I can tell our little one that while you were in my belly I rode a camel at the pyramids!!! Lots of people might say that doing such crazy things while pregnant isn't good, but I say f*ck that! My first pregnancy I was crazy strict perfectionist about everything, wouldn't even take my dog for a walk if it was a little snowy out, and that ended in heartbreak, so clearly living life on eggshells doesn't prevent tragedy it just makes your life pass you by while you are waiting for the good stuff to happen. After our trip we also went to my hometown for a few weeks to relax and hang out with my family.
As for our little one......he is doing great! That's right, it's a boy! We found out mid-August! We haven't told anyone that we know, everytime someone asks us we just tell them we are not finding out. My husband really wanted to know and I didn't have the willpower to resist lol! The reason we aren't sharing that information with our family and friends is because we both really wanted that moment of announcing his sex and name to everyone after the delivery. We haven't decided on a name yet though!
I was pretty nervous for how our little one was doing after our trip because I wasn't feeling a whole lot of movement, but the ultrasound revealed that I have an anterior placenta which can muffle the feeling of movements. Now that I am a few weeks further along (26 today!) I can feel the movement much better and it is very comforting!
I haven't been working much at all, this year I am a substitute teacher. There have been a lot of cutbacks in our school system so there were no permanent of temporary jobs available so they placed me on the sub list. Being early in the school year I haven't been working most days as teachers aren't really going off sick or scheduling appointments etc. yet. The extended vacation has been kind of nice. Luckily my husband has a good job so we can financially handle it, but not working means not getting paid and my salary definitely helps us afford the fun stuff in life, like dinners out and epic summer vacations, so hopefully things pick up again soon!
Hope all is well with everyone out there in internet land! I hope to update more regularly now that fall is here and my fun summer travel has come to an end!
As for our little one......he is doing great! That's right, it's a boy! We found out mid-August! We haven't told anyone that we know, everytime someone asks us we just tell them we are not finding out. My husband really wanted to know and I didn't have the willpower to resist lol! The reason we aren't sharing that information with our family and friends is because we both really wanted that moment of announcing his sex and name to everyone after the delivery. We haven't decided on a name yet though!
I was pretty nervous for how our little one was doing after our trip because I wasn't feeling a whole lot of movement, but the ultrasound revealed that I have an anterior placenta which can muffle the feeling of movements. Now that I am a few weeks further along (26 today!) I can feel the movement much better and it is very comforting!
I haven't been working much at all, this year I am a substitute teacher. There have been a lot of cutbacks in our school system so there were no permanent of temporary jobs available so they placed me on the sub list. Being early in the school year I haven't been working most days as teachers aren't really going off sick or scheduling appointments etc. yet. The extended vacation has been kind of nice. Luckily my husband has a good job so we can financially handle it, but not working means not getting paid and my salary definitely helps us afford the fun stuff in life, like dinners out and epic summer vacations, so hopefully things pick up again soon!
Hope all is well with everyone out there in internet land! I hope to update more regularly now that fall is here and my fun summer travel has come to an end!
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