Baby Showers & 29 weeks

The past 2 weekends I have had back to back showers.  The first was my friends shower and the second (taking place this past weekend) was my combined family shower.  Wow, we are totally blessed to have some wonderful people in our lives!  People were so generous and and I can't begin to say enough nice things about the people that helped to throw these showers for us. 

Getting all this baby stuff home and put away was alot more time consuming than I had anticipated.  Not that I'm complaining, because it was so much fun!  I can't wait to complete this sweet little baby's nursery.  I know she won't know the difference (whether everything looks just right or not) but for some reason it's important to me and makes me happy to be spending all this time in her nursery making sure things will look just right when I'm done.

Oh and we finally decided on a name: Oliva Grace.  It feels good to have that hurdle over with.  :)

Here are some pictures of the current progress of her room:

The pack n play is not staying in her room, but we're keeping it in there for now.

How far along?
29 weeks 4 days

How are you feeling? 
Feeling pretty good!  Acid reflux is still around and the back pain persists but it's nothing too terrible.  Starting to have to get up in the night and pee again.    

Cravings? 
Ehh, nothing really...although I'm really looking forward to all the food tomorrow!

What are you missing?
Running and some wine

What are you looking forward to? 
Thanksgiving tomorrow!!

Baby Purchases?
Oh yeah, lots.  We had our showers the last 2 weekends.  Afterwards, we made our returns and then got a lot of the stuff off our registry (except I still need to update it since we forgot to have them do that at the store).  Pretty much all the big stuff is done with the exeption of a few items.  I'm feeling much more prepared now. 

Weight Gain/Loss?
+20

 

Some pics from my most recent shower (not the best quality)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Third Trimester, Here I come!!

This little peanut has been so active lately!  It seems like she is constantly moving around in there.  Also, when I put my hand on my belly now, the movements feel much stronger.  When I wake up in the middle of the night I usually can feel her moving around then too!  She really likes to hang out and jam herself right under the right side of my rib cage.  It's either her head or her butt in there but it's been making it difficult to be comfortable when sitting at my desk.  Sometimes I try to give her a gentle push to get her to move and that seems to relieve some of the pressure.  It makes me wonder how uncomfortable this will continue to get as she grows.  I guess I'll find out shortly. :)

How far along?27 weeks 4 days

How are you feeling? 
Still can't complain too much since I feel pretty good.  I only ran once last week and I really have no motivation at this point to continue running.  Achiness sets in faster now when I am active as a reminder that I can't do normal activities like I used to.  I'm also noticing that the energy that I was loving seems to be waning with each day.  I'm not nearly as exhausted as I was in first tri though, so that is a positive! 

New Symptoms?
Acid reflux isn't new but it seems to be intensifying lately.  I think that's whats causing all the burping.  It's involuntary and really hard to hold in, causing some embarrassment at times (like work).  My sciatica has been acting up quite a bit in the last week as well.

Cravings? 
Still mostly sweets

What are you missing?
Some sushi and wine sound pretty good

Maternity Clothes?
Yup

What are you looking forward to? 
My showers (taking place over the next 2 weekends)

Baby Purchases?
Nothing lately but I'm sure we'll get quite a few things on Black Friday 

Weight Gain/Loss?
+17-18