28 weeks

Third TRI MES TER!!

Baby William is now an eggplant.  Information tells me that he should weigh babout 1.5-2.5 lbs now, but I'm just going to go ahead and say he's a whopping 20 lbs.  (Because I don't want to admit that the majority of that is actually my thighs)

I had the glucola test.  I love that drink.  No, I'm serious.   Really sweet to the point that it's almost fizzy sweet orange crush.  That's what it tastes like to me!  But I did notice that so much sweetness kind of upset my otherwise empty stomach by the time we headed to the doctor an hr after the drink for the blood test.  and I PASSED.  No gestational diabetes for me.  Which is awesome.  Because Curt was giving me a really hard time since I like me some candy!  

Also for the first time ever that my blood has been tested I was not anemic!  Yay for Raisin Bran!!!

Cravings:  still cheesey gooey warmness, lately I've really loved fruit, milk (after eating my raisin bran in the morning I usually refill my bowl with milk and tank it), NUTTY BARS (they are heaven), and sleep. haha

I went through the baby clothes tonight and I got so baby hungry seeing just how SMALL he is going to be!!    I'm still having a hard time picturing life with 3 kids and how I will juggle them all day.  Lucky for me I married such a good man and I know things will work out fine.  Getting a little nervous about the Cesarean.  Just thinking about having the stitches in me and the tenderness of the incision makes me a little woosey.  I'm worried also because there's no possible way that the recovery could be as amazing as it was the last two times.  I just can't be that lucky and it scares me to think of the alternative!  The date isn't set yet, but should be scheduled at our next appointment.  Sleep is still kind of difficult.  It takes me a long time to fall asleep and then I keep waking up with restless legs.  SUCH a pain!  Sometimes taking a warm bath before bed helps, but most of the time nothing helps!!!  It's especially difficult now because Hailey is going through a phase where every morning around 4 am she crawls into our small Full size bed with us and says "scuze me, scuze me mommy I wanna lie here."  just like that.  And squiggles her little way in between us so I'm pushed to the very edge.  I am trying to break her of it though.  She has always had this obsession with rubbing my ears when she's falling alseep and lately it is just too much for me!  So I usually say "mommy's too big for us to fit like this now, time to go to your own bed" and I carry her back to bed, give her a water sippie and leave.  MOST nights she'll stay in her bed but frequently she'll wait 10 minutes and start the whole thing over.  Ugh!  as if pregnancy sleeping wasn't hard enough.  Luckily she still takes 2 hour naps every day and I can usually catch about an hour of that for myself on the couch (or actually in bed if Curt is home) while Matthew watches a movie.  My "mask of pregnancy" is getting darker and more annoying the longer summer goes on.  hopefully it fades quickly and completely afterwards.  I LOVE the way Matthew and Hailey talk to my belly as if they already know this child!  At the doctor's office the OBGYN asked if we had any questions.  Matthew's hand shot up and the doctor says "yes?"  Matthew says "uhhh, well I don't really know WHY there is a baby in my mommy's belly, but I am going to love him so much every day!"  I laughed so hard!  I love my kids and can't wait for this little one to join us!