T-Minus 10 Weeks!!

I guess since I've hit and passed the huge milestone of the 3rd trimester and am now 30 weeks along, I should post an update.

30 Weeks

Today marks Week 30! I've started jogging again. Not quiet running but it feels good to get my blood pumping again. Since I slowed down on exercising for the past 7 weeks, I can tell I've gained a little more weight than I probably should have while being pregnant. Not fun. But I have high hopes that I can get back into some shape that's not just a huge blob.

I'm lucky to say that I still do not have an outtie belly button nor any stretch marks. Thank you Fish Oil!

For the past three or four days I have started getting more uncomfortable. I'm finally feeling pregnant! As miserable as aches and pains are, I'm thrilled to be experiencing what every expectant Mom talks about. Every so often my tailbone starts to hurt. I woke up one morning and it was killing me! I guess it has to do with the way Peanut is laying. He will push against something (I forget what it is) and it will trigger pain in my tailbone. Weird. A long with my painful tailbone, my left side hurts a bunch from my rib cage. It hurts mostly when I've been sitting for awhile and when I lay down. I have one rib that pokes out from all of the belly expansion and because of it, it kills to lay on my left side. I'm pretty limited on sleeping positions now. I mostly sleep on my right side. Just today I started getting slightly painful kicks from Peanut. It feels like really strong muscle spasms and so far has occurred mostly on my right side.

Honestly though, I really do enjoy having these pains. It's just more reassurance, aside from all of the kicking and punching that's going on inside my belly, that I have a little guy growing in me and that makes all of this discomfort worth it!

I can't WAIT to meet my little man. It's driving me crazy!! I held my cousin-in-law's 3 week old baby boy, Miles, the other day (I even had the privilege of babysitting him for a little while a couple days before that) and it made my heart ache to hold my own son. I can't describe the feeling I get when I long to hold my son. It's so strong and incredible. I love my baby so much already.

Preston and I have been working on Peanuts room a little more. We've picked up supplies to build a closet system and we're going to start working on it this evening. I've also been busy with some sewing projects which I will have to write about and post later. I'm so excited for my baby to have and use them.

Life is very exciting for us these days and will only be getting more exciting. I love my husband so much and couldn't have asked for a better Father to my children. Preston will be, without a doubt, the best Daddy! He is so cute with our little man already as is just as anxious as I am to meet our little Peanut.

Week: 30
Cravings of the Week: Root Beer Floats

Unbelievable

Can you believe it because I can't.
Our garden area has been tilled!!

For the past couple of weeks we have been working hard to get our garden prepared for some growing. I weeded, Preston tilled and we put down clear plastic together to kill all the seeds from the weeds. It only takes a couple of weeks (some say days, others say weeks) to kill off everything but I think this year we're just going to leave the plastic down all season. I don't know if I can keep up with being a new mom, photography and learning how to garden all in one year. We're probably going to plant some tomatoes and squash on the end of the garden just so we can get some experience in before next year.

We are looking forward to having a garden!

Duke was so cute and did a great job at being a watch dog. I'm pretty sure he was afraid the tiller was going to attack Preston but thanks to Dukes impressive watching skills, Preston returned in alive and without injury at the end of the day.






Amongst all of our dead weeds, spring is found :)




FINAL RESULT

Before


After