Glucose Testing

Today, Miles and I went for my glucose testing.  Miles was on his absolute best behavior the whole time.  He had a little "moment" when when I was given juice to drink and he was not allowed to have any of it, but other than that, Miles did a great job.  When it came time to the blood draw to check for my iron level, Miles was absolutely fascinated in watching the technician draw my blood.  Luckily the results all game back perfect.  We are continuing on in good shape from this front.

28 Week Belly Photos

Miles was more interested in playing than letting Daddy take this week's belly photos

"Hi Baby.  Hang in there!"

28 Weeks

Baby's starting to develop more fat, so their wrinkly skin will start to get smoother.
Baby's lungs are mature enough that they'd probably survive if Baby was born now. Wow!

Welcome to the third trimester! Moms-to-be who are at 28 weeks and beyond are known for their lack of sleep. I am trying to remember when I find yourself up in the middle of the night, do something relaxing. This is not the time to vacuum the house from top to bottom -- even though I have felt the urge to do that. Being in the third trimester also means much of mine and Baby’s anatomy are ready to go -- Baby's prepping for breathing, and my breasts already have colostrum, which is what Baby will eat the first few days until my milk comes in. I have also started feeling more Braxton Hicks contractions as my body gets ready for labor. Baby will keep getting bigger -- and smarter -- after week 28, and other than that, they just needs a few more finishing touches.

How far along: 28 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: +13.5 lbs

Pregnancy Symptoms: Unable to see my feet when standing straight up, back pain, headaches, overall crankiness, sciatic pain, difficulty sleeping, difficulty breathing when walking up a flight of steps... really, only one flight of steps, left foot pain from my previous break and left foot overall pain in general, increased urination... Here we go, and the beginnings of ankle/foot swelling
Maternity clothes: Yep, yep, yep.
Stretch marks: Nope

Sleep: Laying down for 6 hours.  I seem to sleep well one night and not at all the next.  Vicious cycle!
Best moment last week: Setting up Baby's bassinet
Movement: Getting stronger by the day, especially after 10PM.
Food cravings: Sweets, especially chocolate
Gender: Boy
Labor Signs: Braxton Hicks
Belly Button (in or out): I'm an outie!!!!!!!!!!!!
What I miss: Sleep
What I am looking forward to: Holding Miles again
Milestones: Made it through another week... Sounds silly, but not so silly in my case.

Attention, Attention... We Have Blinds!

After being in our house a little over a year and a half, we have finally made a decision on blinds for Miles and Baby's room! Daddy did a great job hanging them today!

The nursery is really beginning to come together!  If only it was painted!!

Baby's Basinett

As we are continuing to better organize the house, we chose to use this evening to get Baby's bassinet ready for Baby's arrival home.  We have not yet set up Baby's crib for when Miles and Baby begin to share a room after Baby is sleeping through the night, as we have some time on that one.  As we never know when Baby will arrive, we began clearing out space for Baby's bassinet in our master bath.  Not the most ideal spot in the house, however we will be able to have Baby in our room while still able to talk and have the lights on in our bedroom when Baby is sleeping, so a pretty nice compromise with all things considered.

Baby's new space before:

Daddy setting up the bassinet stand:

Time for Mommy to help out:

To help Miles continue to grow into his role as a big brother, we had him help as much as he wanted.  After we explained what the bed was for, he was very excited to help out in any way that he could.

After we were all finished getting the crib ready, Miles insisted there was one more thing to do... Put Baby's lion in Baby's crib.

Miles is going to be such a good big brother!  Thanks for all of your help big guy!

Baby, you have a bassinet to sleep in now... Don't get any wise ideas, it is cold out here.

Working on the Nursery

After almost a week of working on organizing the nursery, Daddy and I began to put the nursery back together today.  We have been working on organizing the room to allow for both Miles and Baby to comfortably fit in the room.  This organization included washing all of Miles old clothes, separating out the gender neutral clothing, buying organization containers, moving furniture, framing art and organizing all of the toys.  Needless to say it was a lot of work and we still have a lot of work to do before Baby arrives, but we are certainly getting there.  Soon, Miles and Baby will have a pulled together room, ready for best friends to play in.

Laundry, Laundry, Laundry

As more and more family and friends are continuing to predict that Baby is a girl, we are becoming more and more convinced that means that Baby must be a boy.  With that being said, and because I am getting a little tired of sitting around, I have decided to pull out all of Miles old clothing.  I have washed every piece of clothing and separated it by size and by possible unisex.  I now have everything in Tupperware tubs under Miles' bed labeled by size for when Baby does arrive.

The pile of newborn to 9 month clothing... Yikes!