GOODBYE 27, HELLO 28

28 weeks, 5 days

Today is the last day of being 27 years old. Tomorrow is my birthday, and I am thankful that I will only be 28. I don't dread approaching 30. I just dread approaching 30 with a newborn. So luckily, by the time my 30th birthday rolls around I will have a rambunctious 2 year old running around. Well, an almost 2 year old. Good enough! It's hard to believe I am celebrating my last birthday before becoming a mother. Well, I guess technically, some might already consider me a mom with her child still growing in her belly.

Wow. It's super crazy.

I pre-registered at the hospital about a month ago. It was the craziest thing to be filling out paperwork and where it concerned Gwen to write relationship to patient? Mom. That's the first time I had ever written those words while referring to myself and it seriously blew. my. mind.

So goodbye 27, hello 28! What a year it will be!

THIRD TRIMESTER HERE I COME!

27 weeks, 5 days

This coming Tuesday I will hit 28 weeks. That means I am officially in my third trimester! Two down and one to go - amazing. Second trimester, much like first trimester, was good to me. While first trimester did bring some fatigue, some soreness, etc., second trimester was decently "golden". I had a few issues with infections but nothing that was too extreme. Sleep still is decent. I did experience a few nights of insomnia - but I am not quite big enough to be completely uncomfortable. I also seem to be waking up a little less to use the bathroom in the middle of the night; the calm before the storm as I am sure once Gwen starts putting on the baby fat she'll find my bladder to be quite the pillow.

I have my next doctor's appointment this coming Wednesday and from here on out I will have an appointment every two weeks. That is really going to help speed time up. Waiting a whole month between visits seemed like an eternity, but every two weeks will seem incredibly short. Just another two months of that and then it's on to weekly appointments!

100 DAYS TO GO!

25 weeks, 5 days

It's official! I have a 100 more days of pregnancy (assuming the average pregnancy lasts 280 days). I am thrilled and amazed at just how fast the past 180 days have flown by. Tomorrow I will have 99 more days and finally be in the "double digits". Hard to believe a whole season has come and gone as we found out we were pregnant in March and now it is August!

I have a feeling that time will continue to whiz by thanks to a lot of things to look forward to in the coming months! This month we have two childbirthing classes to attend followed by my brithday. Next month is my baby shower. In October I hope to have a maternity photoshoot thanks to an awesome co-worker with an equally amazing camera and talent for taking pictures! Halloween will sneak up on us and by then I am literally 2 WEEKS away from the big day (hopefully!)

So in celebration of 100 days to go here is a picture my husband took of me and made into a beautiful keepsake. Isn't the shirt adorable? And the poem reads:

A year is a circle, twelve months in a row,

filled with so much to see and to know.

A year is a garland, four seasons in all,

a Spring, a Winter, a Summer, a Fall.

A year is a ring of new days and nights,

each of them bringing a thousand delights.

A year is a gift of Time all brand new,

and THIS year is waiting especially for YOU!