27 Weeks!

27 weeks...3rd trimester! I can't believe it's here. I always felt like being in the final trimester of pregnancy seemed so far away and now, it's time! I still have a good 3 months left, but when I think about how many months I've been pregnant already, 3 seems easy and it will go by so quickly. I'm really trying to enjoy each day without trying to rush things along too much. The boy will be here before we know it, so it's important to make sure that Jon and I soak up our last few months of being just the 2 of us. After the boy is here, Jon and I will never again have just ourselves (and our fur babies) to worry about. That's a crazy thought! But I am so excited and don't wish for a moment that we could have more time as just us. This baby will be the best thing that's ever happened in either of our lives.

Things are starting to come together. We have a house that we are for sure going to rent, and a lot of the nursery stuff is picked out and ordered. I am dying to move into the house and start decorating the nursery, but I will also be very sad to move out of my parents house. Sometimes I remember how lonely it felt when it was just Jon and I in our apartment, especially when he works late nights. I love having my family around all the time and never feeling alone. But soon after we move out, we will have another little family member joining us and keeping us company in our house, so hopefully I won't feel so lonely!

Speaking of that new little family member, he's doing great! He's growing and kicking and punching and moving and tickling me constantly. The baby websites say that he can open his cute little eyes now! Babies at 27 weeks are on average about 14 inches long and weigh 2 pounds! I can't wait to see what he looks like. He is still breech. My midwife couldn't tell by feeling my belly, but I can tell by where I feel harder kicks and softer punches. He definitely responds to any outside things pushing on my stomach. I was trying to listen to his heartbeat with my stethoscope the other night, and every time I pushed on a different place on my stomach, a little kick would follow.

I'm still feeling pretty well. I really can't complain, because I've had a pretty easy 2nd trimester and am hardly having any of the typical pregnancy symptoms. I've had no heartburn, constipation, leg cramps, tiredness, bloating, swelling, stretch marks, etc. I have been having back soreness every day, but that's because I didn't bother working out and strengthening my back these past 6 months, so it's my own fault. I am getting a cold or having bad allergies right now, so I'm all stuffed up and am more tired than normal. My stomach is starting to feel huge, and sometimes I feel like it's so big that it needs to just stick out more, but it can't. Does that make sense? Jon makes sure to remind me frequently that I'm still pretty small but that I'm definitely going to get huge. His friends at work say so. Thanks, babe. I wear maternity jeans sometimes, but mostly just my normal jeans still. They are more comfortable and I'm thinking of just buying more low cut regular jeans. I still wear all my normal shirts, too. It's funny, looking back to when I was first pregnant, I had NO idea what to expect as far as what I'd fit into at 5, 6, or 7 months along. I remember when I was trying to get pregnant, and was planning on being in a friends wedding. I calculated that if I got pregnant soon, I'd be 4 months pregnant for her wedding, at the most, so I ordered a dress 2 sizes too big, just to be safe. Looking back, I wasn't even showing at 4 months! I guess I thought I'd hit a certain point and not fit into any regular clothes, and I kind of figured that point would be at like 4 or 5 months. However, I think that as long as you're comfortable, it doesn't matter what kind of clothes you wear! Comfort is definitely my #1 priority when it comes to dressing now. As far as weight gain, I've gained about 4 or 5 pounds from my starting weight. Jon is also good at assuring me that his friends at work (who have babies already) say I'll gain a ton of weight in the last month or so. And I'm sure I will. But I don't want to be constantly reminded! Overall though, I still feel great and am grateful that I have a healthy baby and a healthy body.