6.5 Months (26 weeks)

Hi Ya'll, Sorry i'm slacking on blogging lately..
We are 26 weeks today! Only 98 days to go!.. we have made it under the 100 day mark.. SO CRAZY.

As you can see from the straight belly shot to the right, I have definitely grown since he has started to plump up. He is now about 14.5 inches long and 1 2/3 pounds. He is now inhaling and exhaling small amounts of amniotic fluid which is important for the developement of the lungs.

As far as symptoms go; ichy belly, lower back/hip pain (still), loving cupcakes, milk has started to come in (SO WIERD), feeling lots of movement, not sleeping very well.. all the usual.

The last Dr appointment (24 weeks) went really well. I am gaining weight at the appropriate rate, the heartbeat is strong, he is moving and growing consistently and all looked good & healthy. The next Dr appt is at 28 weeks and I have to do the Glucose test to test for Gestational Diabetes. I have to drink this lovely orange sugar syrup and hour before the appt then get pricked exactly an hour after to see how my body has processed the sugar in my blood. I feel icky just thinking about it but it will be over soon.
I've been collecting more things for the nursery and trying to get organized as much as possible. But, the wait for the bank to approve our offer on the house is getting frusterating. Patience has always been a challenging thing for me :).. The hope is they approve it and we are in just in time for Trenton to grace us with his presence, but we are sure cutting it close! Baby shower stuff is starting to come up too which will be fun. I've been trying to build a registry on Target.com when I see or hear of items that Mom's rave about. So much stuff! Trying not to register for all the little things though.. enough is enough :)

Not much new news.. I feel like we are in waiting mode right now; waiting for the house, waiting for the baby, waiting to put together a nursery, waiting waiting waiting. I'm not good at that.. did I mention Patience isn't my thing? ha.. But, we are getting more and more excited about how close we are to meeting our baby boy.. It gets more real everyday. We cannot wait for the holidays this year :) All in all 2012 has been a BIG year for us and we feel so blessed for everything that has/is happening in our lives. We have so much to be thankful for.

Hope you are all having a wonderful week. Wish we could be in Idaho with my family visiting the rest of the fam and staying on beautiful Hayden Lake! So jealous.. Thinking of you all.. love you xo

Thanks for reading!

Hugs, Tay.