Life After I "Dew"

Here we are, 25 weeks, so close to being done with the 2nd trimester and entering my third and final trimester.  Holy cow!

I am still feeling great!  I mean great, really.  I have said it a hundred times over, if I didn't know I was pregnant I wouldn't know. Minus the fact that I feel him moving constantly and my clothes continue to get smaller.

Baby boy has been very active lately, mostly at night, and I love it. I have to say that feeling movement is definitely the best part of pregnancy and the part that I'll miss the most.  Love feeling baby kicks!

Still haven't had any outrageous pregnancy symptoms. No weird cravings, no unusual aches & pains, no crazy dreams.  I'd say the only thing I'm noticing is that I get tired a lot quicker.  Walking on the treadmill has become and actual workout. Where I was walking at a 3.5 and incline of 3, now I can only do 2.5 at incline 3. And I'm sweating when it's done.  So that's fun.  But, at least I'm still exercising, right?

Sleep has been decent.  I wake up about 2-3 times a night, whether to go to the bathroom or to get comfy.  I have to sleep with a pillow between my legs or else my hips hurt something fierce.  I'm normally a tummy sleeper so I have figured out a way to position the pillows just so and it almost feels like I'm sleeping on my stomach again, almost.

Baby James might end up being called Weston.  I told Jimmy earlier this week that it's weird that we never really refer to him as James and how I was calling Kendall by her name from the day we found out she was a girl.  I don't know if I'm not sold on the name or if it's just because I need to see him first or what but we have been talking about calling him by his middle name, Weston.  We'll see.  I think we're going to wait till he gets here to decide.

Did I mention I don't want to get any bigger?  Because I don't. I'm perfectly happy {not really} at this size and if this ended up being the biggest I got I'd be happy.  I know that's not going to happen so we'll deal with it.  With that being said I am so motivated to get back to working out again.  I am more motivated and ready this time than I was with Kendall and I'm actually looking forward to tracking my calories and running again.

And for comparison purposes, because who doesn't like a good comparison photo, here I was at 25 weeks with Kendall. I'm definitely more round this time and I like that a lot better than that weird ski-slope belly I had going on with her.  At this point with her I was complaining about my feet hurting a lot so I'm thankful that that is not the case this time. I had also been having a lot of dreams {that ended up being true once she was born} and I've had a few like that this time so I'm curious to find out if they'll be true as well.

Up next on our baby agenda is finishing the nursery.  It's so close to being done and it's coming together so perfectly I could pee a little.  The walls and furniture have been painted, the curtains are hung, the clothes are in the drawers.  We still need to put the crib together, get the bedding and changing pad cover, and hang the prints on the wall and it'll be a finished boy nursery.  I can't wait to share it with you.

For now I'm trying to take it easy when I can, rest more per Jimmy's demand request.  I'm trying to soak up this pregnancy and not wish it by too fast because I know it will the the last.  With that being said, I'm thinking about doing maternity/family pictures.  I didn't think I wanted too but now my BFF did them and a few of my fellow pregnant blog friends and I'm starting to get the itch to take some too.  I feel like we need to document this time.  We didn't do them with Kendall and I don't regret it but I think I would if we skipped them this time around.  So, stay tuned, maybe I'll have some to share before long.