77 more days!  Yowsers!

Where, oh where have two trimesters already gone!?!? 29 weeks today!!!

Yesterday we had the joy of seeing this little one via ultrasound again.  What a perfect day to journal about pregnancy at this point.  And my mind goes blank.  I'm both tired and forgetful.

The baby looks GREAT!  I was a little late on getting my glucose test, because of being away on our trip, but the doctor wasn't concerned, since I have no other pre-disposing factors.  I got to drink the orange kool-aid immediately prior to the ultrasound which was fun.  The baby was going crazy!!!  The heart beat was 151bpm.  The tech laughed and pointed out fuzz (which I had a hard time seeing) and said that it looked like the baby is gonna have some hair!  Surprise, surprise.  Maybe this baby will look just like Avery.  I'm partial to babies with hair   All of Avery's pregnancy I wished for heartburn (don't slap me) because of the old wives tail about heartburn and hair.  Welp, I had none with Avery and have had none this go round....so we'll see!

The baby was measuring bone-wise and weight wise 1-2 weeks ahead.  She said the approximate weight was 3lbs, which is what it should weigh in two weeks.  Uh-oh we have another chubby one   Of course I know they are all estimates, and I'll be shocked if the baby gets much bigger than Avery was.  She was average weight at 7lb 7oz.  Avery, with all of her ultrasounds, measured exactly where she should have week by week.

I can say this pregnancy is very similar to my pregnancy with Avery.  I don't recall all of the ins and outs to compare, but I feel like I look the same and feel relatively the same.  I am still running, which I was unable to do at this point with Avery due to bleeding.  I say "unable."  I had said I would stop running, but my OB said she didn't think that running had anything to do with the bleeding.  She gave me no restrictions since everything was "checking out" okay.  Because I was overly (and rightly) cautious I ran here and there from weeks 28 until about 32.  At 32 weeks I transitioned to walking lots, and walking lots and lots of hills.  For me, my belly just became too uncomfortable!  Because I wasn't running I'd pick the hilliest routes and go power walking for exercise.  At this point with number 2 I'm still comfortable running (or now jogging) so I'm still on the flattest routes I can find...which isn't always simple.  I've been tired in the evenings whether I run or not, thus I haven't tossed it out yet.  I'm hoping I can continue on my original workout plan for as long as possible...run 3-4 times a week and swim once....as well as some sort of strength training.  Blah, blah, blah.  I know it's all boring, but it makes me a happy momma!!

I'm not really craving anything specific anymore.  I also haven't hit the ALWAYS hungry stage.....yet.  I'm sure it's around the bend!  We are on a 30 day salad plan, so other than getting sick of salads, food is food.  And even though I'm not constantly hungry, you'd be amazed at what this girl can pack away in one day.  I'd be embarrassed to share!

Picking up Avery and carrying her around is officially NOT comfortable!  I don't mind holding her, or as she'd say "hold you," but only for so long.  She's not a light load!  Ha ha!  I'm still sleeping really well, although I've entered the stage of having to wake up when it's time to shift my weight or roll over.  I guess that's the way it's gonna be from here on out.  My legs are also cramping like crazy at night.  Who ever thought your quad could cramp!  I thought it was just the calf muscle and toes that cramped!  Well not with this pregnancy.  I have felt muscles cramp that I didn't know existed, even being a PT! 

So pregnancy, at this point, is nothing crazy.  I am tired.  I am getting bigger. But we're also getting much closer to the big day.  Which, by the way, is coming way too fast!!!

We decided on a great, solid wood, crib and dresser on Craig's list.  After we bought it Shawn wanted to repaint it, so we're in the process of fully refinishing both pieces.  We're following some great online resources, so the materials used are very baby-safe!  My goal is to get it completed by mid-June.  We'll see if that happens!  And the plan right now is to add the furniture to Avery's room.  I'm fully okay with my young children sharing rooms, even if they are different genders.  We'll see if that changes once this one arrives. 

By the way, I'm still 96% sure this is a girl. 

Alright.  Time to clean.  Here's to 29 weeks!

Kissy lips!