28 weeks - Start of 3rd Trimester

I feel like I've been seriously lacking in the "updating on my pregnancy" department. Hopefully Mary won't get jealous of how many more pregnancy posts there were for Lydia. Anyway, this post is almost 3 and a half weeks late, and I hope to take another pic this Wednesday and do a 32 week update, so this will be short and sweet.

Baby Bump Pic:

Weight: 191lbs (+21 to my pre-pregnancy weight of 170lbs (No fun that my pre-pregnancy weight worked out timing wise that it was also my post-holiday weight. Boo! I had been doing so much better weight wise)) I made a goal at the beginning of this pregnancy to stay under 200 lbs. My thought process was that I could have easily done that with Lydia had I stayed a little more active and not gone on my Salt and Vinegar chip binge right at the end that made me gain so much in the last month. My pre-pregnancy weight with her was 184. That's 14 more than it was with Mary, but my end of 1st trimester weight was the same for both - 162 lbs. I topped out at 212 lbs with Lydia (15 of those pounds were gained in the last 6 weeks). However, this pregnancy even with me doing my best to eat healthier, stay more active, give in to unhealthy cravings only when it is making me nauseous not to and even then only eating them in strict moderation my weight just keeps creeping up there. Obviously I'm not going to do some crazy diet or weight loss program while I am pregnant cause that's not safe for me or Mary. Instead I just shrug and say "Oh well." Honestly, I still feel like I look a lot better at this point than I did with Lydia, so don't worry that I am getting down on myself about this at all. I'll just keep trying to be healthy and active, and then after Mary comes I'll worry about losing the weight, whatever it ends up being, in the most efficient nursing-friendly way possible :)

Cravings: Nothing huge. There was one night that Robert went at 11:30pm to get me a Sonic breakfast burrito. Other than that it's more of moods I get into, like "I want something (sweet/salty/fruity/spicy/fill-in-the-blank) right now." which is nice because then I can make healthier choices to satisfy the craving.

I guess that's enough of an update for now since I'll be doing another one so soon. More details in a week about how we are doing at 32 weeks! :)

Lydia's New Face

This is Lydia's new face. We think she might do it simply to make us laugh or to watch us do it in return. She does it all the time but never on command unless she is already in a spurt of doing it. I was very lucky to get a picture of it. We think it's hilarious :)


P.S. As of today I'm officially in my 3rd trimester!!! Mary will be here before we know it, along with all of our other exciting life changes. It'll be a fun 3 months!