magical and glowy

Wow, it has been a really long time.  

I've been busy keeping up with my toddler and growing another little human.

This baby boy is kicking my butt.  I don't feel nearly as glowy and magical as I did with my first pregnancy.  I think the fact that I had to take my wedding ring off more than a month ago can speak for itself.  My belly button has lost all hope.  It has already stretched to capacity and I fear that my Harry Potter lightening bolt stretch mark will resurface soon.

I've been looking at pictures from when I was full term with Evaleigh and I am not too far off from that now.  I still have 2.5 more months of baby growing to do.

We are in to the 3rd trimester now and it seems so fast!  I still love being pregnant despite the summer heat and swollen feet.  AMM beats me up.  He is already so different than EJ.  She was a little roller and stretcher when I was pregnant with her.  This boy will shove his feet in to my ribs and push.  Or he will kick and punch for 20 minutes with no break.  I love thinking about how strong he is getting in there.  Since John was over 10 lbs when he was born I'm afraid I'm going to birth the equivalent of a 3 month old with a mustache.  

I don't have one single thing for this baby except for a preemie outfit I bought at Target on sale.  Because lets be honest newborns dont fit in newborn clothes so I thought I would go ahead and get something to take him home in.  But at his current growth rate I'll need to bring a few 3 month onesies to the hospital.  

The second time around is so low key.  Since we will be moving 2 months after he is born I haven't done anything for a nursery.  He will just sleep in the bassinet by our bed until we move.  So as much as I would love to be nesting right now and making him a little space I am just content with leaving Evie's room as is and doing something for him at our new place of residence.

Evie is already obsessed with 'babeeeee' brother.  She will hug and squeeze and kiss my belly all day long.  She tries to give the baby toys and milk through my ever stretching belly button.  She also likes to try to get him to smell things like vanilla candles.  I've been showing her cartoon pictures of babies in bellies and pictures of newborns in the hospital.  She is making little connections and I can't wait to see her with our little boy!

30 weeks down...10 (most likely 9) to go!

I got what I wanted I got what I wanted!!!!

Tuesday we went to have a 4d ultrasound done of our little lady.

This place in Buckhead is amazing because not only do they give you dozens of pictures BUT they record the entire ultrasound session and you take home a DVD and watch it again and again.  Or if you are like me, you fall asleep while watching it sitting up in bed then you wake up with a ferocious neck cramp.  YOWZA.  

I blame pregnancy narcolepsy.

We took my mother and I am oh so glad.  There is nothing like seeing her get so excited to see her granddaughter.  

EJ is one lucky broad.  

Her other Grammy even stayed up and anxiously awaited the pictures to be sent to her via email and fawned over each and every one.

It is a miracle to see that little thing in there moving around.  It was like peeking in to heaven.  

We got to see her open and close her tiny fists, stick out her tongue, drink some amniotic fluid (YUM!), stretch her neck back, and smile.  

SMILE.

Truly, one of the happiest moments of my life so far.  

I was talking to her and I said, "Evaleigh, you are SO beautiful"  and in that very moment...she smiled.  It was like she heard me.  Pure coincidence, perfect timing?  I'm just not sure but that baby girl gave her mama the best gift she could that day.

The ultrasound tech said that she had some seriously rockin' lips. 

I GOT WHAT I WANTED I GOT WHAT I WANTED!

EJ has her daddy's plump lips.

Is it bad if I admit that that is something I literally prayed for?

Here is our little contortionist.  She had all four limbs right up next to her beautiful face.  

We got 79 pictures but I am sure that they are not all as exciting to everyone else as they are to us so I will use a great deal of will power and restrain myself and just post two. 

(even though i'd like to show off her glorious profile her foot and nose and lips and long fingers and her elbows and the hair that the tech said she already has and about 20 angles of the killer pouty lips she is sporting.)

I'm going to be one of those moms.  

Hold me back.

grunt.......groan

We are twenty nine weeks (30 on Saturday).  

I can't believe I have been pregnant for 7 months.  

That's a long time.  

I am starting to get anxious to meet her.  I think going to the hospital made everything quite real.  I can't stop thinking about meeting her for this first time.  We are going for an elective 4d ultrasound today.  We will get to see a little peek at what her face looks like.  I kind of feel like we are cheating but it has been 2 and a half months since our last ultrasound and I am dying to see how she has grown.

I know I have...

Today I have piles of laundry to hang up and no motivation with which to start.  I am feeling quite overwhelmed with EJ's nursery as I am alone during the days most of the time.  I haven't really stepped foot in there in over a week.  Hopefully we can make some headway in there this weekend.  

I think I will try to finish reupholstering the couch in there today.  I CANNOT WAIT to show it off.  It was my great grandmother's couch, so stayed tuned for that project.  

Here is a little sneak peek.....

I better get my hiney in gear and work in there while I can still manage.  I miss the days where I didn't let out a large GRUNT or GROAN every time I leaned over to pick something up.  She is sitting so low I feel like I have a bowling ball in my tum.

P.S. Thank You to Spearmint Baby for our little feature.  We will be sure to send the finished Nursery Pictures your way!