7 Quick Tuesday Takes
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 9:28AM It's a dreary, rainy Tuesday, I got about 6 hours of sleep, and am having trouble remaining upright without dozing off. So here we go.
1. Tomorrow I will be 28 weeks pregnant and officially enter the third trimester. Holy crap. Third trimester, as in there are no more trimesters. In two weeks, I'll be 30 weeks... which is the last group of 10 weeks. The tens, twenties, thirties... and the big 40. Absolutely crazy to think about.
2. The Force kicks on a daily basis now. I haven't yet figured out exactly when he kicks, but I've noticed he kicks if I'm really hungry and he also tends to kick a bit after I eat, and then he chills, like he's in a food coma. He also tends to kick when I lie down in bed for the night. The other night I had my netbook resting on my belly and he kicked and moved it!
3. We still keep Buster in the kitchen when we're not home or if we need to get something done - like put something together or eat something in front of the TV in the living room. Well, the other day I was carrying a plate and a drink while trying to get over the baby gate in the kitchen doorway... and I tripped. Thankfully, I just mainly fell on my right knee and secondarily on my left. My stomach never touched the floor (AND I saved most of my drink, but not the food). But the next day, I felt like The Force wasn't kicking as much and I worried all day - but that was the Saturday I had to work and then we spent hours at IKEA so he doesn't usually kick as much when I'm up and about. That night he started kicking more and the next day kicked his normal amount... but it was worrisome for a while. I'll be glad when I can go back to knocking my own body around without having to worry about the fact that I'm protecting someone else.
4. Buster is getting better, little by little. It's kind of like two steps forward and one step back. The hubby says there's "Base Buster" - the basic dog Buster is when he's not in full on, crazy puppy mode. This is the Buster we'll eventually see all the time if we stick with the training and have a bit of luck. When he's in Base Buster mode, he's awesome... when he's Crackhead Buster, though, he makes me want to curl up under a cover and wait for him to grow up.
5. We've reached the point in February where I'm tired of winter. I really love winter, but at this point (late February), I'm always ready for spring to head on in. Sunday morning, as I lay in bed and peered through the blinds to see the snow still sitting on the ground, I had such a strong urge to pull the covers over my head and wait for someone to tell me flowers were blooming.
6. Tomorrow the hubby and I are finally registering for the baby shower. My sister is coming with us since she's giving us so much stuff, we want to make sure we don't register for duplicates and that what we do register for matches/fits some of the stuff we're getting. Having been to dozens of baby showers by now, I'm a pro at Babies R Us and can't wait to go through with the zapper! It'll be the last time I register for anything, though - *sniffle*. There was the bridal shower and then this... and then that's it. Kind of bittersweet.
7. I am still behind on my reading for school... and last night one of my professors sent an email reminding us that in order to have a good class discussion, we must be up to speed with the readings. It's like she could see me feverishly trying to finish them. As a teacher, though, I will tell you that they know when you haven't read. They might humor you and pretend they don't notice, but they know. And I tend to talk a lot in class (shocker, I know) so when I haven't read and keep quiet, they absolutely tend to notice (and ask what's going on). Hopefully there's little traffic today and I can get to school early enough to do a bit more reading.
For now I'll continue working on keeping my eyes open and remaining upright.
Reader Comments (3)
My best piece of third trimester advice: pack your bag sooner rather than later! Packing while having contractions is not fun!
And just so you know, I will be living vicariously through your baby shower experience since I didn't get to have one!
Yay on entering the third trimester! I loved the second and early third trimesters. Enjoy! It's the homestretch. Now, at 38 weeks, I'm feeling mighty uncomfortable and waddly (yeah, I made up that word). :)
Thanks, Lori - great point! I was actually just looking at the Heidi Klum overnight bag at Motherhood Maternity and thinking that I needed to start thinking about that... no matter how scary it is to actually be thinking about it.
@Kyra - I am really kind of loving this stage. I generally feel good and happy, not *too* uncomfortable most of the time, and am not worrying about labor on a daily basis. :) I'm not looking forward to waddling. :-/