28 weeks

Hello to the 3rd trimester! (although a few would say it started a week ago). It's hard to believe we only have 12 weeks left! I still have so many things to do but just need to find the time and energy to get them done. We finished our gift registry on Sunday night so that's one more thing to have out of the way. You never realize what babies require until you look at everything and realize it's a ton of stuff! I'm not even the type that thinks we need everything but there's still a lot. I feel like a baby registry is much more difficult than a wedding registry because when you get married you have an idea of what your house needs. When you are having your first baby you have no idea what that baby will like therefore having no idea what you really need. You just kind of go off the advice of others.

Sleeping has started to get a little more difficult lately. I've had a hard time falling asleep this week due to restless legs and indigestion. Sunday was awful because the baby hadn't been moving as much that day so I was freaking out a little which made for terrible sleep. Maybe it was a growth spurt because there has been much more activity since then which makes this mama much happier.

Braxton Hicks have come to my attention recently as well. Sometimes I have a hard time figuring out if it's a contraction or just the baby trying to push its way out of my stomach. I guess when it's baby it's just part of my stomach and contractions take over the entire thing. They aren't painful but they are a little bit uncomfortable.

Christmas decorations have started to make their appearance in the house although the tree isn't up yet. That might not happen until this weekend. There's some rearranging that needs to happen first and there hasn't been much time for that.

Monday was my golden birthday and Pat and I met downtown for lunch and then just hung out at home that night. Nothing too exciting but birthday's aren't a big deal anymore. He was going to surprise me by having a couple of our friends over but there was some miscommunication so they came over on Tuesday night instead and we had ice cream cake and hung out.

This weekend we are going to the Iowa wrestling meet on Friday and the Nutcracker on Saturday. We like to stay well rounded with our entertainment around here! I'm pretty excited about both events.

(Can you tell I haven't gotten much sleep?)