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Yes, this week, I hit the 30 week mark! Hard to believe there are only 10 (!) weeks or so left in this journey. I have a feeling it might be ten long weeks if we get a typical Southern IN summer, but thank goodness for air conditioning, fans, and maxi dresses. Here a few thoughts running through my head these days.. well, aside from trying to remember the milk goes in the fridge, not the pantry! Also, that’s the best picture you are going to get this blog post. After way too many tries, we quit. I love this dress-I got it on a super clearance sale at Gap, but it doesn’t do such a great job of showing off my belly so you can just imagine I am bigger than I was in my last post. 🙂
10- I finally cannot hide being pregnant. Last week, the girls in the club finally caught on and were SO excited. It was kinda fun to see them all excited about it and I am glad I can stop trying to find black shirts that hide my belly. Strangers stop me and comment about my belly.. it’s weird, but I suppose comes with the territory.
9- Baby Schmitt is CRAZY active. I am convinced he is doing flips in there and constantly trying to figure out where he can poke me today. I would say it’s annoying, but really, it is the coolest thing ever. Even when it hurts. My favorite part is when I can pick out a hand or a foot pressing against my belly. Some days I am impressed I actually get work done because I would rather just sit and stare at my belly.
8- The nursery is almost done. Jordan is going to make some shelves and I am going to finish a crib skirt and we will be all ready for the little guy. (apparently having a baby has turned both of us into crafters:)) It is coming together quite nicely and one of these days I will actually take some pictures and post them.
7- So far the third trimester has been the best. I finally seem to have gotten some of my energy back and am slowly learning the masterful art of the word “no.” I just want to soak up every minute I can with my husband before our family expands by one and I have a list a mile long of cleaning and projects I want to finish.
6- Everyone asks about the cravings.. the only one I can probably say is an actual craving is watermelon. I was never a huge fan of it because I didn’t see the point in eating something that is mostly water, but these days I can’t get enough of it. And one of the couples from our small group gave us a giant watermelon brought back from Florida-I cannot wait to eat it!! Other than watermelon, my aversion for vegetables continues. I am forcing them into my diet in creative ways, but alas, it is still a challenge. The other weird thing, cold water. I used to drink only room temperature water and now I cannot drink water if it isn’t ice cold.
5- My amazing mother-in-law and mother threw me a baby shower a few weeks ago. It was so much fun and we were sure spoiled. I washed and hung up all his clothes already and have been putting away the rest of the things we got, side note, babies take up a lot of room. Hard to believe something so small needs so much!!
4- We are almost finished with our birthing classes and I am dragging my lovely husband to a breast-feeding class this weekend. He has been the best support throughout the past 30 weeks. I could not be more proud of him. And I am very thankful he has a God-given ability to stay calm because we all know calm is not among my strong characteristics.
3- My belly button has officially popped. And being summer, I have given up on trying to wear multiple layers to hide it..it just is what it is.
2- I am hungry all the time. I could eat and two minutes later be hungry again. Also, heartburn. At least I assume the feeling of fire in my throat and chest is heartburn.
1- Only 10 weeks until we get to meet our little guy. I already love him so much, I cannot imagine what I will be like when he arrives.
