Hey, Third Trimester!

Well I forgot to write when we entered the third trimester a few weeks ago! We are now starting week 31 tomorrow! I'm back to a 2 week rotation on Dr appointments, which I love! We just saw Dr. P on Thursday and everything is still looking good! Little J is almost 4 lb! He still does not exactly cooperate for good pictures on the ultrasound so we didn't have any printed that were clear of his face. We are debating whether or not to do the 3D ultrasound. We would like to see him, of course, but we've already had a few early on with the high risk doctor and we don't necessarily want to spend the extra $$. Who knows what we will do!

Dr. P is still saying she doesn't think we will make it to 40 weeks. That's ok with me as long as it isnt TOO early. She is comfortable with week 37, but says 35/36 would be 'okay' but likely NICU time. Let's all pray it isn't week 33 because that is too early and we will be at Peach Valley camp! And who knows, he may stay content in there 'til 40 weeks.

At the appointment last week, she put the strap monitor thing on me for the first time. That was kind of neat and intersting. One thing recorded his heart beat, the other thing recorded any contractions, and I had a button to push anytime he moved- which was alot! We still get such a joy out of seeing/feeling him move.

A little over a week ago, we were on the mission trip with our youth group to a children's home in Oklahoma. The girls in our group also enjoyed feeling Little J move and often stuck their hands to my tummy just in case he did move :) I didn't mind at all- I loved seeing their excitement.

I have, however, found out recently that I do not handle the heat well at all. We went to visit at camp Hensel one night and that's when I realized the heat is no joke. Swelling is real. Also, leg pain is real. XX amount of pounds added in a short time period makes a big difference. Even so, I'll take the swelling, the heat, the leg pain, back pain, and extra weight over and over again with no complaint. People have made comments about how awful summer pregnancy is, how they don't envy me, etc...I just don't see it the same way. I couldn't be happier to be pregnant- even in the hot Texas summer!

This summer has been going by a lot quicker than I had imagined! Of all the youth 'big' events, we only have Peach Valley left! Two weeks until PV, then the next big event for us is BABY J!

We've been working more on his room and almost have it ready. We have a few showers coming up the end of July and after that, we will have more of the items to finish his room. I am definitely in FULL NESTING MODE!

We have failed on bump pictures the last few weeks, due to Jordan's camera diving off a mountain on our last trip (Yosemite). But we have a couple of maternity sessions with friends coming up soon and I am excited for that! I will also include some nursery pics soon :)