28 Weeks...Happy Halloween/Third Trimester!

Our Trick-Or-Treat was on Thursday evening.  We passed out candy at our house for a little bit before going to hang out with Nate and Abigail (who are also expecting their second and getting very close to delivery day). Saturday we went to Laura and Andy's house to help pass out candy.  They were dressed up and we were a little bummed we hadn't planned Halloween costumes (we have gotten second and third place in the past at Halloween costume contests in Asheville, so it was very unlike us).  When we got home that night we decided to at least take advantage of painting the baby bump.  We enjoyed some Hallween music while painting our  lil "bumpkin".  It really tickled when Joe was painting, especially around my belly button.  I couldn't see much while Joe was painting so I had to anxiously await his masterpiece.  We had a lot more fun with this than we expected, and took full advantage with some funny pictures since we never know if I will be preggers on Halloween again (or if we would even have the time!).  It'll be interesting to hear Baby L's reaction when we show him/her this one day.

An artist hard at work (with the only view I could see).  And his finished masterpiece.

You can see Baby L has been sitting a little off center in my belly.

Side view.

Fish Eye Lens.  Now that's a pumpkin!

Happy Halloween!

So after Halloween I started coming to the realization it was November and now we have officially entered the third trimester!!  Only 3 more months to go! It is exciting and a lil scary.  Doctors appointments will become more frequent and it'll be interesting to see how Baby L settles in.  I will apparently be packing on a pound a week for the next 12 weeks. It's even crazier to think we will be responsible for a newborn, and are anticipating many sleepless nights ahead.  Mostly we are just so excited to find out whether we will be bringing home a son or daughter.  In the meantime we feel like we have so much to get done.  The nesting has definitely kicked in (I think even Daddy has the bug).  On top of needing to complete the nursery we seem to be digging into more and more little home projects, both planned and unplanned.  We got a ton of rain and discovered a leaky window.  Which on top of repairing/cleaning also started the tear down of the curtains we hated in that room.  This of course snowballed into tearing down the curtains upstairs that we hated.  So all of the curtains from the previous homeowners are now gone and now we have some redecorating to do (see told you we were nesting).  Fortunately since all the rain we have been spoiled with some gorgeous warm weather (a rarity for this time of year in Ohio) so we have been able to get some outdoor home maintenance done while enjoying the sunshine.  I spent a beautiful afternoon trimming all the landscaping in preparation for winter while Joe had the chance to stain the swing set (we didn't buy it, we were lucky enough to inherit it from the previous homeowners).

Baby is the Size of an Eggplant

New for baby this week? Weighs 2-2.5 lbs and measures 14-15 inches.  The brain has developed more tissue and now has grooves. The baby has also developed a more regular sleep schedule of 20-30 min intervals.
Total weight gain/loss? 20ish lbs
Stretch marks? So far so good :)
Sleep? Sleep is officially getting interrupted again by having to pee once or twice a night.  I seem to have a harder time getting back to sleep afterwards, but once I do I sleep like a baby.
Best moment this week? Bumpkin Painting
Miss Anything? Not having to worry about what I eat.  It will be nice to go to a restaurant and not have to think about if it is okay to have the cheese that is on something.
Movement? All the time! I can't stop thinking about how much I will miss this.
Food cravings? None.
Have you started to show yet? So the comments have begun...both of judgement that I am "so tiny and only carrying a basketball", or "woah, you still have 3 more months?!"
Gender? I will say I am officially leaning towards boy and I am not sure why.  But to be honest deep down I thought girl initially.  So now I am confused!
Belly Button in or out? Stretched out (it's funny seeing where my belly button piercing holes have ended up) and ready to pop!
Wedding rings on or off? On and actually pretty loose.
How is mama feeling? Overall still very good.  I still have energy, although the workout days (yoga, etc) are gone, but I have just been so busy.  I am still hopeful to get to a prenatal yoga class at some point.  I do walk the dogs a lot at least. I painted my toe nails for the last time of this pregnancy, I will be getting pedis from now on it is just too hard.  I also upgraded my scrub top to a bigger size after almost getting stuck when I was at work the other day.
Looking forward to? Our long weekend in Asheville.