Raisin' Bran and Amelia: 28 Weeks

Baby is the Size of a Echidna

New for baby this week? 16 inches and 2.5 lbs, blinking, coughing, hiccuping, breathing, dreaming (starting to have sleep cycles), regulating body temperature

Total weight gain/loss? 18 lbs

Maternity clothes? Is it bad I am already getting to the point I can't wait to take maternity jeans off and put on pajamas when I get home?

Stretch marks? No

Sleep? Starting to wake up because I have to pee in the middle of the night. Here we go again...

Best moment this week? Bran's first snow day

Miss Anything? Not being sick

Movement? Very frequent, although it feels much different than with Bran. Possibly because of the anterior placenta?

Food cravings? Pickles. Oranges.

Wedding rings on or off? On but getting tighter. Wonder how much time I have left?

How is mama feeling? Not great, but probably more so due to the fact I am feeling so tired and run down from being sick. Fingers crossed I am finally on the mend.

Looking forward to? More snow coming this weekend.

28 weeks marks the start of my third trimester. Only 12 more weeks to go! I am excited and nervous at the same time. I am sad to leave the honeymoon second trimester and continuing to gain another pound a week. It is going to get very hard to chase around a toddler, but I am sure I will survive. I have really started to minimize how much I am picking Bran up by changing how we do things. For example I don't carry him wrapped in a towel back to the bedroom anymore after his bath. I just wrap him up and let him walk himself. He finds it quite funny. Speaking of funny, I must tell him his is funny a lot, because it has become his new favorite word! But I am getting very excited to meet this little boy or girl! I am much more anxious this time to find out, mostly because I feel like it will change the family dynamic so much this time. We have got a short list of names ready, but we haven't committed to a final boy or girl name yet.

The weather has been sooooo cold! A couple solid weeks of temperatures well below freezing. And the icing on the cake is we have been passing around a cold. Bran had it first, Joe got it second, and I have gotten it the worst of everyone on round three. I just think it's harder on me with growing a baby and trying to fight off a cold at the same time. I have been dragging butt the last couple weeks which has been making me feel more pregnant and uncomfortable.

With the cold temperatures we have had to get a little more creative finding things to do, we all go a little stir crazy sitting at home all of the time. The Dublin Library is closed for a massive renovation so Bran and I checked out the Northwest Library (Worthington) for the first time. It's super close to our house, and so great! I can't believe we haven't been there before. They have an entire area dedicated to children/toddlers with tons of books, games, toys, and more. It will be a great place to venture out once the new baby is here too. We also have played at the Polaris Mall play area. Every time we go there I am so impressed by Bran's size compared to the other kids (older and younger), he is so solid! I also get nervous to have two boys, watching groups of boys play together is a lot rowdier than the girls. But I still convinced I am destined to be a boy mom...

Bran finally had the chance to play in the snow for his first big snow day since he was born! We had a very mild winter last year and never even got the chance to use the sled we got him for Christmas. So we were all excited to get the chance to go out and play in the snow! Bran loved every minute and didn't want to come back in. He kept saying "again!". He was smiling and laughing uncontrollably. Sheer joy.