26-28 weeks

28 weeks...photo appears to be a bit blurry, but you can still make out that I'm getting big!

Wow! Time is just whipping by and I will be 28 weeks/Third Trimester in just a few days. I can't believe how QUICK this pregnancy is going. I will have to upload some belly shots, but here are some updates....

Potty Breaks x 100

I feel all I do now is use the bathroom-an average night I will get up almost every two hours. I have also started this disturbing habit of grunting/moaning when I get up. It's truly something I can't help- it's the feeling of, "help me I can't get up" and forcing my large body to get out of bed. Poor Rob wakes up every time and now my frequent trips to the bathroom have rubbed off on him- he now gets up every so often to use the bathroom now, too.

Hormones, Hormones, Hormones

Up until two weeks ago, I have to say, I've been a pretty calm and laid back pregnant lady. I felt so relaxed and didn't ever get in bad moods. Well, something happened these past two weeks and I became a bit....lets just say CRAZY. One minute I would rant/yell to Rob on the phone for X Y and Z (I would just find anything to get upset about) and then always end it with, "....and she's going to be here in three months and NOTHING is ready!" Exaggerating much, yes, I would say so. I know we have plenty of time to accomplish everything we need to do and we have already gotten a great start on a lot of it. The next minute he would walk into the room, notice I looked a little sad and asked if everything was ok? I would enter into these cryfests where I would literally cry for about 1-2 hours straight. Why you may ask...I have no clue? Honestly, there wasn't one thing making me sad- but I would just have a good cry and let it all out. Rob was AMAZING as usual and would rub my back, comfort me and assure me I didn't look like a cow (which I would complain I looked like since I felt big and have been leaking milk already).

I think the combination of stress at work, not having her nursery complete and just hormones in general got the best of me. Over the last two weeks, I have traveled to Philadelphia, NYC, Baltimore and DC for work. Living out of a suitcase for the past two weeks and not being at home got the best of me. I think I became a bit burnt out and needed to let it alllllll out.

Food

Still no crazy food craving to report and I eat pretty normal. I did have one tiny craving- but I can't really blame it on the baby. This past weekend, Rob and I were at a wedding in Maryland for our good friends Steve and Amy and there happened to be a Taco Bell right next door to our hotel. After the wedding, I made an executive decision to pick up some tacos and nachos before heading to bed. The funny thing is, I just had a few bites and I was satisfied- I didn't even really touch more than half the food- but I just really wanted at least one taco that night! Baby Schab loooovveed it and kept me up all night dancing around in my belly!

I'm soooo tiiiirrrreeeddd!

The bursts of energy I once had in the second trimester are slowly fading. I thought it was because of all of my work schedule, but I'm slowly realizing my body can't stay up as late as it once could a few weeks ago. Instead of being able to stay up until 10 or 11PM at night- I now feel ready for bed closer to 8 or 9. Last night was an all time record...6:30pm! Yep, I was dragging. I thought maybe I'll take a light snooze- nope- I was out until 7AM the next morning. Lexi was my little snuggle bunny and curled up in bed with me during that whole time. She just absolutely never wants to leave my side and is very persistent about sleeping next to me. I'll wake up in the middle of the night and her head is right next to me on my pillow. Rob isn't so fond of her in the bed- but I'm the softy and will let it happen....

Bust a move!

Baby is very active right now! I can feel her moving at all hours of the day. She dances in my tummy every morning, after meals and definitely at night. I really wish Rob could feel her- but he has not been able to so far. I keep crossing my fingers he will be able to experience her moving/kicking real soon. A bit frustrating for both of us and I know he feels left out :-(

Doggie Boot camp

So of course, I can't forget about my other children! Real recently, Rob and I made the decision to have an electric fence installed in our back yard. Yes, we do have a fenced in yard already...but that hasn't stopped our little escape artist from getting out. Ever since we moved into our current house, our little Lexi would find any way to escape the yard. At first, she would squeeze her little body under the fence and run out. So Rob tried solving that problem with some chicken wire and boards. So she showed him who was boss and started hopping our fence. Yes, her 10lb body could jump over our 5 foot fence. Well, her escaping started getting a little riskier lately. Not only would she find a way out, she started crossing the street. We don't live on a busy road, but rather in a nice suburban development, BUT, occasionally, cars will whip up and down our street. I started getting this awful feeling that something bad would happen and wanted to get her bad habit under control. So we signed a contract with Invisible Fencing who promised me that they have worked with many escape artists before and would give us a money back guarantee if she got out...SOLD. So they came out and installed the fence and provided her first training session. I would say she did 'ok' with her first training session. They will come back next weekend to turn on the 'shocker,' but for now, she is able to hear beeps when she gets too close to the fence. So we have to practice visual training (identify the flags) and associate the beeps with getting too close to the flags/fence. With all of the snow we have gotten recently, she was much more concerned with getting her paws wet then listening to her instructor. She is also quite the mommy's girl and wouldn't listen unless I was next to her. Rob and I are crossing our fingers this solves the problem. Now if we could just get her to stop going through our trash and sleeping in our bed at night....

Stay tuned for more Baby Schab updates...

a. Baby classes will start 2/09

b. We are hoping to finish the nursery in the next few weeks.

c. I can assure you I will be getting bigger and will continue to share the good, the bad and the ugly with you about being pregnant.

d. 13 weeks to go before our princess arrives!!!