Baby Numero Tres Update!

Ok, so I know I owe you a blog post about the boys, but before I do I just had to squeeze in my 24 week update on baby #3.  I feel bad for not posting about Jack and Gav since January, but I have to be fair to the little one and post every 4 weeks about the pregnancy like I did with the boys.  Trust me, if I don't she will remind me daily that there are no pictures of her as a baby...just like I remind my own mother whenever I have the chance!  Anyway, I'll be 25 weeks tomorrow, but the picture above was taken at 24 1/2 weeks.  As you can see I'm quickly departing the "cute" stage of pregnancy and entering what I like to call the "freak show" stage, where my belly takes on a life of its own.  But for now I am enjoying still being somewhat normal looking and comfortable.

I had my 24 week appointment today and everything continues to be perfecto with our baby girl.  She's growing right on schedule and is still as active as ever.  I mean, this child NEVER stops moving.  So much so that the ultrasound tech has yet to get a good picture of her.  I promise I will post one as soon as we can get the wiggle worm to stop fidgeting in there!  But I do love to feel her move - it's one of the things I actually like about being preggers.  Because everything else is pretty much the pits.  I actually feel pretty good right now but I still have all the usual suspects...heartburn, indigestion, gas, carpel tunnel, exhaustion, headaches, sore feet, emotional mood swings, and of course the wonderful weight gain.  But all-in-all, the pregnancy is going splendidly with no signs of complications so far.  I pray things stay that way! 

I haven't done all that much to prepare for her because I have been so busy, but the past few days I've been getting strong urges to nest. So I think next month we will move Gavin in with Jack and get the nursery ready for her arrival.  I've bought a few outfits for her and so many people have given me such adorable, barely worn baby clothes.  So to make room, I had to clean out all the boys old clothes....bins and bins of them....and give them to friends.  I have to say it made me very sad to say goodbye to them.  I was almost in tears looking at some of my favorite little outfits they wore - I can vividly remember when they wore them and how stinking cute they were. I never thought it would be so hard for me to part with them but it made me realize how quickly my boys are growing up.  So I plan to cherish every moment with the last baby we will ever have because it will be over before we know it.  I just want her to get here so I can start making memories with her too!

But for now, here are a few more pictures of my preggo self, with the baby still warm and cozy inside...

Here's my precious Jack giving the baby his daily kiss!  He loves kissing my belly and talking to his sister.  I have no doubt he's going to be an amazing big brother...

Big Mama and her boys!  I adore these little guys more than words can say...

Later that day we visited our friends from Atlanta, Stacy and Lee.  They just had little Connor a few weeks ago and he's so precious!  I can't believe I get to have another one of these in a few months...