Third Trimester...

Well, we've made it to the third trimester! Very exciting that we continue to get closer and closer to a new baby :) Some really cool things...
-Me, AND Manda feel lots of baby kicks every day. It is one of the coolest, most unusual feelings ever. Sometimes it's hard enough to take me by surprise, sometimes I can even see my belly jump from it! Proof that she keeps getting bigger and stronger :)
-The nursery is well on its way, my mom has painted all the walls with more than one coat of paint. Still need touch ups but it's looking great!
-I haven't had any really bizarre experiences with strangers and touching my belly and imposing advice and such. I'm not that worried about it, but a day without crazy strangers is a good day :)
-Manda stressed for a couple weeks as she prepared for her Servsafe test at work. She continued to be unsure of herself until she found out her score: 91%!! So good! Now she is approved for some major caterings at work :)
-Both grandmas have now felt the baby kick :)
-One of my kitties has fallen madly in love with me. I suspect she knows I'm pregnant somehow. But she sits on me, naps with me, follows me around, she just loves me more than ever! It's really sweet :)
-I love wearing maternity clothes. They are very comfortable! And for the first time in my life, as I've always been overweight, I can flaunt being fat! It would be worth being pregnant all the time if I could always flaunt being fat.
-We spent a couple of days with my mom right around her birthday. We had dinner, did some shopping, went to the farmers market at the Capitol building, and just talked a lot. It was good :)
-Yesterday we went to see Gone With the Wind on the big screen! I'll admit, I had never seen it before. But it was really cool! A lot of people were there, I had an aisle seat so I could go to the bathroom as many times as I needed to, and it was an enjoyable movie. I'm glad I decided to go :)

All of those things really help keep me going every day. I know there are more, but these are the things that stand out the most, right now. Most days are good days. I'm lucky for all I have, lucky I'm feeling as good as I'm feeling, lucky I have a huge support system. I say weekly that I'm so glad I'm going through this pregnancy with a woman and not a man. :-P  Manda is simply amazing and helps to keep me sane on THOSE kind of days. She just "gets" it. Don't get me wrong, I know there are amazing men and fathers out there, I know a few of them, but I'm really lucky to have my Manda.

Today is one of THOSE days. A day where nothing seems to be right, a day that you need all the money and have none of it, a day that you wish you had those people you love so much close by, a day that you question every personal relationship you have even the relationships with family members, a day that you feel disconnected from everything, a day that you feel like everyone else is moving on without you, doing things without you, because you're pregnant and they don't have time for you anymore, a day where the grass is greener on the other side, a day where you don't have any bread and all you want is a peanut butter sandwich. THOSE days.

So sometimes I have to write it down. Write down all the great things so I can re-remember them all. Write down the bad things to get them out of my head and off my chest. I know some of you can relate!

As far as doctor stuff goes, things are going mostly as they should. My 28 week appointment last week showed a 144 beats per minute baby heart rate. I like my doctors, which is reassuring for delivery. I had to do a glucose screening test which came back slightly elevated so now I have to do a glucose tolerance test, a longer version of the screening, to determine if I have gestational diabetes. I'm bummed about it, mainly because I feel like I've done really good with eating and not gaining tons of weight. But the doctor told me it had to do with the placenta, not really how I'm eating. So we'll see how that goes. My next appt is on October 13th.

78 days until my due date!!