Tummy Tuesday

How Far Along: 27 Weeks, 2 Days. Third Trimester!! Only 13 Weeks to go...10 to be considered full term. Not too much longer!

How Big is Charlie: 14.5 inches - the size of cauliflower.

How Momma Feels: About the same. Nothing has changed in the past week.

Baby Bump: Starting to notice it a lot more now. This week I took my pictures from the side, front, and back. I feel like I'm starting to get wider and thought I should document it.

What I'm Eating: Still the same. No cravings or aversions. We have found a bakery that we really like and visit a lot - Edgar's Bakery. Surprisingly I don't get a dessert or cookie when I go. They have really good breakfast. Good omelets with breakfast potatoes and toast. Or just scrambled eggs with breakfast potatoes and bacon (which goes to Colin!) and these amazing cheddar biscuits. When I get visitors, this is one place we will be going for breakfast, and maybe get a sweet treat. =)

Exercise: I walked at the local park's trail three times this week, one of them being a good 5k distance. I joined the local Y this week and look forward to getting back into some group classes and trying the pool more.

Movement: Oh my goodness. I don't remember Colin hurting me when he moved. I mean, I got a couple movements that would make me jump, but Charlie is strong. In Target the other day I had to stop and kind of push back in whatever he was stretching out because it hurt so much it took my breathe away.

Big Brother: Colin asked if Charlie would like truck like he does. I told him most likely he would. He then told me he thinks God put a toy in my tummy so he'd have something to play with while he was in there.

Another Week in Alabama

Colin is in his second week of school and loving it. I'm trying to work with him on how to make friends and explaining to him how to introduce himself and ask the other kid's name. He cracks me up because I ask him who he sits next to at school and he says he doesn't know. I ask if he asked their name. He says he did, but he forgot. ALWAYS. Even at the park.

He may easily forget these kids' names, but he does have a great memory. I knew they were learning the Pledge of Allegiance at school and explained that if he could say it all by himself, he'd get a trip to Chuck E Cheese. He blew my mind last night when he said it, hand over heart (or in arm pit) and all. My favorite part is at the end where instead of Liberty and Justice for all he says "Liberty and Justicy to All!"

We also spent this week working on his "All About Me" poster. I printed off some pictures and wrote in his answers. I also colored in the words for him. Daddy and I both helped with coloring the stars and circles but he actually did a lot of them. And to really make it his own, he added all these Thomas the Train stickers that Memaw sent him.

This weekend we visited the Birmingham Zoo and knew we had to go feed the Giraffes as they are Colin's favorite animal. He was so thrilled and loves looking at the photos I took.

We didn't stay too terribly long as it was hot and we were ready to find a new place for lunch, but I plan on getting a membership there pretty soon.

I'm getting really well at getting around now. I don't seem to have trouble finding anything and my driving anxiety is even doing OK with some of the crazy traffic I've run into.

We have been spending a lot of time at the apartment pool since it is really easy to get to and we won't have it for much longer. We usually go there between afternoon nap dinner.

He will miss the pool when we move to the new house, but luckily we have one at the Y we want to join. It won't be as close, but he can swim year round!

Out with the old - in with the new

Yesterday we closed on our house in Murfreesboro. It was our first house and I am going to miss it. We had finally decided we were going to stay for a while and I was starting to make it exactly what I wanted. I am mostly going to miss my double oven that I got back in November of last year. I hope the new owner takes good care of her. =)

I love comparing photos from when we moved in and when we moved out. The front of the house.

And I'm not going to post every photo of our house, but the room I used the most - the kitchen.

My kitchen changed so much (for the better!) and I am going to miss it terribly.

On moving day we had a huge semi-truck in our cul-de-sac. We had to park across the street at our friend's house so we didn't get blocked in. 4 moving men spent all day carefully packing our stuff and loading it into the truck.

We took one more picture in front of the old house and then off we went. 

It is so weird to think that house isn't mine anymore. Someone else is living there. In MY house. I hope they are good to it and love it as much as we did.

But now we get to make new memories at the new house.

I was there today during an inspection and snapped a quick picture. We close in 2 weeks and move in that weekend. I am so excited. I can't wait to make that house feel like my home.

Tummy Tuesday

How Far Along: 26 Weeks, 2 Days

How Big is Charlie: 14 inches long - an eggplant. Seems really big! My app says he weighs a little less than 2 lbs now, which is true. At my ultrasound last week he was 1 lb 15 oz. So I bet he is right at or just a smidgen above that now.

How Momma Feels: Tired and emotional. Selling the house has taken its toll on me. Moving weekend was rough on me. I had a lot of braxton hicks. They were uncomfortable and happens frequently. I chugged a lot of water and rested and feel back to normal now. Physically I'm still good. I can get up and bend over. I can paint my toe nails and shave my legs. Charlie hasn't been in the way and made it hard for me to do things yet.

He definitely feels like he sits low and always on my bladder. It constantly feels like he is pulling my belly down.

Baby Bump: I think it has rounded out!

What I'm Eating: All normal foods. No cravings.

Exercise: Not much here. I don't have a gym yet, so I've swam some in the apartment pool and taken Molly on walks around the trail near the park. I miss having a routine and hope that I get back into that in the next coming weeks, even if it isn't the same one as before.

Movement: He is a busy guy in there. I get movements all through the day, but can tell when he is sleeping b/c I will have periods of silence from him.

Prepping for Charlie: I got his cute crib sheets this week! I'm now on the hunt for a navy blue crib skirt (which is harder to find than you would think) and curtains that resemble the ones I like at PB Kids. I really want the ones there, but don't want to pay the price if I can find some that look close enough.

4 Year Pictures and then some

We had Colin's 4 year pictures taken before we moved (like just a few days before we moved) and I also tried to get a few of my Charlie bump. Ideally, I would have liked to wait until my belly was a little bigger (I was only 24 weeks, 4 days), but it worked our fine for the shot that I really wanted.

And I love how the shots of Colin turned out. I can't wait to get in our house and order some prints to display!