Laugh, Love, Liz.: 28 weeks, 2 days

Hellooooo third trimester!

26 weeks

yes....I can now use my belly as a tray


27weeks

28 weeks 1 day barebelly

28weeks 2 days from the front!

28weeks 2 days :)

Aaron is moving non-stop now and on days I don't feel him a ton (like today) I spend the whole day worrying and doing everything I can to make him move - caffeine, sugar, cold drinks, ice pack on my belly, poking my belly, loud music, etc. Hubby makes fun of me, and rightly so because I usually end up looking like a moron.

Two weeks ago, I had another ultrasound (at 25 weeks, 4 days - May 1st) and everything turned out perfectly. At my follow-up appointment (this past Thursday - 27 weeks, 6 days - May 17th), my doctor went over everything and said he's looking perfect and measuring exactly on track. The only bummer was I had my 1-hr glucose test...and failed miserably! She said the norm is 130 and mine was in the 160's...yikes. So, this coming Tuesday, I have the terrible 3-hour glucose test. This requires 12 hours of fasting (ummm, telling a preggo that she can't eat for 12 hours is a horrible form of torture), then going in bright & early, getting my blood drawn, drinking that sugary drink, and then have my blood drawn AGAIN every hour for the next 3 hours. So at least until then, I'm doing everything possible to ensure I'll pass - per the Dr.'s recommendations, I'm eating way healthier, counting every calorie, watching those starches and sugars and carbs, and *attempting to* exercise. With any luck, this will help, and all will be well. If not, I guess we'll just deal with it when the time comes. Fingers crossed!

25 weeks, 3 days

My little boy is so adorable, I know :)

(oh - a little about the ultrasound! My tech was amazing this time around. I asked her if I'd be getting any pictures and she said she could definitely do some...after taking all the measurements, she turned it to 3D just to show me my sweet boy and print pictures! I was almost in tears, I was so happy. And the best part - hubby couldn't make it {ok, that's not the good part...that sucked}, so she let me record a good bit of the 3D part so hubby could see it later. ah-mah-zing! happy momma here)

Last week, I went home to Georgia to visit friends and family, have 2 baby showers and see my best friend graduate from UGA (which unfortunately I couldn't attend - but at least I got to go to her party!) It would take ages to tell about everything that happened, so here's the highlights via photos: