Onto the Third Trimester...

This past weekend I took a trip up to Chicago to see Mary Poppins at the Cadillac Palace Theatre with some of my Quincy girls!  It was so much fun to see the movie come to life on stage - my favorite part was definitely the "Step in Time" number.  Although three days later I'm still singing "Practically Perfect" haha

Left to right: Trudi, Becky, Josie (Trudi's daughter), Emily, Jessica, Me, Beth, Katie

I made the five hour drive up on Friday morning so that Emily and I could have all afternoon to hang out before all the other girls got in town.  She has an awesome new camera and wanted some practice with it, so we did some pregnancy pictures of me out around her house.  Here are some shots that she got - I am exactly 27 weeks and 3 days along:

Sunday morning I woke up at the crack of dawn (literally... thanks to the time change) to head home to my husband and the NFL Sunday Ticket.  On my long drive home I started to come to the realization that our little boy will be here in 12 weeks!  We have so much to finish start on his nursery.  I've worked really hard on planning exactly how I want it to look, but now we are to the point where things need to actually start happening.  I'll make sure to snap pictures along the way - we are hoping to get the painting done this weekend!

Pregnancy update:

I had my 28 week doctor's appointment yesterday and everything is progressing right on schedule.  I am 23.5 pounds heavier than I was six months ago and it kind of freaks me out to think about having to lose all of this weight after the baby gets here.  We start our childbirth/newborn/breastfeeding classes next Sunday night at the hospital where we will be delivering and those will last for five weeks.  After next month, I will start having appointments every other week, and then the last 4 weeks (all of January) I will have an appointment every week.  My due date is still January 31st!

November 7, 2011, marked our six month wedding anniversary.  I couldn't ask for a better partner to go with me through this crazy life.  God really knew what he was doing when he put us together :)  I have no idea where I would be today if it weren't for Jonathan; he has taught me what it truly means to love and I promise to cherish our marriage vows forever! xoxoxo