3rd Trimester!

I will be 29 weeks pregnant on Tuesday.  It's nice to be in the final stretch to meet this baby.  Hopefully she comes at 38 weeks like her brother does.  I don't think I'll know what to do if she decides to go the full 40 weeks.  I'm already impatient enough as it is.  lol  The weirdest thing, all the sudden my nausea has come back.  Granted, it's not as bad as it was in my first trimester, but I don't remember this happening with my boys.  I guess it's the only thing that seems to be different between this 'girl' pregnancy vs. my 'boy' pregnancies.  It's strange to be gagging again every time I brush my teeth.

I had my glucose screening last week to test for Gestational Diabetes.  I failed the 1-hour screening by 30 points, so I have to go take the 3-hour test tomorrow.  Ugh.  They make you drink this highly concentrated glucose drink (tastes like really bad gatorade), which I chug down to make it more tolerable, then they draw your blood every hour for 3 hours.  I'm not looking forward to spending 3 hours in the lab, but at least I'll have my Kindle this time.  We didn't have these kind of gadgets when I was pregnant with Hayden and had to do the 3-hour test.  To be honest, I have been terrible and eating a TON of sugar and carbs with this pregnancy.  I think I have otter pop juice running through my veins.  Even if I pass the 3-hour test, I am definitely making some changes to my diet right now.  I know it's not healthy to eat like I have been, and while I'm doing much better than I did when I was pregnant with Hayden, there is always room for improvement.  I'm worried that IF I have GD my midwife won't be able to see me anymore because I'll be considered "high risk" and I'll have to transfer to an OB.

I also have low iron, so have to start taking an iron supplement.  I'm not surprised about that one, though.  I have had to take iron with a couple of my pregnancies, and I don't think the gummy vitamins I've been taking (instead of prenatal vitamins) have iron in them.

Sweet Parenting Moment

Hayden decided to bring his scriptures to church today.  During sacrament meeting I watched him read the first two chapters in the Book of Mormon.  This was all his idea and all on his own without any prompting on our part.  I don't know how much he got out of what he read, but it just touched my heart to see him make a decision like that all on his own. 

Thoughtful boy.

Hayden did the sweetest thing this morning. We were up in my room playing for a little bit (and being lazy).  He went downstairs and came back up with a bowl of cereal for me.  Then he went down and got a gogurt and a glass of water and brought them to me also.  Breakfast in bed!  Then he went down and got Torrin a bowl of cereal and made himself a sandwich.  Sometimes he can be so thoughtful and sweet.   It makes me want to cry that he is growing up so fast!

Boys

(I wonder how many of my posts have this title).

Sometimes I look at my sweet little Grayson and think how sad it is that I will never have another little boy.  I sure do adore my boys.  I am excited about having a daughter, but I worry about being able to 'connect' with her.  I am emotional and moody enough as it is.  Will we just butt heads?  I know she will be a daddy's girl.  I already have 3 daddy's boys, so I don't expect anything different.  I guess it's just the fear of the unknown.

Scriptures

Last week we got The Book of Mormon out to read one night for our family scripture reading, and Hayden immediately repeated, "And it came to pass, and it came to pass, and it came to pass."  lol  For those who haven't read The Book of Mormon, this is a very common phrase in it.

Look what I bought for the baby!

Aren't they adorable!?

Yep, we're going to need a lot more pink around here.  Can you believe intuition can be wrong?  And boy was I wrong!  I guess I've been right 75% of the time, but when you figure you have a 50% chance of guessing the gender correctly, 75% isn't all that great.  ;)  I was certain we were having all boys, but we are excited for the challenge, fun, shopping, etc. of a daughter.

Ketchup

Someone has discovered the joy of dipping in ketchup.  And he didn't even make a big mess.  (He also really likes to point at things).