I can’t believe I’m in the third trimester already, but here we are. Kiddo is head-down and, as I recently discovered, very not into the doppler and ultrasound wand pressing into his very limited living space — he kicks them away at every opportunity. 

weeks: 28+

baby’s size: head of lettuce (romaine? iceberg? butter? who knows.) I should also note that my uterus is apparently the size of a basketball now. I can tell you that visually this seems spot-on.

i’m feeling: pretty tired. I’m right at the beginning of when things seem to get more difficult and tiring by the day, and while some days I still feel like I can go about my day without much trouble, there are times when I am so exhausted and uncomfortable by the evening that I end up falling asleep on the couch right after putting the girls to bed at 7:30pm. Our bodies are pretty amazing, but this whole process is no walk in the park!

food love: avocado on everything, tuna sandwiches with extra pickles, and trail mix.

food hate: nothing at the moment. (I mean cake is gross, but that’s an all-the-time thing for me.)

3 pros for august: 1. KC and I recently spent a full weekend working on the nursery. We are converting our office (aka our “catch-all” room) into the baby’s room, which meant we had a lot of KonMari-ing to do in order to even start the process of getting the room baby-ready. I’m happy to say that we are so close to having the room done now; just a few finishing touches and a small chair to breastfeed in and we’re there! 2. We recently took care of a bunch of major house projects that we’ve had on our list since we moved in over a year ago; and while roof and dry rot repairs are not the most fun things to throw money at, our new exterior paint is totally giving me life. 3. As the end of this pregnancy is inching closer, I’m getting more and more excited to meet this little one. While I know that this will be a big transition for all of us and there will surely be some less than perfect moments, I can’t tell you how excited I am to see the girls with their new sibling. (Larky’s current favorite thing is to come up to me, declare “I want to see baby brudder” and lift up my shirt. She’ll hug or lay on my belly and tell me, “I’m gonna smash him.” If that isn’t 2 year old love, I don’t know what is.)

3 cons for august: 1. We have been watching the new season of Orange is the New Black, and while this season is great (so good!), a recent episode that mirrors a lot of current issues in our country made me literally sob (Episode 11 is a doozy, guys. Especially if you have kids.) 2. I was recently diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes, despite having no prior risk factors (I didn’t have it in either of my prior two pregnancies either.) I was a little surprised by the diagnosis, but found out that stress can be a major contributing factor, which, given some things I’ve been dealing with during this pregnancy, makes a lot of sense. 3. Given my GD diagnosis, I am bidding farewell to all treats for the time being. Luckily GD can generally be controlled with diet alone, but I’m not gonna lie — I’m not stoked about giving up my nighttime dark chocolate fix.

currently living in: maternity dresses and my new Rothy’s flats.

looking forward to: finishing up the nursery for good. (PS: I did finally track down the perfect paint color — it ended up being Sherwin William’s Blue Peacock. I will tell you though, the first coat was totally nerve-wracking and felt very much like “THIS IS SHARKS TERRITORY” if you know what I mean. Thankfully three coats did the trick and it darkened into the perfect forest-y teal.)

dreaming about: naps and maternity leave.