28 Weeks and 12 to Go!

We have entered the final stretch, the third trimester. In 12 short weeks (OK more like 14 but whatever!) our sweet Evan will be making his grand entrance! I feel pretty good. My belly looks as though there is more than one in there. It's MUCH bigger than both my previous pregnancies. I am starting to worry I am going to have a 10 pounder!

I am still exhausted. I never got that second trimester energy and it only seems to be getting worse as the time goes on. Oh well, thankfully I have a wonderful husband who doesn't mind eating take out Chinese food on a regular basis! In my defense I have been battling this nasty cough going on three weeks now.

It's disappointing though, because I REALLY need this whole nesting instinct to kick in. Sadly, though, I don't think my genetic make up is conducive to nesting. I did, however, start a project to help get the toys organized into bins. I started this on Monday and it's not even close to being done. The little that has been done was mostly with the Doc's help! Perhaps someday I'll get organized!

Transition FAIL

On Friday we decided that since the new mattress arrived we would set up the new toddler bed and begin the transition of Shaun into (a) a big boy bed and (b) sharing a room with his older brother.

The Doc put the bed together and I put on the new bedding. Here are the boys checking it out.








7:30pm...time for bed...or is it?!


Shaun LOVED his newfound freedom a little too much. Our plan was to put Shaun to bed at 7:30 and then we would bring David up at his 8pm bedtime. However, Shaun never fell asleep. Once David got into his bed and we shut the door, Shaun climbed out of his bed and right into David's bed. Shaun thought it was great, he could get out of bed and play! We tried putting him back into his bed and rubbing his back so he would fall asleep, but eventually we just had to put him in his crib. The first night it was 10pm before he fell asleep. Night two, yielded the same bad results and by 9:30pm he was back in his crib.

We decided to try moving the toddler bed back into his old room, hoping that we could at least get him used to the bed without interrupting David's sleep. The first night was a SUCCESS! Tonight is the third night in his new bed I am starting to feel very optomistic that he will be transitioned before Evan arrives!!!

David on Ice!

Today we took David ice skating for the first time. The place we went to has crates that the kids can use to help them balance. Within a half hour he was feeling very confident and was able to push around the crate very well! I think it helped that his BFF was there who is has been skating for a couple months now. The kids had a blast nad maybe next time we can even let Shaun give it a try!

Maybe They Should Say Trot & Drew:

Santa brought the boys personalized chairs for Christmas but after the boys go to bed the cats make themselves at home.



It's good thing the slip covers are machine washable. I am anticipating them to be covered in cat hair very soon!

6 Months: A Total Blur!

I woke up Friday morning, 24 weeks pregnant, and thought to myself - it's been 6 months already?! I thought Shaun's pregnancy went by pretty fast, but this one has been a complete blur. It's hard to believe that in just three short months we'll be getting ready to meet Baby Evan.

Evan is as active as I remember Shaun being, if not more. The Doc jokes that it's correlated to the increased caffeine intake from each pregnancy. With David, I only drank coffee during the last three months and only during the work week. With Shaun, I was drinking a Medium Dunkin Donuts Iced Coffee every work day from day one and then sometimes on the weekends. With Evan, I am drinking a LARGE Dunkin Donuts Iced Coffee every single day! What can I say, I need my caffeine more than ever these days.

With the 6th month came the heartburn. Let me say that I did not miss this. I had some really bad heartburn with David starting around now but with Shaun it was occasional and not nearly as bad. Evan is proving to be more like his oldest brother David. It has me wondering if the old wives tale will continue to prove true. The worse the heartburn the more hair the baby has at birth! It was true for David and Shaun, so if Baby Evan has a head full of hair like David did then I will be sold!

Today I got to see Baby Evan again. It must be this hospital's policy to do a scan every six weeks, because I have another one scheduled mid-February. The girl who did the scan got a really neat picture of Evan's face in 3D. It was kind of cool, I must admit. Normally I feel like they look all weird and alien like but this shows his eyes, nose and lips so perfectly!

Baby Evan in 3D


Everything is measuring pefectly and they estimated that he is now 1lb 11oz., though the Doc would tell you that it's not even close to an exact science! It is always fun to see our little man squirming around.

Here is his profile picture with his foot by his face: