3rd Trimester!

It is very hard for me to believe that I am already in my third trimester!
Things have been very busy here in the Ayers household with school and yard work and all the activities that summer brings.
The weather here has just started to get warm and I can already tell that I am going to be miserable. For some reason when I am out in the heat I just feel like my skin is melting right off of my body and it has barely even been in the 80's! I can only imagine what it will be like when the weather gets in the 90's and 100's...

I finished my first quarter of Nursing with A's and I feel really good about that. This next quarter which will be the last before baby is born already starts on Monday. I have bought everything to make 12 hour clinicals a little more enjoyable while being in my 8th and 9th month...Maternity scrub pants (not allowed but what they don't know cant hurt), nice shoes, and a maternity belt to help hold up baby belly weight while standing on my feet so long. I am looking forward to working in Med/Oncology and hopefully even be able to stand in during a surgery!

We finally cleaned out our computer/spare room and officially have made it into baby Reid's room. Jeremy's parents came over to help us paint and add border to the walls. It looks adorable and I am waiting for everything to really hit me. I will add photos of the baby's room. I have finally finished my baby shower lists and I have a feeling once school starts on Monday, everything is going to fly by and the next thing I know I will be taking my final and waiting the last 2 weeks until I am due. I am anxious and excited and have a hard time believing it is true!

Registering for the baby shower was very overwhelming for me. There are so many products and many kinds of the same products that I felt clueless. It seems every mother I run into has some "advice" to give me about their favorite product and I personally just want to find out what my little guy will like all on my own. I know most people will just buy whatever they have found useful and I hope that really happens. I have no clue what baby bottles or pacifiers or breast pump is the best!! Being a first time mom can be overwhelming at times, but I have enjoyed every minute of the journey so far.

At my last appt. I was still under the normal weight gain for a pregnancy at this stage and that made me feel good. I don't feel like that is true by the way I look though.. I have a hard time doing the things I once did and for some reason that makes me feel discouraged when I know it shouldn't. My husband and I have had to cut our walks down in time and also make sure we go when it isn't too hot..
I had to drink that really sweet drink (which I thought was good) and get my blood taken to check for gestational diabetes. I will know at my next appt if I passed or failed. My appt's have been raised to every two weeks and I can't believe I am already to that point!
Every time I have seen the doctor he has said I am measuring ahead (fundus or size of uterus should be the same amount of centimeters as gestational age in weeks or how far along I am) and that I should even out eventually. Well, that hasn't happened yet, in fact, the doctor is going to watch me more carefully because I went from 1/2 a centimeter ahead to 1 centimeter ahead and now am on 2 1/2 centimeters ahead. That could be nothing or it could be baby Reid is large, long, or both and we might have to discuss birthing options when I get a little closer...Yikes! I hope I don't have a beefer on my hands...Although Jeremy was almost 9 pounds so that could be an issue..That would explain the fact that my stomach seems to double in size every time I wake up..

As long as I make it to my final at 37 1/2 weeks; he can come any time after that.