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Baby Journal: Week 28


Hi Lorelai...and Hello Third Trimester!

As you may remember from last week, I'm still struggling with a cold...but we are getting so much better by the end of Week 28!

We also took another big step towards becoming a family...we bought a mini van! Okay, your dad likes to say that I bought the mini van, since he won't be driving it. That being said, I've wanted a mini van even before planning for kids...they are just so practical. We got a super rockin van...so get excited.  Your dad is going to love sitting in the back with you and watching movies on all our road trips.



On another note, we've been working hard on your nursery! We bought this beautiful vintage dresser this week, and I sewed some changing pad covers for your changing table. I've been working on even more bows, headbands and now skirts too!




What else is new this week? Well I've had this terrible pain below my ribs lately, which I'd been assuming I'd torn an ab muscle, but after a trip to the doctor... I was told it was likely my gallbladder. After a trip to the hospital, the good news is it isn't gallstones, but the bad news is it still has pain. A change in diet and monitoring is the plan for now.

This week your dad also left us to go have fun out in California, so we've been on our own! That really just means we got to spend more time with Grandpa, work like crazy taking photos, and keep working on all our house projects that I'd like to get done before you arrive!

Symptoms: Did you know you can outgrow maternity clothes? Yeah...I had no idea. I wish someone had warned me that just because they are maternity, doesn't mean its going to fit the entire pregnancy. That never occurred to me! So I recently went to grab a few shirts and dresses I'd been wearing before Europe...and nope....they are in no way going to be fitting me. Pants that used to reach over my belly are now going under...it's a whole process. That really just means you're growing big and strong...but you're bringing your mom down with you! Feet are still swollen as well, I have zero fall boots that I can wear right now, so flip flops and your dad's TOMS are my go-to shoes. Oh also, heartburn is alive and well...uggghh. Something about organs slowing down in preparation for pushing a baby out. I don't know much about it, but it is a real thing.

Promise: I know I really really like to make a few things for you by hand...and I know I think it is super cute and trendy...but then I remember the handmade things my mother had me wear. For example I remember vividly the bedazzled sweatshirt with ribbon tassels...and I cannot believe I wore that. She claims they were all the rage. My promise then is to really try to make sure that is true, and I'll try to document it with pictures of other non-related children wearing similar outfits so you don't feel like I intentionally handmade hideous outfits for you when you're older.



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