Baby (Number 2) Journal: Week 28

Dear Pepper,

Hello third trimester!!! I thought you'd never come.

We had a wonderful thanksgiving this week in Colorado. I'm not sure when the first time will be when we take you to your grandparents here, as we are realizing how difficult it will be to do this with two kids. Everything from the flight, cars with car seats and where we will all sleep...its just going to be more work than it was with just on kid.

I know you will visit them a lot, but this time we don't have the plans to do it at over maternity leave as we are trying to keep it as stress free as possible.

Good news is, this week we finally picked a middle name. I've said it before, but I just don't understand middle names. You never use them, why is it really necessary? Well, we gave you one because its the responsible thing to do. You will be:

Pepper Francine

This week I'm getting more uncomfortable, and overeating at thanksgiving probably brought it more to my attention. I went ahead and removed my ring due to swelling, I'm noticing my boots don't fit around my calves as well lately, and my feet have days where my toes are looking more like little sausages than toes. If I eat too much it's hard to breath and bend over...which is just a blast.
I'm pretty convinced you're head down, but haven't received any confirmation of that yet. I'm hoping that's the case!

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