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Baby (Number 2) Journal: Week 30

Hi Pepper!

The start of this week I had some sort of awesome second wind. It's like I didn't quite get that burst of energy during 2nd trimester that I expected, but this week I finally did. In part, it may have been that I was just too active during 2nd trimester, and things have finally settled down (in general this is from a final settling down of photo shoots!)

And then Thursday night hit me like a ton of bricks and I was so sluggish. Clearly that is when I decided to take my weekly photo.


Sometimes just being able to lay on your stomach (by removing a couch cushion) makes all the difference in the world.

You love donuts we learned after Lorelai's 2 year photo session!

Tomorrow I take my last trip before you arrive. At 31 weeks, I feel it is probably a good idea to stop traveling too much. I'm getting uncomfortable and sleeping in my own bed is top priority for me. Plus, I want to get all my Lorelai squeezes (she doesn't cuddle, so I can't call them cuddles) in while its just the two of us before baby sister arrives. Being away from her is always hard.

My boots are still a little tight. I didn't quite get my booties zipped up all the way this week. My feet don't seem to be spreading out as much as puffing up this time.

Oh I also had an emotional breakdown about my new cell phone this weekend. I mean it was full on pregnancy crazy. I bought a new phone for Black Friday and decided I hated it. First, I hate change...always. If I could have kept my phone I would have (it was turning off randomly, battery lasted maybe half a day...it was rough). But that wasn't an option. I literally cried that I got a new phone because it was different. I hated the "better camera", the features, even the way it notified me of things.

Thankfully a few hours of being upset (okay, maybe more like 2 days culminating in a cry fest) I read that this week my emotions may be out of wack again this week in pregnancy. It dawned on me, it may not be the phone...it could be me. Yes, there are some things I don't like about the new phone, but I totally hated my last phone the first few weeks too...so it might just be the hormonal crazy person. (In hind sight, I may have gotten my last phone while pregnant with Lorelai. The moral could be not to buy a new phone while pregnant)



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