Third Trimester Begins!

Today marks the beginning of my third and final trimester in this pregnancy! I cannot tell you how excited I am!

Number one, this brings us 12 weeks closer to meeting little Baby Duffy! Tim and I are so anxious we cannot wait! We look forward to this new stage of our lives and the challenges and joy it will bring.

Number two, I am almost done! I am sorry to all of you out there that love being pregnant, but I am not one of them. And as I start this final stage of pregnancy and I get bigger and more uncomfortable, the more I cannot wait to get back to a somewhat normal state in my body! I know it will take some time after to really get back to normal, but I cannot wait to get back to a workout regimen where I can sweat and run and feel good about myself versus feeling like a big fat blob!

Number three, wine is waiting for me at the end of the tunnel! Wine, champagne, martinis! The freedom to have a drink without feeling guilty about it! Oh, I so cannot wait!

But of course, the most important one of all is Baby Duffy coming into this World!

So at 28 weeks, Baby Duffy should be about 2 1/4 pounds (like a Chinese cabbage) and 14.8 inches long. She is knocking around inside of my belly like a Mexican jumping bean! I swear she is making up her own little office in there to take charge and let her parents know that she has some big plans when she comes out!

I on the other hand have been pretty quiet this week! I have been trying to lay low to combat this cold and reenergize myself. I am finally feeling somewhat better so I am going to get back to my workout regimen this week! I received some good news on Friday, I passed my Glucose test, so no gestational diabetes!

I ordered the baby sheets yesterday from a local boutique. They are custom - a light lilac pattern for the bumper and a darker grape color for the skirt and ties which should be a nice contrast with the charcoal grey glider we are ordering. I hope it all comes together beautifully!

I am tired!

This week has been tough, I am feeling tired and sluggish! My Doctor told me yesterday I probably wore myself out this past weekend in Chicago and this is my body's way of telling me to slow down! Monday I was having a little feeling of pressure in my belly - another thing my Doctor says is a sign I need to chill! This cold I have had is still going on....blah, blah, blah!

So, I am resting for the remainder of the week as much as I can. No workouts (even though I need yoga) and minimal walking!

I wish I could sleep better!

And I am just about to enter the third trimester....I wonder if some of this exhaustion is coming from that!

Oh fun times!

Is that an Alien in your belly?

All day long today, I have been watching my stomach move around all over the place. Sitting at the Doctor's office, waiting for my lunch takeout, everywhere I go, the baby is wanting to come out and visit because she is making lots of waves with my belly. This is the first time I have noticed major movements of my belly from the outside. I am trying to make out if it is an arm or a leg or what, but it is really funny! It looks like an alien moving around in there!

This is definitely one of the more fun parts of being pregnant!

I am a clutz!

Today has been a day....I started it by fasting for my Glucose test which I had to do at 10 this morning. Then after the appointment, I went to work at Tim's office in Beverly Hills. As I was walking down the street to get a coffee and something to eat (I was in need of some fuel), I wiped out on the concrete sidewalk - somehow my sandal slipped and my whole body fell forward. I landed on my knee and hand and I think managed to protect my belly! As I managed to get myself up, I saw the damage I did to my knee....a scrape the size of a baseball with blood running down my leg. I had to hike it down Beverly to find a pharmacy to tend to the ouchy as soon as possible!

After all of that, and then getting my final tooth fill from my root canal, I managed to get myself home safe and sound. Once I was here, I spilled half of a liter of water all of my living room table!

Ok, I think the universe is telling me to sit down and chill!

Ok universe, I am listening!

Psoriasis of the scalp?

Oh my, I am having so much fun being pregnant! A root canal, morning sickness and now possibly Psoriasis? I went to the dermatologist today to check out a small patch of my scalp that has been itching and dry since about April. The diagnosis - it could be Psoriasis. WTH??

I have never had it before and no one in my family has it that I am aware of!

I get the results of the biopsy back in a week so we will know for sure then, but seriously, I hope this goes away and does not turn out to be a big deal. Apparently, psoriasis can get better while pregnant....but I get it when pregnant...

Yippee, tomorrow I get to give blood for my gestational diabetes test. So excited!

My husband rocks!

There are those times in life where your husband does something so sweet and thoughtful that it just leaves you speechless. I came home from Chicago yesterday and found that my husband had a little surprise for me. The office soon-to-be nursery door was shut so when I opened it I found that Tim had taken all of the office furniture out and started making room for the nursery. He unpacked and set-up all of the baby items we have received so far, cleaned out his bookshelves and moved several pieces of large furniture to the garage. He did all of this without any help and without me even asking him to do any of it. I thought this would be something we would both work on together come September, but what would probably have been a week long job he got done in one day. And it was just awesome!

I apologize to Tim right now for all of the craziness I have shown him during this pregnancy! For he really made my whole month by doing such a wonderful thing for me. It was really nice and it was sweet that he wanted to start getting things ready for the baby! It just touched my heart in so many ways!

Pix are above of the soon-to-be nursery including the view of the Ocean Baby Duffy will have. We have lots still to do - order furniture, paint, decorate - but we are seriously so far along I feel super good about it.

Tim - you are amazing!

My dessert in take for the weekend!

I am still enjoying the act of eating sweets every day of this pregnancy. While I am not craving anything specific in the food realm, I am craving ice cream and chocolate on a daily basis...sometimes eating a few desserts in one day. I am fearful of the affect it is having on my body but I am trying not to think about that right now.

Here is a rundown of what I have been eating over the past few days:

1. Thursday: oversized house cookie (everything in it) from a coffee shop
2. Friday: a chocolate malt shake from Pot Belly's in Chicago, of which I sucked down in about 5 minutes
3. Saturday: amidst a hot day, we went to Margie's - an old-fashioned ice cream parlor - and I ordered the banana split with mint chocolate chip and chocolate ice cream (3 scoops) with hot fudge and whip cream. And I ate it all....pix is above.
4. Sunday: After landing in LA, I made Tim go to McDonald's for a medium chocolate shake
5. Monday: I ordered lunch in and got the chocolate mousse cake - just a slice - but it was huge and I ate almost the whole thing

There you have it...my chocolate intake for the last 5 days...now, what can I have for dinner!