Ready or Not

The Third Trimester 

(insert shocked crying face here!)

Wasn't I just announcing I was pregnant? Wasn't I just revealing that we were having a girl this time? Sharing her name with you all? Starting on her nursery?

Somehow we have made it to this point at a speed that is beyond my comprehension. I remember the boys pregnancies going fast but this one seems to be a completely different rate.

I am sure a huge part of that is because who has time to stop when you have two boys at home?

I have cried over this third trimester realization many times already. Because although I am so anxious to meet our daughter and start our bond earth side, I truly love being pregnant. There is something extra sentimental about knowing it is your last one.

I mean, we were unsure if we would try for a 3rd while I was pregnant with Graham so at times it felt like that was my last. But we knew the possibility of another was always on the table.
This time is different. This is it. The actual final one.

I find myself talking to her constantly, stopping in the middle of the day to sit and watch her move and sitting in her rocking chair several times a week.

I love this sweet girl that is growing inside of me. 

I love that she took me to new places I had never been in the first trimester. I love that she now has decided to take it easier on me. I love that I have experienced her small flutters turn into boxing matches.

First trimester brought intense sickness, second has been a walk in the park compared to that! I am definitely exhausted on an entirely new level than I am used to. But for the most part, most days I feel good.

Both of my boys have summer birthdays and it was always my dream to be pregnant in the Fall. Knowing I get to be pregnant during these upcoming cooler temperatures, be pregnant at pumpkin patches and Halloween...all add to the excited of this final stage.
And ps: I am SO excited to dress a bump for Autumn for the first time ever.

So much is still ahead for us on this journey and I am going to try my absolute best to soak up these last 3 months.

Thank you for following along so far on this blessing of an adventure!
Cheers to the next chapter!