3rd Trimester

Sunday marked the official start of our third trimester and oh boy did those symptoms hit me all at once.
Exhausted, achy, restless legs, weird stretching feelings in my stomach muscles. Fun Stuff.

I also nearly had a panic attack this weekend when i thought i had lost our ultrasound pictures. When i finally gave up looking and decided to just get reprints it dawned on me that i had filed them with our vital records because pregnancy brain said that would be the most logical place and then immediately forgot about it.

It has never been more apparent that we are now in the countdown to baby-time, so it has helped me to set some goals.
The month of April is the get the entire apartment de-cluttered, organized and ready for baby stuff.
May is for getting baby stuff prepped and organized and June is for getting us prepped and organized.
Nesting is a great compulsion for that, keeping up the energy to actually get it done is the trick.

So here's a bump picture from a couple weeks ago:

26 Weeks 2 Days

And today:

28 Weeks 3 Days

Maternity Clothes

Holy Crap this month got away from me...

So i had a post all ready from about 3 weeks ago so i am just going ahead with a version of that for now and doing a real 6 month update next:

March 2nd - 24 Weeks

With just under 4 months to go Baby Squiggs is popping out of 90% of my pre-pregnancy clothes, and all my P.P. jeans are officially retired. The hair band through the buttonhole trick got me through the first 4 months or so, after that it was just misery for both of us.

And that friends is why I am singing the praises of Motherhood Maternity and their wonderful selection of maternity pants. Not only do they carry several styles in ‘Long’ but their definition of ‘Long’ is actually a functional 34” or 34.5” inseam.

Along with their private label brand they also carry the Jessica Simpson Maternity line which is straight up adorbs. The JS skinny jeans (in 34.5” inseam) are the best thing I have ever worn. Literally a perfect fit, I haven’t been able to find regular skinny jeans that fit this well ever. I am going to be heartbroken when I can’t wear them anymore…in fact I might wear them forever.

In Love

Also on my list of maternity must-haves were a couple pairs of good flat shoes. After online shopping/obsessing for an entire evening I decided to spring for a pair of ‘laceless’ converse low-tops, which i practically had to move mountains to get but they were worth the wait because they are perfect. Cute, comfortable and they have super practical hidden elastic in the top.

Yes...

While out on a Best Friends Date with Kate, I was also able to check off some other items on my shopping list including a gorgeous maxi dress, the first of many maternity t-shirts, and some cute printed canvas loafers. All in all a pretty good set of staples to hopefully get me and Squiggs through the rest of our growth spurts. 

...yes...

...also yes