Baby Visits the Capital!

I enjoyed a bonding trip to Washington DC with baby Chinese cabbage this week! Other than the fact that the weather was quite hot and humid and therefore almost unbearable for someone in their third trimester, it was fun to pose at some of the tourist sites with my baby bump!

Baby and I reflecting on the legacy of Lincoln...



Saying hello to the Obamas...



Posing with my modern art scupture twin...



It was a great trip, but I am quite glad to be home for my last days of summer... hard to believe the school year will be starting in just a few weeks!

End of the Second Trimester

Well, we’re down to every other week appointments after today… Mama weighs 122, heartbeat 156, measuring 26 centimeters. You are growing well and are getting more and more active – I on the other hand have a prescription to gain a little more weight. I think I’ve found it harder to concentrate on getting the calories in, running after Aiden and obsessing over what he’s eating. In ‘N Out for lunch should get me on the right path;). Also, I feel a cheesecake dessert coming on tonight…

This week Aiden was sitting on my lap when you started kicking. “Did you feel that?” I asked him. He looked up and smiled so sweetly, then hauled back and punched me in the stomach. Fairly hard. I am not sure he totally understands what he was doing, but a part of me thinks he knows EXACTLY what he was doing! Don’t worry, baby, I will protect you from your brother… but I highly encourage you to do a little sparring before you make your entrance to our family – the practice will come in handy☺.

25 Weeks... time to slow down

We actually went in last week because you are growing growing growing! I had several Braxton Hicks contractions and lots of irritability, so just wanted to make sure things looked copacetic. Heartbeat 150, Mama’s weight 120, measuring 23 cm. And after some lab work, it sounds like everything else is looking good for the long haul too. You are really active lately, and enjoying some yoga positions that have me stretching on one side of my tummy or the other... or both at the same time. And you seem to like to wake up once Aiden has gone to bed… let’s hope you enjoy sleeping while he sleeps once you get here;).