3rd trimester

I'm in my third trimester now. I think it's somewhere between 26 and 28 weeks (everyone measures differently) and I am now 27 weeks. It's nice to know that I am entering the last phase of pregnancy, where there is an end in sight. I'm large enough to be uncomfortable when I sleep and I don't fit into all regular bathroom stalls anymore :( The little one is still breech, which is not a major concern for me yet, but I still worry a little.

Caroline is continuing to do well. She doesn't talk much, but she can say a few things. Cheese, baby, yogurt (go-gie). Lately, she has confused banana and yogurt. She now calls bananas "go-gies" and does not say banana anymore.

Her favorite toy these days is her doll and stroller. She pushes the stroller all over the yard and around the house for long stretches every day.

I am going to be doing some more baby-proofing today. It seems that our bookshelves have become "toddler disaster areas". I am going to Lowes and I'm going to buy some plexiglass to put in front of the bookshelves. I plan on covering the bottom three shelves and hopefully it will keep Caroline from taking our books off the shelf and ripping out the pages. We want to encourage reading and such, so I was initially hesitant to do anything to the shelves. However, allowing her to rip up books doesn't encourage reading either. She has many books of her own, so I don't feel like we're depriving her of reading material.

Baby shower

Todd and I hosted a baby shower on Saturday for some friends of ours. It was an outdoor cook out sort of event. We had hamburgers, hotdogs (the kosher kind), potato salad, coleslaw, baked beans, deviled eggs, a fruit tray, a veggie tray, and so on. Everything was pink, because David and April (the guests of honor) are expecting a girl. It was a nice event. I think that we had about 25 attendees and everyone seemed to eat a lot of food and enjoy themselves. The weather was also really nice. As soon as I locate the camera cable, I will post some pictures.

Food and more food...

I've discovered new foods that Caroline likes. She ate black beans and corn for dinner tonight. And loved them! After finishing off her first plate, I made her a second and she ate that too! Very exciting. She also likes string cheese, fruit cups, and yogurt. Oh, and bananas. We go through lots of those. She also likes broccoli, carrots, zucchini, rice, and any kind of pasta with tomato sauce. She is a really good eater, but she refuses to eat meat! I don't stress about it, but I always offer her some. Most of the time she with leave it on the plate, but sometimes she just throws it on the floor. Writing this post has made me very hungry, so I will cut this post short. I promise to write again soon!

I've been a bad blogger lately. Caroline and I have been adjusting to our new home and new city. We really like Charlotte and everything it has to offer. We've been to the parks, malls, shopping, and more. I think Caroline's favorite spot is our backyard, where she has free reign to run around and pick up interesting things. She brings me sticks and rocks and dog bones as gifts. The dog dutifully follows her around ouside, as if she is following through on her mission in life. Protect the little one. Lately, we've seen the dog camp outside of Caroline's door, just waiting for something to happen, I guess.

I've been to the seeing my midwife regularly and so far, everything in the pregnancy is going well. I'm nearly 25 weeks along and the baby is measuring perfectly. There have been a few minor snags that will hopefully work themselves out. The baby's placenta is anterior, which in itself is not a bad thing, but it makes it nearly impossible to feel the baby kick. I felt the baby kick really early, and then around 18 weeks I stopped feeling any movement. It was stort of frightening, but an ultrasound shows that the placenta is the reason. The baby is also breech right now, which at 25 weeks isn't necessarily a problem, but with the anterior placenta, I am again in compromised position. Babies with an anterior placenta aren't as likely to turn. The external cephalic verison (where doctors try to move the baby) is an option of course, but not with an anterior placenta. Sigh. Plus, it's contraindicated in women who are Rh- (I am). So, if the baby remain breech, I will probably need a c-section. I will just have to hope that the baby turns on its own. Other than these minor problems, the pregnancy is going well and we are really looking forward to our new addition.