Love it!

I can honestly say that I'm loving pregnancy! I have come far from that never ending first trimester. It is hard to believe that I'm in the third and final trimester of pregnancy! This means that in 12 short (hopefully) weeks I will get to meet our sweet little baby girl! Can I just tell you that I'm so ready for that? We might not have a nursery set up, or know exactly where we'll be, but I know that it will all work out perfectly in God's perfect way.

T.J. and I both realize that we really have no idea how different life will be. We know it will be dramatically different but we are still super excited. We were just talking about how crazy it is that if for some reason Teagan was born now that she would have a very high chance of surviving life outside of the womb! That is crazy! Sometimes we get blown away with the thought that we ALREADY have a baby girl... she is just inside my tummy! She is kicking, turning, squirming, and rolling around constantly. We can watch my stomach move with her sometimes. I love how active she is. T.J. loves it too and almost every night we spend some time talking to her, reading, praying and even play music- I know it sounds so cheesy but if you don't have kids you'll understand one day!

I just hit the 28 week mark. This means Teagan is most likely opening and closing her eyes (with eyelashes that hopefully resemble T.J.'s) and can see light filtered through my skin. She is close to 3 lbs. and is getting a little cramped! She is definitely stretching my tummy, that is for sure. I literally don't know how I will get bigger! Sometimes it is a little scary! I'm to the point that everyone knows I'm pregnant so I get asked questions all the time from strangers. It is really weird to be the pregnant girl! Sometimes T.J. and I both just stare at myself in the mirror and just say "woooooah" for about a minute. It is crazy to see your body change so much in not that long of a time period!

Next week we will have our 28 week appointment (although I'll then almost be 29 weeks) and because I'm now in the third trimester we will get to start having our doctor appointments every 2 weeks. Last week I had to take the glucose test. This is a test to make sure you do not have gestational diabetes. It isn't the most fun test either. You have to drink this HIGHLY concentrated sugary orange drink (within 5 minutes) and then EXACTLY an hour later have your blood taken. After almost puking (but getting it down!) I start my drive to the lab to have my blood taken. I pick up T.J. first and when we get there we CANNOT figure out why their doors are locked. Five minutes later we realize we arrived FIVE MINUTES after they closed. FAIL. I drank the drink for nothing. So, of course, I do the only reasonable thing and start to cry. I did NOT want to think about drinking it again! Needless to say, we picked up another drink at the doctors office as they chuckled and I took the test later on in the week. Unfortunately my levels were a little high, SO, I get to take a THREE HOUR long glucose test next week. :) (sarcastic smile). I'm sure everything is totally fine they just want to take precautions! I guess I better take a good book with me...

I was blessed by my sisters and mom with an amazing baby shower when I was in Oklahoma last week. Teagan will be the cutest dressed baby, that is for sure! We were blessed beyond measure and continue to be blessed by people. The generosity is out of this world. Thank you Lord! We have a work baby shower coming up and we are really excited about it too! Boys are invited. :)

With Heather and Julia at the shower-

I'm hoping my next update will have more information on our plans the next couple of months. We will see!

Here are some fun pictures my friend Lacy Robinson took for me while I was home. I was SO happy that she took the time to meet with me in my crazy short weekend back in Oklahoma to take some maternity pictures. :) As you can see, Julia came with me! It was really fun because I didn't tell T.J. I was doing these so I was able to surprise him with a book of these pictures when I came back to NY.