27-28 Baby Bump & Photo Dump

I cannot find these pictures on our blog anywhere! Hopefully I didn't just miss them and now I am posting them twice. This is at the temple for Ben and Amanda's wedding, it was a really wonderful day! I already put up the pictures of their reception and a couple of them coming out, but some how I missed these.

Carolyn and Greg, she is such a great mom and sister. She got a weekend all to herself for Ben and Amanda's wedding! Ryan took care of the kids and held down the fort back in Ohio. This was the 2nd time I really got to be around her, so it was fun not to be the wedding planner and to enjoy all the family that was in town. We had a lot of fun at the wedding festivities and at Aunt Sandy's house.

Greg and I, we had only been married 6 months right here.

Oh Happy Day!

And of course the car decorations! I thought it turned out classy!

Leaving the luncheon.....

Newly married for maybe 3 hours or even less! Introducing, Mr. & Mrs. Ben Sloat. 

I want to write a little bit about my experience being pregnant. I wonder if this will even be interesting to this little girl we can't wait to meet. But, I want to journal about it anyway. Right now, I feel really good. My belly isn't big enough to make me too uncomfortable. I can still tie my shoes on the side, I can still sleep on my back without any discomfort, and although clothes aren't fitting and I have to wear all maternity clothes now I don't feel huge yet. My energy has been up to almost normal the last month, and I am having no sickness, light headedness, and no other aches and pains. I get winded a lot easier, I get sore a lot faster, and my nose is stuffy a lot. Sleep is slightly more difficult but not bad, I have mostly comfortable nights and only have an irritated back ache once in a while. I haven't had any round ligament pain and no other pains in my belly area from all the growing. Cross my fingers!  I still have to pee a lot, and I always pee at least once a night. A BIG improvement from the 2-3 times a night that went on for months. I can handle getting up just once! I am really emotional, I can cry on a dime and it makes movies more entertaining for those around me to see me bawl at all the silly stuff. I can't help it! Even the cheesy movies that don't have believable plots make me tear up and bawl. Greg and I have started some P90X and I do some aerobics that I started a few days ago. I am almost to my 3rd trimester and I finally start exercising, go figure! I have way more energy now, I guess I better start using all that nap time. As far as nesting goes, I do have a lot I still want to get done but I have also done quite a bit. As far as cleaning and rearranging I am half way done. I have rearranged the apartment in every area I wanted to, dejunked, reorganized, and have done about half the cleaning. I like this nesting stuff! It makes me feel productive. So, that is me at the 27.5 week mark. We are so excited. I am enjoying the 2nd trimester comfort! The first 4 months were dulled with a lot of cramping, nausea, fatigue, and frequent urination which interrupted my sleep significantly. Lets just say the improvement for the last 2 months has been great, I even came to the conclusion that I would be willing to do this again...several times! I can remember thinking for the first few months...HOW DO WOMEN DO THIS!!??? I am not even the worse off, but this is difficult. Thank goodness for the 2nd trimester!

I am still not very natural at these "belly" pics...but at least it's fun to document what I looked like at each stage. I am excited to compare belly growth with subsequent pregnancies, that will be interesting! 

 

Awe, Greg wanted to take a picture of his belly too!