So, we’ve been having this problem with the hot/cold water knob in the shower for a few weeks. When you pull it out to start the water, there has been a bit of a leak due to the plastic being cracked. Well, now when you pull it out it is like a soaking spray that just drenches you with cold water and sprays horizontally all over the floor. I just had to change my pants because it looked like I wet myself.

Need to go to Lowe’s and get a new one. I was looking at the beautiful Kohler faucets, but we’ll probably end up getting something cheaper.

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I’ve heard it a million times. Every single time someone asks me when I am due, they automatically respond with: “Oh, wow, you’re going to have a long hot summer!” Summers here in Southern Ohio are pretty hot and humid anyway, however, yes… pregnancy makes it feel MUCH hotter. In fact, when I am outside in the sun I sort of feel like I am going to explode. I am also so hot at night (even on the “cool” nights) that running the air conditioner is an absolute MUST.

In other news, I am making my best effort to start getting some of our downstairs rooms organized and cleaned. This entails putting lots of junk in cardboard moving boxes and storing them in the attic.

Needless to say, our attic is probably going to be packed full by August.

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I can’t believe that I am now in my third trimester. I hit 28 weeks of pregnancy on Saturday, and now have only 12 weeks left until my due date on August 15th.

I felt really great through most of my second trimester, but have began to feel some of the aches and pains associated with the home stretch in the past week or two. Sleeping is becoming more and more difficult, my back aches, it’s hard to tie my shoes, and my belly itches!

It’s really starting to sink in, finally, that very soon I will have a baby. Heavy stuff!

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It really seems like the last few weeks of my pregnancy have been flying by. I am still feeling pretty good physically, with the exception of some trouble getting comfortable at night. I know that it’s only going to get worse in that department!

I’ve accumulated a few things for the baby over the past couple of months, but, had yet to make any substantial purchases. I finally bought something “big” for the baby–a car seat! I really wasn’t happy with the selection of carrier/car seats locally, so yesterday my mom and I made the trip to a Baby’s R’ Us in Columbus. Let me just say, my eyes have been opened to a much better selection of baby items! I only wish that we had a Baby’s R’ Us in my town.

So, aside from the beautiful Chicco KeyFit 30 that I bought this week, I have also picked up a Boppy Pillow and a couple of adorable little outfits. I am getting there!

I also have a new ultrasound picture of baby Evan to post. The ultrasound tech warned us that these 3D pictures often look kind of funny at this gestational age, since the baby is just beginning to grow some fat under his skin, but, I still think it is cute and amazing to be able to get a glimpse of his face.

In face, seeing this makes me want to invest in one of those 3D/4D ultrasound DVD’s that you can have made at those elective ultrasound boutique places. I found a couple in Columbus, still not sure if I want to sink the money in that. A friend of ours had one, though, and it was pretty incredible.

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I am 24 weeks pregnant today, and that means that I have only 16 weeks left! It really feels like it is coming up quickly when you count the weeks remaining at this point.

It’s finally getting hot outside too, which signals that things are nearing the home stretch for me. I’ve known since early December that I was pregnant, and that I would be having a baby in the summer, but it’s been so cold here all winter/spring, that the idea of a summer birth was still sort of abstract.

I’m going to have to start using my point and shoot to get some pregnancy progress photos, because it’s just too cumbersome trying to get a good shot of myself with the D300. I have zero patience lately!

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I intended to post weekly updates on my pregnancy from the beginning, and have failed royally so far. Now that I am in a comfortable phase of pregnancy, however, I am going to make my best effort to report weekly on what I am experiencing. I know that someday I will appreciate these little notes.

So, I am 23 weeks, and still sort of in shock that I am more than half way to my due date (August 15th.) I feel surprisingly… good! When I wake up in the morning, it’s really important for me to have breakfast right away. If I don’t eat something within twenty-minutes of waking up, my stomach starts going nuts. Once breakfast is down, I feel great until lunch time, and again, as long as I eat regularly I am great.

My other big complaint since the nausea faded at 16.5 weeks was heartburn. I am not talking about mild heartburn, I’m talking killer, burning fire, can’t lay down to sleep acid. Luckily, my doctor prescribed me a medication for this, and my heartburn is totally GONE now. The medication is safe, and while I hate that I have to take it, I HAVE TO TAKE IT.

I’m starting to feel a few bodily aches and pains now, associated with my growing weight and belly. I feel this more as the day turns into evening. Some nights, by the time I crawl into bed, I feel overwhelmed by the girth of my growing belly. I can’t imagine how it will feel when I am even bigger as time goes on.

I’ve also noticed that the baby has his own sleep/wake schedule. He usually kicks a bit in the morning after I have breakfast, and then quiets down until dinner time. After dinner, it is play time until midnight or 1:00 a.m.  In fact, last night at about midnight he began kicking me so hard that I actually yelped and jumped up in bed (which made Zach wake up too, saying: “What!? what?!”.  The kicking was down VERY low, and it felt like several hard blows to the bladder. I can’t imagine what a kick to the bladder will feel like when he is even bigger… yikes!

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As much as I love seeing the leaves change in fall, and getting a bit of snow around Christmas, I also hate just how long and grueling the winter season is in Ohio. I do start getting somewhat depressed by January, and when spring rolls around it is just so nice to feel the sun shining again. It’s amazing what a little light and warmth can do for your mental well-being.

I’m also happy to be going through the rest of my pregnancy in the summer. People have been telling me that I will be miserable, hot, and swollen by the time it’s over, but you know what? That’s fine with me. I would rather be able to go outside and enjoy the weather and feel HAPPY, than to be depressed and pregnant over the dark winter months.

I will say, though, that I am already having fantasies of buying one of those inflatable swimming pools for my back yard so that I can soak when it gets too hot this summer. Maybe I can fill it with ice cubes?

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Just be a little duck, and let all of the negativity roll off your back like tiny beads of water.

This was the advice that my fiance gave me in bed last night as I sobbed into my pillow. It’s true folks, I am pregnant, and the hormones are undoubtedly helping to amplify all of my emotional responses. That said, it has never been easy for me to cope when people say hurtful things to me.

I know that we all go through this, and it isn’t my intention to focus on any particular situation in my own life. I really just need to figure out how to channel these feelings into something positive, or, at least not let them get the best of me.

I’m not sure if it is an increased sensitivity on my part, but, cue the Cindy Lauper because lately I am really seeing some true colors fly. If anything, it just makes me want to try to be a better, kinder, and more understanding person, because those things are really important.

As for right now, I’m going to try to take some good advice, and just let all of the bad stuff roll off my shoulders. This is a wonderful time in my life, and I deserve to enjoy it.

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I am 22 week now, and I think that it is pretty evident to others who see me at this point that I am in deed pregnant. That being said, I’ve noticed a complete and utter lack of aknowledgement from many people. Is there no common courtesy left in the world?

For instance, I was checking out at the grocery store yesterday, and as I stood there waiting for my items to be bagged, I wondered if the bag-boy was going to offer to help me out to my car. It was pouring down rain, and my cart was completely full with lots of heavy extras. Normally, this isn’t the kind of help I would want, but I thought that certainly, today, someone would notice my condition and offer to help. The kid placed the last bag in the cart, pushed the cart toward my hands, and said half-heartedly: “Have a good one.”

Then, a few days later, on an equally rainy day, I was making a quick stop at Office Max to pick up some DVD-R’s. While walking across the parking lot I saw a car coming toward me, and figured that as soon a the driver realized that I was a pregnant woman, standing in the rain, waiting to cross, that he or she would stop to let me pass. There was no way that the driver did not see me, and it’s a good thing I didn’t start across the lot because he did not even slow down. The kicker? It was a city cop.

Now, I don’t always expect people to hold doors for me, or to be particularly polite in random social situations, but come on. I would have thought that being blatantly pregnant would have brought some perks in this department. I guess not!

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