Third Trimester Already?

It's crazy to think that in February my baby was nothing but an itty bitty peanut and now she has eyelashes, practices breathing, and apparently she dreams! My phone app is letting me know as well that if she were to come now she'd have a great chance of survival. Of course, I'm hoping she'll be done cooking closer to her due date, but it's still a comforting thought.

So I've wanted to post earlier but I've been sick this past week so it hasn't been easy. I took some time off work to re cooperate but I still feel super sick. Unfortunately, I really needed to get back to work so I'm sticking it out for now. Really though, do sick germs get mad with power when you're pregnant? I feel like this one has taken its time getting through my system. Maybe I just haven't been sick in a while but it feels like this bug really gave me a beating. Good thing is, I'm back on my feet (somewhat) for now and looking forward to better sleep each night. One thing about being sick is that it makes you feel grateful for the times you're NOT sick. Speaking of being sick:

EVERYONE IS PREGNANT. For serious though. I just had seven million people (because I have that many friends) announce pregnancies over the past couple days. A lot of people are almost as far along as I am, some just starting the crappy first trimester journey. It's crazy! My coworker? He and his wife are on their sixth baby. Six babies! I mean, I'm the youngest of seven, but now that I'm about to have my own I can't imagine how my mom did this seven times. Seriously, guys, she's a rock star....without the drugs and alcohol. I will say though, it's a pretty exciting time with all these babies sprouting up everywhere. I have been genuinely happy for everyone expecting. It kind of feels like a support group, you know? It's nice.

So other than being sick we went to the lake last Saturday with our neighbors and our new friend Carol which was a blast. Penny made some new friends as you can see from the pictures. She absolutely loved the dog pictured on the bottom on the far right.

His name is Mowgli and they have the same amount of crazy so they pretty much chased one another around all afternoon. She LOVES the water and is actually swimming pretty far which makes me so happy. Turns out, she could pull me back to shore which is something I'll definitely want to train more. It could be a life saving talent for our kids or even for us if something happened. 

Speaking of Penny and kids, do you guys have any advice for introducing a dog to a newborn? Penny is a HUGE part of our family so we want to make sure we do things right. I mean, she's a fantastic dog and I think she will be fine, but I feel like everyone makes a big deal about a dog meeting a newborn for the first time. I'm not even sure what things I should be worried about. I mean, my dog isn't going to devour our child. She's great with cats and male dogs (some females she doesn't like). She's also fairly good with my neighbors kids but she's never really been around a baby. Her biggest problem is that she tends to bulldoze over people so I've always been cautious with her when she's around kids or elderly because when she gets excited she could plow someone over which is NOT okay. But I guess I just don't know what kinds of things I should prepare for, you know? Any advice you guys have would be great, really. We have a trainer we plan on going to for advice as well but I'd love any feedback you guys can offer.

Oh, I almost forgot! While we were at the lake I took a break from the boat because my tailbone was killing me and stayed on shore to watch my neighbors cute 4 month old baby girl. She had just eaten and after they left she started getting fussy. I picked her up and couldn't figure out how to help. I was just about to call them back from the lake when I realized, "Hey, she just ate. She probably needs to be burped!" The minute I started patting her back she calmed right down. I can't even tell you how damn proud I was of myself. I have zero experience with babies so this whole 'you're going to be a mom' thing has really been weighing on me. Hanging out with Abbie super boosted my self confidence. Even if my baby is crying, I'll figure it out. Not only that, but I have SO many people with experience I can call. Anyway, it was a really good experience for me. 

So to end things here's my summary for the 27th and 28th week: 

(Don't you love how I never clean up when I take these pictures? Also I'm pretty sure I've worn this exact outfit in another pregnancy pic. I'm so good at blogging).

Total weight gain: 17 lbs

Cravings for this week: SWEETS. Big Hunks and orange juice really. I think the sweets craving was mostly a comfort things cause I was sick and less of a pregnancy thing.

Major symptoms: Remember how last week I said I had dry skin? Well for some reason I feel like all the moisture has been sucked out of my LIFE. My nose is constantly bloody and it's made my sickness so weird. I mean, it could be a sick thing but I'm not sure. Also, it could be the weather. Either way, I've been like a star fish in the sun.

Products used: This is a stupid category. I'm not sure why I started it. Or why I'm not just deleting it.

Emotions: Sick. Can sick be an emotion? Sometimes it seems like a sickness takes over until you can get your head out of the fog and remember what the real world feels like.