It's hard to believe that today is the first day of our third trimester! 12 weeks til I'm due, and 9 weeks til I'm full term... crazy! Our baby is now close to 15 inches long and weighs about 2.25 lbs. She can now blink and possibly sense light that filters through... how cool :)
I've been feeling really great. I sleep a lot, but that's expected... I hear the question, "How are you feeling?" about 10 times a day :) It doesn't bother me though, just shows that people care! No crazy food cravings or aversions. I could eat junk food all day, but hey who couldn't? I've been pretty good about limiting myself.
Another question I've been getting is, "what about work?" Well... My plan is to work up until I go into labor. Once I have her, I'll go on leave and be off until fall when sports start back up. I'll get paid leave for about 10 weeks of that time which is really nice. I do plan on returning to my position in mid-August. I of course think about how nice it would be to just stay at home and let Ben work (he makes good money and we'd be fine with just him working)... but right now, we could use the extra income as we try to save up to start an addition in a year or 2. And I hear that babies aren't cheap.... getting gifts from showers is going to help a TON, but expenses will surely be there. Plus, if I stopped working, then he would have to start working more often which means he is away from home more. I think it's important for both of us to contribute to family income, especially if it's do-able. I have been working and providing since I was 16, and I have been in my current position for 5 years now. Ben usually takes his lay-off sometime in September when work slows down for them, so there won't be much of an overlap when we are both working. Maybe once kid #2 comes around, then I'll think differently... but as of now, those are my thoughts.
Fun story from this morning (actually not so fun)... Ben went back to work really early this morning just for this week, and sure enough, my car won't start. I called my Mom and she came over with this giant batter charger... we had a wonderful time trying to figure out how to hook everything up. She was on the phone with my Dad, and said, "just clip it and it will ark??" She must have mis-heard him and meant spark... because she touched the black one to a piece of metal and huge sparks flew everywhere... I couldn't help but laugh hysterically. We finally got my car started and both of us got to work about 30 minutes late. I'm so thankful for her :)
28 Weeks
