March 31, 2012

Update: 25 weeks

In case you haven't heard from facebook:  We are having a BOY!  I tell you I was a little shocked when we had the ultrasound; I thought it was a girl.  But besides that, I thought that Russell would be my only boy because that  is how it goes in our family.  However, I am thrilled we are having a boy (that is secretly what I wanted anyway).  Russell needs a little brother to slap around because Lydia just doesn't appreciate him in that regard.  Lydia was, of course, devastated that she didn't get her baby sister.

Now I am 25 weeks pregnant (no pictures, please!).  I feel ENORMOUS!  Everyone says I look good or that my bump is cute, but I tell you, it would be a lot cuter if it was the 30 week bump it looks like it is!!  I am honestly scared for those last few months of this thing.  Right now, I am still going to the gym five days a week for the various classes I go to.  It is getting a little harder to maneuver, but I'm still in it.  People have been asking me when I am due and are always surprised at how much I still have left.  With that said, I'm hoping my stomach doesn't give way to endless stretch marks and forever-fatigued skin that hangs for the rest of my life.  I am seriously considering going on a diet or something.  Not a real diet, just more of a dessert-free kind of diet like we should all consume.  But this baby craves sugar.  And not just a little.  Sigh.

To scare myself just a little more, I just looked at pictures of myself at the end of my previous two pregnancies.    Yep, definitely scary.  YIKES!  Please wish me luck!