Welcome to the final countdown!!

We've made it so far!! It's finally the third trimester! Can you believe it??

In some ways this pregnancy is seeming to last forever. As I see everyone else around me start to have their babies. But in some ways it seems to be flying by. We still have so much to get done before Aiden arrives! But I'm sure we'll get it all finished in plenty of time.

Everything with our checkup went well. I had to take the glucola screening which tests for gestational diabetes. I survived 3 different needle pokes cause my arms just weren't wanting to share their blood. Needless to say, I had a hard time with it, but Dan says I did great and he's very proud of me! Yay!! I couldn't do it without him! :) We should have the results in the next couple days. Based on some symptoms I've been having lately, the Dr thinks I most likely have what is called "reactive hypoglycemia", also called "postprandial hypoglycemia". Basically, what it means is that my body doesn't initially produce enough insulin to control my blood sugar after I eat, and then my body tries to over-correct by producing even more insulin, which then makes my blood sugar too low. It's not extreme at this point. I tend to get either really tired after eating or really dizzy, but have yet to pass out or have any worse symptoms. Other than that, we are both growing big, and staying healthy!

Aiden is most likely around 14.5 inches long and 2.5 pounds at this point.

We picked out our paint color for the nursery and bought the paint. Now we're just waiting for a good day to slap it on the walls. We're very excited!! Dan's even planning to build a dresser to put in the window cubby area of the nursery! I can't wait!!

Everything else is going great also! Dan has only 13 more actual work days in the Army before his terminal leave starts and he is free! Dan's terminal leave is him getting to use all of his accrued paid time off, so he will be home and available for job testing and interviews for almost 3 full months! Woohoo!! He's still doing great with his PD testing. We've added more agencies and will hopefully be hearing stuff soon. My work has been busy busy busy. I've been working overtime non stop to fill up my banks of time off for my maternity leave. As of today, I only have to work 8 more blocks of overtime before my banks are full! That will be such a wonderful feeling!

We can't wait for the shower coming up soon to get to see everyone again! And we can't wait for summer! All of these gray rainy days can hit the road! :) Common sunshine!!!