31 weeks

I've been meaning to take belly pictures for weeks and it seems that Max is rarely home when there is still day light outside. and the times when he is home during day light hours, I'm often wearing sweats with my hair not brushed. For these reasons, my pictures continued to be postponed. This afternoon after church, Max had some meetings so I attempted to go outside and have the deck railing take my picture...they weren't so flattering.

so creepy..hairy face

Luckily Max got home before it was dark so we went back outside and took some more. Still not so flattering. I really can't believe how huge I am. haha! Here I am 31 weeks along. I don't know how much more that baby boy can grow. Yikes.

The good news is that I think I feel a lot better this pregnancy. I don't really have any aches or pains. I can still run while pushing the jogging stroller even though I can't go as far as I used to. However, I don't go as often because sometimes just sitting on the couch sounds a lot more relaxing. A couple days ago I wanted to see if I could still do push-ups and I could. Granted, I don't have to go down as far seeing how my belly hits the floor before I get my chest all the way down.
I remember last pregnancy that the top of my big belly would sting quite often. I have felt that occasionally this time but it seems much more rare. My back feels great and strong, it gets a little tired if I sit for too long. Overall, I get more exhausted by the end of the day and sometimes I feel like I am a bottomless pit during meals (or between meals...or all the time) I strongly dislike dropping things on the floor because of the extra effort it takes to pick it up. With all this rapid weight gain I am definitely feeling exhausted with simple tasks such as tackling Charlie to get his shoes on or carrying him up the stairs when he wont go up himself.

I love feeling this boy constantly moving. It seems that he has become much more active in the last 2 weeks. I love watching my belly warble and wondering what his little personality will be like.

And here are some other pictures we took from that evening and I will put them here because I'm not sure where else to put them.

My dashing 2-year-old

My cheesy 2-year-old

He got to the top of the stairs and did a little dance!

He really does love his mama!