Things have been pretty quiet lately - a nice change from last week!
With the snowstorm and no power we moved around quite a bit (thanks to all of you that hosted us!!) and was a little stressful on the belly! No issues, just tightness and back pain but all of that is thankfully gone now. I'm back in my own bed and back to somewhat normal routine - as normal as normal can be!  :-)

I am almost 32 weeks now and my biweekly appointments are super quick - just weight check and listening to the heartbeat. I've gained about 26 pounds already, which is what I gained with Logan and I still have 8 weeks to go!!! I have a picture from this weekend that I'll post.

Logan had some practice this weekend with 2 babies visiting and he was such a good boy- he wanted to hold one of the babies, spent a lot of time rocking one in the swing and putting the blanket on each time she kicked it off. I'm certain he will be a great big brother! He has loved playing with all his old baby toys I took out the other day - I'm amazed how entertained he is by them!  My work had a babyshower for me too and the 2 stuffed animals he has already claimed for his own. He says Emma won't know what to do with them so he has to take care of them for her!

Emma is  most active in the morning when I first wake up and when I first lay down for the night. She kicks and does somersaults for a good 20 minutes.

29 weeks and counting!

I had my regular follow up appointment today - I'm at 29 weeks with 11 left to go! I am now seeing the doctor every two weeks instead of monthly and towards the end it will change to weekly. Things are going great - she is growing every day and is estimated to be about 3 lbs right now. I think she is finally head down for good although probably plenty of room to move around still. Each time I go they say she's head down, which is good at this point going forward.  I am constantly feeling her move during the day, mostly down lower so I'm thinking she spends her day punching!

Logan still spends a lot of time talking to her. He thinks it's cool to feel her moving around and we tell him she's say hi to him. Whenever Joe puts his hands on my belly she starts kicking too.

It's getting harder to get up from playing on the floor with Logan now but I am feeling good. The baby's room is all done now, crib is set up along with a bassinet a friend gave us. Not much to do now except wait!

He made it through the class! When the baby is born, her footprint goes on the right

Logan's big brother class at the hosptial - he learned how to put on a diaper, dress the baby and swaddle. He'll make such a good brother!

Still trying to put on the diaper. This had to be the funniest part

Trying to put on the hat

It's amazing how fast time goes by. I didn't realize it had been quite so long since my last update. Things over the past 2 months have been going pretty smoothly.  I am now on my final week of the 2nd trimester, I am 27 weeks w/only 3 months left to go. The baby has been moving around a LOT and Logan and Joe have been able to feel her kicking around. Logan talks to her quite often and tells her jokes - his favoriate right now is "Guess what?" and when you say what, he responds "Chicken butt!". I'm sure she has  learned his voice by now!

I have already been getting the braxton hicks contractions which are normal. I have been getting them a lot lately so when I called the doctor on them they had me come in to be monitored. Yesterday they hooked me up to a fetal monitor and they could track how much the baby moved and the contractions. Nothing to be concerned about, just an active baby!

I am now on follow up appointments biweekly until delivery. I had my glucose test the other day and results were normal. Not fun but I am told the drink is not half as bad as the one you need for a colanoscopy so I will count my blessings!  I will continue to keep you all posted on progress.

We finally decided on a name - Emma Louise Bouley. Logan wants the middle name to be Pokemon but told him it can be the baby's nickname. It makes us feel like we have accomplished at least something before the baby comes. Our new place has a small baby room that we are going to attempt to pain and get ready in the coming months too. It's fun going through the bins of old baby stuff from Logan getting them ready for the new baby. It's hard to imaine that my big boy was that little!

Nothing new from here, things are going well and I'm feeling great. Just a little slower at doing things. I'm at 22 weeks and more than half way through!