Friday, March 31, 2017

30 weeks with #3

I've finally hit the single digit countdown with 9.5 weeks left until due date. Along with that I've been hit with a few of the regular aches and pains that come along with the end of pregnancy. Crazy enough I don't have a lot of hip pain which was almost debilitating in the last two pregnancies. I've got some pretty serious lower back pain, some literal pains in the butt, and starting to feel a little kicked between the legs but so far things are manageable. I've gained about 40lbs so far so looks like I'm on track for the 50 I gained with Eli. That's a bummer but I don't care too much. I've been working out and I feel pretty good so I'll just have to worry about that later.

Eli seems a little excited about his new baby sister. He asks about her sometimes. We went with the name Taylor Elaine Motley and we've changed it several times so he's not sold on this name but he often says he's ready to have his new baby sister here or that he's ready to pick her up. I think the transition from 2-3 will be fairly easy with him because he just went through this change not too long ago and now seems to enjoy it. We started a chore/reward chart for him in hopes to get him just a bit more independant before the new baby arrives. It's an app that rewards him stars and he is really loving it! So are we!

Noelle is just as cute as ever! She wobbles around the house all day looking around and laughing. She gives Dadda a hard time and demands lots of cuddles and carrying but I recently read a blog post from when Eli was 15 months and he seemed to want to be carried a lot at that age as well so perhaps it's a normal stage. She's not so bad about it with me but Dadda likes to spoil her. I can see her having some jealousy issues with the new baby and I'm not so sure how she'll adjust but I'm hoping she'll be young enough that the transition stage won't be too rough for too long.

We had our first niece born yesterday! She was 8lb 7oz named Elizabeth Diane King. I am so excited that we'll have 3 girls in the family all within just 1.5 years. They'll be so close in age and hopefully close friends as they grow up. Eli and his cousins CJ and Daniel are all pretty close in age and Jack is also only about 2 years difference so I love that my sweet babies will have cousins to play with.

Danielle

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