Hello, Third Trimester!

This past Thursday, the baby and I entered the third trimester.  Crazy!  Just like when I was pregnant with James, we've signed up for weekly email updates on the little one that tell us which obscure vegetable or fruit he/she most resembles as he/she grows.  Here's what this week has to say:

"By this week, your baby weighs two and a quarter pounds (like a Chinese cabbage) and measures 14.8 inches from the top of her head to her heels. She can blink her eyes, which now sport lashes. With her eyesight developing, she may be able to see the light that filters in through your womb. She's also developing billions of neurons in her brain and adding more body fat in preparation for life in the outside world."

I'm feeling a bit more tired and have more aches & pains this go round (not to mention LOTS of braxton hicks contractions!), but overall, I'm feeling pretty good.

We'll soon be moving James into his new big boy room (which is currently known as "Dada's Closet"), so he can get used to sleeping in another room before the baby arrives and takes over his current space.  Since he's been doing so well in his crib so far (fingers crossed that we didn't just jinx ourselves), we decided to not to make the move to his big boy bed just yet and purchased a second crib for him this weekend.  

We also recently purchased a video baby monitor.  When I was pregnant with James, I kind of thought they were silly and a waste of money, but I have to say, I LOVE it.  We bought a model that came with two cameras, so we set up one in James's room and one in his playroom.  He's pretty good at independent play, so it will be nice to let him do his thing in the playroom be able to keep an eye on him while I get things done upstairs.  And since the little man occasionally talks in his sleep, the video monitor has already prevented us from interrupting a nap too early because we thought he was awake (Cue cute James-talking-in-his-sleep story: earlier this week around 11pm, he said "ee-ah gaga" twice, which is James speak for IU basketball.  Must have been a good dream!).  We'll most likely get another camera for the little one, too.

And because I can't do a blog post without sharing some kind of visual media, here's 1 minute and 9 seconds of James (aka The Little Handsome) playing IU basketball:

And here's 2 minutes and 33 seconds of him playing with his cars:

PS - as I mentioned at the end of this post, a new blog name was in order.  Hope you like the new header & blog name!  (Still have the picture of your Pride & Joy in your wallet, Dad?)