Pregnancy: 30 weeks

I'm 75% done with this pregnancy, give or take :-)  As anyone who's ever been pregnant knows, the third trimester is sort of bittersweet.  There's the anticipation of meeting one's baby coupled with the impatience to not be pregnant anymore (hey, these last weeks are rough.)  At the same time, there are things (though possibly few) about pregnancy that are to be missed- baby kicks, the joy of being pregnant, feeling special, and guilt-free calories- just keeping it real.  This being our last baby (biologically-speaking, at least) I am feeling an increased need to romanticize this time.  I mentioned, too, that these last weeks are rough, right?  Yeah.  Bittersweet times.

I've sort of been in denial for the past 2-3 weeks that we are really nearing the end (relatively speaking).  Baby could be here in 7 weeks for all we know (or 13...  hopefully closer to 10).  I have a lot to do!  I haven't gotten baby clothes out, we still need a few necessary items, and we need to make some adjustments in the house to make room for a new person!  Oh, my to-do list is really ridiculously long.  I'm the type that is paralyzed by such a list so it's hard to get motivated and know where to start.  Surely everything will get done.  Kraig, bless him, has done so much and is SO willing to do anything I ask of him (put that in the "pros of pregnancy" column).  

It's hard to know that we still have so much to do to prepare and yet be so impatient to meet our little man and start raising our two boys.  That third trimester.... it's a tug of war.  We're also trying to do a lot of fun activities with Owen.  Not only for him- since he'll soon have a bit less freedom due to the usurper- but also for us.  We're certainly going to miss this time as a family of three.  We love Owen so very much and enjoy spending time with him immensely.  It's hard to think about having to split our attention.  So, we don't think about it much.  NEXT TOPIC!

30 weeks prego mama with Owen in the wagon at Sauvie Island Farm

So, I guess you could say it's all becoming pretty real for us.  Crunch time is here, and we're realizing slowly that a lot of decisions need to be made pretty quickly.  Easy decisions, really (picking a birthing suite, making last minute decisions and preparations for the birth, preparing things for the newborn period, making arrangements for Owen for the birth, etc.) but it all points to one thing- Baby Tiny will be here before we know it.

We are keeping this set up in our living room as a constant reminder....

And then there's Owen who reminds us almost daily that Baby Tiny is coming out soon.   Thanks, buddy.