29w - 11w to go!

I just got good news from the other pregnant lady in my life!

Scott and I are getting a niece! My sister's having a girl - Anna Elizabeth will be her name (aww, Annabeth...how incredibly cute AND classic at the same time!) Our little girl's best friend will be born about six weeks after she comes!

And they'll both have big brother/cousin Willy to beat up any evil boyfriends!

Other than that, life in prego-land is going well. I haven't blogged in awhile because it's been a busy few weeks at work, and this last trimester is already kicking my ass. I am SO exhausted all the time now.

In good news, though, my blood pressure has almost stabilized. Over the weekend it was right around 120/70 both days, and it's gone back up slightly since Monday (stress related, I'm sure)...today's was 130/80...but when I was getting numbers like 150/89 three weeks ago, I can definitely say I've made progress!

Now that the 3rd trimester is officially here - I should write another list of things I learned like I did after the 1st trimester. I'll have to do that later on.

This part of this blog post will be called "Just call me Homer Simpson":

The past two weeks I've had what I consider to be my first true pregnancy craving. It seems that I can't walk past a doughnut without eating it. If I see them in the store, I have to buy one. If I think about one, I have to stop and get one. (Like right now! I really want a doughnut because I'm thinking about it!) I stopped at the gas station by our apartment on Monday evening (at 6 p.m.!) to buy a doughnut because I just couldn't get it off of my mind. It's sick. I don't even really LIKE doughnuts!

I also contemplated getting rid of all my clothes for the rest of this pregnancy and just wearing a mu-mu (like Homer, in the episode of the Simpsons where he gets really fat in order to be allowed to work from home). For real. Either the baby had a huge growth spurt in the past few weeks, or all of my clothes mysteriously shrank in the wash. I have enough that still fit to get me through the work week, thankfully...but I find myself having to do a load of laundry mid-week for pants and other necessities. And I refuse to buy more maternity clothes at this point. I'll only get to wear them for two months, and never again...totally not worth the expense.

On that note, I'm off to buy a doughnut. (Just kidding! Or am I...?)