Trimester that is!!! 3rd trimester already, O.M.G.
So I truly suck at blogging. My first excuse was going to be that I’ve been busy, but come on, the baby isn’t even here yet! If I’m busy now, then what’s it going to be like once she’s born?
Honestly though, yes things have been busy. I was sick with an ongoing cold of some sort for almost 2 months. Nasty. But I’m now feeling a lot better, just super tired as I don’t sleep well anymore. I wake up at all hours in the night and either just lie there or turn the tv on and watch re-runs of Big Bang Theory that we have on the DVR. Fun times. Then when it’s time to get up in the morning, I end up dozing off and begging for just another few minutes to sleep. *sigh*
Baby world news: still feeling pretty good pregnancy wise. The sleep issue aside, other things are going well. No weird cravings, no nausea. Still sleeping on my back some of the time and my stomach at other times, so I guess my tummy isn’t that enormous yet! haha. I feel her moving all around in there all the time now, it’s so amazing. She weighs about 2 pounds now and is over 14 inches long. CRAZY to think there is something that big moving all around inside me, cause her movements so far are still pretty slight. We are excited though, and we are pretty much ready. We have the nursery almost done (just have to get some pictures on the wall), and all the baby gear is here. Her clothes are all put in the dresser and hung in the closet, books in the bookshelf, etc. Now we just need the baby 🙂
I’ll get some proper photos of her nursery up as soon as it’s totally complete but for now here are a few little peeks.
I think she officially has more shoes than I do already! And this is just part of her shoe collection for the 0-3 month age! I have a whole drawer full for following months!
Angus asleep on the carpet. The dogs all love the baby’s room!
My favorite spot in the whole house. We have this huge rocker/recliner in the corner of her room and already I spend most of my free time sitting/ reclining in it. It’s one of the only places I can sit that doesn’t hurt my back right now. However, it seems not only to be my favorite spot but the dogs spot of choice as well. I rarely get to have the whole chair to myself, it only takes the dogs a few minutes to find me and then all 3 of them are sitting in it with me.
Animal news: We have some new members of our family including a pair of ducklings!
This is Bruce (dark duck) and Sami (blonde). They came from the same farm that we got Norman (pig) from.
We have 56 animals now so just their everyday care takes a lot of time. This is another reason we are so busy all the time. Animal shows are going well and also keeping us very busy. Animal Quest
Some of our crew:
Trixie, one of our Flemish Giant Rabbits, she weighs about 22 pounds.
Norman playing with Angus
Moosie
Zoey checking out Howard the tortoise
Angus watching Howard take off across the yard
On a hot day, Trixie preferred to be in the house where she could lie on the cold kitchen floor.
Kiwi enjoying some sun
Nugget the Gold Tegu
Fred the Bearded Dragon
Buffy the ferret
Jabba the Cane Toad
Shelldon the Sulcatta Tortoise
Our largest snake: Jig the Albino Burmese Python
Trixie with the other 2 bunnies: Munroe (the white & gray), a baby Flemish giant, and Hank (brown): a full grown Rex
Mikka the ferret
Here is a sad story from a couple weeks ago:
This is our newest little Hairless Dumbo Rat, Remi. We just got him back in February and he was the sweetest little guy with the best personality. All of a sudden he went from fine one day to having severe breathing problems the next. I found him almost heaving his breathing was so hard and I knew right away it was pneumonia and I could hear it in his lungs. I had a guinea pig die like this several years ago and it hits these little guys fast and hard. We have a great exotic vet who looks after our whole menagerie and I called him and left him a message and by the time he called me back not even 45 minutes later, Remi had already died 🙁 I knew he was dying though so I just held him and he seemed to just want to be with me and snuggled into me, minutes later he died in my hand. R.I.P Remi, we miss you.
Other news:
My parents came to visit a couple weeks ago! This was their first time seeing our house. My Dad and Steve assembled all the baby furniture and set it up in the nursery, then my mum and I went in and rearranged it all. Lol.
We had a great time with them, and the next time we’ll see them, Ava will be here!
the guys setting the crib up.
With Sami the duckling 🙂
Oh and these will probably be the only 2 photos I will post of myself pregnant! haha
Norman is getting so big!! He’s close to 25 pounds now.
A funny pic of Norman when he just woke up. He buries himself in numerous blankets in his crate at night.
Crafts:
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Well that’s all my news for now. Hope everyone is having a wonderful Spring so far! 🙂