28 weeks.

28 weeks is here.  i can hardly believe it!

i feel like my body has changed so much in the last couple weeks.  bubba is riding low and it's starting to get hard to tie my shoes, bend over to pet sargey in the morning, or launch myself off the couch at the end of a movie.  mike calls this, "turtle on its back" :)

other than the belly just being in the way though, i still feel great.  i love being pregnant and i know not everybody experiences that blessing. i know lots of girls who feel uncomfortable throughout - but i love every second of it.  even at the end of the day when my feet are achy, i'm still so grateful for this experience.  bubba moves around SO much and in the last week i've been able to start feeling little parts moving, i can't identify whether it's a foot or a butt, but it's definitely a different feeling than just jabs & kicks.  he's most active when i lay on my side in bed at the end of the day. my tummy just rolls & rolls.  i love the little peanut already and can't wait to experience everything new with him in a few months.

no cravings really, which is funny.  i totally expected to have something weird pop up or be obsessive about some kind of food/drink - but nothing yet.  just normal likes/dislikes.  hopefully this means he'll be an easy baby HAHA!  i have gained weight kind of fast the last few weeks per my OB doctor, so i'm getting back into my exercising (have been slacking due to a few busy weeks) and trying to eat well.  i'm still well within the normal range but just don't want to continue to gain at the same rate.

mike and i went away to santa barbara this past weekend.  we had some hotel stays we won at a silent auction in january, to use up before december & figured it would be easier now than in the first six months of bubba's life with us :)  we had the BEST weekend together.  we got to see jim & amy one night for dinner, and meet their sweet new peanut henry.  we stayed in a couple of really awesome hotels, ate an amazing dinner overlooking the pacific ocean at sunset, and made a couple of day trips up to the santa ynez valley wine country.  it was cloudy & chilly in santa barbara (unusual!) but sunny & warm over the mountains - and we had a beautiful couple of days up there tasting local wines (mike, not me of course) and driving through the countryside and stopping for sandwiches on a sunny patio for lunch.  it was absolutely perfect time together & i'm so glad we made one last weekend away together before peanut comes.

i'm thrilled to be on this journey & can't believe i only have a few months left!  i feel like we still have so much to do!!  this week we're heading out to buy bubba's furniture for his room...mom & sarah move out in a couple weeks and we'll start transforming one of the rooms they're in into a nursery.  i can't wait!  pictures to come :)