6 and a half weeks to go...

We are coming down to the wire with Baby Trike! I am getting a bit more tired, feeling more like a turtle on it's back when rolling out of bed, feel like my legs are going to fall out of their socket at any point in time, feel my pelvic bones shift with every sneeze or laugh, but could not be any happier. Baby Trike is much more active than Big Sister T-Rex. We can visually see a lot more movement too. My belly will dance from side to side when we are sitting or laying in bed. My weight gain is right on track with where I would like it to be and at our doctor appointment last week the ultrasound said the baby was about 5 pounds with an approximate due date of Feb 20. We know that could change a lot, but they predicted MacKenzie's exact due date and was within 5 ounces of her final weight last time so we will see what happens this time around. We have the crib almost all ready, the pack and play downstairs completely set up, and mine and baby's bag is as packed as it can be ahead of time. MacKenzie is adjusting well to the idea of being a big sibling we think... She interacted really well with a baby the other day, points to my belly when we ask where baby is, and loves for us to read her big sister book to her. We are taking all of these as good signs. We are wondering even more about who this baby is, we are curious whether it will look and act like me, Matt, MacKenzie, or some other combination of the two of us. We still don't know the gender, but feel 60/40 in favor of boy (as opposed to last time when we felt 60/40 girl). We figure that this time around we will be surprised no matter what...if it is a girl we will be shocked because we are leaning towards boy... If it is a boy we will be shocked because we don't know what to do with a little boy... Either way we will be immensely happy...


The pictures are of my belly at 32 weeks and of MacKenzie on the swings at the nearby park!