28 weeks!

This pregnancy is flying by at lightning speed! I can hardly believe that I'm already 28 weeks along and this little boy will be here in less than three months. I'm doing really well--I get weekly progesterone injections (not fun!!) that have so far been successful at preventing the preterm labor issues I had in my other pregnancies. I've never been this far along and not been on full bed rest, so I'm really enjoying living a normal life while expecting. I'm having some difficulty gaining weight (still below my pre-pregnancy weight), but I eat like a pig and the growth ultrasounds have shown that the baby is growing nicely and measures exactly as he should, so I'm confident that he'll be healthy no matter how much I end up gaining. 

We are going to name him Charles Whitt and call him Whitt---Charles is after a good family friend who passed away two years ago at the very young age of 22, and Whitt is Ben's great-grandmother's maiden name. Grayson talks about "Baby Whitt" constantly, and loves to give my belly kisses and hugs. Emma Claire really doesn't get what's going on, but she does like to lift up my shirt and say "Whitt". :) 

It's funny how different things are with the third baby. With Grayson, we had the nursery set up by my fourth or fifth month, and by this point in my pregnancy all of his clothes were washed and put away, and everything was just waiting (and waiting, and waiting, and waiting!) for his arrival. With Emma Claire, the nursery was pretty much complete by a few weeks before her due date, although it wasn't nearly as cute as Grayson's nursery had been. This time, we have NOTHING ready and have no idea when we'll have time to do it all. We are planning on moving Emma Claire's crib and changing table/dresser down to the guest room and moving everything from the guest room up to the bonus room, but so far none of that has been done. I've been gathering baby stuff from around the house and tossing it into a pile in the guest room, so we have a good bit of the stuff he'll need in one place, but I highly doubt the nursery will be complete by July---and the thing is, neither Ben nor I are worried about it. We know that all he really needs are some clean clothes, a bassinet, and some diapers---all of which he'll have by the time he gets here. :)

We are all anticipating meeting little Whitt in a few weeks and know that he will be the perfect addition to our family!