27 weeks!

Welcome third trimester!
(most of my sources say 27 weeks is 3rd tri but some still say 28... I wish they could get these things straight- pregnant ladies are too hormonal for more confusion)
Anyways, I now have 91 days until my due date and that seems kind of soon!

I went back to work this week for what felt like the longest 4 day week ever. I'm hoping the 5 days next week somehow go by quicker. I was glad to be back in the classroom, I missed the kids but I didn't miss the early morning alarm clock. I think I'm going to strategically need to look at the calendar and take some more of my sick days to make more 4 day weeks. I'm just not sure my body will be able to take 5 days for the next 10 weeks. (I'm currently scheduled to work until about 37.5 weeks)

This week I've felt pretty good which is a relief since I felt kind of crappy the last few weeks. My appetite is about 75% of what it was pre-preg... when I feel like eating I can eat normal but when I don't feel like eating there's barely anything I'll eat. The nausea has also started to return, hopefully that's short lived.
My back has been very stiff so I'm trying out a maternity band to hopefully help with that. I ordered this band last week from Target but when it came it was too small. So, I returned it and re-ordered from Amazon and am waiting for it to arrive. I'll post a review once I have time to try it out.
I had my chiro appt this week and it helped a little but my back was still acting up the next day. I tried to sit a lot more at work this week and that helped. I also am going to rely more on the heating pad and warm baths (I tried this last night and it helped!)

Babelet has been moving and kicking like crazy again this week but is still very very low. All the kicks are well below my belly button, I hope babelet starts to turn soon even though I've heard rib-kicks are not too exciting. I have my gluclose test next week and my next dr appt is then too at 28 weeks.

Current Stats:
Weight Gain = 5 lbs
Belly Measurement = 40 inches

The nursery is still coming along, the glider is now built and the valences are all hung. Today we are buying the crib mattress (yay for BRU rewards and coupons) then when I get back from my shower next week I'll continue organizing the room. We have most of the big stuff and with my showers coming up hopefully we'll finish the little stuff we need.

The only thing left on the to-do list (for now) is to get the black out shades and hang them. We decided we will wait until early March for that- no rush. We will probably start shopping for them at the end of Feb. We are registered for all of our classes with the hospital (infant cpr, baby care, breastfeeding, birth prep) and we'll be busy once those start.

We had fun at Lisa's shower, Caitlin planned really fun non-traditional baby shower games and did a great job with the decorations. Since Lisa's nursery is a jungle theme with monkeys we went with that and did a "Monkeyin' Around" jungle theme.

Jaime (27 weeks), Lisa (35 weeks), Caitlin (23 weeks)

I'm very excited for my PA shower this weekend and also for our upcoming babymoon.

Life is Good :)