30 weeks

• Where to start?  How about the complaints, just to get them out there in the open.  My butt cheeks have outgrown my size medium underwear from Victoria's Secret.  I've had three nosebleeds in a week, one of them being in the car (where I was left to grab the only thing remotely close to a towel - a white cardigan).  I've had so many Braxton-Hicks contractions it feels as though my uterus is permanently contracted.  I get nauseous as soon as I sit in the driver's seat of my car.  I sleep with the air conditioning on full blast - in a t-shirt - with no covers, and I still sweat all night long.  Aaaaannnd I am so tired my eyes start closing at any given moment of the day.

• Okay, the good!  Now that I've hit the 30-week mark I feel so much closer to meeting this baby boy and I couldn't be happier.  Like I've said a million times, I know it's going to be freakin insane difficult but I'm just looking forward to meeting him!  It just feels real right now.  Like, thanks to the stores putting out their Halloween costumes and RIP signs, it's officially okay for me to start counting down. 

• You know how people wait to say something to a pregnant person until they're positive they're pregnant?  Well I had two people publically acknowledge my pregnancy, which I think was a pretty big deal.  One was at Cedar Point and one was at Kroger.

Cedar Point worker:  He needs an adult to ride with him on this ride.

Me:  Oh okay, no problem!

Cedar Point Worker:  But you can't be pregnant.

Me:  Oh...well I am.

Patrick:  WAAAAAA


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As I'm scanning the celery...

Lady:  You know, you don't have to stay in the produce aisle just because you're pregnant.  I used that as my excuse to go over to the donut aisle.

Me:  Good idea. 

• I'm not much of a rule-follower so it's not shocking that I still haven't made it in to the lab for my sugar test.  I see the doc next week so I'd better get on that.  I should have a bit more luck with it now that school has started because I've been eating like a champ:  my new favorite are these yogurt combos.  To die for.  Although, yogurt has a lot of sugar.  Oops.

• Ladies, have you bought anything of Gilligan & O'malley brand??  They've got some super soft nightgowns and loungewear, but they also have a variety nursing necessities like bras and tanks.  And they're cute.  I tried really hard not to wear any of the new stuff I got - I wanted to save it until the baby came but I couldn't do it.  I busted open a couple of those bras for sleeping and they're wonderful! 

• So the name debate.  What a struggle this has been.  Our original choice was Lane, which I do still love - on it's own.  As time went on it just didn't seem to fit with Patrick and I want to make sure all my kids' names flow well together.  As of late I just scour Yahoo! Answers for random names.  There are a few I love but Jeff won't give in, and vice versa.  I'll probably end up bending and using one of Jeff's names because he does.  not.  budge (those hard-headed guys).  As long as I can pick the middle name! :)