Third Trimester Begins

Three months until the baby is due! It still hasn’t quite sunk in, but I’ll let you know when it does!

Check out the growing baby bump:


24 Weeks



26 Weeks



27 Weeks

So, this week was a fun one. Chris and I went to the Texas Renaissance Festival for our very first time. We’ve been meaning to check it out for several years now and last weekend we finally made it. We even got a chance to re-use old pirate costumes that we got for Halloween a few years ago since it was pirate weekend and all. Saturday (Oct 20th) involved driving out there, wandering around the festival area, admiring everyone’s costumes, and camping with Krystal, Mark, and their friend Justin. The next day, we followed a pretty intense schedule going from show to show. The high point was when the boys competed in a fish and chips eating contest. Surprisingly, Chris won 2nd place while Justin came in 3rd. Before you start wondering how much weight was gained, let me clarify that this competition was set up in a way that gross overeating wouldn’t occur. Everyone got a reasonably portioned basket of decently tasty food and it was a race to finish off the contents. Chris was a little disappointed since he was seconds away from placing first, but still, this was all pretty unexpected. In the end they not only got a free meal (the original reason for entering the contest) but also a goody bag of souvenirs and tickets for next year!

Once we got back from RenFest, we buckled down and put some more time into the house. Now we officially have a living room and can sleep in the master bedroom instead of the guest room! Check out how far we were as of two weeks ago:

 

 

 

And now as of more recently...

We’re happy with the progress that’s been made so far and all that’s left to do should be fairly manageable. Now we get to turn our attention to things like Halloween, my birthday, performing at Carousel, the baby shower, Thanksgiving, holiday parties, Christmas, New Years, and then the baby!

These last few days were a prequel for all that. My coworkers threw us (and another mom-to-be) a mini baby shower at work on Thursday.

Then on Friday Chris and I got all dressed up for Rishee’s Halloween party. Unfortunately the only picture I have is with my costume only partially complete, but hopefully some better ones will surface soon. You can thank Chad’s girlfriend Nagisa for the inspiration. Chris and I were “undead and unborn” with him being my zombie baby daddy.



Baby's First Halloween

Saturday was another eventful day. After attending a very informative homebirth seminar on hospital transfers, we headed right back home so I could get ready to perform with my belly dance troupe at Star Co Coffee in Round Rock. The show was a good one and I even had my very first solo. I originally had choreographed the piece with Winnie as a duet, but she’s out of the country and Lily thought it would be fine as its own thing so that’s what happened. Granted I never thought I’d be 6 months pregnant for my first solo performance, but from what I could tell, everyone enjoyed it. We’ll perform the set again on Saturday November 17 at 7:30 pm at Carousel Lounge (1110 East 52nd Street Austin, TX 78723 – no cover) so I hope to see you there! That’s all for now, hopefully I’ll have good Halloween and belly dance pictures to share next time!