Our last Italy post

I finally finished our Italian honeymoon blog, and if you'd like to check it out, it's at

www.shortphotographer.com.

It's our trip to Rome. Enjoy!

Gearing up for #2

We are enjoying our last few moments with just the 3 of us, before life gets too crazy with another little one around, but today we took a few photos of our full-term pregnancy. We didn't really do any pregnancy photos this time around (with Constance, we took our "nice" pictures at about 34 weeks, this week we will be a full-term 40 week pregnancy, so quite a bit later).

For now it's just a waiting game. Constance wasn't born tip almost 42 weeks, so we theoretically have up to 2 more weeks, but we could also have the baby at any moment, and it should be perfectly healthy.

Anyway, enjoy our family photos. We took them in our back yard- you can see our amazing oak trees.

A photo of the last trimester

Just because I haven't really taken any this time around, I thought I should get at least one picture and I am sure that some of the family members are curious anyway as to what I look like. This is 37.5 weeks pregnant. Officially, the baby is full-term, but the midwives will make us wait until at least this Thursday to deliver, if I go into labor, just in case of complications. Though, if this baby goes by Constance's watch, we might not have a little one until September!!!  Luckily, I've gained a little less weight this time around (so far…) by about 5 lbs. It's probably because there were not major food holidays during this pregnancy!!! Thank goodness, anyhow!

We still don't know if it's a boy or a girl, so we haven't picked names, but we'll let you know as soon as it comes out!

Constance's 18 month checkup

We had her 18 month appointment today, and she is measuring 22 lbs and 33.5 inches, which is 25th and 50th percentile, respectively. She's exactly on track, and as normal as a toddler can be. She is sometimes going to her potty, and she is always trying to be involved in what we are doing. She really likes to eat eggs, peaches, and pulled pork bbq. Haha. What a Georgia girl.

She can also recognize the words "baby", "dog", "cat", "hi", and "arms up". And she likes to watch videos of herself on my cell phone. And she still loves that cat.

We are now 37 weeks pregnant (pregnancy usually lasts about 40 weeks), so this is the home stretch for baby #2. We still don't know the gender yet, so we are having a hard time picking out names. Still, we aren't worried, since babies don't really need names straight away. Everyone has a different feeling on if it's a boy or a girl, and everyone is almost right. Haha! We are still planning on delivering at the midwife birth center like we did with Constance, as long as everything goes right. But I'm feeling just fine, just a little bit of heartburn, but no stretch marks or severe swelling or anything so far. I've gained just over 20 lbs, which is normal, and I'm allowed to gain up to 35 lbs by the end of the pregnancy (which could be anywhere between 1 and 5 weeks from today).

Tonight is also the 10th year anniversary of this group of singers performing at the Savannah Theatre, so there is a big celebration and the 50's show will be playing. It should be fun!