Third Trimester

Am I really in my third trimester?! This pregnancy has flown by! I'm already getting sad that I only have 2 more months with her in my belly...pathetic, I know, but I absolutely LOVE being pregnant! I totally understand why Michelle Dugger (love her) has 19 kids. I had my last 4 week doctor appt. and now we are on to every 2 weeks. We also start our birthing class tomorrow night which I'm not really looking forward to but oh well. I figured since I would like to have a natural birth, I should probably be prepared with the whole process.

My mom finished Tatum's bedding and I love it!!! I'll post pictures as soon as we paint the crib and get a mattress. Traveling 7 months pregnant for holidays is not that fun because stinker loves to dance, jump, and sit on my bladder :). I feel like Thanksgiving weekend lasted a week and Christmas will probably be more exhausting but that's okay! We left Wednesday night after work for Conway, had a big Thanksgiving with Billy's family (35 people in all) and drove 3 hours to Missouri to be with my family Friday & Saturday.

December is going to fly by! We're here this weekend so we'll probably be painting her crib and changing table all day Saturday. Next weekend, we go back to Conway for my father-in-law's family Christmas. Everyone is staying at my in-laws so there will probably be around 15 people in their house, crazy! We will spend our weekend ice skating (not me), looking at christmas lights, and a christmas service at church. We'll be here the 3rd weekend in dec. and off to Conway again the 23rd, Christmas Eve with Billy's family (all 35), and Christmas morning. Then we will drive 3 hrs to Missouri to spend Christmas night and the day after with them. Busy, busy, busy!

Welcome 3rd Trimester!

Belly Pictures

Tatum is growing, growing, growing. She's almost 2 lbs and loves to kick, flip and sit on mama's bladder :). I just realized last night that I can feel her when she isn't moving if I push on my stomach, so weird. She was kicking so much last weekend that I was getting a little freaked out...her movements are so strong and human like! Maybe it just hit me that there's actually a human being growing inside me. I love watching her flip & flop all day! Here are belly pics from the last few weeks. Enjoy!

23 weeks

6 months

25 weeks

26 weeks

Tatum's Things

Her changing table my dad made

My dad also made her crib

One of her outfits my mom made

Shoes from cousin Stella, Auntie Elizabeth & Aunt Cindy

Cute vintage outfit

Another outfit my mom made

Razorback tutu my mom made

Tutu I made

22 weeks

Blessed

I flipped the day I found out Billy & I were going to have a baby. We had plans to move to Dallas in 2 weeks, quit our jobs, and we're moving out of our apt in a week. I'm writing this post because God has definitely taught me throughout these 22 weeks of pregnancy just how faithful he really is. Billy was able to get his job back which was a huge blessing, but I was still out of work. Well, 1 and 2 weeks of being jobless turned into 4 months and is still going strong ha. Every job I have found hasn't worked out because of the limitations during pregnancy, plans fell through, or no one has contacted me about jobs I have applied for. All that to say, I'm so thankful to be helping out at Northstar for the next few weeks.

God has been there with us every step of the way. Billy found us a place to live the week after we found out we were pregnant. One that is big enough for baby and very reasonably priced. He's provided for us in more ways than I can count. We've been able to rejoice that I'm 22 weeks, she's healthy, kickin' like crazy-love the reminder of how blessed I am to be a mom when I feel her kick every few minutes throughout the day. Billy's cousin let me borrow her maternity clothes which was so sweet of her! I'm tellin' ya, there's enough shirts that I may not be able to wear them all before Tatum comes. Maternity clothes have been a stressor for me because I didn't want to spend tons of money on clothes I wouldn't wear for very long, but I grew so fast that I can't wear a lot of my clothes. I've only had to buy 3 pair of maternity pants. Right now, I think that has been the biggest blessing for me because we were able to save so much money. My niece will be 8 months older than Tatum so we get to borrow all of her cute clothes she's to big for. My aunt also sent Brooke a TON of her daughter's clothes so Tatum is pretty much set for the next 2 years. We've been given a lot of diapers that Stella has outgrown. And my mom has been sewing away for her. All that to say, I don't need to buy clothes for her because she is SET! My dad built her changing table & crib, my mom & I are making her bedding, my mother-in-law gave us the rocking chair she used with Billy and Lindsay, and they gave us one of their dressers.

I'm in awe of Christ's goodness & the sweetness of our friends and family! God has been teaching me to be still and simply trust in Him.
So sorry this is the longest blog post on the planet

20 weeks to go

and getting bigger...

Headed to bikes, blues




5 months




I'm so blessed because my dad is amazing at working with wood! He built Tatum's changing table/armoir and started on her crib today. Yay! I'll be posting pictures as soon as we paint them, hopefully sooner than later because I definitely have not been motivated lately...oops

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I still need to paint "Tatum"

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Tucker is due in December and Asa's right behind him :)