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We are officially in the home stretch. Baby will be here in about 7 weeks. I cannot believe it goes this fast. Literally it has flown by all three pregnancies. Maybe faster each time. We are looking forward to being a family of five! Riley and Titus talk about it often. Riley gets it, when I talk about baby Titus grabs my belly and says “open” haha 🙂

I feel pretty tired, although I have less opportunity to sleep this pregnancy than I did with Riley and Titus. One thing that I’ve found different this time is the sense of pressure, more Braxton Hicks contractions, and my hips generally feel uncomfortable. I find it really interesting because I don’t really remember any of this from last time. I’ve also seen a Chiropractor and I’ve heard it can really help with on-time deliveries (I was 10 days overdue with both Riley and Titus)

Maybe I’m just more uncomfortable this time around, but as much as I know it will be a lot more work when baby gets here – I’m kind of looking forward to not being pregnant. I did not feel that when I was pregnant with Riley or Titus. Michael and I did the math and I’ve been pregnant for about half of our marriage. What even is my life? hahaha 🙂

We’re so excited to be welcoming another little baby into this world!

Hey guys! This pregnancy I feel like I have had the chance to really do some things I wish I would have done during my last two pregnancies. Here’s what I’m doing this time around!

Working Out

I really wish I would have exercised during my last two pregnancies. I took all that “take it easy” stuff too seriously. As a result I gained way too much weight during each of my pregnancies.

This time it’s been strength or cardio 3-4x per week and I feel amazing, energetic, and strong! I can not recommend exercise during pregnancy enough. Take it from me, the difference is insane.

My health care provider gave me the okay, make sure yours does too!

Using a Food Tracker

Instead of feeling bad about what I’m eating I’ve been tracking it so when I do splurge, I see the direct results right there in my log. My Fitness Pal has a great app that I’ve been using, it has so much detail and helps you see what nutrients you may not be getting enough of. I’m also watching when and how much I’m going over my daily limits for things like carbs, fats, and protein.

It also tracks my water, healthy fats, and how much fiber I’m actually getting vs. just what I think I get. I mean seriously, don’t we all eat one salad and think how healthy we are?! Just me?

Collagen Powder

I’ve been taking collagen powder every day this time around to prevent stretch marks. So far no new stretch marks and I had plenty by this time my last two pregnancies. Here’s hoping for no more!

For those of you who’ve also been around the block, what do you wish you did during pregnancy? If you’ve never been pregnant, what are you curious about? I’d love to know!

We took Riley to the Crayola Experience at the Mall of America for her birthday. She’s turned two and since kids under three get in for free, I thought maybe there wouldn’t be more than one or two age appropriate activities for her.

We ended up being there for four hours. So yeah, there was plenty to do. I think coloring is so great because kids of any age can have fun – Michael and I even had a ton of fun!

They had a huge coloring station with lots of coloring sheets and as you can see, buckets of crayons. And we did go on a Saturday, so for the Mall of America, the Crayola Experience had plenty of room for the amount of kids that were there on a freezing cold Saturday.

This whole room was made of chalkboards and whiteboards – which was one of the really fun activities for all kids but especially younger ones. The Spin art station was also really cool. It was fun to watch and a really cool piece to take home. You get to control the speed to change the design. Riley just liked watching it but super fun for older ones.

Last there was two giant playgrounds where the kids could get their energy out. we stayed here for at least a full hour. I couldn’t even get a picture of Riley, she was having too much fun. But they did have this giant light bright board where you can make pictures. It was great for Titus and both kids were happy to play here for a while. They separated the play areas into one for kids under 5 and over 5, it was nice not to have any big kids pushing the little ones out of the way.

 

Overall we had a ton of fun and I would definitely recommend anyone with kids of any age to go!