23 1/2 weeks

Baby boy is getting more wiggley every day and he's getting super strong too so it's getting rather uncomfortable in there at times. I'm starting to feel like a beached whale especially when I try to get up to pee at night. It takes me at least three tries to roll out of bed now lol. I had a scare a few weeks ago where I had some spotting and false contractions and just generally felt like trash for a few days so I've really been trying to take it easy. I'm feeling pretty good now and haven't had anything scary like that happen since then. The kids are really excited to have a baby brother and ask every day when he'll get here. Brin's favorite thing now is to pretend she's pregnant too. Logan really wants to name him Cameron and Brin and I both like it but Blake's not on board yet. He is so picky that I doubt we'll have a name he is ok with until the very last minute.

Well, today is my 27th birthday and I've had an awesome birthday so far! Blake let me sleep in and he watched the day care kids for me when they got here at 7 and our kids as they woke up. I got a yummy breakfast in bed and got to take a shower and get ready and read scriptures without a schedule and without kids pounding on the door. It was lovely! After work today, we're going out to dinner and then the kids are going to grandma sassy's while we go see The Lady in Black. I'm super excited!

As far as being 27 goes, it's a little weird to now be what I used to think of as old. I don't feel old, although I definitely can tell I'm not as young and fit as I once was. If you had asked me 10 years ago where I'd be today I'd have probably said finished with college, well traveled, dating around (for some reason I never pictured myself as a wife or mom), and with an awesome career. While I can't say I've fulfilled much of those goals I have done a few. I've got an associates degree to build off of when the kids are all in school, I've traveled to a few new places and enjoyed getting to see parts of Arizona I might never have seen otherwise, I have an awesome husband, and being a mom is the greatest career I could ever have! I've learned and grown more as a person in my 5 years of being a mom than the rest of my life combined. While it might not be the life that I pictured for myself, I am so glad that Heavenly Father knew me better than I new myself and guided me to the life that I was supposed to have. I have truly been blessed!