Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Hot Potato Chip: Week 30



I'm 30 weeks pregnant today, and feeling absolutely ginormous.  I'm honestly looking at this photo and wondering how on earth I'm expected to fit TEN more weeks of baby in there! For some context, here's 25 weeks... so twice that amount of growth (and then some) left.


What we ate: My first stone fruit of the season.  And the first jersey bennies from *our* garden (I say *our* because although it's at our house, my mother-in-law is the gardener, and I can't take credit for anything... apart from choosing a house with what is virtually a greenhouse for a backyard!)

How we moved: Not much.  I decided after a couple of lacklustre weeks to admit that I was just bloody worn out and to take a week off.  The one exception was going to be yoga, but we got stood up by our instructor- obviously a sign! I got back into it slowly over the weekend (put off a bit by the inclement weather the whole country's been suffering from), and had a great "workout" with Phil yesterday evening; riding Penelope the Cruiser on the Karapiro bike path while he ran a 5k TT (in 18:07... Hopefully Chip inherits his speed, not mine!)

Where we went: Nowhere.  It was bliss.

What we wore: A new work skirt, half price at Pumpkin Patch.  It's far from elegant, but boy oh boy it's comfortable.

What we bought/got given: Clothes from a family friend.  And our cot arrived.  Yay! Phil has a good bit of furniture building ahead of him!

What changed: Chip seems to have found some room to move over the past couple of days; instead of squashy, pushy movements I'm back to feeling happy little kicks and punches every which where.

Exciting moments: Reaching the 30s.  I now feel like the countdown is actually on, and it's bloody frightening! I'm doing my best to forget about the loooong list of baby jobs on my list so we can relax over Christmas.  But once we get back from holiday, it's game on!

What I miss: Booze!  It's been a few weeks of holiday parties, and I'm sick to death of lemon lime and bitters!

9 comments:

Lisa @ Bakebikeblog said...

sweetie - you look fantastic! And I miss booze too!

Sara said...

You look adorable!  Won't be long now...! :)  How exciting!

Mike Scottt said...

OMG! ... are you sure it's supposed to get THAT big! :) Good Luck with the next 10 weeks of growth ...

sarah (the SHU box) said...

ahhhh congrats on the 30s!!!  can't wait to get there myself :)

HotpotatoKate said...

the next 5 weeks will FLY!

runbakerace said...

Congrats on the 30s!!!! Not much time before you get to meet Chip :).  You look so cute!

Casie said...

It seems to have gone so quick!
A jersey bennies potatoes?

Casie said...

That would be 'are'

HotpotatoKate said...

Yep!!