Final trimester!!!

I have been a TERRIBLE blogger throughout my pregnancy. I love these women who give their monthly updates with their weight and newest cravings or symptoms. I was going to be "that girl" but somehow the weeks kept getting away from me. I guess it's a sign that this pregnancy has been going to fairly quickly.

My last post was at 19 weeks and there have been a lot of changes since then. I'm officially 27 weeks 1 day and that means I'm FINALLY in my 3rd trimester 😊. Some of my less desirable symptoms (nose bleeds, gum bleeding, migraines and vomiting) have all but gone away... THANK GOODNESS!!!  Now I am dealing with back pain, left leg numbness, mild abdominal pains from time to time and still the constant need to pee, lol. All for a good cause I guess! 

I posted this picture in Facebook last night with the caption " pregnancy finally has a purpose! I have somewhere to put my popcorn, lol" 

I'm sure all of you know by now but we found out about 5 ish weeks ago that we are expecting a little girl!  Although it came as quite a shock to both of us since we were both convinced it was a boy, we are both VERY excited!!  We are naming her Afton Rebecca Quillon. 

This is our most recent ultrasound picture. As of a month ago she was rear end down and totally folded in half. Dr said he is not concerned about her position bc she has plenty of time to turn before my due date. Crossing my fingers she is not stubborn. 

This is the ultrasound picture we had taken to find out her gender! She has the CUTEST little profile 😄. During this ultrasound she kept sticking her knee in her eye so we only got one good profile picture. 

I finally took an updates bump picture!  I was almost 27 weeks in this picture. I won't lie. I may hate being pregnant but I am going to miss maternity clothes!  

My mom has been in Virginia for the past 10 days and we have had a wonderful time. We went to Virginia Beach for an afternoon and we both got terribly sunburned. But, we had a blast. It was so nice to get away for a day. We have made Afton 5 blankets, a crib bumper and a crib quilt. 

I need to get pictures of the blankets we made!  Once we finish getting her room put together I will get pictures of her nursery. It's going to be so cute!!!

I think that's all the baby updates. Paul and I are doing well. Paul got home from northern Virginia yesterday. He was in a police motorcycle competition and came home with 1st place in his expert BMW division and 10th out of 78 overall!  I'm so proud of him. This has been such a busy summer so far with Paul's work. He has a 2 week class he is taking in Colorado (😒) but then I think it's going to be pretty low key until the baby is due. 

Several people have asked me if I am still working... Yes I'm still working for now. My plan is to have either the 17th or the 21st of October as my last day of work. Paul and I will have to iron things out sometime this next week. Believe it or not I have to sit down with my boss next Wednesday and give her my plan for before and after the baby is born so she can hire someone to fill my shift. 

I guess I have rambled on long enough. I'll end my post with a picture of my niece lily!  She will be 8 weeks old on sept 8th. 

I ❤️ her!!!!!