bases are loaded....**edited**

yesterday began my 28th week as well as entered into the 3rd trimester of this pregnancy! i am really happy that i am in the home stretch! these last 12 weeks should fly by! =)

there are a few things i am looking forward to in this last trimester and a few im not. i will start off with the things i am looking forward to:

* next saturday we are getting our maternity pictures taken! i am so anxious and hope they turn out great! its going to be nice to have these to keep and show xavier when he is older! - this did NOT happen. we will be rescheduling. since i had to have a heart monitor put on for 24 hrs the sticky things irritated my skin and left it red and very noticeable.

* in the next couple of weeks adam and emily will be having their baby! i am really excited for them! she is due the beginning of march but could come any day now! adam and emily will make great parents and maizie is going to be such a doll! i cant wait for their big day!

* at the end of march we will hopefully be making a big trip. i am not saying where to yet because jeremy still has to put in leave but i really want it to happen. we plan on making this our anniversary trip since i will be about 37 weeks when our anniversary does come around and we wont be able to travel far away.

* the beginning of april, my friend from home, jeremy, is coming back to stuttgart! he has been in the desert for the past year and so im really excited to see him! i havent seen him since 2008! i still think its totally weird that someone i know from home is living in the same town as me in a totally different country!!! =) - he is now coming home later in the month. sad, but at least he will be home before xavier is born.

* april 10th is our baby shower here! i am really really excited about that! its a co-ed baby shower so everyone from jeremy's work will be there as well as our friends chris and sandi and hopefully our friend jeremy. - our friend jeremy wont be there.

* the end of april brings our anniversary and my birthday! i have no clue what we will do those days but probably just dinner out or something.

* xavier can come anytime now! i am really excited! as much as i want him here i really kind of hope he stays in until the 19th of may. jenna is going to be here on the 18th and i really want her to be here for the birth and i know its really important to her! but, he will come when he wants to so he might just be a bully and come early. haha

now on to the things i am not looking forward to (this list is shorter):

** i really hope i dont start losing bladder control and pee myself when i sneeze, laugh, or cough. i have read many posts about women already having that problem and i have not. its weird. maybe i just have a strong pelvic floor?

** i dont want to get sick again. i have started vomiting again but its only been once a day like every couple of weeks so i dont know if its just going to be random or start up full blown like in my first trimester. i really hope not. i dont know how i will be able to deal with trying to give xavier what he needs if im throwing up again.

** more aches and pains! i already deal with a lot of hip and back pain and i know it will only get worse!

thats it for the things im not looking forward to. haha not so bad.

im all alone right now because jeremy had to do a watch again tonight. he wont be home until about 4:30/5am. im really hoping he doesnt have to go to work tomorrow! then on tuesday we have our doctor appointment! yay! after this one i am going to start going every 2 weeks! yippee!!!!