Mama at 25 weeks,

A lot of people have been requesting some pictures of mama's belly.

Here she is at almost 25 weeks. She's been feeling great and had a burst of energy that we can only assume is nesting. This week, we literally moved everything in the downstairs and vacuumed and dusted every surface imaginable. We even vacuumed all the upholstery. Then we moved on to the kitchen and cleaning and reorganized everything (with the help of Matt, our neighbor). We're now being held under a strict "no clutter" policy, under which everything gets put away every night and the kitchen counter and table gets wiped down and the floor gets swept. So far, so good.

Take a look at mama's cardigan. She's been looking for lightweight cardigan to wear, but not having any luck considering her clothes buying options are drive 30 minutes to Anderson or go to the walmart. She didn't want to drive, so she went to the walmart and picked up a white henley (for $5!). Inspired by some crafty blogs, she refashioned it into this little cardigan. She's pretty pleased with herself and picked up two more shirts on clearance for $3 to repurpose.

Mama thought that the first picture papa took wasn't very flattering and made her look huge, so she made him take another picture in her workout clothes. (Plus, she wanted to make she she didn't look ridiculous in front of all those buff college boys at the gym.) Though papa doesn't agree with it, she's continued going to the gym and still takes her spinning and weightlifting classes four days a week. Half of it is that it genuinely makes her feel much better to stay active and half is that lots of people seem to be impressed that she's still working out and she likes the attention and all the people saying she looks so good for being so pregnant. (But between you and me, the old lady is slowing down. I saw her in spinning and she can hardly bend over her seat without hitting her belly with her knees.)

Last week at her monthly check-up, mama asked her doctor if she seemed to be carrying especially low. The baby was breech at the 20 week-ultrasound, so Dr. Hearn got out his little portable ultrasound machine and double-check to see that the baby was, in fact, still breech. (No worries, though, it is still small enough to flip over.) Then he gently tried to tell mama that before she had any children, her uterus was nice and taut, like a drum. Now that she's on her third, her uterus is more like a stretched out, broken trampoline. And there's a breach baby head up, jumping on all of her pelvis. Thanks a lot, Dr. Hearn.