Colors of Change

I love living in a state where Mother Nature celebrates the changing of seasons. In Bakersfield the only seasons were hot and not-so-hot; with an occasional small splash of rain in April. But in Atlanta, I get to experience one of my favorite times of the year: fall. All of the leaves are starting to change and it really does make my long commute to work and back that much more joyous. Trenton, I can't wait until next fall when we could play in the leaves together right after Daddy rakes them all up into a pile :) Besides, that's what piles of leaves are for, right??

One huge change is that this week marks the beginning of the last stretch of my pregnancy! The past 7 months have been a relative breeze with only slight discomforts here and there. As these last 3 months progress, I hope I continue to have an easy pregnancy. Although Trenton is a strong and active little baby, so the bigger he gets, I just know the more uncomfortable I will get with how hard he already kicks me.

Today was my 7 month check up and now I will have to start going to the doctor every two weeks. Which means Trenton is getting closer to meeting the world :) I had to do the much-dreaded glucose test today though to see if I have gestational diabetes. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be and I'll know the results in a couple days. But since I didn't get a phone call today I am guessing it was negative and I'm good to go. I am going to have to adjust my diet some over the next 3 months to get more protein and fiber to hopefully help with my weight gain. I also had to get a shot today since Joseph and I are opposite blood types. Since I'm O-Negative and he is O-Positive, we could possibly have issues in future pregnancies. Trenton is fine, but my body could possibly fight against future babies if I don't get this injection with Trenton and every other baby here on out all because of our blood types. But overall Trenton is great and seems to be growing just fine :)

Over the past few weeks, there is so much going on in our little lives. Brittany and Montez got married and spent their first week of married life in Spain. Their wedding was absolutely beautiful and I loved being able to be part of their big day. And they get to keep the memories of their European travels with them, pickpocketed and all :) There was also a sudden death of a long time friend whom we will all miss so dearly. Trenton, you will get to grow up hearing stories of a wonderful woman and someday we will all see her again in Heaven.

Pretty much every weekend from here until 2013, Joseph and I have something going on. I'm thinking there is some good in being due right after the holidays because all this busyness is sure to make the time go by quickly. Which of course means we get to meet our little baby that much sooner. This weekend Joseph and I finally get to take our Las Vegas trip! It will be so nice to have a mini vacation before the two of us become the three of us. Since we will be going with my coworkers and their spouses/significant others, hopefully there won't be much work talked about :) We don't really have that much planned except a dinner and cocktail night (yay soda..... :| ) in my boss' suite, and then a trip to tour the Hoover Dam. But my mom and sister are going to drive over for the weekend so I am really looking forward to that! And some relaxing hopefully.

And of course, 28 weeks here we are! When comparing to last month's picture, I actually have grown a significant amount the past four weeks....!

 
I was also playing on an app on my phone and created this collage of the first 6 months. It's fun to see how small I was when we first found out I was pregnant, and how much Trenton has grown over a short 6 month period :)