30 Weeks

We're 3/4 of the way there! At 30 weeks I'm starting to feel big and a little anxious - being only 7 weeks away from a potential full term delivery my mind is racing with all of the things I need to get done before then! I feel pretty ready for the baby at home, but not ready at work, so these next few weeks I'll be on overhaul trying to tie up all of my lose ends so I can fully enjoy my 12-week maternity leave (ahhh....I love the sound of that).

Our little boy has been a crazy man this week and whenever Jared puts his hand on my belly he asks, "Does he ever stop moving?!?" He should be a little over 3 pounds of cuteness right now and is about to put my body through some fun over the next few weeks as he enters a major growth spurt. For as big as I already feel, it's crazy to think that he still needs to (more than) double in size.

I'm still feeling pretty good, but I'm feeling tired again like I did back in the first trimester, and by 8pm I feel like my energy is drained and I can't do much more than sit on the couch and put my feet up. I also strarted to get a sore throat this week, so I might have another cold or something fun to deal with, unmedicated.

On the name front, this week Jared and I put together a combined list of about 10 of our favorite names that either of us love or would "live with". We then wrote down our own top three favorites from the list, and of course none of them overlapped, so if we used one we'd have a name that one of us loved and the other could "live with". On the bright side, at least we have it narrowed down to 6! On the other hand, I feel the need to keep looking for that perfect name that we BOTH love. If it doesn't happen, I think I should get the upper hand, given he's already getting "Schneider" in his name, and I carried the child for 10 months, for pete's sake!

Belly @ 30 weeks: