24 Weeks

I'm still feeling great but just starting to feel slightly uncomfortable when I have to lean forward for a long time (like during the boys' bathtime) or get up off the floor.

I am very obviously pregnant now, even strangers have started asking me. I've definitely popped out in the past few weeks! At my last doctor's appointment I had gained 9 pounds from the previous appointment. Yikes! I was expecting to gain a lot since my belly had grown so much, but 9 pounds is a little much to gain in 4 weeks.  I blame the smoothies! I was hoping to gain less than 30 pounds total during this pregnancy but I'm already at 19. Uhhh, it's not looking good for me...

In other (more exciting) news, Brandon is thisclose to finishing law school!!! He had his last class ever on Monday, now he's just got 2 finals and 2 papers to write and he'll get his degree! I'm so so SO proud of him! He still has to study and pass the bar afterward which is going to be a ton of work for him too, but that's the final hurdle before he will officially be an attorney. He's going to take the bar at the very end of July and after that we'll have a couple weeks of downtime before the baby comes.

 I'm so looking forward to August when, for the first time in 3 years, my husband will not have to study for hours each evening. He will come home from work and just be home with us. It's what we've been waiting for and working towards for so long now and we're finally on the homestretch! I'm really able to see all the ways the Lord has sustained us over the past few years and we are so thankful He has carried us through it! God is also opening some really cool and exciting doors for us in the future but I'll share those a little later :-)