Third Trimester - The "real" countdown has begun!

Today marks the first day of my third trimester.  I'm 27 weeks and I swear, getting bigger every day!  Piper is a strong kicker and gets the hiccups every couple of days or so.  She's much more active during the day than she used to be too. 

It's funny that as soon as I hit 26 weeks, everything in my pregnancy started to change.  For example: 

• I cannot breathe sitting straight up, after walking to/from my car, after walking up stairs...
• Some of the maternity pants that Kimberly gave me are too tight around my middle/hips
• I get so tired mid-day and again driving home from work, and need to go to bed early again
• It's getting harder and harder to find something to wear to work each day
• I'm so uncomfortable
• My sciatic nerve hurts so bad that by the time it's time to leave work, I look like I walk with a limp
• I get full so fast and even though the food tastes good, I can't eat another bite
• Gas is not my friend and shows up unannounced from time to time
• Heartburn is hanging out with Gas and they are friends.  I don't like them.

BUT, here's the good news... there's a light at the end of the tunnel.  Piper Marie should be here within the next 13 weeks and that is SO exciting!  I have started to get some stuff for her and even got my first baby gift off our registry: an umbrella stroller that I tried to put Scooter in, but he didn't appreciate it as much as I had hoped he would.  He wouldn't even pose for a picture.  Maybe I'll put the new onesie I got for her on him and take a picture of that... 

Speaking of Scooter, my dad says that he might be my "baby" for now, but as soon as Piper is here, he'll go back to being "just a dog".  I hope not. 

So 13 weeks (maybe less) and counting... I can hardly wait!