Preggo update!

29.5 weeks...

Well, my picture was over a week late being taken (shoulda been at 28), but hey, at least we got one!  Yeap, that bump is definitely growing!  I really cannot believe how active he is... it is SO comical to watch my stomach flip, flop, roll, tumble, etc.  I guess I'm easily entertained, but I can sit and watch the show for a long time and not get bored :)  

I had a check up this past Friday and everything is still looking perfect - measuring right on, his heartbeat was 144, my blood pressure was good, etc.  So, my next appointment is in 4 weeks - and after that it'll be every 2!  I cannot believe how quickly time is going!

As far as the room comes... it's... coming! Although I was planning on painting some stripes, I am starting to re-think my plan.  Either way, I hope to be done with it by next weekend at the latest - in anticipation of getting our dresser and crib set up!  I love feeling like we're getting our ducks in a row!  I even ordered our stroller the other day and we'll be ordering the car seat in the next week or so.  Hooray!

Other news... I had my first dreadful experience with my ankles swelling... ugh!  However, it was circumstantial, short lived, and nothing to worry about.  When we boarded our plane in Chicago coming home from Tennessee (lay over) I happened to notice my ankles and gasped!  I had CANKLES!  Needless to say, I learned why they recommend flying in your second trimester rather than your third - the flight home was miserable.  My ankles had me worrying, my tailbone was killing me, and my back was a nightmare.  So much for sleeping on the way home!  But, thankfully, with a good nights rest the next night I haven't had another episode since.  

Even bigger news, we're about 99.9% sure we've got our name picked out!  Mason Thomas Spann!   Unfortunately, we don't have some cool story attached to his first name (it was a Jordyn: "Matt!  what about Mason?"  Matt: "hey, I think I like that!"  kind of moment), although the second name carries significance for both sides of our family - my maiden name and the middle name of Matt's Grandfather.  So, unless he comes out looking like a 'Bob' (as Matt says), we'll be holding our little Mason in October :)