Ever growing belly! 31 Weeks and counting.

It's finally happened. I've finally grown out of all my jackets! I had to go find a larger jacket (in the men's section) to keep me warm during this cold snap as well as during our Christmas visit to Elkford. I thought I'd be able to manage using Tim's jackets for the short period that I outgrew mine, but sadly the arms on his are about a foot longer than I need them!

The baby has been kicking up a storm these days as well. I think he/she has definitely picked up a little bit of kickboxing over the past few months. Some days I've even been able to play 'footsie' with the baby and chase it's little feet around the side of my belly :)

It's crazy to think that in about 2 months I'll be meeting our little baby McNelson for the first time. Even though I'm more than a little nervous now, I'm sure it'll turn to excitement as I get closer to January 23rd.

I've been lucky to be sleeping exceptionally well these days too! Thanks to Tracy I have a new body pillow that has changed painful, sleepless nights into nights where I pass out the moment I crawl into my "moat" as Tim calls it :)

Speaking of sleep....I think I hear my moat calling now!

Visiting the Twins

This past week I've been visiting my new baby nieces in Ottawa! It's been nice to be able to help out in the early stages as Rick and Tracy get into the swing of things and it's also been really great to get a taste of what to expect when my little bundle arrives in late January. Although, caring for one is probably going to be easier than caring for two :)

Rick and Tracy have been doing a great job so far and the girls are growing at twice the average rate. Then again, I guess they did have some catching up to do as they were pretty tiny when they were born!

As my week comes to an end here I'm sad to be leaving so soon, but I'm also really excited to get back to my own family (Tim and Loca) who weren't able to make the visit :)