Hahaha, April. Yes, APRIL was my last update.

Before you judge, let me recap a normal day for you:
6 am: wake up, groggily fumble with phone to turn off alarm.
6:15 am: wake up for real, rush through a shower, grab my stuff and hit the road
6:45-7:30: bang head on steering wheel while sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic
7:30-4:30: Work magic, hold a few hands, make a billion phone calls. No, I don't work in a daycare, but it sure seems like it sometimes! Oh, and also add in some milking sessions (Crass I know) three times a day, as time allows.
4:30 (or sometimes 5, 6, or 7 pm): Rush home, braking intermittently for the Jim-Carey-A-la-"Me, Myself & Irene"-cops along the highway.
5:30: Snuggle the heck out of my baby.
7 pm: Reluctantly put my baby to bed.
8 pm: Eat dinner & do some chores.
10 pm: Pass out, only to be woken up at 3-4 hour intervals to pop a boob into the wee one's mouth.

But I digress!

Asher is growing and developing by leaps and bounds. It's positively amazing to watch him grow. In the past week he's started pushing up on his knees, rocking back and forth (and then faceplanting), scooting backwards, and screaming "mamamamamamamamamamama!" Oh and blowing "raspberries" that accomplishes nothing but spitting drool all over e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g.

WHEW.

We're taking him in for his 6 month checkup on Monday. (Holyshitwherehasthetimegone?!) Will come back with stats ASAP!

And without further ado:

3rd Trimester.

(Meant to post this yesterday but we got home late and I was starving so I ate instead of blogging. So sue me!)

But yeah, so yesterday I hit 27 weeks and the beginning of the 3rd trimester. I can't believe how quickly time is flying. Thankfully, everything is going really well.

Last weekend, I had a hard time sleeping. I went to bed at 10:45, but sleep would just NOT come. And then around 1:30 or so, Oliver decided to take up kickboxing as a hobby. He kept me up like that for about another hour, the little stinker!

Mr. Olive and I have been sorting baby clothes and picking up some sweet onsies here and there. And soon, work on the nursery will commence. We're picking up some paint chips tonight. :)

Patterns!

I've been noticing over the past several days that Oliver is kinda set in his ways. He's been kicking around in the late morning, late afternoon, late evening, and then around 12:30 AM. With that last slot being the most active. So yep, definitely our kid. ;)

Oliver is making himself known. :)

I felt one Thursday night, but Mr. Olive was in the other room and by the time I moved, Oliver stopped. But last night, Mr. Olive got to feel one. The look on his face was absolutely perfect and I totally teared up. (So did he!) It was ossum.

I've been relaxing on the couch watching TV, just feeling bumps and thumps.

I also went on a shopping spree last night for cloth diapers. I picked up:

- 1 BG 4.0
- 1 Thirsties Duo
- 1 GrowVia
- 4 hemp inserts

Retail price? $84.60

What I paid? $44.11

So we're up to 5 CD's now, and slowly building.

(Plus our diaperbag came in the mail today, which I got for $35 instead of $75. Schweet.)

Anatomy scan!

We went this past Tuesday for our anatomy scan. OliveBaby appears to have 2 legs, 2 arms, kidneys, a 4-chamber heart and all the rest of that necessary stuff. Of course, the little stinker wouldn't roll over and show it's face, so we know it's got OlivePapa's personality. ;) This also meant no creepy 20-week face shot. :)

Everyone is DYING to know if OliveBaby is a girl or a boy. Well, we've got that information in a sealed envelope, and we're taking it to a bakery this week and handing it over. We're going to have them do either pink or blue cake inside, with green on the outside, and we'll cut it and serve it to our family, so that everyone finds out together. :) That will happen a week from today! (Yikes, time flies!!!)

Also, I'm at work today, a Sunday, which totally suck. But OliveBaby is kickin' away and making me smile from ear to ear. :)

Houston, we have kick-off!

So I'm sitting at my desk today, having an absolutely horrible day, and I feel this light jab in my belly. Definitely an OliveBaby kick. :) S/he was all, "Hey Mom, it's okay!" I'm grinning ear to ear like a total fool.

I also ordered a baby sling today off Mamabargains.com in this pattern:

And we scheduled our BIG u/s; we go in next Tuesday at 7:45 am. Which means we officially have less than a week to make a decision about finding out the gender.