29 Weeks

It is sort of shocking, but with only 10-11 weeks left until we meet baby Beckett, there is not much to report.  I feel like I have more energy but some days I find myself pretty tired if I do too much.  The good news is, I passed my gestational diabetes test so no diet for me!  Shane and I have been spending some time working on Gray's room and rearranging the upstairs living area to make it more of a family room the last couple of weekends.  I'm also working to do a small remodel of the bathroom upstairs to make it more kid oriented since that will be Gray's bathroom, and eventually Grayson and Beckett's bathroom in a couple of years.  Shane can definitely tell I'm starting to nest with all of the things I have been doing/changing around the house.  :)  Once everything is completed, I will post pictures.  We are getting close so it should not be much longer.

Last week Grayson finished his parent and tot swim lessons at my aquatics facility.  He definitely has a love of water and always feels comfortable getting in so that is one skill he has mastered over the last year.  While we were on vacation in Belize, we went to the pool regularly and he would always say, "kick, kick, kick" and practice kicking his feet.  He even started putting his face in the water to blow bubbles so I knew he was ready for class.  Of course once we started class, he didn't want to kick or put his face in the water to blow bubbles.  On the rare occasion we could get him to comply, but usually it took our instructor, Madison, asking him to do something before he would do it.  (Side note: we are raising a future teacher's pet.)  A couple of other things he can now do after taking class is hold on to the gutter and work his way down the wall, climb out of the pool using the ladder and jump in from the side with assistance.  I don't expect him to actually be swimming until he is about 3-4 years old, but I do want to make him comfortable with the water and learn a few basics so when he does start taking lessons without me, he's prepared.  The last night of class Shane came out and took some photos.  What you can't tell in these photos is how absolutely cold the water is.  I waited until session 4 to sign him up because the water temperature is usually pleasant, but we happened to experience a random cold front the last week of class which had the outside temperature in the low to mid 70's and the water temperature in the low 80's.  Luckily the last class is only about 25 minutes.

Gray's teacher, Miss Madison
He loved saying her name.

Doing passes with Miss Madison 

Kick, kick, kick 

 Hanging on to the gutter all by himself

 Climbing out using the ladder

 Jumping in from the side

 "London bridge is falling down...."

 Practicing blowing bubbles

Singing the "bye bye" song.  

He loved being on the mats.

One other project Shane finally completed was getting Gray's swing that Santa bought him hung up on our patio (yes, 7 months later).  After a few different ideas and attempts, he finally settled on these hooks that are used for porch swings.  They just screwed into the beams on our patio and we can unhook his swing and store it in the garage when it's not being used.  It's gotten warmer outside so he's only been in it a couple of times, but we hope we can spend more time on the patio this fall while we're spending lots of time at home with little Beckett.  

We only have 9-10 weekends left until Beckett arrives.  We are hoping to spend as much one on one time with Grayson as we can but seem to have something going on just about every weekend.  I realize how precious our time is with him as an only child and want to embrace it as much as possible.  I'm headed to the doctor on August 12 for another sonogram to see how big Beckett has grown.  I can tell he's starting to run out of room in there as my stomach looks possessed on many occasions when he twists and turns.  My doctor is predicting he could come as early as week ahead of my due date since Grayson was a couple of days early.  We are not planning to induce or schedule anything with Beckett.  With Grayson we planned to induce on his due date, but I don't see the need to rush getting Beckett out.  I feel like it's better to just let him come when he's ready.  My doctor doesn't like going too far past the due date, but we will cross that bridge if we get to it.  It does make me sad that Grayson's 2nd birthday is only 9 days after my due date.  I am going to plan as much as I can prior to going into the hospital, but the actual date and time will be unknown until after Beckett comes.  His 1st birthday was pretty low key and I don't see this one being too much different.  I want to be sure we celebrate with Grayson but I also have to consider that we will have a newborn at home.  I have to take Beckett's needs and our lifestyle change into consideration.  If we have #3, I will need to try to make sure they are more of a spring baby and space these birthdays out.  ;)