Almost time to meet Carter

Wow, all of a sudden I am nearing the end of pregnancy! Technically he's not due until August 16th so I have almost 2 months left but I'm pretty convinced he'll come at least several days early (wishful thinking maybe?)
There are certain things that are so similar about my 2 babies during pregnancy, but mostly it's so different. I haven't been sick in a couple months now, whereas with Aves I was still on Zofran even in the 3rd trimester. I've even had an appetite and enjoyed food often, which I don't remember ever happening until immediately after I delivered Avery. As a result, Carter feels much bigger and stronger than Avery did. His movements seem to be stretching out into whole new areas of my body. I'm also really easily winded because he is up in my lung space. I definitely am much more uncomfortable and sore this time around.
Carter's position, however, seems to be pretty similar to his sister's. In this blog I noted that Avery's legs hung out way on my left side and her head rested in my right hip for much of the 3rd trimester, and Carter has been doing the exact same thing.
All in all, though, pregnancy the second time around is much easier. Mostly the mental part of having been here before makes the process much easier. The main thing that has been more difficult is managing what feels like a much busier life during this stage of pregnancy. We recently purchased a second rental home, so I've been working on full-time work (WFC), part-time job (Project Hope NW), management of 2 rental houses, very part-time job (Beza Jewelry), nearly full-time mom with a toddler, and plenty of events (including a few that I'm hosting) and social stuff going on. I'm finally nearing somewhat of a lull in a couple of these areas, so I can breathe a little easier, but it was really hard and really overwhelming for a few weeks there. Especially with the hormones mixed in to intensify it all.
Tonight I worked on some organizing and decorating in Carter's room. Jacob put the crib back together for a baby (we had it converted to a toddler bed for Avery). I have another shower come up so I'm holding off on some bedding and other essentials, but the room is nearly ready for him! I also got a wonderful hand-me-down bassinet from Jill so he'll hopefully be happily resting in that in our room for up to a month after his arrival anyway.

32+ weeks with baby Carter

8 days ago we welcomed our new niece, Reagan Ann Mailelani, into the world. That means Carter is next for babies in the family! Hanging out through the birthing process for Reagan (which got pretty complicated and ended in a C section) got me really pumped for when the time comes to deliver Carter. I remember really enjoying the excitement of that process with Avery, and hopefully I feel the same this time around.