this child is wearing out her welcome over the past few days!  she's still transverse and it's gone beyond minor stress on my abs to constant pain and discomfort.  you would think that if she doesn't like when i'm laying on my side she would just get out of the way.   normally at this point, babies are vertical - either breech or head-down, but usually not still transverse in the third trimester.  i just hope our long-legged feline has enough room to get her head down ASAP so i can go back to loving every minute of this pregnancy.

i've been getting a good bit of exercise lately while our island car is in the shop getting some pretty major body work.  we had no idea the frame was so rusty and rotted, but we found out when colby got into a minor accident and the passenger side of the car imploded.  we had to get a new door, windshield, and parts of the frame welded on.  i'm disappointed that we didn't take a picture, but we were pretty upset at the time.  we get the car back today and i'm honestly going to miss being forced to walk.  i was doing at least a mile every day this week and it felt great, but i don't see myself taking that initiative when i can drive to and from work.

a couple nights ago i noticed white lines all over my belly and i panicked.  it didn't feel like stretch marks, but i just figured it was the very beginning of them.  last night i took a shower and when i got out i realized that the skin on my belly was shedding like a freaking snake!  all my tan skin is peeling off and being replaced with new white skin, and so far no stretch marks.  i'm so very happy about this!  i'm not out of the woods yet, but the longer i put it off, the less horrific they will be, right?