The Swearingen Family: Third Trimester!

This pregnancy is going a lot faster than I imagined that it would, and this past Friday marked the start of my third trimester! I am officially in baby mode and trying to finish everything up for Ava's arrival in September.

We have been busy and will be busy up until the end of August where I hope that we have a couple of weekends to relax before the big day. I am seeing my doctor every three weeks now, but it will soon move to every two weeks, and then every week. Everything looks great and Ava is measuring where she should be and has a strong heart beat. She continues to be more active each day and I find her kicking me for up to five minutes at a time a couple of times a day.

Our family has been a big help in getting ready for Ava and Travis has been a sweetheart doing anything that I ask of him. Travis almost has the Nursery painted, and should be finished by the end of this week. This coming weekend we are going to visit my Mother in East Tennessee and to bring home a crib, dresser, night stand, and high chair that she has been working on. I also sent her some fabric a week ago and she will be making the curtains for the Nursery, and a bench cushion for Ava's bathroom.

July is going to be busy with Birthday's and finishing the Nursery. Then August is when we start all of our classes at the hospital to get us ready for parenting. I am also transitioning into a new job at Skyline Medical Center. I am going to be splitting my time between StoneCrest and Skyline until they have filled my position at StoneCrest. There are so many changes going on, but one change that we are looking forward to is being parents and welcoming Ava to our family.

Here are some pictures to show you what we have been up to.

Steeplechase was cold and rainy this year. We did not realize that we did not have the top to our tent, so we had to make a make shift top out of the sides of the tent.