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...of the third trimester

Poor Simon Smith. His big brother and sister have had so much written here about them, both outside and inside my body, and I am able to look back and compare and reminisce whenever I want. But I have barely posted anything in the last few months, especially about him. I attribute this to: 1. A lack of time. Having two kids under three and living in a different country which requires me to cook more, clean more, and overall DO more than I had to while I was pregnant with either of the other two leaves little time to blog. Or shower.  2. Feeling huge. I haven't been anxious to take and share pictures of myself with this dude because I've felt waaay bigger at any given point this time around than with the others. That makes sense, though. Everything has already been stretched to 38 week baby size, so why wouldn't it get there faster this time?  3. Being exhausted. It's the having more to do, but it's also that I've been more tired this time around and end up needi

...of no sleep

It's 5:30am. Let me do a quick recap of our day today: 8:00am - Abram, Quinn and I wake up 9:00am - Selah wakes up 10:00am - leave for Dubai with Quinn's dad and his suitcase 11:30-7:30 - Do lots of walking around malls in Dubai, looking at stuff, no one sleeping even one wink of a nap, changing blowout poopy diapers with freshly purchased diapers because I have my child's regular pooping figured out, but did not plan for anything out of the ordinary, heave myself into car with frequent, strong, and regular Braxton Hicks contractions wondering if we will be taking a trip to the hospital after the airport.  7:30-8:30 - Stuck in Dubai traffic, Abram falls asleep, Selah squealing and crying because she is so over tired, mcontractions slowing down.  8:30 - Drop Quinn's dad off at airport 3.5 hours early for his flight (poor guy). 8:30-10:30 - Drive home. 9:00 - Selah finally falls asleep.   10:30 - Seamlessly transfer sleeping kids into bed. 11:00 - Fall asleep.  1:30 - Wok