Journey of a Kumquat: Week 79 and week 31

We went to Bali with Rebecca and Dan this past weekend - very fun! Charlotte got her swim on as we stayed in a pool villa and then visited Potato Head, a cool bar with an infinity pool overlooking Seminyak beach. A short 2 day trip but it was nice for Charlotte to at least nap in her own room without us having to be trapped in there with her - which was the downfall of our Krabi trip. I didn't necessarily mind as I enjoyed the extra napping...

This is our 6th non US visit trip with Charlotte - so she has now been to Hong Kong and Macau (twice), Phuket, Krabi, Cebu, and Bali. That is once every 3 months of her life on average. We are crazy parents!

We liked the Residence at Seminyak - it was quiet but very close to lots of restaurants and bars in Seminyak! We will be back in Seminyak again soon (well, not too soon, after Cheese Curd arrives, maybe in March...).

Charlotte of course did not sleep on any part of the plane ride but managed to doze off moments after stepping into our taxi in Singapore! The entire plane ride she was entranced not by any of her old standby toys (or new ones especially procured for the plane) - she loved the airplane seat belt. Assembling. Disassembling. Assembling. Disassembling.

She got her 18 month jabs on Monday. She was told she was advanced for knowing 40 ish words, though she was too shy to demonstrate any knowledge to the doctor. She just was smiley and shy. She cried after her shots for about 30 seconds and then (like I would have done) forgot all about it. Charlotte was pretty tuckered out by all her swimming and screwy sleep schedule (she is maybe the only 18 month I know still on two naps) - so she was cranky pants until Tuesday when she realized she was back in her comfortable routine.

In pregnancy news - the furnace is turned on! I think this happened at week 30 with Charlotte where I was just hot all the freakin' time. Matt laughs at me as I look like I have just stepped out of a sauna... constantly. There are frequent showers.

Oh, and my back hurts - this is also new. Not to be complaining but my belly is bigger than before and I wake up and it is sore. The good news is it is the only place that is sore - the rest of my arthritisy symptoms seem to be gone but seriously, who likes back pain?

I also am suffering a bit of a cold - nothing too serious but it makes me tired. Like nap-every-day-during-the-third-trimester tired. How did I work during this period with Charlotte?

Went to the doctor this morning. After a nice warmed ultrasound gel on my belly we found the cheese curd to be 1.77 kg - almost 4 pounds. And CC is also head down which is fabulous too! I did daily inversions and they seemed to work (though who knows, she could have moved herself to the right position anyway). Now I just got to get her head engaged there...

Here is Charlotte swimming in our pool villa: