While I'm on a roll....

I just feel like I haven't had any time to do anything for myself, let alone take time to update my blog....so I'm taking advantage of a quiet night! Anyway, just thought I'd give a quick update on the pregnancy. I'm 28 weeks, which means I'm now officially in my third trimester. I feel huge! (And being so short-waisted doesn't help since she really had nowhere to go!) Anyway, I had another ultrasound a couple of weeks ago (since I've been having so much pain, they just want to make sure that my cervix isn't thinning at all) and everything still looks great. Baby is healthy and everything looks right on track, so that is encouraging. A few weeks ago I had 4-5 days of not having any pain when I walked and I was loving it. I even was able to do the eliptical at the gym and not hurt. I was totally excited that maybe the baby has moved around and ligaments were done stretching and I was going to feel ok for a little while. It was fun while it lasted, because now the pain is back, along with alot of back pain. Good times, good times! I just started seeing a chiropractor, and that really seems to be helping the back pain, so I'm optimistic. And I just keep reminding myself, no matter how painful it is, nothing is worse than feeling like you're going to throw up 24 hours a day, so I'm much rather feel this than morning sickness anyday. It's pretty crazy to feel the baby moving so much. I love it (except for tonight when she was up in my ribs and I couldn't even breathe!). For so long it just felt like I was a fish bowl and I had a guppie swimming around inside of me. That is not the case anymore, there is definitely is a little person in there. Whenever she's moving and kicking like crazy and I wonder what in the world she is doing and Dan will say, "Oh, it's so obvious. She's kickboxing!". He bought me a cute maternity tank top for the beach that says "Mama's little kicker" on the belly. He loves feeling her kick, which she seems to be doing all the time these days! It's like she's just reminding us that she's there! (As if I could forget!) I'm just starting to get all registered for baby stuff and baby showers are coming, which is alot of fun. I had one at work already and got some really cute stuff. I'm really having to be exercise my self-control these days and avoid the baby section at Target because I just want to buy all the adorable girl clothes! Any tips on registering do's and don'ts? Any recommendations for favorite things or "must-haves"? I'd love any help from the pros! ;)