23 Week Bump-Date

January 2, 2014

 

Pregnancy Highlights

 

How Far Along:
As of January 9, I was 23 weeks!

Size of baby:
According to The Bump, Baby GIRL is the size of a Mango!

Maternity Clothes:
Same as before…all pants maternity, trying to see what dresses still fit…they are getting shorter and shorter it seems

Gender:
It’s a GIRL! See previous post about Gender Reveal. Squee!

Movement:
All.The.Freakin.Time. She is a gymnast I feel. Watch out Shawn Johnson. Or maybe a dancer, I pray that she does not get her dance moves from her father or I.

Sleep:
Same as before…Pretty good, some nights are better than others. Some nights, I get up to use the restroom about 3-4 times or so. Sorry babe. And of course I am tossing and turning because my back is hurting. As soon as I lie down it really starts to ache. Not the best feeling in the world. But other than that good

What I miss:
I miss lying on my stomach, and getting to jump on trampolines….like I did it so much before? Where the hell does that even come from?? But if I saw a trampoline, you best be know my heart would ache to jump on it. And I miss over easy eggs still. I miss those…A lot.

Cravings:
Mashed potatoes and cinnamon rolls still. Oh I could eat those for days, but I’m trying to be good and stick to my low carb thang. It is definitely harder than one would assume.

Symptoms:
Same as before... Baby girl is on the move, so I am feeling her more and more each day! Also, my breakin’ back and I am seriously hungry ALL.THE.TIME.

Favorite Moment This Week:
We painted her room!! I am not a HUGE fan of baby pink… (Bleh..actually gag). I knew that I didn’t want her room to be a pink explosion…and I am a HUGE Alice in Wonderland fan. So we decided to paint her room Aqua blue, Black and White. The goal is to have Aqua blue walls and Black furniture with hints of Alice in a few spots. Not character overload, just subtle hints. Tim painted the room this past weekend and we hung up the curtains. Next thing will be to just over the next few months, get the crib set up, and add bits and pieces to her room. I absolutely adore the color, it is called “Cool Jazz” by Behr. Walking by and seeing it all start to come together is such an amazing feeling and I can’t believe that she will be in there soon enough!

Worst Moment This Week:
I had a meltdown before bed a few nights ago, because my back was killing me. I am over this back pain and can’t wait to feel better.

22 Week Bump-Date

I do have a picture...but since my computer is a piece o' poo I will add at a later date...

 

 

January 2, 2014

 

Pregnancy Highlights

 

How Far Along:
As of January 2, I was 22 weeks!

Size of baby:
According to The Bump, Baby GIRL is the size of a Papaya!

Maternity Clothes:
Same as before…all pants maternity, trying to see what dresses still fit…they are getting shorter and shorter it seems

Gender:
It’s a GIRL! See previous post about Gender Reveal. Squee!

Movement:
YES! Not a ton yet, but at our appointment this morning the doctor asked us if we had felt much movement. I told her no that she was just kicking back and being lazy bones. The doctor was like that is fine, you probably just aren’t feeling her yet, but what we will do is leave the Doppler on your belly for a bit, and sometimes that is enough to get them going. Sure enough, not even like 2 minutes later, she put the Doppler on and she kicked it super hard. Making a liar out of me already… and then of course all day has been kicking and rolling around in there. Now the little thing won’t stop!

Sleep:
Pretty good, some nights are better than others. Some nights, I get up to use the restroom about 3-4 times or so. Sorry babe. And of course I am tossing and turning because my back is hurting. As soon as I lie down it really starts to ache. Not the best feeling in the world. But other than that good

What I miss:
I miss lying on my stomach, and over easy eggs…and this week especially I was really craving some ham sandwiches (Again with the Ham??? REALLY?!?) and some champagne. Nom Nom Nom.

Cravings:
Nothing super strong this week, I almost had a meltdown when I went to the doctor and saw how much weight I seem to be gaining. They haven’t mentioned that it has been excessive or anything, which is good, but it still stresses me out. She mentioned that we should schedule our glucose test in the next few weeks. I voiced my concerns over this because y’all know how I am with needles. She suggested switching to a low carb diet in the weeks leading up to the test, because that can lower your “risk” of the gestational diabetes. Or something like that… So I figured it couldn’t hurt, and will start eating lower carbs than I have been. Right now it seems as though we are besties, but I will probably have to cool my jets for a bit.

Symptoms:
Well now baby girl is on the move, so I am feeling her more and more each day! Also, my breakin’ back and I am seriously hungry ALL.THE.TIME.

Favorite Moment This Week:
We normally don’t do much for New Years Eve, and were going to continue with that trend this year. However, after much thinking we decided that considering this is our “last” New Years without the baby we should probably do something. His parents had offered up their timeshare on the coast for a night and had originally declined because we couldn’t take our Chugs and had nowhere to take them on such short notice. After much consideration, we figured that if we take them out late at night on the 31^st, and come home early on the 1^st, it wouldn’t be any different than going out for a night on the town! So on New Years Eve, we packed up our bags, went to an amazing sushi dinner and headed out to Depoe Bay, Oregon. Once we got there, we decided to head to the casino, after all it was New years Eve! We won about $140.00 in the first hour or so, but then of course lost it all later on in the eve. It was so packed, but so much fun to be able to spend time and ring in the New Year with my babe. After the casino we came home and since Depoe Bay is such a sleepy town, literally we were so hungry but no place was open. We found a can of soup that his parents had left at the time share and ate that at about 3am. The next morning we explored the coast a bit, had some breakfast and then went home to our girls. It was such an amazing New Years Eve. 2013 was filled with so many ups and downs for me, and I am in such a different place than I was a year ago. It feels great. 2013 was a learning curve, and I learned so much about myself and what I need and want to be happy. I knew that I couldn’t continue to live in the way that I was living and I have learned that I need to do what I want to make myself happy. I was tired of putting someone else first and putting their needs before my own. I matter too, and I shouldn’t have to follow someone else’s dream because it is “expected”. I love the place that Tim and I are at, and I didn’t know I could be so happy with someone, other than myself. (If that makes sense). He truly brings me so much happiness and I feel like a weight has been lifted, that has been burdening me for so long. Here is to 2014, so much love and happiness to come.

Worst Moment This Week:
Probably just my back….UH.Gain.



21 Week Bump-Date

 

Pregnancy Highlights

 

How Far Along:
As of December 26^th, I was 21 weeks!! 

Size of baby:
According to The Bump, Baby GIRL is the size of a Pomegranate!

Maternity Clothes:
Of course a little of this and that, pretty much the same, maternity pants and sometimes maternity tops…but I can mostly wear my old clothes…even though they are getting a wee bit tight!

Gender:
It’s a GIRL! I guess everyone was right all along! We are so excited and can’t wait to meet this little princess!

Movement:
I am pretty sure she is lazy…or just small. I still haven’t felt much…a few things here and there. I know that she is kicking and at our appointment that little girl had her legs outstretched like she was just hanging out.

Sleep:
Pretty good so far, I had a rough night last night where my back was hurting and I could not get comfortable for the life of me! But we got a memory foam mattress cover from Tim’s parents for Christmas so that has definitely been helping!

What I miss:
I miss wine…and I bought Tim a case of hard apple cider for Christmas so that has been tempting for sure. It smells so good and crisp when he breaks one of those open. Also, over easy eggs and I am missing champagne…especially tonight on New Years Eve…boohoo

Cravings:
Cinnamon Rolls! I had to have one the other day and even though my back felt like it had been Karate chopped in half I crawled my way to the nearest bakery and indulged. So what If I also had a Raspberry Streudel.

Symptoms:
Just my achy breaky back…also my stomach will clench up sometimes…and feels like what I can only assume a contraction feels like. It is my body just adjusting to the basketball that just so happens to be attached to my belly…but it leaves me breathless sometimes

Favorite Moment This Week:
This past week we got to enjoy our gifts that we got at Christmas, (More on that later). Also, looking around at baby things and just knowing that we can buy little GIRL things is so exciting! We will probably do a name reveal later, we have a name…and Im sure some of you know it already…but we won’t announce officially until a later date. Also, getting to feel all of our families excitement at Christmas was so heart-warming and wonderful.

Worst Moment This Week:
My back…I feel like a broken record when I say this…