14 weeks

Taken today! 

How Far Along: 14 weeks 4 days

Weight gain/loss: Staying the same! 179 at both my 10 week and 14 week appointments! 

Feeling: Pretty good, not super motivate to do much though, we've had sandwiches quite a bit recently :-/

Maternity clothes: Same

Sleep: Good, I don't wake up much, usually just once to pee. 

Cravings: Cheeseburgers!

Movement: Yup! Definite thumps and flutters, not consistent yet which I don't expect at this point. 

Best Moment this week: My doctors appt was Monday, he said everything look great and let me schedule the A/S for June 9th! First thing on a Monday, I love not having to wait all week! :) 

10 days until our elective scan and I've decided to make Mother's Day cards with scratch off spots to reveal the sex to my parents! They're so cute and I can't wait to know which cards (the BOY or GIRL) I'll get to print off! I hope they turn out! :)

13 weeks

Taken just now! 

How Far Along: 13 weeks 3 days 

Weight gain/loss: Up a total of 3.5lbs from pre-pregnancy

Feeling: Good, no issues, some nausea here and there but nothing that really effects me. 

Maternity Clothes: I'm in all maternity pants now, I've worn a couple mat shirts, but mostly because they're cute and long to wear with leggings

Sleep: I've been sleeping well but I get so tired, I took two naps yesterday after sleeping 10 hours the night before. 

Cravings: Not really much of anything.

Movement: I've felt a couple little flutters, I can hear the baby thump the doppler, which is adorable.

Best Moment this week: Well it was my birthday last week and then the end of tax season!! DH and I were able to get out of town for the evening last Friday, we went down to our old college town, which is one of our favorite places. We went to my favorite restaurant down there and took a nice stroll through central campus. It was a wonderful night!

Also, I scheduled our early u/s at 16 weeks on May 10th!! Only 19 days away, I can't wait to see what this little one is!! 

11 weeks

How Far Along: 11 weeks 2 days 

Weight gain/loss: Up about a pound, 178-179 at doctors a weeks ago. 

Feeling: Not too shabby, just tired mostly, these kids have been wearing me out. 

Maternity Clothes: Still just maternity leggings.

Sleep: Still fairly good, we go to bed around 11 and I don't wake up until 4 or so to go to the bathroom. 

Cravings: Not really much of anything.

Movement: Far too early.

Best Moment this week: Not too muh excitement here, DH has been working later the past couple weeks for tax season. My birthday is on Sunday (the 13th!) and the tax season is over the 15th, I can't wait!! 

Oh I did get my first pair of glasses on Thursday (see picture) so I guess there's that, :-P

9 weeks!

              Taken just now, 

   My mirror doesn't look this dirty

                 in real life...

How Far Along: 9 weeks 4 days 

Weight gain/loss: Same at home (175) and 178 at the doctor last week with a sweatshirt on. 

Feeling: Good, not that tired and my nausea has subsided. I can eat pretty much anything now but I get full fast. 

Maternity Clothes: Still just maternity leggings.

Sleep: Much better than the past couple weeks, I fall asleep easily and stay asleep more.

Cravings: Not really much of anything.

Movement: Far too early.

Best Moment this week: Not sure, haven't had anything fun go on really and since I don't have my first real drs appointment until next week or another u/s anytime soon, it's just same old life! 

7 weeks and Follow Up U/S!

 Our FB Announcement

How Far Along: 7w 6d

Weight gain/loss: lost a couple pounds, I was 174 this morning

Feeling: I've been pretty good, the nausea has lightened some and I have pretty much no cramping (which I am definitely NOT complaining about!!) I am still fairly tired most of the time, but overall it's been an easy week

Maternity Clothes: Still just maternity leggings, I plan to start wearing more maternity clothes in a few weeks though so I washed all mine.

Sleep: It's been okay, horrible the night before my u/s of course, and I wake up several times in the night but I did that before I was pregnant anyway.

Cravings: :Loaded Potato Grillers from Taco Bell. If you haven't had one OMG, get one.

Movement: Far too early.

Best Moment this week: Seeing our little baby and heartbeat on the u/s!! I had a student with a tech again this time and the student had absolutely no idea what she was doing. So the measuring of my ovaries and uterus and all that jazz that normally takes 10 minutes tops, took over 20 minutes and I couldn't see the screen to see if there even was a baby. Finally the tech got annoyed with the student and took over to show us the baby (she says just one, but with the student sucking, I'm not 100% convinced). The baby is measuring a couple days behind my LMP DD, and about a day behind my O-day DD so pretty darn close! Had a beautiful heartbeat of 146 and looked perfect. I'm so so excited.

I also tried my doppler (well have been since Monday, to no avail) and I finally picked up a little blip yesterday morning. Tried to find it again last night and right when I turned the doppler on, there it was! I was so impressed!! I was only 7w 3-5d, so that is just crazy early to hear the heartbeat!!

Week 6 Survey

Forgot to do the 5 week one last week, oh well!


How Far Along: 6 weeks today!

Weight gain/loss: Right around the same, 175.8lbs

Feeling: Meh, I feel fine overall it seems, but I am so tired All. The. Time. I get waves of slight nausea but mostly just nothing sounds good and as soon as I start eating something I could be done with it. I've been drinking Coke, I think I get most of my caloric intake from that...

Maternity Clothes: Just my maternity leggings. I'm quite bloated and my regular pants don't want to button anymore. I also wear a lot of baggie sweatshirts for fear of my gut hanging out and people wondering what the hell has happened to me.

Sleep: Pretty crappy. Despite being very tired, I have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep. I'm constantly in a state of worry, but not crazy worry, just anxious worry.

Cravings: Not really much of anything.

Movement: Far too early.

Best Moment this week: Probably getting my 3rd beta back, 3014! This even trumped my u/s I had on Thursday, I was disappointed even though I knew exactly what to expect and we saw exactly what we should that early, I was still hoping for more.

I was 5w 5d (I really wish I'd have been patient and waited until early this next week, hindsight is 20/20) gestational sac measured 5w 4d, which is perfect based on O-day. Saw yolk sac, no fetal pole and of course no baby or heartbeat. It was a student tech that performed the u/s and a few minutes from being done her tech came in to check how it was going. They both fiddled and looked really hard to see if they could locate a pole but came up short, neither was concerned. Then when they were just about done, the student said "Is that two?" The tech looked, had her scan through again and said "Hmm, we'll check next time" and then finished up. I can't believe I didn't ask what the "two" was she was referring to, but I didn't. And I've been speculating and wondering ever since. I didn't get a picture, and only got to look at the screen for a minute or two. DH watched the whole time so I asked him what he saw...he's been less than helpful :-/ I've looked up some different twin u/s pictures that looked like what I saw on the screen (I know I saw *something* partially behind and next to the gest. sac, but then the student zoomed in and I lost view) He said he saw a few times that looked like the twin pictures I showed him. Just makes me speculate more. HMPH.

What I'm looking forward to: My next u/s on March 14th! Two weeks away, but we will definitely be able to see baby and heartbeat and definitely find out if there are twins in there! In the mean time, I'll just continue to lose my mind.

Well I guess we're here again

It's been over a year since I last posted, Samson is 3 years + 3 months and Sydney (Neeners) will be 14 months tomorrow! My husband was laid off the day before Thanksgiving but has since started a new job at only part-time temporary with the possibility of a full time position in the next couple months. Fingers crossed!

Life has been very different the past 3 months since my husband's lay-off but I can definitely say it's changed for the better. We all greatly enjoyed having him home all day every day and it's hard for Samson & Sydney to have their daddy gone, but now when he gets home from work they're so excited to play! Things are looking up and I think we've learned how to live without things which has made us stronger as a family and now get more pleasure out of the smaller things in life.

We're now just really looking forward to the warm weather, no more snow and lots of bike rides and long walks. We got a bunch of wet, now crusty snow dumped on us yesterday and it's bumming me out that it seems winter will never be over. Oooooh well.

Now to the real thing that's a change in our house.....

Baby #3! 

We found on on 2.12.14 that we would be welcoming a new little baby into our family around Oct 25th! We weren't trying and this was a fairly big shock, especially since it's not for sure DH will be getting the full time position. We wanted two more children but were going to wait until Sydney was 4, but I guess God had other plans in mind. Nonetheless we are thrilled and so excited to take this journey again. I had my beta levels drawn this week, at 17 DPO - 193 at 19 DPO - 502!! I go back on Monday for another draw and will hopefully have an u/s the following week. We're hoping and praying I'll have a complication free pregnancy and we'll have a healthy little baby this fall. I'll start another survey thing tomorrow when I'm 5 weeks! 

2 weeks old

Here's my pretty girl...with her daddy's nose, haha

Sydney is 2 1/2 weeks old and the time is flying by! Her big brother loves to give her kisses and gets mad when I don't let him hold her. He also pats her on the tummy and says "Oh Nee-Nee" when she's crying, he's such a sweet boy. 

She's been sleeping pretty good, usually goes to bed at 11 and sleeps until 1, then wakes up every two hours after that. She's been getting gassy the last week or so, we've been giving her gripe water and it seems to help, she has the loudest farts I've ever heard for such a little thing. 

I'm not sure what she's up to now for weight but at 6 days old, she weighed 7lbs 4oz, she gained 12.3 oz in just 4 days! 

We are loving all the snuggles and just couldn't be happier :)

She's here!!

Born December 22, 2012 at 7:35 AM, 6 lb 14.5 oz, 18.5 inches long.

Had my first contraction last night at 7:00, they were 7-11 mins apart and then went to 5. We went shopping to finish getting our Christmas stuff and they kept coming, but I didn't want to say anything to DH until I was certain they were painful and 5-6 mins apart. I eventually told him and that if they kept up then we'd probably want to call his parents to come get Samson, this was around 7:50. We went home and started getting the last minute stuff around and called his parents to give them the heads up to come get him when they could. I took a shower and they slowed from 4 mins to 6-7 and I started getting nervous that it was a false alarm. I bounced on my ball for about 20 minutes until my ILs got there and took Samson. We decided to head to the hospital and I called my mom on the way to let them know what was going on. The drive there the contractions were painful, but not really bad, and they were 3-4 mins apart. 

Got to triage at 9:45 and contractions were nothing more than BH, but 3 mins apart and I had only dilated to 4 (was 3 1/2 at my appt on Monday). They started my IV and antibiotics since I was GBS+ just in case they kept me. The contractions started to become farther apart and irregular and I was getting really bummed, but after a 20 min walk, they were more painful and 2-3 mins apart. I only dilated to 5 after 2 hours and was slightly more effaced, I was still admitted around 12-12:30, can't remember. 

My doctor came in (he was technically on vacation, but had postponed his travel plans so he could be there!) I was at 5 1/2 and +1 station. DH slept for about an hour and when he woke up and we went walking for a while, and was checked again at 3 or so, only to a 6. That was when I asked for the epi, which I finally got at 4, and DH started to feel faint. He laid on the couch while they finished up the epi and he passed out for almost 3 hours straight, *sigh* 

My epi, while it made the pain go away, made my face incredibly itchy, and all the hormones, exhaustion and not realizing I was cold, caused me to shiver uncontrollably for the next 4-5 hours. I really did not feel well and hardly slept, but I couldn't keep my eyes open or focus on anything, it was like I wasn't in control of my body, just completely out of it. 

My dr came in at 5:00 and said my contractions had all but stopped from the epi and suggested breaking my water and ordering pitocin if they didn't pick back up by 6:00. I agreed, actually, I think my exact words were "whateva you gotta do", I felt drunk, haha. Contractions still didn't pick up much and pit was started shortly after 6:00 very low dosage of 2. By 6:30 or so, I was 9 cm and my doctor thought I'd be ready to push by 7:00, this was when DH finally woke up and I had to update him with everything he missed. They checked me at 7:00 and I was still at 9, checked again because I started feeling pain and the need to push at 7:25. Declared complete and immediately started pushing, after pushing through 3 contractions, 3 pushes each contraction, my doctor thought it was going to happen soon and started getting dressed and bringing in the nursery nurses. By 7:30 they could see her head, and about 8-10 pushes later, she was born at 7:35. 

I had no tears and because of that and only pushing 10 mins, my recovery has been amazing compared to Samson (pushed for 1 1/2 hours, had two 2nd degree tears and one 3rd degree). She's absolutely beautiful and we are so in love. 

39 Weeks

38 weeks 5 days

How far along? 38 weeks 6 days

Weight gain/loss: Down a couple pounds, so my total gain is 10.8 lbs!

Feeling: Good, not really in much pain, just anxious to meet her. I waddle some when I first stand up and she settles back into my pelvis, but overall not to shabby for 9 months pregnant!

Maternity clothes?: Same, same, same.

Sleep: Better this week than last, except I've been waking up a lot more recently because I have a lot of nervousness and anxiety over when labor will start.

Food cravings: I would love to have a Crispy Chicken Deluxe sandwich from Wendy's everyday.

Movement?: Slower during the day, but she really takes off at night. Her movements are becoming painful, like she's ripping my cervix apart. 

What I miss?: nothing really!

Best moment this week: My appt today! I made my appt for 1 day sooner than I normally go, just because I was anxious to get back and get checked, haha. So in 6 days I went from 2cm dilated & 25% effaced to 3 1/2cm dilated and 25-50% effaced! She's still high, but my doctor said it's common for second babies to not drop until just before labor or during labor. So, based on that (dilation, effacement, station and having an anterior cervix) I officially have a favorable cervix and I have a 90% chance of going into spontaneous labor in the next week! He expects me to go this week sometime, but if not, I have an induction scheduled for the 26th at 7 AM which he is very confident will be successful.

I was so surprised at the change in just 6 days, once I hit 3 full cm with Samson, I went into labor within days and I'm so so hoping to follow suit this time so I have her in the next couple days. As we were leaving the office, we didn't make an appt like we normally do and the receptionist caught us and asked "No appt??" I said "Nope! Last one!!" it was so surreal walking out the door knowing it was my last appt before I have my baby. It's finally hitting DH too, he said in the elevator "I can't believe we're to this point" I think he's very excited, but also getting nervous to have another baby. I go back and forth  between excited and scared shitless, but mostly excited. I can't wait to see her face and kiss her cheeks.

What I'm looking forward to: Labor!

38 Weeks

37 weeks 1 day

How far along? 38 weeks

Weight gain/loss: 12 lbs, silly me wore a sweatshirt when I was weighed today so I was up almost 4 lbs. My doctor was like "uhhh" and I explained I was wearing a sweatshirt that I forgot to take off, lol. He was okay with the weight change when he heard that, haha

Feeling: Okay, anxious. Hips have been hurting more and more, BHs are all the time and I'm just so ready to have her.

Maternity clothes?: Same, same, same.

Sleep: Okay, not as terrible as it has been, but definitely far from great.

Food cravings: Nothing really

Movement?: About the same, she's definitely about out of room. 

What I miss?: Sleep!

Best moment this week: My little boy started sleeping in a big boy bed!! I'm so proud of him, he's so so big :-)

What I'm looking forward to: My appt on Monday, even though I just had one today. Last week I was 1 1/2 - 2 cm dilated and about 25% effaced. Today I was 2 cm and everything else was the same. BOOOOOOOOOO

I'm really bummed with the lack of progress and the fact that this pregnancy is following almost the exact same pattern as with Samson and I went overdue with him. My doctor seems to think she'll be here before Christmas, but told me to be prepared for after Christmas too. If I go over, I have to wait until the 26th for my 40 week appt and then I can potentially schedule an induction for the 27th or 28th. So, 2 weeks and 3 days from now, that is a long freaking wait :-(

36 weeks

Me at the wedding, 36 weeks 4 days

And because I'm so proud of myself, the wedding cake!

How far along? 36 weeks 6 days

Weight gain/loss: Still 10-12 lbs! I only gained .2 lbs from my 34 week appt to my 36 week appt! I literally said "yeeeessss" accompanied by a fist pump when I saw my weight on the scale. haha

Feeling: Horrible, I really don't know if I can do 3 more weeks. My hips have been KILLING me and I pulled a muscle really low in my pelvis earlier when I was picking up Samson and it hurts to walk now. My cold is on it's way out so that helps.

I've also been getting contractions today, more intense than BH and they're somewhat painful, I'm really really hoping they're doing something. I bounced on my exercise ball and I think we might go mall walking tonight to try to get them to pick back up, but I'm not holding my breath that it'll be anytime soon that labor starts.

Maternity clothes?: Same, same, same.

Sleep: Worse, but it's probably been because I was stressed out last week about my brother's wedding since I was making the cake. Now the wedding is over and I've slept a little better the past few nights.

Food cravings: Andes candies, I bought two boxes today, soooooo good!

Movement?: Slowed some, but she's still quite active. 

What I miss?: Sleep!

Best moment this week: My brother's wedding! It was beautiful and they're happy and my cake was awesome!

What I'm looking forward to: My appt tomorrow!! I'm hoping for huge progress since I was so busy and stressed last week and from the contractions today. Last week I was "fairly hard", long and dilated to 1 1/2 cm. More than I was with Samson at 36 weeks.

With him I was:
1 at 36 weeks
Almost 2 at 37 weeks
2 at 38 weeks
Almost 3 at 39 weeks
3 at 40 weeks

I went into early labor the next day, but had a induction scheduled and by the time I got in, I was already to 4. So I'm hoping that once I hit 3, labor will start on it's own soon after. I will be disappointed if I didn't make any progress, but I know it WILL be soon, I keep telling myself "It's just 3 more weeks"

Milestones: Full term tomorrow! Woohoo!!

35 weeks...31 days!

**No picture again this week, I'll try to take one tomorrow and add it in**

How far along? 35 weeks 4 days

Weight gain/loss: Still 10-12 lbs!!

Feeling: Well I caught a cold, so kinda crappy, but my back & hips haven't been hurting as much, so that's been awesome. Before getting the cold, I was feeling pretty darn good!

Maternity clothes?: Same, same, same.

Sleep: Okay, just okay.

Food cravings: Nothing really, everything sounds good almost all the time.

Movement?: About the same as last week, she's getting so big in there so I'm surprised she's still moving so much. Last night she was moving A LOT and would go back and forth between punching my bladder and rearranging my intestines. So I'd go from "I have to pee!" to "I have to poop!" I was glad when she fell back asleep. 

What I miss?: Nothing really

Best moment this week: Thanksgiving and Black Friday! The food on Thursday was delicious and I didn't even eat too much, so I think my weight should still be pretty good. And yesterday, my MIL & FIL took Samson for the day so I was able to go shopping about an hour away with my Mom all day. It was so nice getting away and not having to worry about him getting restless or throwing a fit in the store, I'm sure that's one of the last times I'll get to go shopping without any kids in a while! I bought an adorable Precious Moments doll for Sydney's shelf at an antique store, she's just perfect in there. And I finished my Christmas list except one person, but they'll be super easy. Anyway, it was a really good day.

What I'm looking forward to: My appt on Tuesday!!! I have my first internal, and even though I know they don't really tell you anything, I'm still very anxious to see if I'm dilated at all.  

Milestones: Not really any milestones, but my due date is one month from tomorrow!!

34 Weeks

How far along? 34 weeks 3 days

Weight gain/loss: Still 10-12 lbs

Feeling: Worse, I have almost constant upper back pain, and now my hips have started to hurt during the day instead of just at night. BHs have started up again, even though I've been drinking quite a bit of water, I get probably 6-8 a day.

Maternity clothes?: Same, same, same.

Sleep: Okay, just okay.

Food cravings: I would have pizza all the time if it were okay.

Movement?: Picked up a LOT in the last week, she's definitely running out of room and so I feel every little thing she does. I've started to be able to chase her little feet around, I love it so much. 

What I miss?: Being pain free.

Best moment this week: TODAY! It's my sweet little boy's 2nd birthday! I can't believe two years ago right now, they were starting the Pit, by 1:00 pm I was fully dilated and he was born at 3:29 weighing 7lbs 13 1/4oz, 20 1/2 inches long. The sweetest thing I'd ever laid eyes on.

What I'm looking forward to: Next week, Samson's 2 year check up is Monday and I plan to ask the doctor about his asthma symptoms and fact that he gets colds every 2-3 months. Then I have my dress fitting on Tuesday for my brothers wedding, it's just over 2 weeks away!! Once the wedding is over, I'll be hoping for labor, I'm *SO* close and I can't. effing. wait. 

Milestones: 34 weeks, usually babies born early, but after 34 weeks are preterm and not premature, so they don't have many if any complications.

So yea, here's my little boy.

 2 days old

1 year old 

2 years old

33 weeks!

32 weeks 3 days

How far along? 33 weeks 1 day

Weight gain/loss: About 10-12 lbs

Feeling: Pretty good actually, which is surprising. My hips hurt more, and I pee a lot, but other than that, not horrid.

Maternity clothes?: Same, same, same.

Sleep: Better, I only wake up a couple times at night, and the insomnia has gone away for now.

Food cravings: Nothing really, it changes from day to day, I really enjoy candy almost all the time.

Movement?: Slowed, she's definitely running out of room, it's mostly just sliding of body parts and jabbing of feet like she's trying to make more room. 

What I miss?: Nothing!

Best moment this week:  I'm not really sure, I guess getting to 33 weeks, that just seems so far. I only have 4 weeks until I'm full term and 1 week until I get to pack my hospital bags. I can't wait for 37 weeks to hit and start the eviction process.

What I'm looking forward to: My apt on Tuesday, it's not anything special, but it's my last every 2 week appointment. I go at 34 weeks, then 36 weeks and then it's every week! AHH!! Also, I have my first internal at 36 weeks, I know they don't *really* tell you anything, but I'm still excited to see where I'm at.

Milestones: 33 weeks!! HOLY HELL.

31 week update and Sydney's Room - PIP heavy

Almost 30 weeks!

31 weeks 1 day

How far along? 31 weeks 6 days

Weight gain/loss: Still 10-11lbs

Feeling: Not horrible, I've been getting more BH contractions at night, I try to drink 10+ cups of water a day and that seems to help keep them away. 

Maternity clothes?: Same, same, same.

Sleep: Not AS bad, but not great. I've been so tired that I'm usually able to pass out and not wake up until I have to pee, but then my hips hurt so so bad and I limp to the bathroom.

Food cravings: Pizza and french fries

Movement?: Still a good amount, but she's obviously running out of room, she's been hanging out in my ribs more and more. She more flops than kicks anymore, it feels like she's just in there tossing and turning. 

What I miss?: Not having to worry about getting heartburn, I miss not being able to just eat a piece of pizza or chocolate cake without popping several tums afterwards. 

Best moment this week: I washed and folded and went through all her clothes to figure out what more I need. It was so fun sitting on the rug in her room and folding all those little tiny pink ruffley things. I only need 2 more sleepers and 3 pairs of pants that aren't pink. I even got her a Christmas dress in hopes she'll actually be here!

What I'm looking forward to: My apt tomorrow to see how my weight is, according to our scale, I'm up 1lb since my last appt, but I hate that scale. 

Milestones: It's not really a milestone, but I'm almost 32 weeks and that is CRAZY.

Now, Here's her room! I think I'm going to do a little shelf above the crib, next to the window that has her name on it, but other than that, it's done. Oh, and we're still waiting on the mattress that was supposed to be here Friday, and then Saturday, and still isn't here :-/

 This is from the door looking across the room

Again, but a different angle

The dresser we sanded and restained that we'll use as a changing table. Then the bookshelf was an old dresser that we took the drawers out and painted white. Also, I made the door organizer (ALL BY MYSELF) and the changing pad cover, as well as the backs of the shelf. 

Again

The rocker is an antique, and yes, the fabric is a little dirty, but I love it. The little stand still needs new holes drilled for a drawer pull that matches the ones on the dresser and the lamp is circa 1950's from my parent's farm landlady. The footrest I made (ALL BY MYSELF) and only cost $14! Then the frames on the wall have the poem that this blog is named after "Mother's Song: A Traditional Lullaby" - look it up for words. 

Again

And that whole side of the room

I'm pretty excited with how it turned out, and I'm very proud of how much I did myself. All the linens (curtains, comforter, crib skirt, sheet, changing pad cover, door organizer, and footrest) I sewed myself and I made the little mobile above the crib. Not to mention refinishing the dresser, repurposing the bookshelf and painting the side table. So anyway, that's the room!

29 Weeks

29 weeks 1 day

Sweet Sydney at 29 weeks 2 days

How far along? 29 weeks 2 days

Weight gain/loss: Still 10lbs

Feeling: Tired, sore and very heartburny. Despite being tired, I've actually been productive and working on the house.

Maternity clothes?: Same, same, same.

Sleep: Worse, I wake up every couple hours because my hips hurt and I have to pee. Then when I get back to bed, I'm wide awake and can't fall back asleep for 30-45 minutes.

Food cravings: Cheeseburgers

Movement?: Alllll over, her feet are in my ribs and her hands punch my cervix

What I miss?: A drink and sleeping

Best moment this week:  Seeing our little girl this morning!! She is SO much bigger now compared to my 20 week apt, it's crazy. She's measuring right at 29 weeks, flipped head down and is around 3 lbs. She's so beautiful, seeing her makes me so much more excited to meet her.

What I'm looking forward to: My apt on Tuesday to find out the official radiologist report on my U/S today, the tech said everything looked good, but I want to hear my doctor say it too. 

Milestones: This is my LAST week in the 20's! Seriously, were the EFF is time going??

28 Weeks

I know, I know, always behind. Samson was sick most of last week and we only left the house once, so you'd think I would've been able to update this, but I just didn't make it on! So, here we are, I missed 27 weeks and am already in my second week of 3rd trimester.

27 weeks in Sydney's room

How far along? 28 weeks

Weight gain/loss: 10 lbs total

Feeling: Pretty good, not terrible. I've been having a good amount of energy, but my whole body gets pretty sore if  I do too much work or go on too long of a walk.

Maternity clothes?: Same, same, same.

Sleep: Okay, I sleep in longer intervals, but then wake up in more pain.

Food cravings: Breakfast sandwiches

Movement?: About the same, her feet love to be in my side and then she flutters them. 

What I miss?: Nothing really!

Best moment this week:  Putting all the furniture in her room!! It's looking so cute, I just have to get my mom to help me with the crib skirt and curtains then it's just the decorations. OH, and the dresser is so cute, we're so proud of ourselves.

What I'm looking forward to: Next week!! (See update from today's apt below.)

Milestones: 28 weeks seems like a great milestone!

I had my 28 week apt today and actually just got back from it. HB sounded good, I did gain a little more than he would expect me to (like 4lbs instead of 2) but he could feel some swelling in my legs and attributed the extra weight to water retention, so that's good. He felt for positioning and she appears to be transverse (laying sideways across my stomach) and I'm measuring 29-30 weeks when he'd expect me to measure smaller, closer to 26-27 weeks. So he scheduled me for another u/s next week to get a baseline of her size and make sure there aren't any issues, which he doesn't think there are, just wants to see what's going on. I'm excited to get to see our little girl again, I just hope everything checks out! Just 9 days until we see her beautiful face!

26 weeks

Taken at 26 weeks 1 day, there's my little boy too!

How far along? 26 Weeks 6 Days

Weight gain/loss: 7 lbs total

Feeling: I'm definitely wearing down, I get so tired around 8-8:30 most nights and fall asleep in the chair, which I haven't done since around 10-11 weeks. Otherwise, not horrible, heartburn has come back some, but not too bad yet.

Maternity clothes?: Same, same, same.

Sleep: Same, not too great. My hips have started to feel like they're popping in and out of place, which I remember all too well with Samson. Last night I woke up and whimpered out in pain, they hurt so bad.

Food cravings: Snickers still, not really much else.

Movement?: Same, and loving it

What I miss?: Sleep, again

Best moment this week:  Getting her room painted, the crib put together and the dresser stained! We just have to poly the dresser and put in the quarter round and the room will be ready for all the furniture to go in, then after that it's just linens!

What I'm looking forward to: December! I'm definitely getting anxious to meet her, but we have a lot of fun things coming up between now and then, so I am looking forward to those too!

Milestones: Today is my LAST day in 2nd trimester! This is crazyness!! 

25 Weeks!

Taken at 25 weeks

How far along? 25 Weeks 5 Days

Weight gain/loss: Total gain 6.8lbs

Feeling: More tired and worn down. I'm definitely feeling 3rd tri coming on, pain in my hips, hard to get comfortable and OH JOY! Hand and feet swelling. Blech

Maternity clothes?: Same, but I don't know if my jeans are gonna fit me through my whole pregnancy.

Sleep: Bad, I've been having to take naps during the day to make it through.

Food cravings: Wendy's burgers and snickers bars.

Movement?: She's a wild one in there, flipping and flopping all over the place!

What I miss?: Sleep

Best moment this week:  Not this week, but last week, passing my glucose test!!

What I'm looking forward to: 3rd Tri!! Only about a week left in 2nd, I can't believe how fast this is going!

Milestones: Not really sure, I guess passing my test. Oh, and tomorrow I'm at 99 days until my due date, double digits!!

NBR, but my little boy turns two, TWO months form today! WHAAAAAAA??