28 weeks

Happy birthday to me and welcome to the 3rd trimester!!

How far along? 28 Weeks

Total weight gain: 21 lbs.
Maternity clothes? mostly my regular clothes with a few maternity items mixed in
Stretch marks? no
Sleep: still sleeping great
Best moment this week: officially rolling into the third trimester - I can't express how excited I am to meet my sweet baby girl
Miss Anything? I miss wearing some of my old clothes. 
Movement: all the time,  and she has now started wiggling at night!
Food cravings: fruit, milk and ice cream
Anything making you queasy or sick: sometimes too much sugar or getting too full.
Gender: Girl - and she MIIIIGGGGHHHHTTT have a name!
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: sore back once in a while but thats about it.
Belly Button in or out? can't decide, but it sure is funny looking
Wedding rings on or off? on
Happy or Moody most of the time: happy.. although I do have some random mood swings
Looking forward to: getting maternity photos that Jess bought me for my birthday ..and then after that only about nine weeks until I am considered full term!  Right now I'm thinking where has the time gone?!

27 weeks

2 lbs. 14 1/2 inches

 

How far along? 27 Weeks

Total weight gain: 20 lbs
Maternity clothes? maternity leggings, sweatpants,  and have a few maternity shirts that fit so awesome!
Stretch marks? no, knock on wood!
Sleep: still sleeping great, sometimes I sleep so deep that I don't even wake up to pee! woohoo!!
Best moment this week: Valentines Day!
Miss Anything? not much this week maybe pepsi
Movement: all the time, still trying to figure out what big lumps are her head or her bum! :)
Food cravings: pineapple, noodle and co, milk
Anything making you queasy or sick: nope
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: Have moments of heartburn/acid reflux but milk and tums help some and not over eating
Belly Button in or out?  the bottom is flat as a pancake
Wedding rings on or off? on
Happy or Moody most of the time: HAPPY!
Looking forward to: getting into the 3rd trimester... next week!!!! :)

Basement Progress

 Jess, Mike and Dustin cut the cement out so the plumber could move around the pipes in the bathroom that way the living room can be a bit bigger.  They used a gas saw so I was lucky enough to go roam the mall and get a manicure, some earrings and of course a snack!  They also had the most darling baby girl clothes at Dillards!! Turned out it was a good thing I left because the gas saw set off our alarms and the police came to make sure everyone was alright!! At least we know the alarms work!

pipes before

pipes after

Jess then shoveled out all the tiny rocks to expose the pipes for the plumber to work on. You can see the 4 bins full in the top picture!!

26 weeks

baby girl will be here in 3 months!!

these are the frames we bought and painted for her room

the finished product!!

How far along? 26 Weeks

Total weight gain: 19
Maternity clothes? wearing leggings most of the time or other stretchy pants :) 
Stretch marks? not yet
Sleep: sleeping great, I do wake up with sore hips & shoulders from sleeping on my side, but I really have to say getting a body pillow for Christmas might be a life saver right now
Best moment this week: making major progress on the nursery (crib finally came!) 
Miss Anything? starting to miss going for a good solid run or a sweaty workout.. I don't have the energy to do much these days in terms of working out, not to mention the dr. recommends not doing anything too strenuous. Looking forward to getting in shape in the summer :)
Movement: all the time, we are so entertained feeling her move around. I also love when she pushes out and I have a hard lump on one side :) Mostly moving during the day.  I'm sure she is learning good sleep habits :)
Food cravings: nothing really this week however if I ever do find some girl scout cookies that might change!
Anything making you queasy or sick: just getting too full and the glucose drink!! ( I don't think I will be having any orange soda any time soon)
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: Heartburn more and more no matter what I eat... cereal & milk for breakfast? Boom! Heartburn. Fantastic.
Belly Button in or out? getting flatter
Wedding rings on or off? on - so surprised I don't have swollen fingers/toes yet. Although I have some real sausages to begin with, so I'm not sure how much worse they can get.
Happy or Moody most of the time: HAPPY! Sometimes I feel like I might burst with happiness!!!
Looking forward to: my birthday!! :) 

26 weeks

How far along? 26 Weeks

Total weight gain: 19
Maternity clothes? wearing leggings most of the time 
Stretch marks? not yet
Sleep: sleeping great, I do wake up with sore hips & shoulders from sleeping on my side, but I really have to say getting a body pillow for Christmas might be a life saver right now
Best moment this week: making major progress on the nursery (crib finally came!) 
Miss Anything? starting to miss going for a good solid run or a sweaty workout.. I don't have the energy to do much these days in terms of working out, not to mention the dr. recommends not doing anything too strenuous. Looking forward to getting in shape in the summer :)
Movement: all the time, we are so entertained feeling her move around. mostly moving during the day.  I'm sure she is learning good sleep habits :)
Food cravings: nothing really this week however if I ever do find some girl scout cookies that might change!
Anything making you queasy or sick: just getting too full and the glucose drink!!
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: Heartburn lingers ALL day long no matter what I eat... cereal & milk for breakfast? Boom! Heartburn. Fantastic.
Belly Button in or out? getting flatter
Wedding rings on or off? on - so surprised I don't have swollen fingers/toes yet. Although I have some real sausages to begin with, so I'm not sure how much worse they can get.
Happy or Moody most of the time: HAPPY! Sometimes I feel like I might burst with happiness!!!
Looking forward to: my birthday!! :) 

 

25 weeks

baby girl is the size of a loaf of bread!

How far along? 25 Weeks
Total weight gain: 19 lbs
Maternity clothes? still wearing most of my old clothes mixed with maternity
Stretch marks? not yet
Sleep: still sleeping great
Best moment this week: just feeling overly excited/happy about everything right now & the reality that babygirl will be here in 104 days!!
Miss Anything? have started my "after baby" menu - sushi, hot dogs, corn dogs, fresca, deli meat. 
Movement: all the time, it's fun to see her moving from the outside, or when her head is right in the middle or side of my stomach & I can see a big lump there
Food cravings: still fruit and orange soda ( I think this is because my glucose drink has been in the fridge all week for me to drink thursday for my dr. appt! It looks so good! haha)
Anything making you queasy or sick: no
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: I did finally have to have tums the other day
Belly Button in or out? getting flatter and flatter
Wedding rings on or off? on
Happy or Moody most of the time: HAPPY! Although I  have had a couple of a moody-pregnancy-meltdowns 1) When Jess didn't seem to like my idea of how to share the gender with our Moms as much as I thought he should and 2) painting her book shelves and the newspaper kept getting stuck to the shelf!!
Looking forward to: more nursery decorating.  I bought some wooden frames that I am going to paint and put some Shel Silverstein poems in them to hang in her room :)

24 weeks

24 weeks our little girl is the size of an ear of corn!

How far along? 24 Weeks
Total weight gain:  17 lbs! WHOA MAMA. Yes, that  means I gained almost 6 lbs. this month... thank you 2 FH'zookies (skillet cookie topped with ice cream) in 1 week!.
Maternity clothes? in this pic I am just wearing regular clothes.  Good thing the pants are jeggings!!
Stretch marks? Not yet, but the linea nigra is growing... I kinda like it :)
Sleep: still sleeping great
Best moment this week:  The basement is completely framed!! Thanks to Mike, Jess and Dustin.
Miss Anything? nope
Food cravings: fruit and blt's
Anything making you queasy or sick: nope
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: I thought it would be good to add in a "symptoms" line item - this way I can document having round ligament pain, hip pain and gall bladder pain.
Belly Button in or out? In-ish
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: HAPPY
Looking forward to: the crib will be arriving this week! It's been such a hassle.  The first one we ordered was damaged twice during shipment, then delivered to the wrong house in California????? so when I finally called to see where it was this time they told me it was out of stock!!!! We ordered the original one we liked from Target and it ended up being cheaper and included a free mattress!! :)