24 Weeks

Ignore my double chins...ew!

How far along? 24 Weeks (Cantaloupe)

Maternity  Clothes? Oh! My! Gosh! The Pants, the shirts, all of it is amazing! I'm sorry to all those I laughed at for telling me to just wear them. As Larry put it one day "do you know how much easier your life would be if you'd just listen to me more often?" Haha

Sleep? It was a rough week this past week, I could NOT sleep until my alarm. I was up before it each morning. Granted part of that was excitement over the new kitty, part of it was needing to go to the bathroom and it was close enough to my alarm that I just got up, part of it was heartburn, but after Monday I was finally able to sleep until my alarm and it felt SO great!

Best moment of the week: The Dr appointment for sure! We got to have another ultrasound so they could check the other side of the heart, we got confirmation that she's still a girl, and they even gave us a 4D picture of her cute little face (the nose!!). I'm so in love with this little lady!



I wonder who she'll look like.
I think she definitely has my nose so far.

Miss Anything? Sleeping on my back some nights. Going side to side is really hard when I feel sleeping on my back would feel so much better. I always thought as long as I propped my back up I'd never notice, but that's a lie!

Movement: Oh yes! She's found my bladder so that's been fun. She was just hitting around it before, but now she's very much hitting right on. There are moments where I have to stop what I'm doing immediately so that I can get to the bathroom as quickly as possible haha.

Cravings/Aversions: I got my first real pregnancy craving this week...root beer! It's odd, but I feel like I need it every day. I also want either ice cream or popcorn, whenever we watch a show or movie I just wish I had some. I finally got some ice cream and felt much better, but I would love popcorn still haha.

Gender: We have a little lady swimming around :)

Labor Signs: Not even and it better stay that way for a while! Especially since she's breech right now

Symptoms: Back pains is the biggest one, wanting root beer and being hungry a lot, peeing, and baby brain are also thrown in.

Moods: Usually I'm in a great mood, I have my moments where I read into things wrong and I want to freak out, but then realize I just heard it wrong. I also am nesting pretty hard core lately so that's taken up a bunch of my time and energy.

Looking forward to: Because of the nesting feelings I'm REALLY getting excited about getting more house stuff set up. I'm hoping to have it all set up before my shower (details about that to come).

Sweetest Husband Award!

So this past week has been pretty amazing for this lady and it's all pretty much thanks to the hubby :)

First, I'd like to give him a shout out for being literally the most amazing husband during my first trimester (I was looking for an opportunity to put this out there). This guy just let me sleep when I needed to sleep (which was ALL the time for a while), he'd come hold my hair anytime I "lost my lunch", even if he wasn't around me or was playing some game and even though I told him not to watch and to go away haha. He never let me lift anything more than 2 or 3 pounds (since I was on that awful pelvic rest) and would help me with laundry, groceries, and making dinner almost every night (and by help, I mean he basically did those for me). He'd rub my back ALL the time and get me any food or drink I needed when I knew I couldn't move and always made me laugh even though I was basically the most useless human being. He's seriously the greatest ever (and I know he's going to be the best daddy!).

Anyways, this isn't a pregnancy related post, this is why he's great aside from all that. With everything going on with BB and the new kitty and all that I had forgotten that he had already ordered my new computer as my backup Christmas present so it was a nice surprise when I came home on Wednesday to it all set up in our office...it's so pretty!

He tells me that it has the most storage you can basically get with a computer (which I REALLY need since I'm a picture hoarder), it's wide so I can still have to "two screen" effect without having two screens, and it's an "all in one" sort of thing so I don't have an ugly tower crowing the desk or around my feet. I can't wait to play around on it and see all that it can do :)

Then Thursday I was at work and got an email saying I had a delivery at the front desk. I went to pick it up and when I got back to my desk I saw he had gotten me the prettiest roses for a random mid-week surprise.

 

They smell so pretty! I wish I had a better vase, but they didn't come with one and I had to use one I just happened to have in my cabinet. I love surprise flowers from him :)

And just when I thought all the surprises were done with I came in to work today and got another email saying I had a delivery (again), but this time it was a treat.

I got the biggest order of chocolate covered strawberries I've ever seen (the picture only shows what was left by the time I actually remembered to take a picture). I shared them, of course, with my co-workers, but I still took quite a few home to eat this week...yum!

Anyways, I just had to brag a little bit about how amazing he has been and how lucky I really am.

23 Weeks

How far along? 23 Weeks (Grapefruit...woah!)

Maternity  Clothes? Guess I should eat my own words because I finally caved and got some maternity pants. As long as they were a size or two bigger than what I usually wear they were comfortable. I also HAD to since my other pants were too tight on my hips and were causing more pains than anything. So I guess I'm glad I switched over haha.

Sleep? Sleep is going better. I don't take naps as much, but I do go to bed earlier now. Although the heartburn wakes me up sometimes and that's not as much fun.

Best moment of the week: Finally getting maternity clothes (yes I really do like wearing them now) or getting our Otto and my new computer (not related to pregnancy, but it has been a great part of this week).

Silly picture of the best pants EVER!

Miss Anything? I mean I miss not being able to eat whatever I want or do whatever I want, but it's still minuscule compared to what I'm getting out of this.

Movement: Same as before, she is a wiggle worm at night, but not enough that it wakes me up or anything, just fun to feel. I can almost tell what time it is at night from the movement pattern haha. She's getting strong punches and kicks lately, which I'm loving. She also swims around a lot. One minute I'll feel a kick/punch on my right side, then wiggles along the bottom, then punches higher up by my belly button. It's pretty cool

Cravings/Aversions: I'm back to eating yogurts and fruits and loving it. Not that they are cravings, but they are no longer aversions :)

Gender: We have a little lady swimming around :)

Labor Signs: Not even and it better stay that way for a while!

Symptoms: Peeing, back pains, hunger, and baby brain like crazy some days! That's actually been there for a while, but I kept forgetting to put it on here...of course. I now have to write notes all over for things.

Moods: Happier, I cry when I see pets that need to be adopted...not sure why, but I cry a ton whenever we see those animals haha.

Looking forward to: My next Dr appointment is next week and we get to do another (most likely last) ultrasound so I'm really excited to see little miss at that point :)

Welcome Otto!

So, yeah, it may sound a little crazy, but we added another fur baby to our family :)

 

Let me tell you it wasn't our plan to add a kitty anytime soon. It kind of started back when we got our newest cat condo/scratching post. Larry made a joke about wanting another kitty to see him jump all over it. I used to tell Larry that IF we ever got another one I'd want to get a Siamese or Persian kitty. We agreed if we got one soon it would be a boy, need to be young, and if I could get one with blue eyes I'd love it.

Larry mentioned he was going to build me a computer as a secondary Christmas gift (we kind of decided to do a Christmas After Christmas thing between the two of us), but he said if I wanted a kitty I could choose that instead. Well I was really torn, but told him let's go to The Humane Society (because if I could rescue one rather than getting a free cat on KSL that would be so much better) and if we could find a male kitten that felt right I'd be okay with that, but if they didn't have that then I choose the computer. We went to the shelter, but they only had two female kittens available (both were cute and Larry almost talked me into getting them both, but we can't really have FIVE cats), so we left feeling that the computer was the better decision for our home.

Well today I randomly looked at KSL (I haven't been on that site for cats in so long because looking at the cats makes me sad so I avoid it as much as I can) and saw an hour before a male, Siamese, 3 month old kitten was for sale for cheaper than Siamese kittens usually go for. I sent Larry a text message telling him that he was the perfect kitty. I was only half serious about the kitty, but then people at work started talking about who was going to get him, and I realized I had to have him. I couldn't let anyone else take him home.

I text Larry to convince him to let me get him, text the lady to make the arrangements, and then once I left work (or rather, Larry picked me up so we could meet them together) I was ready to head up to get him. The trade off was actually quite quick and painless; he's such a fun little boy. He fell asleep on my lap on the road home after walking around the car for a while and it was so sweet. I haven't had a kitten get so comfortable so soon, we also talked about names. My vote was for Tucker, but Larry thought we should do one that has a different sound, so we settled on Otto. After Larry dropped me back off at work to get my car and we showed up at home together I saw that Otto had fallen asleep on Larry's lap the whole way home, so sweet!

We brought him home and the other cats weren't thrilled at first, which is pretty standard. They hissed, but were so curious about him they wanted to follow him around to see what he'd do. We got him some food and water and showed him the litter box and he took to it all really quickly. He also wanted to play with the other cats right away. We found his new game with them was to jump over to them until they hissed at him and then he'd back off, then he'd find another spot to jump at them from. It was so hilarious to watch! I've never had a kitten get so playful so quickly. He's going to be so fun to have around. It's literally the perfect fit!

Anyways, blogging world, say hello to Otto! We are very happy to have him in our home. Stay tuned for our adventures with him :)

22 Weeks

How far along? 22 Weeks (Eggplant sized)

Maternity  Clothes? I officially love the shirts, but pants I don't think I'll ever get to.

Sleep? I'm sleeping deep still, but she wiggles around at 3 AM so I always look forward to that. In fact there have been a few mornings I wake up past 4 and get bummed I missed the wiggles haha.

I did have my first really weird pregnancy dream last night (I mean I always have weird dreams, but this one was crazy). It had to do with eating a chocolate kitten that was alive and giving it back to the owner half eaten and I was surprised the half I ate didn't grow back haha.

Best moment of the week: Celebrating New Years. It was fun playing games with the group and having BB wiggle close to midnight. I am also loving the wiggles and finding patterns..it's kind of my obsession right now haha.

Miss Anything? Probably having no back aches. It's like right at 8 AM I've been upright too long and my back gives up. Once I get home from work I immediately lay on my side on the couch for a bit to take the weight off..or whatever is causing the pain.

Movement: Oh yes! I know she loves to wiggle around 9 PM and then again between 3 and 4 AM and then it's just during the day at random points. I also know if I eat a Mott's Medleys snack she'll wiggle more around then too. I could NOT get enough of it. If I squish up too tight at night I'll feel kicks and punches like it's her saying "hey! I need more room here!" haha. Today I was listening to the radio on my way to work and I started to sing one of the songs and she started wiggling around...not sure if it was dancing or she was trying to get me to shut up, but I loved it.

Cravings/Aversions: Nope, I'm eating mighty fine these days.

Gender: We have a little lady swimming around :)

Labor Signs: Nope, feeling great!

Symptoms: As usual - peeing, hunger, back pains. That's about it.

Moods: I don't cry as much, I feel like. Other than that I'm doing pretty good, staying pretty stable. I'm mostly in good moods. But that usually happens to me around New Years :)

Looking forward to: Still looking oh so much to seeing her! Also we'll probably start getting bigger items (crib, dresser, car seat, stroller, etc.) this month and next month so I'll be excited to get started on that.