34 Weeks

How far along? 34 Weeks (she's now the size of a Butternut Squash)

Maternity  Clothes? Oh man I officially love Motherhood Maternity shirts! They are SO comfy! And so cute! Plus they aren't see through so I didn't have to worry about getting more tank tops (since my other ones were getting a little too small for my belly). I've put on my list I need to order a few more just to get me through these last few months.

Sleep? It's going really well, I'm up to bathroom runs a couple times a night usually. Other than those and finding good positions I sleep SO deeply still. I'll sometimes wake up and a cat is cuddling with me and I don't recall them coming over to me haha. The dreams are getting crazy too. This week I had one where I was working and it was like a timer went off and I stood up to go have my baby at the hospital. I left all my stuff at my desk and after the baby was born I went back to work with her in a blanket (she hadn't even been cleaned off yet) and no one seemed to notice and I didn't want to tell them her name in person so I just stood up, gathered my stuff, and said bye! The doctor also had a test to see if the baby was a girl or boy (even though we told him she was a girl) and if it was a girl we got a kitty paw print and if it was a boy it was a puppy paw print. The first test showed girl, the second one (because he HAD to do 3) showed twins, one boy one girl, and the third test said boy, so he settled on boy. Also, Larry wasn't in the room when she was born and I was really upset no one got pictures or videos of her birth haha. There was also one where I could see her hand pushing through, like with all the fingers, and I put a finger up to it and she was able to grasp my finger through my belly. Normally those ones freak me out, but that one I actually liked. Dreams are weird!

Best moment of the week: I'm just going to stick to the lists since so much is going on these days:

• Getting the house cleaned and as much de-cluttered as possible. We started it for the shower and I decided since we're cleaning we might as well just pick a room or couple rooms to really go through the junk.
• We also got our Master and Guest rooms completed so they are looking so cute!!
• I also got to spend 5 hours in L&D this week to check on BB...all is great and while it was a LONG day where I ended up covered in way too much ultrasound goop, I was glad we got ALL the reassurances that she's doing great AND shouldn't be coming anytime soon. Also, she has HAIR! I didn't get a picture of it, but I did see the hair. She's going to be the most adorable little miss ever!!

Found this when we went to eat
At Black Bear Diner for lunch.
Definitely HAD to get it!

Miss Anything? Popping my back..I mean all the other things I've put here I miss still. But I really miss being able to twist my back and pop it. One morning I sat up and it popped and it felt SOO good.

Movement: Yes! And it's getting to be more pointy and achy! She's really getting in there and digging into certain spots. I look forward to the first movements of the day, but as the day goes it's like "okay, I get it, your elbow LOVES that part of my belly...you can move it now!" And she still seems to like my belly button haha.

Cravings/Aversions: I've got a new one this week, for some reason chocolate milk. It's been my preferred drink when taking my prenatal pills or eating dinner, but the last week I've actually NEEDED it once I get home. One day I had to have it at lunch. It's weird, but so yummy!

Gender: We have a little lady swimming around :)

Labor Signs: According to the nurses in L&D they thought I was in labor, but it turned out to be false...nothing dilating, no feelings of the contractions, nothing. But other than that, nothing :)

Just had do document my 5 hours in L&D

Symptoms: Achy and sleepy still. I sleep so wonderfully, but I could always use more haha.

Moods: I was getting REALLY irritable this week, but once I got a half day off and could relax I felt MUCH better. I felt bad because I couldn't control how irritated I was becoming. I think it was stress mixed with everything else.

Had a lovely girl's night where I got pampered and had my
Nails done by this sweetheart!

Looking forward to: My shower coming up this weekend, plus mom is coming in TOMORROW for it! I can't wait to see her and have her see the belly haha. And while this is a far ways off, I'm actually looking forward to after the pregnancy and working out and eating better again. I've started to create a mini meal plan for afterwards and my next thing is to create a sort of work out plan. Larry talks about going on walks with BB and I SO look forward to those! Plus they'll be putting in play grounds with good walking trails around them in the neighborhood in the next couple years (we just found this out last night) so that'll be GREAT for those walks!

33 Weeks

How far along? 33 Weeks (OMG we are REALLY coming along aren't we?! Also, she's the size of a Celery...ew!)

Maternity  Clothes? I finally caved and got a couple new shirts and some skinny jeans. While I wasn't fond of the idea of the skinny jeans, they are just going to help me wear other shirts (and not look like I'm just wearing XXL clothes haha). Besides, Buy Buy Baby was having a buy 3 get 1 free sale and so I found a cute shirt for my shower and a couple other shirts so I figured I'd get some jeans since something would be free. Plus some of my shirts were getting too tight and being uncomfortable makes me REALLY irritable these days (surprise surprise) so I figured I should do something about that.

Sleep? Just like normal, once I get comfy I can sleep REALLY well, but sometimes getting comfy is harder. We were working on doing stretches to turn her around, but those were hurting my belly and effecting my sleep so I'm going to assume she'll turn on her own now to keep my sleep sanity haha. I've also learned if I don't get enough sleep I get really irritable (again, surprise surprise).

Best moment of the week: I have another list for this week

• We finally got our glider ordered...yay!! It's the last of the big things until after the shower!
• We got our guest room finally completed (not really a pregnancy related thing, but it's something I wanted done before my mom comes to visit for the shower!)
• We're getting a lot more of the shower items crossed off. While I'm super nervous to be center of attention, I'm getting excited to have everyone come see the house and visit for a bit. Plus mom and I are going to go see Beauty and the Beast while she's here :)
• We got a huge part of what I'm calling our "May shopping list" done. I want to bulk up on as much as we can before she gets here so that we don't HAVE to go to the store unless it's super needed or something that would've expired too soon and we need to get more. I made a list of ingredients to our favorite recipes, things for snacks for while I'm nursing, and then just every day essentials (toilet paper, paper towels, etc.) so hopefully we'll be good for the first month. Even though it'll probably be so warm I'll want to get out of the house more
• Speaking of it being so warm, this past week was SO nice! I didn't even need to wear a jacket most of the time, I LOVED being outside for a little bit (still can't be out too long or I swell even more). I can't wait for this summer and taking BB on little walks with us!
• We met with a pediatrician that we really liked and we should be going with (I don't see why we wouldn't at this point), got pre-registered for the hospital (thanks to them for calling me about getting that set up), got our newborn photographer booked and a deposit paid, and got more shower items crossed off the list. It's been a productive week for sure!

Some days it's a chore to just get dressed
This was a really warm day so a tank and jeans
It is with a hat over my gross hair haha

Miss Anything? Um...nothing more than usual I feel like. I can't wait to be able to sleep on any side again or not feel cervix punches/kicks (those are probably my least favorite part of this whole thing). Or I can't wait till I can wear my ring again, I miss that. I also can't wait till the medical bills stop coming in haha. But other than that I'm just getting more excited about things.

Movement: Oh yes! She LOVES my belly button, loves poking it out and punching at it and everything. I've figured out she seems to like when I sit on the couch. I don't know if it's because I can finally relax or if she can feel me just get calmer, but once I sit on the couch she'll start moving quite a bit. She also seems to like car rides, she'll get a bit more active if I'm in a car. She even gets these quake like movements...almost like a seizure, but I looked it up and apparently this is normal. She's not epileptic, just gets in moods where she needs to shake haha.

Cravings/Aversions: Still with the ice cream, I finally got a big thing of it when going grocery shopping so now I can have it throughout the week when I really feel like I need it (bad days are the worst without ice cream!)

Gender: We have a little lady swimming around :)

Labor Signs: Still nothing, and I hope it stays that way for at least 4-5 more weeks!

Symptoms: Swelling, cervix kicks causing those jolt-like feelings, exhaustion, irritability, I think I'm feeling it all now.

Moods: I'm working on making sure I get enough sleep and wear comfy clothes to avoid my moodiness. Poor Larry had to deal with a crazy wife on Friday when I got mad because he didn't notice I had come home so I just sat on the couch for a while until I started to cry because it had been so long. So he comes out sees his wife is not only home but having some crazy melt down on the couch over this. It got pretty intense, but he's a great hubby and made me feel better really quickly (I was mostly irritated at my work day being long). I'm sure he has a countdown for when BB gets here and I can go back to normal haha.

Looking forward to: My next midwife appointment next week, getting the glider in, and crossing more off of our "to-do" list for BB :)

Turning the House into a Home

So we've been busy the last few months getting our house all updated and snazzy...I have been LOVING going shopping for everything (although sometimes spending money isn't AS much fun when you see the bank account emptying haha). Here's a recap of all we've updated so far:

The comfiest couch on the planet!

Back when we were thinking of moving (I'm not sure we even knew we were building just yet) we decided to go look at furniture and found this amazing sectional (U-Shaped) couch at the couch store in Furniture Row. I knew when we had room for it I wanted to get it, I haven't felt a comfier couch and I loved how much seating it offered (or rather laying down for both of us and then some haha)

Well we were ready to start our home upgrades in early December so we went out to look at furniture and saw that the couch was still there AND on clearance (so half off!). We decided it was a great couch, but we wanted to make sure we weren't just getting excited about the discount. We brought my brother to the store and had him sit on it and he confirmed it - it is a great couch!. We bought it that day!

The good and bad to this is that it took until mid January to get 3/4 of it delivered. Apparently because it was clearance all pieces were coming from different distribution centers so they had to try and get them all to one location and then deliver it to us. Because we had been waiting for over a month - when they have a 2 week delivery standard - they decided to deliver what they could while they had it and (the best part) they'd knock off the delivery charge AND discount the couch some more.

When we had 3/4 of it delivered

By early February we finally got the final piece and had our full couch! In the end we got this amazing couch for 1/4 of the original price! Since we had a couch already we weren't really in NEED of a couch so we never rushed them, but since we paid we wanted to make sure they did get us what we paid for. It was SO worth it and I'd definitely buy from them again! Look how pretty it is!

Such a pretty sight!

Master Bedroom Makeover

So the next room on our list was our master bedroom. I still had my dresser that I got when I was about 13 years old. MANY people commented on how I needed an adult dresser, but really it was still in good condition (aside from some scratches and a burn mark), it held all that I needed it to hold, and I didn't feel like it NEEDED to be replaced really. I did, however, want a bed frame and headboard and Larry could really use a nightstand (and no way was I having mismatched ones so I might as well get one too). So again, we trekked out to Furniture Row to have a look. This is where we had to do a lot of compromising. I wanted a fabric headboard, Larry didn't. We found one set that was a wood frame (dark too!) with some fabric on the headboard. I liked it, but felt parts of it were very ornamental and I wasn't a huge fan of that part. I tried so hard to sell Larry on a fabric headboard, but he just didn't care too much for them. We decided we didn't want to make a big purchase without being sure so we'd check out a couple more stores and see how we felt after that.

We walked around R.C. Willey, Ashley Furniture, and Ikea, but there just wasn't anything that struck our fancy. After a couple weekends in December we went back to Furniture Row (for something actually unrelated to the headboard). I was walking around when I saw the one we found (part wood, part fabric) and fell in love with it all over again. I knew the ornamental parts (the knobs of the dresser and night stands) could be replaced and the store was having a "customer appreciation" sale so it was also cheaper than the original price...things were just lining up so perfectly that we decided it was time to get it. Luckily the dresser was supposed to come with a  mirror, but since we didn't want that they applied that discount to the second nightstand so we would still save the money (SCORE!)

 

 

Another score was that actually was delivered within the time frame they promised, but then I realized my black, full-length mirror didn't really fit with the dark brown wood and my purple collapsible hamper seemed to not go either...enter Wayfair online where I found a great mirror (that was actually wider and longer than the black one) and Target where I found the perfect hamper (a little smaller than the purple one, but it fits everything in it just fine). By the end of January we had the cutest Master Bedroom and I LOVE walking into it...it feels so adult.

The Complicated Dining Area

You would think a dining room/area would be one of the easier ones to get updated, but it turns out Larry and I have A LOT of opinions about how it should look. I thought it would be fun to have design-y chairs (fabric ones with a design on them...like you see in open houses). At least end chairs that had a design and then side chairs that went with them, but all fabric so that they were comfortable to sit on (that was my "theme" with the house updates - comfy and welcoming!). We must have gone to Furniture Row 6 times before settling on a table (no joke, they all recognized us there by the 3rd trip haha). We found the table (also on a sale...we were on a very nice roll). It was perfect because it was big enough to sit 3 chairs on each side and then have two end chairs, but also had a butterfly leaf (so we wouldn't need to store anything anywhere) so it extended to have 4 chairs on each side. You might be asking why I wanted such a large table for only 2 (soon-to-be 3) of us in the house, well the answer is I wanted to host Thanksgiving in our home and I wanted to have a good amount of seating at the table for everyone.

Now on to chairs...Larry HATED the idea of the design-y chairs. He wanted plain chairs...they were more "grown up" to him. So we had to compromise - I'd let him have his boring side chairs (as long as they matched the table color) and I got to find some fun end chairs for it. Unfortunately his side chairs were WAY easier to find than my end chairs...we're still on the hunt for some good ones. But we at least have good seating options until then. Bar stools have also been really difficult. We found some great ones, but they were WAY too light. Larry wants some that spin, while I want them to be cushion but not from leather or fake leather. I'd prefer metal frame while he'd prefer wood frame....we're also still on the hunt for those :\

The Prettiest Guest Room Ever

So the guest room was one of my favorites to work on! I'm not sure why, probably because it was my first one I've actually gotten to do and I wanted it to be like a hotel room, but comfy and clean and just have a nice "home away from home" feel. I figured since my black mirror from the master room had to go somewhere we'd move it to the guest room and make that one a black furniture room. I was going to do a fabric headboard for in there, but those turned out to be pretty pricey for a room that wouldn't be used nearly as much as any of the other ones (not to mention black fabric headboard made it look a little goth-y). The biggest thing that got this moved up on the list was when we found the most comfy mattress at Furniture Row on one of our many, many visits. It was decently priced and I figured would be a dream to sleep on. We ordered that in a queen and realized we better get the other things we need in the room before that came so that it wasn't a pain to set up later on.

I found the cutest metal bed frame on Wayfair and got that along with the dresser, matching nightstand (I would've loved to get two of those, but we felt that would make the room feel cramped so we only did one), and the cutest sheet set ever! We picked up a smart TV from Costco (so that guests could sign into their accounts for Netflix, Hulu, etc. to watch shows/movies), ordered a DVD player and the alarm clock from Amazon, and then found the most adorable accent lamp at Furniture Row! I was SO excited about all the things we found! We just finished putting it all together last night, the pics make the sheet set look yellow and purple, but it's really yellow, gray, and silver. I didn't realize we did this, but I ordered the exact same set for the master bedroom, but in a blue tone haha.


Anyways, that's pretty much the bulk of the updates we've done and I'm so excited with how everything is turning out. I'd love to keep it going since we're on such a good roll, but we need to start saving money for baby stuff and focusing on that so the rest of the house stuff is on hold until we have that under control.

32 Weeks

How far along? 32 Weeks (We got a Squash in there now)

Maternity  Clothes? I mean...they work. Nothing to really complain about. But some days I miss my old clothes that used to fit in the beginning. I'm just doing what I can to make sure I don't have to get anything new at this point haha (some days they are SO tight I feel so uncomfortable and hate sitting at work in the worst clothes ever!)

Sleep? Sleep is getting better. The kitties actually let me sleep in till 8 during day light savings time, which was technically 7, but it's still sleeping in for me for the weekend! I no longer worry about crushing BB now, I know she can move around in there and find a new position haha. The dreams are getting more vivid and crazy too, so that's been fun.

Best moment of the week: I have another list for this week

• We took our breastfeeding and prenatal classes, which helped me SO much
• We got SO much crossed off our lists of things to get done before the shower...I mean we're not ahead of schedule or anything, but it was nice to get things crossed off (including re-hanging our drapes and hanging the last shelf up in our front room so those are done. Guest room stuff was ordered and should be in soon so we can finish that up as well!
• I finally got the courage to open up our nursery door to see how the kitties do (we're working on teaching them to not go into the crib or bassinet and so I realized we really need to let them explore in order to teach them). They did so well and didn't go near the crib so hopefully that sticks!
•  I had my first appointment with my (new) midwife and I LOVE that office! They are the greatest. I met another midwife, who was so friendly, so I'm really looking forward to how this is with them.

Look at those creepy dolls!

Sitting in our all day class.
I took a way cuter picture than this on accident
And then accidentally deleted it...oh well

Miss Anything? I miss being able to shower like normal. This has been for a little bit, but I forgot about it. It's hard to wash my feet, shave my legs, dry off, etc. I told Larry I might actually need to go back on my word and have him help me shave my legs...he now says he doesn't remember offering that.

Movement: Oh yes, she turned into the alien from that Alien movie. One day she full on pushed out my belly button, I guarantee it came out a full inch and it totally freaked me out. She's also thisclose to finding and kicking the crap out of my ribs...I thought I was going to get lucky with that one, but I guess not haha. Although I found out at my appointment she's breech again so we need to work on flipping her now...so I guess she's close to punching my ribs, rather than kicking. Although my midwife mentioned I'm getting kicks to the bladder, so that explains quite a bit haha.

Cravings/Aversions: I still would like ice cream all the time, but I'm trying to not eat it all the time. I've noticed when I eat certain foods I have a gross taste in my mouth that reminds me of the first trimester...so I usually have to eat things after I eat those to get rid of that.

Gender: We have a little lady swimming around :)

Labor Signs: Nothing so far, we're good with this answer for another couple months!

Symptoms: Swollen...just everything is swollen! And depending on her position my belly button turns into an outie or it's just completely flat. Also, because of the swelling I'm officially ringless. I had a hard time taking my backup ring off one night so Larry said no more to them. I tried putting it back on a couple days later and it was a complete no go! I don't hate not having to put one on, but I do miss having one at the same time...it's weird.

I doubt I need to point it out, but this was a big outie day haha

Moods: Oh boy do I get irritable really quickly these days...usually by 10 I'm sick of SOMEONE. It's getting out of hand some times haha. So I'm doing what I can to reign it in, hopefully I haven't offended anyone so far.

Looking forward to: Getting more things ready in the house for the shower, getting more baby stuff, the shower, and my next midwife appointment. The more of those I have the closer I get. Also hopefully I can get her flipped by then so that we don't have to worry about them intervening or doing a C-Section.

31 Weeks

How far along? 31 Weeks (9 more people!! Also, she's the size of an asparagus)

Maternity  Clothes? I mean...they work. Nothing to really complain about. But some days I miss my old clothes that used to fit in the beginning. I'm just doing what I can to make sure I don't have to get anything new at this point haha.

Sleep? Oh sleep...how I miss sleeping straight through the night. I used to think I tossed and turned a lot before, but nothing like now. I mean, when I sleep it's still REALLY deep, but getting comfy and staying comfy every time I have to turn over gets harder and harder. Luckily BB is a good sport and doesn't give me too much grief for it. Dreams are starting to get REALLY weird now! I had one where I made plans with a girl on a swing set to color my hair with pistachio ice cream, one where I gave away one of our kitties because someone brought us a stick for free that I really needed...I cried myself awake with that one, and I've had tons of scary-movie like dreams throughout the week...the details are just so vivid it's insane!

Best moment of the week: We got SO much done this week:

• We built the dresser so all baby furniture that needs to be built should be done by now. We'll work on getting the rest of the big stuff this weekend.
• I got us registered for our prenatal classes for this next week (BIG step done).
• I found some GREAT pediatricians for us to meet with to get that going (another BIG step done)
• We got shower invites out and got that all scheduled...I'm REALLY looking forward to that :)
• I also got a list going of things I want to get done with the house before the shower so I'm REALLY excited to have that written down.



Miss Anything? I've had a really good week this week so I'm not sure there's a lot I miss....maybe just my old clothes and my old sleeping. The sleeping one I know I should just be happy with what I get now, but the old clothes one will definitely be coming back!

Movement: I swear we have a little salsa dancer in there some days. She starts to move a little when we go to bed so feeling those has been fun, but only because she stops soon after so I can actually sleep. Again, she still has days where she's more still, but on weekends once I get a moment to sit down she goes crazy...I love every second of it. Hopefully I can get a good video of it one day.

Cravings/Aversions: I don't want ice cream AS much, but it's probably still my number one.

Gender: We have a little lady swimming around :)

Labor Signs: Nothing so far, we're good with this answer for another couple months!

Symptoms: Pains and aches, bathroom runs and mucus, pregnancy arthritis and exhaustion. That's about the run of it now a days.

Moods: Oh I'm definitely more irritable. I just have a lower tolerance for stupidity lately. But I think I do well with just walking away or stop talking when I get into the moods because I know it's just hormones and no need to make things worse over those.

Looking forward to: The prenatal classes this weekend, getting the last of the big stuff done, my first appointment with my midwife is next week, and meeting with pediatricians. We got a lot of good things coming up, it's really feeling real these days :)

Good Daughter Practice

This past weekend we got to have a fun time practicing having a daughter...granted she was 10 and so easy to entertain, but still! I'm all about preparing ahead of time :)

The story behind this is my aunt came over so we could get the shower invitations ready to be mailed out (printed, cut, stuffed in envelopes, etc.) and she brought her three girls with her (2, 7, and 10) so we also got to see what it would be like with THREE children haha. We had fun showing off the new furniture, letting everyone feel the belly, and eating lunch (with a side of ice cream...yum!). Also, look how cute these invitations are:

It was at our house so this has been edited
To have my address and the phone #'s
Removed, but you get the idea

I love them because they match the animals/coloring in our nursery. This shower should be really fun, I know I'm looking forward to it. Anyways, while we were doing that, the girls were watching movies (or so we thought). The two older girls were watching a movie while the younger one decided to help us redecorate.

Good thing she's cute and we have some backup paint to cover the black marker. The older one (Anna) decided she wanted to sleep over. I was okay with it as long we had middle ground to meet up at the next day, I was excited to see how our new guest bed ranked (turns out our couch is so comfy that's where you end up falling asleep, although she did say she ended up in the bed at one point during the night and thought it was comfy).

After Cindy left, Anna wanted to watch movies on Netflix so we ended up doing that all night long. She put on Nacho Libre (which I avoided watching because those kind of Jack Black movies don't interest me), Zootopia (WAY cute movie!!), Home (MUCH cuter than I thought it would be), and Fern Gully (which we all BARELY made it through, and by barely, I mean she passed out on the couch while we struggled to get to the end before we went to bed).

 

It was pretty cute because Anna was obsessed with being next to Larry pretty much all night. When she wasn't next to him she was rubbing my belly and talking to "Emily" (her name for BB). She would climb on him, get tickled by him, sit right up next to him. It was so cute seeing them together (he's always been SO good with kids).

When we got up I thought it would be a fun idea to make waffles. I love our new waffle maker and I try and do that when we have new guests stay over so no more excuses needed. Anna is the sweetest and wanted to help, and I have to say it was so nice having a little helper! It made me excited for when BB gets older and her and I can bake/cook together :) I have lots of fun ideas with BB and hopefully she's as excited to help as Anna was!

Ignore my morning hair :/

 

After waffles I had to go take a shower and get laundry started so I went upstairs to do that, when I came back down I saw her and Larry on his computer watching Simon's Cat videos on YouTube...does it get any cuter than this:

I seriously cannot wait to see him be a dad to a daughter...he's going to be the absolute best at it! He's such a great uncle already, kids are obsessed with playing with him. I love it! Anyways, that was our weekend of daughter practice. I have to say it was very successful (when the kid asks to live in your house because it's so big and awesome you know it's a good fit!) and I'm glad we got the chance to have her over. Hopefully we'll have the other kids over at some point in the future.

30 Weeks

How far along? 30 Weeks (Zucchini)

Maternity  Clothes? Is it warm enough I can just wear dresses? Oh right, I tried those on and they look like a tent on me...Pants don't fit, dresses look awful, shirts I love still...maybe I need to try and find more form fitting dresses...although that sounds awful when you already feel your skin is stretched as tight as it can get. Maybe I can get away with just PJs at work from now until the end haha.

Sleep? Sleep is getting a bit more difficult...only because I am picky with it. I can't sleep in other beds or with other pillows, I need my bed, my pillows, and if those don't work I need my couch to sleep sitting up on....but man when the right combination hits I can sleep and sleep...until my bladder or stomach says otherwise :)

Best moment of the week: We did our Babymoon (see this post about that), Larry got to see BB wiggling a ton out there. I learned I can walk quite the distance and even though I'll be EXTREMELY sore, the baby will stay in there haha (every since I read walking can help induce labor and help the baby drop I got freaked out to do that too much). We got the crib all set up (although I know I'll need to wash the sheets) and I also found a new Dr...YAY!!

How freaking precious is this??

Miss Anything? I miss my old sleep, I miss being able to pick things up off the ground after I've dropped them, I miss my old clothes that REALLY don't fit me anymore. That's all really (and again...those all will come back in time).

Movement: Oh my yes! It amazes me how each week I can see movements more clearly when watching my belly and feel them better. One day she was sticking out my side and I was poking back and I realized that might be her little foot...such a tiny, cute thing that was so fun to play with for a moment. She has days she will be more still, but she loves to move around all the time. In fact, I tell Larry I hope she has the same schedule outside the womb as she has inside because I hardly ever feel her move at night (sometimes she will, but it's not a lot or large movements), then in the mornings she'll be calm, and then the big movements start usually after lunch and until dinner time. It's the perfect schedule haha.

This is me and my belly throughout the day
She's a big time mover...I LOVE it!

Cravings/Aversions: Ice Cream is still the biggest one...it's funny that I can be so cold, yet still want it. I'm wondering if it's a normal one because I've read tons of blogs and posts about pregnant women wanting ice cream a lot.

Gender: We have a little lady trying to escape through my belly button these days :)

Labor Signs: Still a big fear of mine. I get a little crampy, but I don't think it's labor related. Other than that things are going good....still have at least 7 more weeks where I need to be able to say that.

Symptoms: back pains still, exhaustion, bathroom runs (ALL.THE.TIME!), and I've found I've developed pregnancy carpal tunnel or arthritis...I'm pretty sure it's more on the arthritis side, but both match what I have. I'm so swollen that my knuckles are always sore and it hurts to squeeze them shut. Luckily I've read it will go away once she's out of me and the swelling goes down.

Moods: Oh man I'm still so so so moody. It's so easy to set me off too, and I try so hard to stay balanced, but some days are hard. I've learned to just walk away when I get like that though because otherwise I'll be rude and I don't want to be because I know it's not the person's fault.

Looking forward to: Getting furniture built, finding a pediatrician, looking up prenatal classes, getting more of the house put together, and my shower...after all that it's just a waiting game mostly, but I'll be happy about crossing those things off the list!