Baby #1 ; Week 27

 

Picture taken Dec 30, 2011

Baby #1 ; Week 26

 

Picture taken on Dec 23, 2011

Baby #1 ; Week 25

Today's date: Dec 17, 2011 (took this Dec 16, 2011)

How far along: 25 weeks

Total weight gain: Back down to 10lb gain!

Size of the baby: 13.5 in ; size of a rutabaga. Baby weighs 1.5lbs!

Sex: Girl! Girl! Girl!

Maternity clothes:  Wearing the bigger work pants/jeans the hubby got me. And my one pair of maternity work pants that I bought just in time to wear once, as we have casual days all the way until next year lol!

Sleep: Sleeping good. Sometimes can't fall back to sleep after peeing at 4am. 

Best moment(s) of the week: Shopping for paint for Gabbys room. We bought all the paint colors you see in this photo (pink, green, brown, black). This is the look we are kind of going for. I think I might stick with those paper lanterns. I need to do some research and see what would go good with the lanterns. Butterflies maybe? Flowers?



Movement: Still super active. She is getting stronger by the day. I can feel her movements are getting longer, if that makes sense. Like she is running her hand all along my insides from side to side lol

Food cravings: Chocolate milk!

Food aversions: So far, anything goes.

Morning sickness: So far, so good.

Symptoms: Just an expanding waist. M can really tell now. He is always saying "look at that belly, it's getting so big!"

Labor signs: Too soon.

Belly button in or out: Flat lol

What I miss:  Coffee! 

What I'm looking forward to: Decorating her room and our next appointment in January.




M bought me a scrapbook. I am going to print out all of my pictures I've taken every week and put them in the scrapbook. I think its something cute to have and will be fun to look back on someday, and even show Gabby. I am going to get a scrap book for Gabby too once she is here and I get a collection of photos :)
I've been addicted to Pinterest. I am looking for picture projects I can do when Gabby gets here. I know I will definitely do monthly pictures of her to document her growth. I've seen some weekly pictures on Pinterest too. I don't know if weekly would be too overwhelming, as I will have to return to work after so many weeks. Maybe thinking of doing weekly pics until I have to go back to work, then just keep it to monthly after that. I'm not sure yet. 
Also have been Baby Shower planning! With much much much help from Emily and Amber (who I have yet to meet). I'm so thankful for all of the help :) Our baby shower is set for February 7th. Will give more details the further along we get. I have ideas for a cake and cupcakes. We got the invites picked out. Just need to do the decorations etc. This is so exciting :)

Oh and the weight gain from week 24. I started eating a little better and walking, just a mile. It takes me forever! It takes me 28min, basically 30min to walk a mile. I do it slow, at a 2 speed on a 2 incline. I can't wait to start running again. I was running 3 miles in 30min, now I only go a mile lol. But yes, so I am back to only a 10lb weight gain :) We will see what I weigh at the next appointment.

Baby #1 ; Week 24

Today's date: Dec 17, 2011 (took this Dec 10, 2011)

How far along: 24 weeks

Total weight gain: 16lbs!!!!!!!!!!!!

Size of the baby: 12.5 in ; size of an ear of corn. Baby weighs 1.25lbs.

Sex: Girl! Girl! Girl!

Maternity clothes: Still just wearing the bigger pants I have been, but I did have to finally buy a pair of maternity work pants, just one pair. Life savers!

Sleep: Sleeping good.

Best moment(s) of the week: Doctors appointment! We got to hear baby and her little heart beat. Met a new Midwife and she was great! Her husbands name is Gabriel, heh!

Movement: Still very active :) Can feel her most at night when M and I are going to sleep.

Food cravings: Chocolate milk - Silk.
Food aversions: So far, anything goes.

Morning sickness: So far, so good.

Symptoms: Cough is gone!

Labor signs: Too soon.

Belly button in or out: In.

What I miss:  My pre preggo jeans!

What I'm looking forward to: Starting her room :)




Ya so I got weighed at the doctors office and it said I am up 16lbs! Which is 6lbs in just one month. I was shocked. She didn't say anything about it, I actually brought it up. All she said is to watch my bad carb intake and eat 1/4th of what I normally would. I was very dramatic about this after the appointment. We went grocery shopping and I was like, "nope, can't eat that, can't have that. No way can I have that." LOL just, I'm so dramatic sometimes.

Baby #1 ; Week 23

Today's date: Dec 3, 2011 (Took this yesterday, Dec 2, 2011)

How far along: 23 weeks

Total weight gain: ranges between 7-10lbs.

Size of the baby: 11.5 in ; size of a large mango

Sex: Girl! Girl! Girl!

Maternity clothes: None. Still wearing the bigger work pants/jeans the hubby got me. I can't find my belly band anywhere! It's driving me crazy. My stomach, at the bottom, is pushing out now. So even the bigger pants I've been wearing are getting awkward to wear. I'm trying to find some of those dressy pants with the stretchy top -- not maternity -- they are like gaucho pants. I can't find them anywhere! But they would be perfect. I'll have to shop around Tuesday.

Sleep: Sleeping good. Peeing a lot again. I peed like 5 times the last few nights.

Best moment(s) of the week: Our anniversary! He sent me flowers at work, gorgeous right?! He said they are the Faith Hill set hehe. He also decorated the house, hallway and bedroom. So sweeeeeet!

Movement: I feel her early in the morning and late at night. And random times during the day. She was really moving the other night while I was trying to sleep -- flip flopping all around :) The other morning she was moving and we laid there in bed watching my stomach move and he was feeling her kick/move around. It was sweet.

Food cravings: Chocolate later on in the evening.
Food aversions: So far, anything goes.

Morning sickness: So far, so good.

Symptoms: No more cough! Thank goodness, that was like a 3 weeks cough, ugh!

Labor signs: Too soon.

Belly button in or out: In.

What I miss:  Sleeping on my stomach! 

What I'm looking forward to: Starting her room :) And our doctors appointment on Tuesday, Dec 6th. Excited for the shopping afterwards, too!




I was dreaming of the labor last night. Seemed like I was in the hospital forever. The nurses took me with them to the store, lol, and that is when I realized, it's only December, she isn't due till the end of March -- what was I doing in the hospital!?


I update my weekly photo every week to my Facebook, and I mentioned after posting this picture, I hope that she gets M's tanned skin and doesn't end up with my huge forehead!


I also noticed my hair is super soft this week. Like baby soft. :)

Baby #1 ; Week 22

Today's date: Nov 26, 2011

How far along: 22 weeks

Total weight gain: ranges between 7-10lbs.

Size of the baby: 11 in ; size of s spaghetti squash. Baby is 1 whole pound!

Sex: Girl! Girl! Girl!

Maternity clothes: None. Still wearing the bigger work pants/jeans the hubby got me.

Sleep: Sleeping good.

Best moment(s) of the week: Thanksgiving! It was the first time we saw baby move from the outside of my stomach! We can't tell if it's her hand or foot or head or butt lol but we can see movement. Craziest thing ever! I love seeing my belly move!

Movement: She is very active, usually around 10pm-12a then again I can feel her early in the morning around 5am, and randomly during the day :)

Food cravings: Nothing!
Food aversions: So far, anything goes.

Morning sickness: So far, so good.

Symptoms: Cough is almost gone!

Labor signs: Too soon.

Belly button in or out: In.

What I miss:  Sleeping on my stomach! 

What I'm looking forward to: Starting her room :)




My updates have been random lol I apologize. It has been crazy with work, working over time, and random days. Usually am too tired at the end of the day to blog. Sad but true. Things should go back to normal, posting wise, this week. I started my new schedule! I now work 11:30am-8pm Thursday - Monday. Also should start back with my youtube updates, too. I haven't updated since I got sick! So... 3 weeks ago, yikes! Week 23 update coming tomorrow :D Stay tuned!