Been a while huh?

I know I know. I have been having computer issues and am currently posting from my iPhone. I am still alive, Jack has been kicking up a storm (atleast today) and I think I may be getting bigger but I think it all depends on his position. Today was our L&D tour. I love that hospital. We also had a 3D ultrasound but Jack decided he wanted to have his hands over his face the entire time. I will be better about posting next week and might actually do a belly pic. That is al for now.

Holy crap it is huge!

I don't have the time or patience to figure out how to make this crap smaller, so you are stuck with another HUGE picture this week

26w5d

I was wrong. Last week he was an eggplant

And the same goes for this week. Still eggplant

How far along? 25w6d

Weight gain/loss: Don't start with me. I already got the lecture from my doctor

Maternity clothes? Hell yeah...so comfy
Stretch marks? just the ones I already had but I think they might be expanding
Sleep? Not so good. Jack woke me up this morning. That was a first
Best moment this week? Being woken up by my son
Movement: He is thumping around big time in there this morning.
Food cravings: Ribs, potatoes and lemonade, I don't think these are ever going to change

Gender: BOY!
Belly button in or out? totally in, but I think it is getting shallower.
What I miss? Sleeping comfortably.
What I am looking forward to? hmmm...my next goal is to get to 28 weeks. Why 28? Sounds like a good number. Then I can set another goal. Little bit at a time makes the time go by faster.
Weekly wisdom: When you need to sit, sit. If you are walking and someone with you is walking fast, tell them to slow down. Don't push yourself.

Milestones: we are painting the nursery today

25w6d

Apparently my pic from last week didn't work. I hope this one does.

Still a Papaya

How far along? 24w6d

Weight gain/loss: Don't start with me. I already got the lecture from my doctor

Maternity clothes? Hell yeah
Stretch marks? just the ones I already had
Sleep? Not so good.
Best moment this week? 24 week appointment. he is measuring right on track
Movement: Feeling more and more. I wish they were more consistent, but I will take what I can get.
Food cravings: Ribs, potatoes and lemonade

Gender: BOY!
Belly button in or out? totally in, but I think it is getting shallower.
What I miss? Sleeping comfortably.
What I am looking forward to? hmmm...my next goal is to get to 28 weeks. Why 28? Sounds like a good number. Then I can set another goal. Little bit at a time makes the time go by faster.
Weekly wisdom: When you need to sit, sit. If you are walking and someone with you is walking fast, tell them to slow down. Don't push yourself.

Milestones: stronger kicks that Erik actually felt and V-day

I know it is huge!

Really I do. I know this is an absolutely horrid picture of me and in huge form, but I wanted to get it up before I forgot when I took it. This is 24w5d. My computer is broken so I had to sneak on to Erik's. I don't know how to use a mac, I don't know how to resize anything, and I just didn't want to forget. So deal with it.

24 weeks

How far along? 23w6d

Weight gain/loss: Still down from where I started, but the gap is closing.

Maternity clothes? duh!
Stretch marks? just the ones I already had
Sleep? Horrible lately. I sleep fine for 5 hours or so but then I toss and turn and can't get comfortable and I wake up sore.
Best moment this week? Watching by belly bounce around when he kicks and Erik finally feeling him (one light kick at least)
Movement: Feeling more and more. I wish they were more consistent, but I will take what I can get.
Food cravings: Ribs, potatoes and lemonade

Gender: BOY!
Belly button in or out? totally in, but I think it is getting shallower.
What I miss? Sleeping comfortably.
What I am looking forward to? tomorrow is V-Day! Obviously I don't want him here now, but knowing they would at least try to save him is somewhat of a relief. 24 week appointment is on Wednesday
Weekly wisdom: When you need to sit, sit. If you are walking and someone with you is walking fast, tell them to slow down. Don't push yourself.

Milestones: stronger kicks that Erik actually felt.

21w6d and 23 weeks

Here it is at 23w1d

And last weeks at 22 weeks

23weeks

How far along? 22w6d

Weight gain/loss: Still down from where I started, but the gap is closing.

Maternity clothes? duh!
Stretch marks? just the ones I already had
Sleep? The most comfortable sleeping is on the couch
Best moment this week? Watching by belly bounce around when he kicks
Movement: Feeling it more and more. Sometimes he is really chill and other times he is going crazy. When he is kicking they are definitely stronger kicks
Food cravings: Ribs, potatoes and lemonade <--- hasn't changed

Gender: BOY!
Belly button in or out? totally in, but I think it is getting shallower.
What I miss? Sleeping comfortably.
What I am looking forward to? 1 more week till V-day
Weekly wisdom: Always take snacks. I had 3 days this week that I was starving and had to wait to eat. Always bring a snack

Milestones: stronger kicks

I'm bad

I haven't done anything all week including the weekly survey. I did take a belly pic. It will be put up with next weeks belly pic. Nothing much in the survey has changed.

20w5d belly pic

I don't know why it is so small

20w6d

How far along? 20w6d

Weight gain/loss: up 3 from last appointment so still down 17 total - I think still this

Maternity clothes? Is there anything else?
Stretch marks? just the ones I already had
Sleep? Toss and turn all night
Best moment this week? He was moving around a bunch the other day. Not so much today
Movement: I am feeling it more and more. Some days more than others. I love it. - yep still this
Food cravings: Ribs, starburst, potatoes and lemonade <--- hasn't changed

Gender: BOY!
Belly button in or out? totally in, but I think it is getting shallower.
What I miss? Not having to pee every hour.
What I am looking forward to? Finalizing a name
Weekly wisdom: Always take snacks. I had 3 days this week that I was starving and had to wait to eat. Always bring a snack

Milestones: Registered

hmm

I wish Erik were home. He is stuck in Vegas for another couple of days. He dropped his phone and it broke so I can't talk to him either, just e-mail.

Jack has been moving around all day but only really when I sit down. I think this is my excuse to why I have sat on the couch all day. I didn't want to get up. I wanted to just sit here and embrace him moving around. These are personal times only me and him can have, but I wish Erik were here with me.

20weeks!

How far along? 20w

Weight gain/loss: up 3 from last appointment so still down 17 total

Maternity clothes? Is there anything else?
Stretch marks? just the ones I already had
Sleep? Not really.
Best moment this week? Feeling him get his groove on today to a song on the radio.
Movement: I am feeling it more and more. Some days more than others. I love it.
Food cravings: Ribs, starburst, potatoes and lemonade <--- hasn't changed

Gender: I was right. It's a boy!
Belly button in or out? totally in, but I think it is getting shallower.
What I miss? Not having to pee every hour.
What I am looking forward to? Finalizing a name
Weekly wisdom: I am not sure if I have anything new this week.

Milestones: Found out that The Squish is a boy

19w5d belly pic and 20 week appointment

So I went for my 20 week appointment today. Everything looks good and heart rate was good. He played a little hide and seek with the NP too. Find and then he runs away. She also had the results from the u/s yesterday. Everything is perfect. He was measuring a perfect 19w4d which is right where he should be.

Here is the 19w5d belly pic. I think I definitely notice a difference from last week.

A couple pics

We have a Penis!

It is a boy! It is so weird to talk about the baby now and put a gender to him. It is like right after you get married and it takes a while to get used to say "my husband". Same kind of thing.

I am so excited (I would be no matter what). So here is how it went down...

My appointment was at 0950. I wasn't sure about traffic and all of that and ended up getting there at 0910. I really had to use the bathroom, but wasn't supposed too. They told me they could take me back then. I was worried though because Erik wasn't there yet.

They told me that they had about 25 minutes worth of pictures and measurements to take anyways before all the fun stuff. I decided that that should be fine, since Erik was on his way. He took me back. Yes, my u/s tech was a guy and not bad looking either. Baby boy was breach and his head was behind my belly button. I kept feeling little bumps really low, so I didn't even realize that he could be that high.

After about 10 minutes he had me go use the bathroom in hopes that he would move around a little to get better pics. It worked a little bit. Then he had me go for a walk and go up and down the stairs a few times. By then Erik was there so we walked for a few minutes and told him what he had missed (not much). The walking worked. He completely flipped and was low. All the pictures were taken that the doctor needed. Then we got the fun stuff.

Couldn't get a good profile pic because he had his head turned away from us. We got the foot, legs, heart, arm, ect... At one point (before Erik got there) he had his hand up by his face. When the u/s tech went to get pics of his face, he started waving at me. It was so cute. A perfectly formed little hand waving at me.

I am so excited. I'll put pics up later.

Can we just call this 19 weeks?

How far along? ok, ok. I am only 18w6d

Weight gain/loss: I am still down 20 pounds from my 6 weeks appointment

Maternity clothes? Oh yeah. My mom said I am finally dressing girly (usually I am in jeans and t shirts)
Stretch marks? just the ones I already had
Sleep? I toss and turn. The best sleep so far is when I fall asleep on the couch in a reclined sitting position.
Best moment this week? Feeling The Squish move a little more (stupid anterior placenta and fatness)
Movement: I was definitely kicked at least once, and I think I could feel him/her rolling
Food cravings: Ribs, starburst, potatoes and lemonade <--- hasn't changed Gender: I think it is a boy and so does everyone else.
Belly button in or out? totally in, but I think it is getting shallower.
What I miss? Sleeping flat on my back
What I am looking forward to? Thursday! Big ultrasound is on Thursday!
Weekly wisdom: I am not sure if I have anything new this week.

Milestones: Feeling Squishy.

18w5d belly pic

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I need a new bra. Badly.

I am wearing a 42DD and spilling out all over the place. Apparently I am going shopping tomorrow. The girls need way more support than they are getting now.