25 weeks and baby room progress

No bump pics or food pics this week.  I started physical therapy on Wednesday and it was great! She did some massaging and stretches and then gave me ice to use on my drive back to work.  My hips feel a little better, but they're sore again now that it's been a few days.

In food news, I feel like I have no room in my stomach.  I can only eat a small amount before I feel full like my stomach is going to rip open.  I've been doing better with smaller meals or saving part of my meal to eat after some of the food has digested.

Baby room decorated has begun!  Daddy started painting last weekend.

This weekend, he started on the wainscoting.  We're hoping to have all the paneling and trim up in the next few days so we can move some of the random crap back in.  Right now, the craft room is so filled with stuff that I can't walk around or work in there.

 Last weekend, I also finished up a little craft for the room.  I bought these bookends for $2 at Homegoods and one was broken.

 I glued it back together and then painted them to match the colors of the bedding.  The original elephant colors were adorable, but they didn't match.  I'm really not planning on going with an elephant theme, but these were too good to pass up.

23 weeks

A crazy week for us!  With our trip to Lake Geneva on Thursday night, I was running around packing, running errands, and trying to work overtime to get everything ready to go.  It felt great to finally be able to go on a little family vacation and really relax without worrying about cleaning or other things that needed to get done.

I took a nap on Friday and Saturday afternoon while Connor was sleeping and it was amazing!  Now, my only problem is that my body really wants one on Sunday too!  The bed was also a little harder than our bed at home, so I was able to sleep on my stomach.  Heaven!

I was sad that I didn't get to try any of the local beer, but I got a root beer on tap at Sprecher's that was pretty good.  We also had nachos & cheese twice from the pool bar that filled my cravings.

 This is one of my favorite pics from the weekend.  Connor was so sweet and gave the baby a kiss and gentle pets!

22 weeks

A lot of my maternity clothes are annoying and they bug me, but I do love this leopard shirt!

I realized I needed some non-selfie photos for the baby book, so I made Hubby take one on Saturday.


Morning sickness was MUCH better this week compared to the last few, so that was a nice perk.  I got a cold at the end of the week, but it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought.

Still loving my cheese fries and I like to get my weekly (or bi-weekly) fix!

After way too much debate, we finally settled on baby girl bedding.  It took many hours of arguing and trying to compromise and both of us just ended up getting sick of it and were willing to give in.  Finally, Hubby just said to go with my paisley and I made him promise he wouldn't hold it against me for the next 4 years.  We picked up a paint sample at Home Depot this morning and I think he got pretty excited when he suggested wainscotting for the walls.  He's secretly getting excited to decorate for baby girl :)

21 weeks

I'm starting to feel huge.  I know, I probably don't look that way to others, but I feel that way!  My Valentine's Day outfit didn't work out like I planned, so I had to settle for a pink shirt and pink plaid scarf.

Morning sickness is kicking my butt lately.  I've been really sick and it gets bad right around 9-11 am every morning.  What happened? I was doing better and now this setback is really hard for me.  I try to continually eat to avoid thinking about how horrible I feel, but it's hard when not much sounds good.  I'm hoping for a better 22 weeks...

On the topic of shopping...well, I'm a little obsessed.  The fact that I'm too sick to go to the gym means I spend my lunch hour shopping for deals.  This was the current stash on Saturday and then I bought a TON more on Sunday.

The nesting phase started over the weekend.  I had a ton of energy for some reason, so I continued cleaning out closets and reorganizing the baby's room.  Because of all my Ebay sales, it was much easier than I thought to move everything around.  Her closet is starting to fill up with clothes and now I can see how much we still need to get.  I'm sure we'll get some gifts, but I'm going to need a lot of new onesies, pants and pajamas to get through those first few months when you can go through 3+ outfits a day!

20 weeks

Half baked!

Baby girl's head

3-D view of baby girl

I'm so tired of trying to find something to eat that sounds good, is accessible, and somewhat healthy.  Friday morning was a bit of an indulgence with a Diet Coke and hashbrowns from McDonalds.

I could have used a beer so badly over the weekend, so I had to settle for the Red Robin freckled lemonade.  I've never had it before, and I'm SO glad I finally tried it!  Amazing!  3 glasses later and I could hardly move, but that stuff was awesome.

Still feeling sick every morning around 10 am.  It gets better when I eat something, but it sucks to be at work for those couple hours when I feel like crap.  I might be going through a small nesting phase, but I think it's more about making money selling boy clothes and buying new baby girl clothes!

19 weeks

More food porn...

I tried White Castle sliders for the first time on Sunday...and they were so good that we got them again on Saturday! In love!

I've also been enjoying my vegetarian sushi for lunch at work about once a week.  This week, I had a bagel & cream cheese as my morning snack and that's been filling me up to make it until lunch.

It's been a little backtracking with the morning sickness this week, unfortunately.  I've been more nauseous and smells are bothering me more.  About every day at 10 am, I start feeling sick and need to eat.  I was kinda hoping I was over this, but I guess not.  I should know better because the same thing happened with Connor.

I am SO excited to find out the gender on Tuesday.  I may or may not have bought a few boy and girl things already because they were such a good price.  I'll just return or Ebay whatever I don't need.  I refrained from going shopping this weekend now that we're SO close.  Eeek!

18 weeks

Some new bump pics from the bathroom at work...

This one is hard to see the bump, but my new scarf is cute!

Over the weekend, I worked on narrowing down choices for bedding and it's down to 3 for each gender.  I'm so excited to find out and start getting the room ready!

Feeling the baby move!

I've been waiting for this day and I kept thinking I felt something, but wasn't completely sure.  On Thursday, I KNEW it was real and I've been feeling it ever since!  It happens mostly when I'm laying in bed or sitting at my desk at work.  Such a wiggly little baby!

17 weeks

So this was my way to pretend I was drinking champagne this week.  The urges to want beer and champagne are getting bigger and I had to find something to satisfy myself.  I think I drank the whole bottle in less than an hour!

I'm also currently obsessed with cheese fries.  I had them Friday and Saturday and they sound pretty good to have more right now too.

I feel like I'm getting close to being able to feel the baby move.  I feel little flutters, but I think it's gas right now.  Hopefully, it will be in the next few weeks that I'll actually feel the baby.  I'm also counting down the few weeks until we find out the gender.  Can't wait!  It's going to be so nice to know so we can start organizing and getting things ready.

16 weeks

Avocado-sized baby this week!

Here's a new bump photo from my bathroom at work.  Classy...

I'm down to very few non-maternity shirts, so I pulled out this one that I got from the thrift store.  A little big, but I gotta get some use out of this one!  I wore it for our date night on Saturday to dinner & a movie. We went to Kona Grill for dinner and I found some vegetarian sushi to indulge on.  Yum! If I can't have beer, I loved being able to eat some sushi.  Sitting through a 3 hour movie wasn't actually as bad as I thought, but it was also an awesome movie and it kept my interest the whole time.

In honor of the below zero temps early in the week, I pulled out my leopard fleece onesie.  You can't even see the bump because it's so big, but Connor thought it was pretty funny that I was wearing jammies like him.


I went to the OB on Tuesday for a monthly check-up.  No big news to report, but we did schedule our gender ultrasound for February 4th.  I also got into the internist on Friday who gave me a steroid inhaler and nasal spray to help with my cough and allergies.  I'm hoping it will finally make a difference!

14 Weeks

Not much to note this week with the holidays going on.  The week went by so fast since we weren't home for most of it, so another week is done!

Not a good pic, but a little more bump now.

13 weeks

Our little baby at the NT scan this week!  This picture isn't very good, but I was able to see a lot on the screen during the test.  The tech said everything looked perfect and the baby was measuring just right.  I'll get results from the blood test late next week with the holiday delay.

As for me, I've been feeling better this week and I'm down to one Zofran every morning.  I'm still throwing up occasionally, but it's still much better.  I went to the doctor because my coughing was starting to hurt my chest and she told me I didn't have pneumonia (yay!), but she gave me an inhaler to help with the spastic coughing.  Even after only 24 hours, I noticed a big difference and that's been really great.  Unfortunately, the chest/rib pain is worse and I may have bruised a rib or pulled some muscles from all my coughing.  I'm hanging in there with the pain, but it's hard to move around especially in bed.

Connor is starting to understand that there's a baby in my tummy now!  We have him give the baby kisses and we remind him that the baby will be coming out soon.

Pregnancy Reveal

Our official Facebook annoucement

26 week update

Baby's the size of a cucumber!
The network of nerves in your baby's ears is better developed and more sensitive than before. He may now be able to hear both your voice and your partner's as you chat with each other. He's inhaling and exhaling small amounts of amniotic fluid, which is essential for the development of his lungs. These so-called breathing movements are also good practice for when he's born and takes that first gulp of air. And he's continuing to put on baby fat. He now weighs about a pound and two-thirds and measures 14 inches (an English hothouse cucumber) from head to heel. If you're having a boy, his testicles are beginning to descend into his scrotum — a trip that will take about two to three days.

It's been awhile since my last bump pic. Here I am! Officially have a bump sticking out farther than the boobs now...thanks, Hubby, for reminding me of this. I had my glucose test this week at the doctor. I think the stories people tell about it are a lot worse than it actually is. As soon as I get there, I asked if I could pee or eat. They told me I could pee right after I drank the "fun" juice, so I was happy! They let me do my appointment while I waited for an hour, so that was a good way to get out quickly. The doctor reminded me that this is the easiest & best time right now. It really is! I'm feeling pretty good, I have more energy than before, and there's not too much to complain about. Enjoy it while it lasts!

Just like before, the baby measures right at 26 weeks which is perfect. Will people ever stop being shocked at my size? Probably not. I'm kinda over it and used to it already.

Anyway, the food of the week is cheese fries! We had Fuddruckers cheese fries a few weeks ago and I couldn't stop thinking about them over the weekend! It's a little far for a quick dinner, so I tried to find somewhere else that had them. Total fail when we went to Michael's Red Hots instead. They have good food, but the cheese fries were VERY disappointing. I think next week we're going to have to make the drive or try somewhere else if I still want them. I've also been wanting frozen yogurt, so on Sunday we went to Jason's to have free ice cream. Can't beat that!

We worked on the baby's room this weekend and made some progress. Saturday, I did touch-ups on the paint and Hubby started painting the windows. On Sunday, we put together the crib and then bought trim for the windows and doors. Seeing the crib in the room makes it so real now. Every time I walk by, I see it and realize this is going to happen soon!

100 days!

This kinda reminds me of the 100 days celebration in kindergarten when we counted the amount of days of school we've had so we could learn the numbers. I added a cheesy graphic just for fun!

I could not believe this when I found out. 100 days sounds like so little! Time is going by so fast now and it's hard to believe he'll be here before I know it!

25 week update

Baby's the size of a rutabaga!
His fingerprints have now formed. Your baby's first bowel movement has been forming in the large intestine. The thick, dark poop is called meconium and it's typically excreted shortly after he's born. Get ready to kiss your petite little belly goodbye soon (if you haven't already) -- your uterus is growing big-time! It is now about the size of a soccer ball. As your uterus continues to expand upward -- the top is nearly midway between your breasts and belly button now -- your middle will grow longer and wider.

WTF is a rutabaga? This size means nothing to me! Just for giggles, I googled it and Wikipedia says it's a root vegetable that originated as a cross between cabbage and a turnip. The roots are prepared for food in a variety of ways, and its leaves can also be eaten as a leaf vegetable. Good to know...

Anyway, not too much going on in the rutabaga phase this week. Baby is kicking a lot and that's been fun to feel. He usually has a crazy few minutes every night when I'm laying in bed. It feels like he's kicking and screaming, "Let me out!" and then he goes back to sleep.

I've been feeling pretty good lately and I'm mostly over my cold. Migraines are getting more rare and morning sickness is still there, but less than it was before. I seem to have a little more energy, but not the huge amount people always talk about. More like I can stay awake until 8 now instead of 7 or 7:30! I think my weight is pretty good and I'm up 13 pounds now. I hate getting on that scale and seeing a number I've never seen before, but I'm happy with the progress.

On to the food...I have changed from cantaloupe to bananas and blackberries. This is partly because I got sick of having to beg Hubby to cut my cantaloupe all the time. Bananas and blackberries are easy for me to prepare myself. Apparently, I don't cut cantaloupe correctly. I'm still into Chipotle burritos, but didn't have one this week. Instead, I really wanted a tamale so we went over to Grande Jake's for dinner on Friday. I also bought some tamales from Trader Joe's so we could have a fun Mexican night at home. I really wanted a panini from Panera too, but I didn't get one of those either.

101 days left of pregnancy and last night was the first time I begged Hubby to go out and get me food. I wanted ice cream so I went down to get an ice cream sandwich from the freezer. The box was empty! I was all ready for my ice cream and was disappointed that it wasn't there! It wasn't even that I had a craving...it was more that I wanted some dessert and something thirst quenching and ice cream sounded like it might be tasty. Turns out, Hubby was thinking the same thing so he ran over and got us Ben & Jerry's during half time of the Bulls game. YUM : )

We're making progress on the baby's room and I'm so excited! This weekend, painting began and it looks super cute! I also picked up a few accessories and wall art that I think will match. I'm hoping to get things put together in the next few weeks so I can see how it looks and decide on the rest of the decorating soon.

Looking forward (but not) to my glucose test tomorrow. I just like going to the doctor because I can hear the heartbeat and beg for an ultrasound like a crazy mom!

A very strange feeling...

to feel your boobs resting on the top of your stomach.

The furniture saga begins...

I've always wanted to buy white baby furniture. I think it looks fun, fresh, and I love how it looks when paired with bright colors. While the dark wood is really popular right now, it's not my thing. I also hate that it's harder to match things and matching everything is *key* in my life. If you know me, you know this is true!

So the white limited things, but we found a set that I liked and Hubby approved of the construction and structure of it. I waited almost a month to order it and hoped it would go on sale. Nope. So I went in and ordered it anyway. (Turns out, one week later, everything did go on sale so they did a price adjustment for me. Thanks, BRU.)

The crib comes in 3 different styles, but we like the curved back best. The mattress height cam be adjusted as the baby grows, so that's a nice feature.

We also ordered the toddler rail below so we can use the bed a little longer. Not sure why it takes 16 weeks to come in, but at least we have plenty of time for that!

Instead of a traditional changing table, I decided to go with this dresser and we'll use a changing pad on the top. All the diaper stuff can be hidden in the top drawers. I also like that it will have extra room on the top to use as a mini-nightstand next to the glider (TBD).We went back and forth about the second dresser, but decided to go with it for one special reason. I am obsessed with watching tv. Hubby knows me well enough to know that I'll get bored out of my mind while rocking the baby for hours. He knows I need my tv! So we decided to splurge on a small tv for the baby's room at least temporarily. I don't plan on leaving it in there when he knows what it is and can use it on his own, so it's more for us. This dresser is a little taller and it will go on the wall were the cable hook-up is.

With all this extra storage, we'll have a ton of room in the closet for toys, books, etc. The Elfa closet system is going to come in really handy and I'm so glad they were already in the closet when we moved in!

24 Week Update

Baby's the size of an ear of corn!
Your baby's growing steadily, having gained about 4 ounces since last week. That puts him at just over a pound. Since he's almost a foot long, he cuts a pretty lean figure at this point, but his body is filling out proportionally and he'll soon start to plump up. His brain is also growing quickly now, and his taste buds are continuing to develop. His lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" as well as cells that produce surfactant, a substance that will help his air sacs inflate once he hits the outside world. His skin is still thin and translucent, but that will start to change soon.

I also read on my pregnancy app that he can hear everything going on around him. That means he's probably getting a headache from all my coughing, sniffling, and sneezing. I'm still sick, but getting better slowly. I feel bad that he has to hear all that crap going on!

On Friday, we went to see Fast 5 at the movie theater (haven't gone in years!) and I felt really pregnant when I couldn't even sit comfortably in those seats. My belly was too big, my pants were too tight, and everything felt constricted. Now I see what it's like to have that big belly in the way! I ended up laying with my feet across Hubby's upper legs, leaning onto the next seat, and trying to stay awake way past my bedtime.

Baby has been getting much more active this week. He's starting to wiggle more and we can see him move around. He likes to play when I'm laying down, on my left side, and when I'm driving. It makes my commute home a little more enjoyable when I get to feel him wiggling around but then I wonder if maybe he's feeling smushed between my pants and the seatbelt! When we were at Babies R Us on Saturday looking at some of the things we wanted to register for, we stopped by the cutest little bath towels. I liked the yellow and green ones and Hubby liked the blue and red crab ones. When I picked the package up to take a closer look, Baby did a little wiggle and I decided he liked the crab ones. Plus, I agree, they're way cuter!