Week 16

How far along? 16 Weeks


Total weight gain/loss: 10 lbs

Maternity clothes? Yes. I love my new maternity dress, thanks mom

Stretch marks? None

Best moment this week: Finding out the gender of Baby B

Have you told family and friends: Not about the gender

Miss Anything? Energy. I have probably spent more time napping in the past few weeks than EVER

Movement: I think so

Food cravings: 
Still hot sauce

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nothing specific but random waves of nausea have returned. Its MUCH better than All Day Sickness so Ill take it

Have you started to show yet: Yes

Gender prediction: Everyone continues to think its a girl.

Labor Signs: No


Belly Button in or out? In

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy

Looking forward to: Screening results in week 17

Week 15 and a Walk Down Memory Lane

I love seeing pictures of myself, family and friends when we were younger. It helps bring back memories as well as to understand a little more about the person like "so thats where I got my _____". So I figured I would post some baby pics of Tim and I. Maybe one day we will see a little bit of baby us in Baby B. 

 Diana and mom

 Tim

 Tim... I love this pic. Look at that face 

 Tim, his siblings and cousin. He's the third from the left

 Diana and a family friend. Im in the purple pants

Diana and grandpa (dad's dad)

How far along? 15 Weeks


Total weight gain/loss: I don’t even want to know

Maternity clothes? Yes especially pants

Stretch marks? None

Best moment this week: Spending a quiet Friday night (three words I don’t usually love to string together) home with Tim

Have you told family and friends: Yes.

Miss Anything? Energy. I have probably spent more time napping in the past few weeks than EVER

Movement: I think so

Food cravings: 
HOT SAUCE. I ate half a bottle of Frank’s Red Hot in 2 days!!!!

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nothing really.

Have you started to show yet: Yes

Gender prediction: Everyone continues to think its a girl.

Labor Signs: No


Belly Button in or out? In

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy

Looking forward to: My Dr’s appointments this week. Praying for good news.

Our Week... So far.

This week began with Mother's Day, and tears. I was heading out the door for a morning walk when I saw a gift bag hanging on my door knob. I opened the bag to find a gift from my sister Katherine (Aunty Kat). As I read the card and opened the gift, I burst into tears. Katherine is not the most fetal friendly person and it touched my heart for her go out of her way to get me something on Mother's Day. 

Later that morning Tim bought me an orchid

Excuse my hair... and the silly expression Tim is making.

 The rest of the week continued as normal; work, errands, home, until Wed when my appetite kicked into overdrive causing this humorous text exchange to occur. 

Thanks Tim, that locking the cabinet thing is really working out for us. :o)

Week 14

How far along? 14 Weeks


Total weight gain/loss: 6 pounds

Maternity clothes? Yes, and ready to shop for more

Stretch marks? None

Best moment this week: When time came home and started telling a story he was passionate about (aka loud and with much expression) and the baby started moving. 

Have you told family and friends: Yes.

Miss Anything? Still caffeine. Its hard to think of things to drink besides water

Movement: I believe so

Food cravings: 
Not really

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nothing really. Lost my appetite for sweets but its not really making me sick

Have you started to show yet: Yes but its not always the same size...???

Gender prediction: Everyone keeps saying girl.

Labor Signs: No


Belly Button in or out? In

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy

Looking forward to: Finding a place to live when our lease is up in a month and finding out the babies gender in about 6 more weeks

Baby Size Chart

Week 13

...If We Could Just Get Him to Behave

Im sure almost every job that involves working with customers means having to make small talk. When you've been in the same job for a while, you store up a few fan favorite lines that you know will be good with the customer but requires little to no thought from you. For example, in guidance "it was a pleasure working with (insert problem child's name here)". In retail "How are you today?".... you catch my drift. So Im sure that what the ultra sound tech said to Tim and I this week was simply small talk but I enjoyed it just the same. We went in this week for the integrated screening which involves taking a lot of measurements via the ultrasound. As soon as the gel went on, so did our baby. Moving hands and feet and head. B even looked like it was sucking its thumb a few times. The tech kept having to adjust to get the measurement she needed. But when it came to the last measurement, the back of the neck, B paused in a position that made it even more difficult for the tech to finish what she was doing. After trying a few things she turns to us and says "now if we can just get him to behave" which made both of us laugh... here we go lol
BTW that uncomfortable looking pillow that Baby B is resting its head on is the Fibroid... smh

How far along? 13 Weeks


Total weight gain/loss: 6 pounds

Maternity clothes? Yes! (Thank you Jaime) and they are so comfy

Stretch marks? None

Best moment this week: When Tim came to the ultrasound appointment this week

Have you told family and friends: Yes.

Miss Anything? Caffeine

Movement: I think I felt momement this week. It shocked me so much I burst into tears

Food cravings: 
Tea

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nothing really this week

Have you started to show yet: Yes but it can still be confused for chubbiness to people who don’t know

Gender prediction: I keep being told it’s a gir.

Labor Signs: No


Belly Button in or out? In

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy

Looking forward to: Summer vacation and getting more time to rest and focus on my “gardening”