Week 37

How far along? 37 Weeks


Maternity clothes? Tim's cloths

Stretch marks? 3... :o(

Best moment this week:  Seeing Layla on the ultrasound at the hospital (yes, i said hospital. My third trip in 3 weeks) and hearing her heartbeat. 

Miss Anything? Comfort. 

Movement: Yes, but the bigger and lower she gets, the movements have slowed down

Food cravings: Nothing really

Gender: Girl

Wedding Ring on or off: On but I have to take it off at the end of the day when I swell up

Labor Signs: Still just contractions. I have a few long painful ones a day and plenty of small ones. 

Belly Button in or out? Flat as a pancake

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy but ready 

Looking forward to: Meeting Layla

Week 36. Pumpkins, Watermelons and IV's. Oh My!

This week has been a roller coaster. As I shared in my Friday Faves post, I had an awesome baby shower at work, then spent some time in the hospital. 

Saturday night we ended the week with a little pumpkin carving. As I mentioned before, I usually carve a pumpkin for halloween but this year I didnt think it was the best of ideas. Tim has never carved a pumpkin so he had the honors this year. 

Although this is completely irrelevant I felt the need to post what a normal pizza looks like in the Berrium house. 1/2 meet lovers, 1/2 veggie lovers. Can you guess whose is whose? Plus the box was super cute... it deserved a shout out. 

Back to pumpkins...

 He concentrated so hard lol The pumpkin came out pretty cute. I think its a superhero.

In other news, everyday I check my Date Counter... not because I dont remember but because I am mostly hoping that my wishful thinking will speed up time. Next week (starting tomorrow) we are Full Term!!! I hope she comes soon (fully developed and healthy) I cant wait to meet her.

How far along? 36 Weeks


Maternity clothes? Tim's cloths

Stretch marks? 3... :o(

Best moment this week:  Carving pumpkins with Tim

Miss Anything? Nothing really this week.

Movement: Yes, but the bigger and lower she gets, the movements have slowed down

Food cravings: Nothing really

Gender: Girl

Wedding Ring on or off: On but I have to take it off at the end of the day when I swell up

Labor Signs: Contractions 5-6 times a day 

Belly Button in or out? Flat as a pancake

Happy or Moody most of the time: Moody... at least Im honest

Looking forward to: Meeting Layla

Week 32. Ultrasound!!!

So after 6 weeks of anxious excited waiting, today I had my 32 week ultrasound. 

Layla is getting so big, 4.25 pounds and is still in birthing position. We are more and more excited to meet her everyday. 

Because of her position (head down, bottom up, facing my spine) it was difficult to capture really clear pictures but she did give us a quick glimpse of her amazingness. 

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How far along? 32 Weeks


Maternity clothes? Most of the time. They are just so much comfier

Stretch marks? Still just 1. 

Best moment this week:  Seeing Layla in the ultrasound. Also, our baby shower is this weekend. I hope to do a post about it soon.

Miss Anything? Nothing really this week.

Movement: Yes. I actually miss feeling her movements in the moments she's resting

Food cravings: 
Chocolate and more strange things than before. Like Wednesday I was craving an ice cream float (which my non-pregnant self finds pretty gross) Tim surprised me by bringing home ice cream and decaffeinated coke (he knew if he brought me a float that I would take one sip of it and throw it away, so he got me something I can make a tiny float out of then use the ingredients for something later. Sometimes he just gets me)

Gender: Girl

Wedding Ring on or off: On 

Labor Signs: Occasional contractions. 3-4 a day 

Belly Button in or out? Still in

Happy or Moody most of the time: Kinda moody

Looking forward to: The baby shower

Week 31

How far along? 31 Weeks


Maternity clothes? Most of the time. They are just so much comfier

Stretch marks? Still just 1. But Im usually wearing a layer of lotion

Best (and scariest) moment this week:  hearing that Layla is in birthing position. Best moment because I cant wait to see her. Scariest moment because I want things to be (as) perfect (as they can be) when she arrives and we are still working on our to-do's

Miss Anything? READ THE WHOLE ANSWER BEFORE JUDGING. Selfishness. (Im not sure thats the best word to describe what Im feeling... just follow me on this one) Not that I WANT to be selfish but doing something without thinking how it effects someone else would be a little bit of a stress relief. Does that sound crazy bad? My every waking thought is of Layla "Did we eat right?, Are we resting enough? What can I do to make life better for her?"  or Tim or my family or work. I kind of want to go and get my nails for 30 min without thinking "I wonder if the smell is seeping into my placenta... or the myriad of other things that cross my mind in a millisecond. 

Movement: Moving more and more everyday.

Food cravings: 
Pizza and fro-yo have been my common requests the past few weeks. Not that I have Papa Johns on speed dial or even eat it every week, I just would be perfectly pleased to if someone where to feed me them everyday.

Gender: Girl

Wedding Ring on or off: On 

Labor Signs: Occasional contractions. 3-4 a day 

Belly Button in or out? Still in

Happy or Moody most of the time: Kinda moody... which im sure you could tell by my post

Looking forward to: My next ultrasound in 1 week!!!

Third Trimester update

So I haven't posted in a few days, mostly due to the terribleness of trimester three. I have a doctors appointment tomorrow and will fill you in on what a delight (sarcasm implied) this week has been. Until then I figured I should at least give an excuse for my absence.
The past 2 weeks haven't been ALL bad. There have been rays of sunshine in the stormy symptoms of T3 so in efforts to focus on the positive....

1. We visited Tim's home town, Rock Bluff, for Labor Day weekend. (Iv honestly wanted to make a joke about LABOR Day, all week and my overworked brain cells haven't been coming up with anything clever so... I digress and will move on, only slightly defeated). We didn't take a lot of pictures, our picture people skills haven't improved much in the past few weeks but we did have a great time.

Tim spent a good amount of time on the John Deer riding mower, which he thoroughly enjoyed and I went on a nature hike with my Garnet (his high school colors, garnet and gold) scarf and Piggly Wiggly water. lol 

We got to spend time with his family, some of whom haven't seen me since I started growing a small person and his grandmother who is celebrating her 83rd birthday this week. 

2. In other exciting news, I purchased my diaper bag!!!. I am pretty excited about it. After searching for the perfect bag to fit my style and needs, I think this is the one. 

I found it on Etsy, so I haven't seen it up close yet but I'll probably post about it when it comes in so look out for it in the next few weeks. 

3. Im starting to put together my hospital bag and on an unrelated trip to Target (this always happens, go in for 1 thing, leave with 10), I found the cutest Mama & Mini Pajamas.

Set 1. Purple polka dot Gillian & O'Malley set and Purple polka-dot Circo short sleeve Onsie (came in a pack with 4 other Misc colored onsie's) 

Set 2: Gillian O'Malley Sleep Shirt in Crystal Pink and a long sleeve crystal pink and grey onsie (came in a pack with 2 other long sleeved onsies)

I cant wait to wear our matching Pj's. Im hoping they will still fit my ever growing body in a few weeks. 

Week 26

 Sticking her tongue out and she has her eyes open. She kept them open for most of our 30 min ultrasound. Doesnt it look like she's laughing? lol

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 I asked the Dr how everything looked in there and the Dr replied "well the baby is saying its thumbs up in there so it must be good". The Dr thought this was hilarious (honestly I didnt see what she was talking about until she showed me the picture AND pointed at it)

How far along? 26 Weeks


Maternity clothes? More and more every week. I love when people say "I wore all my regular cloths when I was pregnant"... makes me feel Super Sized. 

Stretch marks? One!!!!!!

Best moment this week: 26 week ultrasound 

Miss Anything? Still sleep.

Movement: Yes. I have a theory that she likes excitable stories. When people are telling stories with enthusiasm she seems to wiggle around a lot. 

Food cravings: 
Caffeine (see the "miss anything question")

Have you started to show yet: Definitely but I still here “you look so tiny” all the time. LIES!!! :o)

Gender: Girl

Labor Signs: I think I had my 1st Braxton Hicks contractions this week. 

Belly Button in or out? On its way out

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy but sleepy

Looking forward to: Fall. Im ready for the weather to change so I stop looking at teenagers in mini shorts and a cut offs.

Week 25

How far along? 25 Weeks


Maternity clothes? Mixed in with some non- maternity

Stretch marks? One!!!!!!

Best moment this week: A visit from my best friend/ future Aunty Mychelle. We got so much stuff done (also, props to Aunty Lee for helping me out this week as well)

Miss Anything? Still sleep. Somebody lied and said “get all your sleep now before the baby is born”. Layla comes alive at night and expresses her opinion about my sleeping position.

Movement: Yes. Especially during quiet times.

Food cravings: 
Not really.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Food I do not “feel for”. If its not the exact way I want it, it makes me feel a little sick.

Have you started to show yet: Definitely but I still here “you look so tiny” all the time. LIES!!! :o)

Gender: Girl

Labor Signs: No


Belly Button in or out? In

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy but sleepy

Looking forward to: Next week’s Dr’s appointment and ultrasound!

Week 21

How far along? 21 Weeks


Total weight gain/loss: 15 pounds

Maternity clothes? More and more

Stretch marks? None

Best moment this week: Day-cation with Tim.

Miss Anything? Sleeping on my back

Movement: Yes. One night this week, Layla kicked for about 20 minutes. Heaven

Food cravings: 
Not really

Anything making you queasy or sick: nope

Gender: Girl

Labor Signs: No


Belly Button in or out? In

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy

Looking forward to: Feeling more baby movement and reading books to Layla Bear

Week 10

Our announcement!!!

Im very proud to announce that Tim and I have made our baby announcement. It was actually a great teamwork effort. We wanted something unisex because we don't know the gender of the baby and Tim found these cute red sneaker.  We both took turns taking pictures so Im not sure who took this one and I did the editing. Two more weeks...!!!

We tried to also take belly pics today, without the same success. Hopefully we will figure it out soon so we can start documenting.

How far along? 10 Weeks


Total weight gain/loss: 4 pounds

Maternity clothes? None but Iv started looking

Stretch marks? None

Best moment this week: Making it an entire week with no hospital, emergency doctor or specialists visits. Also, the baby is the size of a kumquat this week which is my bosses favorite kinda curse word. 

Have you told family and friends: No, 2 more weeks

Miss Anything? Being active. 

Movement: Not that I can feel

Food cravings: 
Italian food

Anything making you queasy or sick: FINALLY the queasiness is slowing down


Have you started to show yet: a tiny bit 

Gender prediction: Still not guessing

Labor Signs: No


Belly Button in or out? In


Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy

Looking forward to: The reactions of friends and family