26 weeks

I'm a little late posting my 26 week update seeing that I will be 27 weeks in a few days. Oh well, better late than never. I have been crazy busy with Thanksgiving and all that this week. So this will be short and sweet:) We still have to go to Jared's parents today for Thanksgiving and we are going to tag our Christmas tree while there!!! Yay!!

So I had my glucose test on Monday. They check for gestational diabetes half way through your pregnancy. They make you drink a gloriously sugary drink... NOT! It tasted like overly sugary orange soda. Horrible!! But we scheduled the testing for early. I thought for sure I would fail for all the sugary foods I eat! But they called me on Tuesday and said I passed with flying colors. I got a 74 and it has to be between 70 and 1o0 something (I think). So my numbers were actually close to being too low. Man, what would happen if I didn't eat so much sugar. Guess my sweet tooth can stay:)

While we were at the appointment, they were checking the heartbeat like usual. A beautiful 145:) When she had the wand on my belly all of a sudden we heard a big THUMP! Baby Love kicked me right where they had the wand. I looked at the nurse and I was like, "He just kicked me!!" She was like "He sure did." I thought it was super cute being able to hear him kick! Everything looked good.

• How far along?: 26 weeks
  
• Total weight gain: Holy crap... 25 pds. Yup!! You read that right.
  
• How big is baby?: He is the size of some weird fruit this week...AGAIN!!
  
• Maternity clothes?: Yup... this question is getting deleted next week bc we all know I am wearing them by now:)
  
• Stretch marks?: None so far
  
• Sleep?: Other then my nightly potty break, it isn't horrible yet.
  
• Best moment this week?: Hearing the heartbeat and being woken up by my little thumper:)
  
• Sex: Boy!!
  
• Movement?: LOTS and Lots
  
• Food cravings?: Cheese ball still....
  
• Labor signs?: None!! Please stay away for awhile!!
  
• Belly button in or out?: When I am standing up it's an outtie, but when I am sitting down it's an innie.
  
• What I miss: Normal clothes and being skinny... but it is all for a good cause!!
  
• What I'm looking forward to: More Thanksgiving food today:)
• Milestone: Less than 100 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  

25 weeks and lots of updates:)

Wow... 25 weeks. I get so excited the further I get. I still am thankful every day for each day I am pregnant! I thank God for blessing me with this baby:) I love feeling him flip and kick. He is becoming quite the active boy. Jared felt him kick again this week but it wasn't as strong as last week. He said it felt like a twitch and I told him that's what it normally feels like. The little boy I watch, his brothers have been dying to see or feel the baby kick. Last night I reclined in their lazy boy and the boys sat there and watched my belly for like 15 minutes taking turns putting their hands on my belly. It was too funny. He was moving a lot but they couldn't feel him. They saw him move once. Then Matthew put his phone on my belly and moved his hand and Jon kept his hand on and baby love gave a huge kick. Jon and I looked at each other like "Whoa!!" They were so excited.

I had a bout of morning sickness, ate the wrong thing, or had a little bug on Wednesday night that followed into Thursday. I felt horrible. I thought for sure I was going to loose everything I ate that day, but luckily I kept it down. I had been down to half a zofran for about a week, but ended up taking a hole one that night and a 2 the next day. While I was feeling horrible, baby boy was just kicking away!! I mean he was going crazy. I will have to remind him of that one day that I felt horribly nauseous but he thought it was play time kicking me all around:)

Jared and I worked all weekend getting everything out of the nursery and into the sun room. Thanks to our friend Dustin's help, we now have 2 desks, a bookcase, a pull out couch, and a file cabinet all around the room!! I will have to post pics later. Once everything was out, I cleaned the carpet ready to move in the crib and dresser. So we move it all in on Monday night. Jared wanted to unload the dresser first. He worked so hard getting it out of the box I felt bad!! He would not let me help, other then pulling the box out from underneath when he moved it. So as he was pulling it, I noticed screws kept falling out! I told Jared " I don't think that's a good sign" and then as he pulled it a track from the drawer bottom out!! OY!!! So the bottom drawer only had one track and the drawer above it, the screws were pulling out and so that drawer would not come out!

I was so frustrated. Long story short, Jared called twice and they are finally going to deliver a new one and pick up this one:( So it's just sitting there not able to be used until the new one comes in!! Let's hope that the new one is better. We didn't pay $400 for a dresser thats going to fall apart!! We pulled the crib out and it seems to be in good shape and all the pieces are there.... now Jared just has to put it together.

• How far along?: 25 weeks
  
• Total weight gain: I will find out Monday:(
  
• How big is baby?: He is the size of some weird fruit this week!!
  
• Maternity clothes?: Yup
  
• Stretch marks?: None so far
  
• Sleep?: Other then my nightly potty break, it isn't horrible yet.
  
• Best moment this week?: Starting on the nursery
  
• Sex: Boy!!
  
• Movement?: He loves kicking his mama and I love it:)
  
• Food cravings?: Cheese ball!!! This might have led to my belly ache...
  
• Labor signs?: None!! Please stay away for awhile!!
  
• Belly button in or out?: It's mostly flat, but some of it is starting to stick out:(
  
• What I miss: People asking how I am not, "how are you feeling"
  
• What I'm looking forward to: I'm not really looking forward to the gestational diabetes test monday, but we do get to hear Baby Love's heartbeat!
• Milestone: Making it this far:)

24 weeks!!

We have reached our V-day. For those who don't know this means our baby is now viable:) If the baby is born the hospital will do what they can to help the baby survive. It would still be a fighting chance, but it is a huge step!!

Jared finally felt the baby move. I thought maybe he would never be able to feel the bug-a-boo, but I was laying in bed and he was dancing all around. I could feel his body parts he was going so crazy. I texted Jared and told him to quickly and quietly come upstairs to feel his baby. He came up and I showed him where to put his hand and within a minute he felt him!! We were so excited! The next day I don't think the baby slept for more then an hour all day! He was so active:) I LOVED it. Today he seems a lot more quiet, but I can't blame him because he was so active yesterday.

We went to go see "A Christmas Story" at a local high school last night. The baby was bouncing around all the first half and then he was quiet. Then when the play was over and every one started clapping, he got scared (I'm guessing) and started bouncing around. It's so neat feeling him so much now. I love it!!

• How far along?: 24 weeks
  
• Total weight gain: I think I'm up 20 pounds altogether... oy!!
  
• How big is baby?: A little over a pound
  
• Maternity clothes?: Yup
  
• Stretch marks?: None so far
  
• Sleep?: Hasn't been too bad this week, although I am starting to get more leg cramps. I woke up with 2 charlie horses Tuesday night:(
  
• Best moment this week?: Jared being able to feel Baby Love
  
• Sex: Boy!!
  
• Movement?: Depending on the day, lots!
• Food cravings?: Hmm.... Mac n cheese from noodles has been hitting the spot
  
• Labor signs?: None!! Please stay away for awhile!!
  
• Belly button in or out?: It's mostly flat, but some of it is starting to stick out:(
  
• What I miss: Being able to bend over normally
  
• What I'm looking forward to: Continuing to feel the baby move and grow in me!
• Milestone: Making it to my V-day:)
  

We finally purchased.....

Our crib:) YAY!!! I am so excited. We decided we wanted to go with the Sorelle Vicki in Espresso. It is so pretty to me. We were able to get 20% off it because we got the crib and dresser. I think the dresser is really classy as well. We are going to get a changing pad to put on top and make that our changing table. We didn't want to get a changing table, because I kind of find them pointless:/ That's just my opinion. Plus our nursery isn't huge so the least amount of furniture the better. Here is a pic of what we got:

Aren't they so nice:) So while we were at Babies-R-Us, we ended up registering too. I loved going around the store with the little gun! We were a bit overwhelmed, but we had fun! When we were done with our adventure at BRU, we decided to go to Pottery Barn to see if the crib bedding I am in love with was there. I knew exactly where it was. When I walked back there...it wasn't there!!! I had a slight freak out and then went to ask a sales associate if they had it anywhere else. She said they just took it down yesterday, but they had it in the back!! I was so so so excited. I was a little worried because the price online was cheaper in store, so I had to ask if we get the price. You know what she said, "Oh it actually went on sale even more!!" Eekk!!!

So when she rang up the bumper, fitted sheet, and skirt it was only $109.... I was thinking it was going to be $139! So Jared told me to go ahead and get the quilt since it was all on sale!! We got all that (quilt, bumper, sheet, and skirt) for $15o!!!! What a great Baby Love decorating day. Here is the crib set we got (of course some random child's name is not on ours:):

And a close up:

How cute is all of this going to be together. They said the crib should be in sometime early this week! *Sigh* It's all slowly coming together and becoming even more real:)

23 Weeks!!

Woot woot! 23 weeks baby:) Nothing too eventful has really happened this week, my life is quite dull right now. I got over my flu and lovingly passed it on to Jared. Aren't I sweet. I am still have a cough, but I will survive.

I believe we actually picked out a crib. When I'm not so tired. Babies-r-us is having a sale and free shipping, so I think we are going to get it this weekend. Jared made a comment that he got me the crib set I like from Pottery Barn for Christmas. I will post pics of this too later:)

• How far along?: 23 weeks
  
• Total weight gain: I've probably gained 15 pounds... YIKES!
  
• How big is baby?: Bubba is a pound... the size of a papya
  
• Maternity clothes?: Yup
  
• Stretch marks?: None so far
  
• Sleep?: Pretty good this week. My hips still hurt, but I've had a good couple of nights sleep. Although now that Jared is sick, his tossing and turning and coughing keeps me up:)
  
• Best moment this week?: Feeling him more
• Sex: Boy!!
  
• Movement?: Yup! Lots of thumps and bumps:)
• Food cravings?: I wanted cake so bad, I actually went and made one Sunday night
  
• Labor signs?: None!! Please stay away for awhile!!
  
• Belly button in or out?: It's mostly flat, but some of it is starting to stick out:(
  
• What I miss: Normal clothes!!
  
• What I'm looking forward to: Still Jared feeling the baby move!!! I try to make him feel it, but he just still can't feel it:(
• Milestone: Hmm...... making it this far is always a milestone to me:)
  

Happy Halloween!!

So yesterday was halloween! It is one of my favorite holidays because it means fall is here, the weather is beautiful, it's almost Thanksgiving... meaning it's almost Christmas:) It is such a nice time of year. I can't wait to dress up our little man next year!! I am going to go shopping this week to find a cheap outfit for him. Here are some pictures of our halloween:) I must warn you, for some reason I am looking very rough in the pics! I think my face is getting rounder:(

The student I work with and I at the harvest party

We went and picked our pumpkins:)

I managed to dress up Baby Love somehow:)