Maternity Pics

This past Saturday we had our maternity pics taken. I am thrilled with how they turned out!

Update

First, let me just say a big thanks to anyone (other than my family) who is still reading since I post nothing about running and am a completely unreciprocating commenter at this point. I thought about totally stopping the blog because I feel bad for not being able to read and comment on everyone else daily and give it 100%, but I miss posting. There is just too much going on in my life right now so keeping up with blogland has had to take a backseat unfortunately. But I will be back, once I have this baby, move and settle down a little bit! So read if you like, drop me if you like...but please come back when I become interesting and fun again:)

So, I'm now 34 1/2 weeks pregnant, still working full-time, had a small preterm labor scare last week (was dehydrated and having lots of contractions, but it's better now), packing up the house, starting to think about job hunting, dog training and socializing to address some issues before Lucy is born, weekly appointments of some sort such as chiro/ob/doula/birth classes, and just trying to get through every day with some sanity left. I feel pretty good, but have stopped running. I'm walking 2-4 miles everyday and doing some light upper body weights a few days a week. We are going to rent our house after we move, so the advertising for that will start mid-May with the plan for us to move mid-July.

This is definitely one of the best but most stressful years of my life!

32 weeks!

I can't believe I'm putting a picture of myself in a bikini at 8 months pregnant on the internet, but here it is. I refuse to miss out on my last couple of months of beachgoing before we move, so I hit up Old Navy for a new swimsuit (I'm so not into the maternity tankinis I found at local maternity stores).

How far along: pic was taken at 31w 5d, today I'm 32w 1d

Total weight gain: 32lbs

Maternity clothes: I'm loving being able to wear skirts and comfy dresses and to not have to squeeze the belly into pants as often.

Stretch marks: My stomach is still stretch-mark free, but I'm afraid they're just around the corner...fingers crossed that doesn't turn out to be the case!

Sleep: I'm sleeping ok, basically it's go to sleep on one side, sleep an hour or two, get up to pee (which involves lots of groaning and sighing), lay back down and go to sleep on the other side, rinse and repeat.

Best moment this week: getting an ultrasound yesterday and seeing her sweet face

Movement: very strong! She makes me jump, and sometimes I'll have to push a body part back in a little if it's too uncomfortable, like if an elbow/knee/heel is poking me.

Food cravings: nothing specific, just carbs

Labor Signs: no labor signs, but the Braxton-Hicks contractions are more frequent now

Belly Button in or out: In but getting shallower

What I miss: being able to comfortably paint my nails, shave my legs, put on socks

What I am looking forward to: a girls weekend this Saturday night with my friend Erin, and other friend Leah who is due May 7th

Weekly Wisdom: Don't tell me that I'll be screaming for an epidural or that I'll quickly abandon cloth diapering or breastfeeding....maybe I will but I didn't ask for your opinion. And now I really want to punch you in the face. I have really had to fight some hormonal urges to tell people off...like the guy today at Petsmart. I was buying a pooper scooper, and this guy checking me out randomly says "If you don't like it, you can return it." I ask him is that before or after I use it. He says "preferably before...oh but I guess you wouldn't know if you liked it or not then." I said "yeah, that was my point." So really, he was being nice but it just irked me...ahhh, I'm a crazy person.

Milestones: based on her measurements yesterday she now weighs 4lbs 9oz and should weigh around 8 and a half pounds at 40 weeks.

Showers/Baby Stuff: tons o' pics

Girls I graduated pharmacy school with. It was so good to see them all!

Cutest cake ever, and so tasty!

Mom, me, Aunt Beth, Granny at the shower

Trying to find a "skinny pose" before my Charleston shower (the heels lasted about an hour:))

Before a 2 mile jog at 30 weeks, taken yesterday morning.

Some of Lucy's cloth diapers. They've come a long way since I wore them as a baby. Under the diapers are some of her adorable burb cloths. Gotta love all this super cute stuff to pee, poop and puke on.

Her temporary room, although the Pack n' Play will be moved to our bedroom once she's born. I can't wait to use that Bob!

Her 4, yes 4, diaper bags. A razorback one, a Diaper Dude for Rich, and 2 cute girlie ones for me.

Her closet, crib bedding for once we move and buy a crib is on the top, along with blankets, bobby and bumbo. Sometimes I can't believe that words like binky, bumbo and boppy are part of my vocab now. Look at all those tiny little clothes!

Her shelves

One of many blankets, this one is so soft and the back side is pink with her initials. She also has homemade blankets made by both of her grea-grandmothers.

Razorback onesie and red tutu.

The pups lounging in the sunny spot.

For next Christmas, it's a quote from National Lampoon's Christmas vacation for those of you who may be wondering why in the world her onesie would say this.

Back view

Razorback jumper

Dad onesie, love this one! The multi-colored ruffled thing to the right in the background is a tiny little swimsuit.

30 Weeks!

I feel like the time is just flying by. I just realized it's been like 2 weeks since I posted and it feels like just a couple days. The past 2 weeks have been really busy with traveling to Arkansas for a baby shower, working a lot of days straight, getting a cold/sinus infection, having another baby shower and shopping/organizing/putting baby things together. I know I still have 10 weeks to go, but couple that with the fact that we'll be moving in about 4 months and that adds up to A LOT of stuff to do! I have tons of pics from both showers so I'll post some of those later this week.

I hope ya'll are doing well. I'll be catching up on all your blogs later today but please forgive my lack of comments.

30 Week Update:

How far along? 30 Weeks today. She should now weigh about 3lbs or more and be about 17 inches long.

Total weight gain: 28 lbs. I was hoping to only gain this much the entire pregnancy, but that's not how things are going.

Maternity clothes? Oh yeah for sure, don't know what I'd do without them. I'm not buying any more though since I have lots and only 10 weeks to go

Sleep: I have trouble falling asleep at night because I'll start thinking about everything with the baby/house/move and just can't seem to turn my brain off. She tends to wake me up around 6 each morning kicking and moving.

Best moment this week: yesterday Rich and I spent a few hours in her temporary room putting together her playard (pack and play basically, just not Graco brand) and sorting through all her things. There is a lot of pink in that room, love it!

Movement: I can definitely tell when she's awake or sleeping. When she's awake she is moving constantly. Her little butt is now all the way up to my ribs.

Gender: since there is a zebra print burb cloth and red tutu in her room...let's hope she's a girl!

Labor Signs: nope

Belly Button in or out? Still in

What I miss: those runs that seem almost effortless. I ran 2 miles this morning and it felt like 20.

Weekly Wisdom: You need special diaper rash cream for cloth diapers that won't cause build-up and residue that could in turn cause your diapers to leak.

Lucy Pics at 28 Weeks

We had an ultrasound and got some more pics of our baby girl yesterday. Her head is down, so that's a good thing. She still has room to roll from side to side but they don't think there's much chance she'll totally flip and become breach at this point.
She was sleeping and was all snuggled into the placenta so all the pics have that blurry fuzziness to them.

Sleeping

Yawning

It was really funny because some of the faces she made looked so irritated. Her brow would scrunch all up and she would frown like "Ya'll go away and quit poking me, I'm trying to sleep!"

This is of her legs and feet stretched out. Her feet are pressing up on my belly.

28 Week Pregnancy Update

I can't imagine how huge I'm going to look and feel considering I have 12 more weeks to grow. The dog food is right through this door, that's why they're looking at me like this, they think it's breakfast time. I'm loving my new maternity clothes because they're super comfy.

How far along: 28 weeks and 1 day (yes, every day counts!)
Total weight gain: Ugh, up 26lbs this morning. How did I gain 3 lbs in the last week????
Maternity clothes: The pants I bought a couple months ago to last the rest of the pregnancy no longer fit. Well they fit, but they dig into my belly so uncomfortably that I can't stand to wear them anymore. Yesterday I hit up Motherhood Maternity for a few new pairs of pants, some tees and tanks, and a nice dress for my shower this weekend. Hopefully I'm done buying maternity clothes. I need to plan the next pregnancy for the same season due date so I can reuse all these clothes.
Stretch marks: They each found a friend, now there's 2 per boob...but the tummy is still stretch-mark free so far.
Sleep: I had a really rough couple nights with excruciating hip pain that felt like my hip socket was dislocated. Some extra stretching before bed and a new body pillow seem to have fixed it thankfully.
Best moment this week: When Rich puts his head on my belly to talk to her and she starts moving and kicking him.
Movement: gentle movements very frequently, though she's still not much of a hard kicker/puncher. I love feeling her and knowing she's doing well in there.
Food cravings: nothing really this week, let's hope it's cottage cheese and broccoli soon so I don't continue to gain 3lbs per week.
Labor Signs: nope
Belly Button in or out: In but getting shallower
What I miss: sleeping on my back
What I am looking forward to: the weekend!!
Weekly Wisdom: What Rich said to me the other night, guys...never say this to a pregnant woman:
Rich: Babe I can tell you're pregnant from the back now.
Me: dirty look, Ummm...
Rich: I just mean your pants are fitting tighter.
Me: dirtier look, So my ass is getting big?
Rich: That's not what I said.
Me: Well, that's what's in my pants that are getting tighter.
Rich: I mean, it's cute that you look pregnant.
Me: I'm getting some ice cream.
Milestones: She now weighs between 2-3 lbs and is about 15 inches long. 12 weeks to go!