25 Weeks

I know its been a while, but the days are just flying by...  this last month has been a blur.

Past the 6 month mark!  Baby and I both continue to grow.  I have officially gotten to the point where perfect strangers feel comfortable asking "when am I due?" or "how is the pregnancy going?"  Every time I look in the mirror I continue to be shocked at what I see.  How am I even bigger than the day before!?  I was looking back at my early "bump" pics, when I felt like I was clearly showing! Ha!  And to think, I have about 3.5 months to grow, I mean go.  I can't even imagine it!  I continue to be amazed by the natural phenomenon of creating a child.  I am finally accepting that this body is no longer my own.  It has been abducted by an alien life form and my sole purpose of existence right now is to meet every need and demand of this child.  Welcome to parenthood?! :-)  No more trapeze or hand balancing.  I haven't even been upside down in a month!  Pretty sure that's the longest I've been upright since birth :-)  For most people, I'm sure this seems normal and perhaps a strange "complaint," but for me it is so foreign and I feel so completely unlike myself.

Meanwhile, my baby boy is thriving!  He's about 1.5 pounds right now and about 13.6 inches long from head to heel.  At last week's Doctor's appointment his heart was beating 145 beats per minute and everything looked good.  He's getting plenty of exercise, moving about daily and punching and kicking throughout the day.  Thankfully, he's been an excellent sleeper so far, mostly moving while I'm at work and throughout the day and sleeping while I do at night.  Or maybe I am just too exhausted during the night to feel him? 

The house.... well, we are "moved in," sort of.  Most of our stuff and furniture remains in storage while we try and get the house ready for it.  Baseboards and casings are all torn out, while new ones wait in the garage to be installed.  New carpet is in!  The nursery is painted (thanks to Grandma Janine) and the other rooms are in the process of being painted.  The master closet remodel is almost complete.  This weekend we began the demo of all the tile downstairs (and by we I mean mostly Jason and Janine), it is nasty business! The house is one big construction zone but its going to be a great home when we get through with it.

Hope everyone's New Year is off to a great start!  Wishing you all health, happiness and prosperity!

XoXo

Baby is a....

BOY!

20 weeks, Half Way There!

5 months down, 5 more to go!  


Baby is growing like a weed lately! Or at least my belly is :-)  And little baby V is an active little one.  Keeping me company and constantly reminding me he/ she's in there.  Last night we went to see Hunger Games 2 and at all of the really loud noises and action scenes I got a swift kick straight to the bladder.  One of them caused me to jump out of my chair.  Maybe no more action movies... 

This week Baby is the size of a banana, or about 6-6.5 inches from crown to rump.  Baby's bones continue to harden (which makes the kicks stronger and stronger) and Baby's skin is thickening and forming two layers, the epidermis and the dermis.  As for me, lately I can't seem to get enough water, I'm always so thirsty.  Getting hungrier more often, but craving healthy things right now with lots of nutrients.  Ironically, bananas are my biggest craving of late :-) 

In other news, we close escrow on our new home today!!! Can't wait to get settled in, although we'll have to wait a little longer since the previous owners are sticking around up to an extra 10 days until their new home is ready.

Can't wait to finally find out if we're having a girl or boy!  Reveal party is this Sunday (the 15th) at Grandma Janine's house at 3PM.  If you haven't done so already let me know if you'll be joining us.  Look forward to sharing such a fun and special moment with everyone!

17 Weeks

17 weeks and Baby is the size of a grapefruit (or about 5 inches from head to bottom).  This week the  baby's skeleton is changing from soft cartilage to bone, and the umbilical cord is growing stronger and thicker.  

Overall I'm feeling much better now, energy has returned for the most part and there's no more sickness.  Starting to notice my belly interfere with usual activities like my workouts and simpler things like just putting on my socks :-) I've finally moved off the hand balancing stilts and on to the floor.  My balance just isn't what it used to be, plus I can't really get up anymore!  Still able to get up on the trapeze but I'm carefuller now and more aware of my belly at all times.  

This weeks breakthrough... Finally went maternity shopping!!!  I was partly holding on to the idea of fitting into my old clothes as long as I could, and partly just haven't had the time to go.  But now that I have, WOW, so much more comfortable!  Wish I would have done this a month ago.  Maternity clothes are sort of like walking around everywhere in PJs!  Love elastic! 

Off to Cancun this Saturday for some much needed R&R!  Baby and I can't wait!  Not super excited about wearing a bathing suit :-/ but I'm sure I'll get over it once I have a virgin Pina Colada in hand and the ocean at my fingertips! 

I guess next week's fruit will be whatever I find in Cancun that's about 5 1/2"  :-)

Looking forward to.. Baby Gender Reveal Party, December 15th!  Open invitation to anyone that wants to come wage your bet and find out what we're having!

First Baby Purchase

So the first baby item we bought is.... a jogging stroller.  My Mom's reaction to this, "You don't jog."  :-(  A bit random maybe for our first purchase, but I was browsing through Craigslist and found this brand new unopened stroller for a great price.  I thought Jason was going to call me crazy when I called him and told him to stop by some random guy's house and pick up the baby stroller I just bought off craigslist, but just said "yes dear" and went along with it.  Once we put it together when he got home I think he was even more excited about it than I was.  It's pretty cool!  And Jason thinks it looks sporty and way cooler for a Dad than traditional strollers :-)  It'll be a while before we can use it, but it was still fun to get something for future baby!  I can't wait until we find out the sex so we can buy more fun things.

Update:  So several people have pointed out to me I've missed several weeks in my blog updates, not to mentions belly progress pics.  Sadly, I haven't taken them for us either.  So, here's my excuse.... We spent the last 2 weeks of October packing up our home and moving it into storage, moving some to our little rental, and having the movers haul some away.  Currently our stuff resides in 5 places, and I couldn't tell you what was where!  But that's not enough of an excuse, so also during that time I had a huge deadline at work and was working until midnight to get stuff done, and then left on November 4th for a week of work in North Carolina.  I got back Monday night this week, to unpacked boxes, loads of work, and a sick kitty.   Oh, and I almost forgot!!! We are in escrow on our new home! One more thing that happened the day I left for NC.  We gave up on our dream neighborhood/ house and settled on a great place nearby in a great neighborhood on a cul-de-sac.  We're scheduled to close December 9th! 

So, I am now 16 weeks (4 months!) and baby has been growing along and I have been going crazy, but all is well.  My usual posts, and next "bump" update will be this weekend.... week 17 baby is an onion. (Unless I can think of a cuter fruit/veggi that is the same size) ;-)

13 Weeks

13 Weeks, baby is the size of a Peach!  Baby and Mom are doing well!  I can't believe my little lime is already a peach!  They grow up so fast ;-)  I'm doing my best to keep it concealed, but I had another person ask me today.

Morning (all day) sickness seems to pretty much be gone!  Feeling much better, but adjusting to some "growing pains" as everything keeps getting bigger.  

Trying to be careful packing and lifting as we box up our home and put it in storage.  Only 2 weeks left in our home before our new adventure begins!  .... that's me trying to stay super positive :-)  
xoxo

12 Weeks

I finally took a picture :-)

Getting hard to keep my growing belly hidden.  This week baby is the size of a lime! 

The most dramatic development this week: reflexes. Baby's fingers will soon begin to open and close, toes will curl, eye muscles will clench, and mouth will make sucking movements. 

Still Getting Upside Down! (But it's getting harder)