31 Weeks and Missing Home!!!

We are now 31 Weeks! Exhaustion has hit. It's almost like it came overnight. I was feeling great a few days ago and now I can barely keep my eyes open during the day. I have very little patience these days, so it's probably safest just to stay away from me. We are currently staying at my mom's (Mimi's) house while our floors are being finished. The kids have loved it and dont ever want to go

home, ha! 

We have been here since Monday and I am so ready to get home!! I'm wanting to clean out and paint and rearrange and all that other nesting stuff and I can't do it if I'm not at home!! They are finishing the 3rd coat of polyurethane tonight so we should be back home by tomorrow afternoon at the latest! Thank. The. Lord!

           

            And...I can't see my toes

30 Week Appt!

Things are moving right along. 30 week appointment is Done. HR was in the 130's again. I measured a little small, 29.5 weeks. I did this with Lhana too, but caught right back up at the next visit. According to Dr. Dodson I have lost 4 lbs since last visit just two weeks ago putting me at 12lbs total. I'm pretty sure those numbers are off.  According to my scale I'm still up 15lbs, only 1lb different than my 28 week appointment. Baby is definitely not head down yet, which it still has a couple of weeks to turn. I feel kicks all over the place and have most recently been feeling hiccups at the very top of my stomach.

30 Weeks....Only 10 to GO!!

So far, so good. I am still feeling great! I have been extremely tired after working, but that's nothing new. My belly is getting huge and I still bend to quickly or directly over and almost knock baby out. We have been busy bees lately and time has slipped away. We celebrated Rory's birthday, Valentine's, and this weekend is Lhana's 2nd birthday! I can't believe sweet girl is 2. She is such a diva. I remember being pregnant with her around this time 2 years ago, 3cm dilated, and anxiously awaiting her arrival. We don't have anything much planned. We are celebrating with family on Saturday and may take her to the zoo or aquarium one day. She would love it!

I am beginning to nest. I'm purging everything. We are having hard wood floors put in next week and I have BIG plans to move the majority of the furniture out, but not bring it back in! Don doesn't know this yet. Maybe I can convince him that it is to save him the trouble of having to move the furniture twice ;)

Size of Baby: 15.7 inches, almost 3lbs
Total Weight Gained/Lost:  +15lbs
Maternity Clothes: Oh yes! I need to buy some more actually, I'm starting to outgrow or stretch the ones I've got.
Movement: 24-7
Sleep: Good! 
What I miss: Working out
Cravings: chocolate! Don bought me some Dove chocolates for Valentines and I grab one everytime I walk by the bowl. I've also had my fair share of Rocky Road ice cream the past few weeks,
Symptoms: heartburn, and swelling. If we are extremely busy at work and Indont have time to chug my water or prop my feet up then my legs swell. Not my ankles or my feet, but my lower legs. My socks and support hose leave indentions.
Highlights from this week: Having Don and the kiddos home! Its their winter break and the weather has been so nice so we have been able to go outside and spend lots of family time together...outdoors! 

Hello, Third Trimester!

We met with Dr. Dodson today for our last monthly appointment and everything looks great. My gestational diabetes screen was normal so that is a relief. I measured exactly 28 weeks and will go back in 2 weeks for our 30 week! Baby's HR was in the 130's, low 140's. I've gained quite a bit of weight since last visit, but I still feel great so I suppose its just a number. 

Size of Baby: 2.2lbs, 14.5-15 inches, size of chinese cabbage

Total Weight Gained/Lost: +16lbs 😬
Maternity Clothes: yep
Movement: Yes! Baby has a routine now and it still moving all over the place.
Sleep: Good! 
What I miss: hmm...
Cravings: sweets, omelets
Highlights from this week: Finishing up my monthly appointments. Time goes by much quicker going to the Dr. every other week and it means that we are getting closer to meeting baby!!

Check out this little big guy who turned FIVE this week...Wow!

27 Weeks and Feeling Every Bit of It!

This week went by so quickly I had to actually take a minute or so to remember if I was 26 or 27 Weeks. Time is flying. I'll be 28 Weeks on Wed and have my 28 Week Appt on Friday. I have still got to do my gestational diabetes screening this week!! Ah, time has slipped away. The kids were out of school Tues-Fri last week, so we were snowed in and got to spend lots and lots of time together as a family of four. The ice and snow just melted on Friday and today....it's 66 degrees. Crazy Georgia weather. 

As far as how I'm feeling...Great!!! Still getting around good, no discomfort. I have been having lots and lots of Braxton hicks. Probably 4-5 a day. They aren't painful and only last a minute or so. I noticed them weeks and weeks ago, but they have just now become more regular. I believe it was about this time with Lhana that I started feeling them as well. With Rory I was only a month or so away from delivery when I felt them, but had no idea that is what they were until I experienced them with Lhana. Also, I feel like this baby is now sitting low low low. I feel kicks all over the place so baby is in now set position just yet but baby is definitely hanging low!