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"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014."

 

I currently cannot stand having any clothing touching my belly, so when you come to our house, this is what I look like.

 

Also, once he gets here, I promise these portraits will get better!

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"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014."

 

My niece has become very taken with Gunner.  She loves to give him kisses, hugs, and feeling him move.  She also loves yelling at my stomach, "WAPE UP!", which I think means she's ready for him to be here. :)

Pregnancy Update: 29 Weeks

How Far Along: 29 weeks

Total Weight Gain: The scale said 144 at my last doctor visit. It's probably gone up since then.  I'll find out next week my new weight.

Maternity Clothes:   This week I've only worn my maternity work pants and leggings.  Anything that touches my stomach makes it incredibly itchy so I've wanted to be as comfy as possible.

Stretch Marks:  Still none that I can tell.

Sleep:  Waking up at least once a night to go pee.  I've also woken up a few times this week wide awake in the middle of the night.  It takes me a while to fall back asleep.  That's probably why I've been more tired.
 
Best Moment This Week:  My friend Annie and her baby Zeke came to visit this weekend.  We had a joint shower for me and my friend Dezi in Campbellsville.  It was so great (and exhausting) seeing everyone! 

Miss Anything:  Having energy.  It's slowly going downhill, like....first trimester exhaustion again!

Movement:  A lot and you can see it all through my stomach!  Some nights, my belly looks like a waterbed.  I still can't figure out what body part is poking out or hitting/kicking me and that kind of drives me crazy, but it's the most amazing and creepy thing to watch.

Food Cravings:  This week I craved McDonald's french fries like, every day.  I only had them...3 times.  Go me!

Anything Making You Queasy or Sick:  Chicken.  I had this big plan to cook supper.  Thawed out the chicken, went into the kitchen to cut it up and just looking at it made me heave.  So, um...cooking is still out for the most part.

Gender:  Hopefully he's still a boy ;)

Labor Signs:  Braxton Hicks only and not that often.  Maybe once or twice a week.

Belly Button In/Out:  Well, when I look down at it, the top part is out.  I can't really see the bottom.....

Wedding Rings On/Off: On.

Happy or Moody:  I've been moody this week.  VERY easily frustrated.

Looking Forward To:  Construction starting and getting finished.  Finally being able to get his nursery started and my next shower.  Jill is planning one for February!

Pregnancy Update: Week 28

How Far Along: 28 weeks

Total Weight Gain:  The scale said 144 at my last doctor visit.  It's probably gone up since then.  Every app talks about how I'll gain the most weight this trimester.

Maternity Clothes:   Still only maternity pants for work.  Luckily, because of my long arms/torso, before pregnancy most of my tops were oversized.  Now they're fitting more how they probably should. 

Stretch Marks:  Still none.  Although when I wake up I'm always freaked out due to the wrinkles on my stomach from my shirt.

Sleep:  I've been getting incredibly tired by about 7, but once I get in bed it takes me a while to get comfy enough to fall asleep.  Then I wake up several times a night.  I've been exhausted this week!
 
Best Moment This Week:  . Um, pregnancy brain.  I don't really remember what happened last week, oops.

Miss Anything:  Falling asleep and staying asleep.

Movement:  So much.  Still mainly at night.  While I'm at work, after sitting up straight for a while, when I lean back, he goes crazy, like he's thanking me for the extra room or something.

Food Cravings:  I craved Arby's a lot this week.

Anything Making You Queasy or Sick:  Luckily, nothing this week.

Gender: Boy, boy, boy.

Labor Signs:  Braxton Hicks still.  Whoever said they ease up with walking was a liar.

Belly Button In/Out:  Bottom half is in, the top half is out.  It's like a little cave.

Wedding Rings On/Off: On.

Happy or Moody:  Pretty happy

Looking Forward To:  January 26th is the official start date of our contractors!

Pregnancy Update: 27 weeks

 

How Far Along: 27 weeks

Total Weight Gain:  I just got weighed at the doctor.  The scale said 144!  I cannot believe that.

Maternity Clothes:   I have two pairs of black maternity pants for work and I am so glad I finally caved and bought some.  Although, I wouldn't have bought them if the JCPenney outlet weren't going out of business and I bought them for $5.00 a pair!

Stretch Marks:  Still none, thank the Lord!

Sleep:  Meh.  Not the greatest.  I usually wake up at least once a night and can't fall back asleep for anywhere between 30 minutes to an hour, which is frustrating.
 
Best Moment This Week:  Well, this week was during Christmas, so I'd have to say celebrating all of the Christmas activities.  In particular, Adam and I decided to each open one present on Festivus (December 23rd) and this would become one of our traditions for Baby Bart. 

Miss Anything:  Lots of things, recently it's been sushi.

Movement:  So much.  He looks like a little alien trying to punch his way out.  I FINALLY caught him moving on film.  He's already making my belly move so much now, I can't imagine when he's bigger.  I may be one of those mom's that can be like, "Oh look, there's his foot".

Food Cravings:  Carrots again.  Thankful for a lady at work who always lets me have some of hers :)

Anything Making You Queasy or Sick:  Drinking anything on an empty stomach makes me queasy. 

Gender: Boy, boy, boy.

Labor Signs:  Braxton Hicks still get me on occasion.  Now I'm only getting the "tightening" ones, which I prefer over the "crampy" feeling ones.  I started drinking the Earth Mama Angel Baby Third Trimester Tea and also some random brand Red Raspberry Leaf tea.  Granted, I don't think I'll know if it actually helps since this is my first child, but I'm willing to do just about anything when it tells me I'll have an easier delivery and recovery.

Belly Button In/Out:  The top is sticking out, so much sometimes that I can see it through my clothes.  Ick.

Wedding Rings On/Off: On.

Happy or Moody:  This week I was pretty happy considering all of the holiday traffic, noise, and whatnot.

Looking Forward To:  Getting his nursery done.  Come on, contractors!

Pregnancy Update: 26 Weeks

How Far Along: 26 weeks

Total Weight Gain: I weighed in at 139.

Maternity Clothes:  I received my ASOS maternity jeans in the mail.  The legs were WAY to slim, but the waist fit.  Maybe that's why they were on clearance.  Oh well.  I'm thankful for their free shipping and returns. 

Stretch Marks:  Still none.  I just bought the Palmer's Tummy Butter.  I'm not exactly sure the difference other than it's more of a pain to put on, but it makes my stomach feel softer for much longer.

Sleep:  During week 25 (that I forgot to fill this thing out for) I bought a Snoogle.  After a few nights, I'm used to it and it's wonderful.  Maybe not $40 worth of wonderful, but it's pretty nice and firm enough for my liking.  Mine didn't come with a pillow cover, so I'd like to order one if they are cheap enough.
 
Best Moment This Week:  We finally started watching Game of Thrones again and can I just say this kid moved non-stop while we were watching it.  He must be into GOT too.

Miss Anything:  Being able to get my shoes on easily.  This is starting to be difficult, especially boots!    

Movement:  Lots.  It's so frustrating though to see it out of my peripheral vision, so I stop what I'm doing to look down and watch him move and he quits.  It's like he KNOWS and is being stubborn. 

Food Cravings:  I was really into carrots this week.  Which, me craving a vegetable is definitely weird. 

Anything Making You Queasy or Sick:  Drinking anything first thing in the morning makes me feel nauseated.

Gender:  Boy, boy, boy.

Labor Signs:  I've started to get Braxton Hicks.  I've had the real tight abdomen contractions, where I can't even stand up straight because it's so tight...and also the crampy feeling ones that terrified me the first time they happened.  I'm not a fan of those. 

Belly Button In/Out:  It starts mostly in, but by the end of the day..the top part is just sticking out there.  Yuck.

Wedding Rings On/Off: On.

Happy or Moody:  Happy.

Looking Forward To:  Finishing Christmas shopping.

Weekly Update: 24 weeks

How Far Along: 24 weeks

Total Weight Gain: I weighed in a 139.  The doctor is quite pleased with my weight gain.  I'm just thankful it's not anywhere but my belly (so far!)

Maternity Clothes: I'm still just using my belly band and thank the lord for leggings.  I did order a pair of white maternity jeans from ASOS, they were only $10.  I'm hoping they fit!

Stretch Marks: Still none!  I take "moisturizing breaks" while I'm at work. My stomach gets so itchy I can't stand it!  If I could just walk around with my belly out, it would be better.  Having a shirt against it makes it worse.

Sleep:  Pretty good.  I usually wake up a little earlier than I would like because I can't breathe through my nose, but everything else is pretty decent.
 
Best Moment This Week:  Adam's birthday was this week.  We went out for German food, which was delicious.  Babysat Piper (seeing Piper play with Adam and want his attention is the cutest thing!)...and even though he already knew what he was getting...I still wrapped and made him open his birthday presents.  We also went to Cincinnati for a day over the weekend.

Miss Anything:  I haven't had a lot of energy this week.  The smallest things are wearing me out.    

Movement:  So much.  Everytime I try to take a video of it though, he stops!

Food Cravings:  I still haven't had any "weird" food cravings but while we were in Cincinnati, I HAD to have a fountain drink.

Anything Making You Queasy or Sick:  The texture of chicken and my sinuses draining.  YUCK.

Gender: Baby BOY Bart.

Labor Signs: None.  I also don't think I've had any Braxton Hicks yet either. 

Belly Button In/Out:  Mostly in.  The top is further out than the bottom.

Wedding Rings On/Off: On.

Happy or Moody:  Happy-ish.  There are days/times that I'm just a grumpbutt for no reason though.

Looking Forward To:  Still looking forward to the contractors working on and fixing our house.  I need to clean and nest and I'm so tired of having a messy house!