24 Weeks

Happy 24 Weeks!  

My tummy sure has popped out all of a sudden!  When I showed my mom this picture I said "maybe I shouldn't have been wearing stripes.. maybe it is making me look bigger than I am?" She said "no... I don't think it does"... eek!  Well, I guess that is a good thing anyway, it means our baby girl is getting bigger :-)

It's been a busy last 4 weeks.  My brother and his wife moved from LA to Ohio and stopped at my parents to spend the night so we had a day early birthday dinner for me.  I included some pictures just for you Aunt Marie ;-)

Me and my handsome hubby at my parents.. yes, I purposely did not post the picture of him making funny faces at the camera (maybe I should have)... it is a rare thing to get him smiling in a picture!

My older brother Jonathan and younger brother Alex

Most of our Sundays have been spent watching my younger brothers play soccer.  It is fun to watch but I don't think I'll be too sad when I can lounge around on Sunday afternoons instead...  I blame it on being pregnant :-)

Alex at their soccer game in Norwalk this past Sunday

David at the Norwalk soccer game.... if only I had my picture from a week or so ago... there's a funny picture of him knocking a kid over while he was playing defense :-) Let's just say he's a very good defense player!

 And in other news.... I passed my glucose test today!! HURRAY!  I knew I didn't have gestational diabetes, but I REALLY didn't want to take the test nor did I want to repeat it with double the amount to drink.  I don't like sugary drinks and corn syrup tends to make me sick when I'm not pregnant not to mention how I can't really eat sweets or ice cream right now that I am.. My level was only 88... take that stupid glucose test, I showed you :-)

How far along? 24 weeks.

Total weight gain/loss: I keep forgetting to weigh myself the past few days so I don't know exactly ..it is about 15lbs.  I know what a jump in the past 4 weeks.. I can sure tell a difference in how big my stomach is in pictures over the past four weeks.

Maternity clothes? Of course!  You can also now officially tell in normal T-shirts.  My bestie came over a few days ago (it had only been a week or so since we'd seen each other in person) and her first words were "Holy cow you're pregnant!"  Yup... no hiding it now ;-)

Stretch marks? Nope!

Sleep: Sleeping okay.  Some nights I feel like I wake up a lot to change positions and sometimes I sleep almost the entire night through.  

Best moment this week: I got to start our registry this past week with my mom.  It was a lot of fun, but I sure was tired by the end!  Buy buy baby took quite a while to get through.. there is SO MUCH there!  Sure makes things feel "real".  It is still pretty weird to think we're going to have a little baby girl in our house soon.. and that she belongs to US!

Miss Anything? Not really.. it would be nice to eat a bowl of ice cream hehe :-)  And a glass of red wine sure sounds tasty.

Movement: Yes :-) Jake felt her for the first time a few weeks ago.  She usually kicks harder in the evenings and he's felt her a few times since then.  

Food cravings: Hmm... I'm not sure right now.  I haven't had anything to0 new that I want to eat every single day like before.  Homemade noodles and mashed potatoes have sounded mighty tasty quite a few times but I need to make them with my mom... I've got her cinnamon rolls down but I haven't tried the noodles by myself yet.. plus rolling and cutting them by hand (since I don't have the fancy press and cutter thingy) seems like a long process when I want to eat them "right now" haha.

Anything making you queasy or sick:  Sugary foods make my heartburn pretty bad which in turns ends up making me feel queasy and sick... no ice cream either... or coffee.. oh how I love coffee.  I've tried decaf once or twice and it usually comes back to bite me for at least a day or two after drinking a small cup so I've sadly just given up on it.  

Have you started to show yet: Most definitely .... see above comment from Jessi when she saw me in "normal clothes"... thats right.. I told everyone you said it ;-)

Gender: Baby Girl 

Size of baby: Size of an ear of corn... just under a foot long

Weight of baby: Around 1 1/3 pounds... just 4 weeks ago she was around 10 ounces!  She's getting bigger and quick!

Labor Signs: No way!!

Symptoms: Heart burn?  Well that's been happening the whole time...Round ligament pain definitely... more achy the past month since my belly has been suddenly growing. My ankles are starting to get puffy already!  Although I notice it is pretty strongly related to water intake.  When I get close to the gallon a day you're supposed to drink it is really minimal but if I don't drink a lot they are enormous.. lesson learned.  Plus I feel a lot better when I drink a lot water anyway.  

Belly Button in or out? In... although it may start becoming an outie soon!

Wedding rings on or off? On.. sometimes its a little more snug than others

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy!... still hungry... I am giving Jake a run for his money at meal times.  Sometimes I can put away a lot... some weeks I feel hungry all the time and others just "normal".  I can tell when she's going through a big growth spurt depending on my appetite!  Panchero's burritos have nothing on me! :-)

(notice my plate is clean... Jake's is not :))

Looking forward to: When I started writing this last night I was going to say my glucose test being over... but now that it is...?  We have a fairly uneventful week planned.  But this weekend my bestie is running her first half marathon (yay for Jessi!) and my brother's have one of their last club soccer games.