28 WEEKS

How far along? 28 Weeks officially the start of the 3^rd trimester 

Total weight gain: 18 pounds

Maternity clothes?  Pretty much all I wear plus anything with an elastic waist. Although I have to admit at home I am still wearing my normal clothes …. That is until Jon brings to my attention that my shirt is no longer covering the bottom of my stomach… sweet!

Sleep: Sleeping good but starting to move from side to side a lot more often.

Best moment this week: Valentines day followed by a three day weekend.. what is not to love.  We finally picked a rug for the nursery and the babies bedding… my sisters don’t know if yet but I will be enlisting them for help on a few sewing projects.  I have also notice that people in general are just nicer to pregnant women I am asked often when is the big day… Not going to lie it takes me a second to realize they are asking about my due date not our wedding J

Miss Anything? It is getting harder to tie my shoes

Movement: Pretty sure there is a dance party in there. movement all over the place

Food Cravings: loving the Starbucks passion tea, milk, Jon's french toast, fruit, and frozen fruit bars.  Oh made a super green machine smoothie and it was so yummy plus it has a ton of iron ( you put in 4 cups of baby spinach) you can find recipe HERE

Gender: A baby Girl!

Labor Signs: No

Symptoms: Feeling really good I can see how in a few more weeks back massages will be needed

Looking forward to: Seeing family/friends and finishing the nursery.

A little sparkling Cider for Valentines Day with the Hubby.

27 WEEKS

How far Along? 27 Weeks ( last week of the 2^nd trimester)
Total weight gain: 17 pounds
Maternity clothes? Pretty much my best friend these days.  Seriously love the maternity pants from H& M so comfy and GAP maternity tops.
Sleep: Still sleeping good. Waking up to kicks in the morning.
Best moment this week: Taking the maternity tour of Cedars Hospital and seeing all the newborn babies.. there was a little guy that was only 5 hrs old so precious. 
Miss Anything? Starbucks latte with tons of caffeine.  
Movement: She is still moving a ton... I keep looking down to see if other can see her kicking from the outside. 
Food Cravings: Still loving cereal and just anything sweet in general I wish it was good to eat gummy candies for breakfast
Gender: A baby Girl!
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: Still feeling really good. 
Looking forward to:  Setting up the rest of the nursery and making a final decision on the bedding we have narrowed it down to 4 options.  Looking forward to the Showers in March can’t wait to see our family and friends. 

On a fun note.  Jon and I could not be anymore excited for all of our friends and family members that are expecting right now too.  There is defiantly something in the water… maybe in the water at our wedding.  7 of our bridesmaids/groomsmen’s wives are expecting! And 3 of our close friends are too! 2012 is going to be a year of babies!

The Nursery .... in progress

BABY FAST NURSERY

So a few of you have asked to see the nursery but I have to forewarn you it is a work in progress.  Before it was the nursery it was our first bedroom, then the guest room, then the storage room and now it is in the process of becoming the nursery/ guest room. 

Here are the before pictures ( currently the storage/nursery/guest room). Yep a mess!

After painting....

I am super indecisive so I bought 4 paint samples( top right pic) to see which one Jon would like and out of all 4 of them we went with a completely different color.... of course :).  We still need to figure out how we are going to arrange all the furniture in this room and I think it will work if we do it like this ....

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Hopefully we will have a picture of the finish nursery to show soon.

26 WEEKS

How far Along? 26 Weeks 

Total weight gain: 16 pounds

Maternity clothes? Oh yes.  So excited spring is right around the corner and maxi dresses and skirts are still in

Sleep: Still sleeping good.

Best moment this week: There were so many. Passing the Glucose test, hearing the babies heart beat, painting the nursery... Jon did most of it, finding out that we are getting a new crib (the one we had was given to us and no longer meets the requirements, found out by going to this website CPSC so they are sending an updated crib), getting the exciting news that our little girl is going to have a little cousin come September ( Congrats Tonya & Phil) and last but not least hearing that my brothers surgery went well! What a week of blessing.   

Miss Anything? Sitting on a couch comfortably 

Movement: Lots of movement in the morning and late night.. wonder if we are getting a glimpse of her sleeping habits

Food Cravings: Loving mangos dried or fresh, cereal and milk.  Found out I am slightly anemic so we are trying to get more iron… Jon was excited to hear we need to eat more red meat

Gender: A baby Girl!

Labor Signs: No

Symptoms: Feeling really good still enjoying the 2nd trimester.

Looking forward to:  Taking the tour of the hospital where we will be delivering (Cedars Sinai) and of course getting everything ready for the baby. 

Some pics from the weekend it was so nice so we decided to do lunch in PV before the Superbowl.  We went to one of our favorite places Nelson's at Terranea they have the best view and the inside is a sports bar.  Win win for Jon and I.  Plus this time we got to see some whales right off the coast.

25 WEEKS

How far Along? 25 Weeks 

Total weight gain: 13 pounds

Maternity clothes? Loving the long tops with the extra belly room.  Just got some GAP maternity leggings pretty comfy.

Sleep: Still sleeping good thru the night and waking up early.  Nesting is in full effect I wake up thinking about all the fun baby stuff I want to do.

Best moment this week: Getting all the baby bedding in the mail ( I will have to post some pics) We are both just getting so excited for this baby girl! Also going to the beach.. yep laying out at 25 weeks preggers is so different I felt very european in my bikini ( pictures will not be posted) 

Miss Anything? Not being able to lay on my back or stay on my feet shopping as long as a used to

Movement: Getting some good kicks now and it is fun to try to figure out which bump is her head or bum

Food Cravings: Still loving cereal and fruit and I may or may have not eaten a whole bag of sweetheart conversation hearts...I am hoping Jon helped me. 

Gender: A baby Girl!

Labor Signs: No

Symptoms: Starting to feel the expanding little girl. Noticing some of the random mood swings that seem to come out in the form of road rage...  Yep I am now that person that will honk at you if your driving irritates me

Looking forward to:  Our Dr. appointment this week even though I have to take the glucose test hearing the heart beat is so worth it! 

24 Weeks

Shirt is way too small... but when the Niners make the playoffs.. a tight fit is ok

How far along? 24 weeks

Total weight gain: 13 pounds

Maternity clothes? Found some great long tank tops at H&M wearing one in the pic above not maternity but super comfy.  Still trying to fit in my old larger clothes but loving the stretchy waits in maternity pants not sure I will want to ever go back to normal pants.

Sleep: Still sleeping good with my fort of pillows. Getting the occasional leg/foot cramp in the middle of the night

Best moment this week: watching Jon getting to feel the baby kick :) and being asked by a stranger when my due date is.

Miss Anything? A glass of Vino

Movement: Mostly in the early morning (6AM) or in the late afternoon

Food Cravings: Just tried a new greek yogurt called Voskos.  Strawberry thick and creamy is my favorite... tried the non-fat and it was even close to being as good.  Also loving cereal.

Gender: A baby Girl! already loving all the little girl clothes.. could be trouble.

Labor Signs: No

Symptoms: I had no idea how much I would enjoy being pregnante the 2nd trimester has proven to be the honeymoon stage. Who knew you could feel this good without coffee.

Looking forward to:  Our baby bedding arriving this week so we can pick paint for the room.

 

 

23 Weeks

So we decided it was time to start tracking the baby bump and thanks to pintrest we are having fun doing it.

How far along? 23 weeks ( almost 6 months!)
Total weight gain: 13 pounds at my last appt... could be more now I am loving sweets
Maternity clothes? Just got maternity jeans from H&M and a cute pair of citizen of humanity jeans off ebay ( just couldn't spend $200 on them) belly bands from target love them! Still wearing some of my own tops and bought a few maternity tops from GAP maternity.
Sleep: sleeping so much better than the first 3 months and loving a ton of pillows.
Best moment this week: feeling the baby kick so crazy
Miss Anything? Starbucks Lattes
Movement: Yes finally but nothing you can feel on the outside yet
Food Cravings: Love grapes, bananas, apples and sour candy... yummy sour skittles
Anything make you queasy of sick: pulled pork for the longest time but now there is not much I wouldn't  eat.
Gender:  A baby Girl!
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: Itchy stomach, I have crazy spurts of energy which seem to start at 5AM and as of lately sometime I pee when I sneeze... thought that was supposed to happen after you have the baby or according to Jon when I am 90..
Looking forward to: Setting up the babies nursery it is making it all so real.

Here is a picture from the same day in Disneyland.