28 Weeks/Visit Back Home

Well I am back home now from my amazing trip up north to see family and friends. I still can't believe that 28 weeks have already gone by and I'm now in my third trimester! Crazy. Pete said he could definitely tell that my belly got bigger in the week I was gone. Baby had her first experience on a plane and she seemed to really notice when the plane was taking off and landing. I hope that it didn't bother her little ears.

The shower was so much fun. Very informal and just a bunch of friends and family. She got quite the mass of cute things, one of which was a five foot tall stuffed giraffe!

I so wanted to take her on the plane with me, however, she will have to wait to come down with the grandparents when they drive down in March. Hope they have a sunroof! I haven't taken pictures of some of the other amazing gifts yet, but I will definitely be posting some pictures soon. This baby is so extremely loved and she isn't even born yet. Thanks to everyone who was able to make it out. It was so good to be together with everyone.

27 Weeks

Sorry I have fallen behind on my updates. I was in Vancouver visiting friends and family so I didn't have time to work on my blog. I hit the 27 week mark last week. I also had my glucose screening done and thankfully I do not have gestational diabetes! I am however anemic, so I have to start taking my iron supplements again. They told me early on that that would probably happen since I was going into pregnancy and usually around this time the body is producing so much more blood that it is very common to become anemic. No problem though. I am used to the supplements and fortunately since my nausea is gone taking pills isn't a problem anymore.

I'm loving the size of my belly right now. It is like the perfect budda size for everyone to rub for good luck! Fortunately I haven't had strangers come up and rub it, that could be weird, but it doesn't bother me when friends and family do it. I think it is good for Baby.

Ultrasound

Since I couldn't get my editing program to save the ultrasound video I made, I instead saved a couple freeze frames from it of my favorite pictures. These were taken back at 18 weeks.

This one is my favorite of Baby's little hand and the top of her head, which is the portion to the right. I'm just amazed at how something so little can have such a perfect little hand.

This one is of her laying on her side with her little feet and legs curled up to her chest. It is like she is using the placenta as her bed. Her head is to the right, then you can see her bent knees and her little feet. She is just too cute.

I had another ultrasound recently, but I have to have Pete scan the images for me at work, so those will be coming later. Now that she is getting bigger you can't really see her whole body in one ultrasound picture, that is why I love those when she is little, so I can see all of my little bean.

26 Weeks

26 weeks along now, and this is the week I have to go in for my glucose tolerance test. Not looking forward to drinking a giant glass of nasty sugar water that has been described as drinking flat orange soda. Mmmm...so excited. The northern gang left on Monday and baby has been so crazy active ever since. My stomach looks like something out of a science fiction movie. It is so cool to watch. Of course she would start with the crazy movement after the company leaves. At least I will be up there for a visit in a week, so hopefully she will keep it up.

Now that all of our visitors have come and gone, Pete and I can really start on putting the nursery together. I am so excited. Nikki's mom got us a magic spinning lantern with little teddy bears on it, which will be so cute in the nursery.

First project is going to be to put together the crib. Right now it is sitting in a giant box in the garage, so that should be a fun project. I can't wait until it is finished.

25 Weeks

Last week I hit 25 weeks, which now puts me into my sixth month. That is so crazy. I'm a little late on getting my post up because I had four of my favorite people from up north visiting last week. Both Nikki and Shawnee got a little baby kick on their hands, which is always exciting. She always seems to stop kicking as soon as someone puts their hand on my belly. She is a little punk that way, just like her daddy. My belly continues to grow, and according to the books my uterus is the size of a soccer ball, which seems about right.

I had my first real experience with acid reflux the other night. Man is that unbelievably more painful than I ever would have expected. It woke me up in the middle of the night and after realizing I wasn't having a heart attack, a panic attack, or some life threatening issue, I figured it out that it must be acid reflux. So I propped myself up a bit and eventually it faded away. I couldn't believe that some stomach acid in your esophagus could feel like that. It is like your chest is going to implode. Glad it was pretty short lived though. Hopefully that won't be a regular occurrence during the last four months.

24 Weeks

I am 24 weeks along this week and I definitely feel like my belly is very much pregnant now. It is quite round and hard as a rock most of the time. Baby is still moving and kicking a lot. I think she likes to mess with her Daddy because every time she is kicking and he puts his hand on my belly she will stop. I tell him that it she is probably just so comforted by his touch that she calms down when he is close.

So I have found that watching food commercials is dangerous for a pregnant woman now that I have my appetite back. I was sitting there watching tv and a commerical came on for Pillsbury advertising not only their delicious Grand's biscuits, but also there yummy, gooey cinnamon rolls. It was like torture!!! I find myself easily swayed by what they are advertising, well, unless it is a commercial for something like that nasty double chicken breast with bacon and cheese thing they have at KFC. Are you kidding me? That thing looks so disgusting; I don't even want to imagine how gross it is when you order it, considering things look their best in advertisements.

To all my favorite people up north, I have booked a ticket to come home for a week in October!!! I will be there from Wednesday the 20th through the following Wednesday. There will definitely be some good times to be had, so try to keep that weekend open! =)

New Stuff

Mom and I did some baby shopping while she was in town. I know, big surprise. We found some good deals. We went to Kohl's and I got three maternity shirts for $6.71! My receipt said that I saved $89.80 on my purchase. That kind of thing never happens to me. I usually find the one item on the clearance rack that wasn't supposed to be there. Then we went to Burlington and I found some adorable bibs and outfits for baby. I just love the little Donna Karan outfit. I had to splurge on it.

The craziest thing about my purchases is that most of the baby clothes were pink. But they are such sweet pink shades, not those nauseating shades. Though I may be more accepting of the pink stuff, there are two things that I will not be purchasing ever, and I don't believe that anyone in their right mind should be either.

What is the world coming to that we stick our dogs in strollers and put leashes on our children? Dogs have four legs, thus they are meant to walk. As if Americans aren't obese enough that we have to make our dogs fat and lazy too. And children need to learn that they have to stay close to mommy and daddy, not that if you run too fast you will bungee back and fall on your ass. It is just ridiculous. If anyone ever sees me with either of these items, just shoot me.

I did get a couple baby gifts from the grandma's. Grandma (my mom) got her the little outfit, and Mimi (Pete's mom) got her the little hat. They are just adorable and I absolutely love the colors. I am sure they will both look so sweet on our little girl.

We also did some closet reconfiguring in the nursery while my mom was here. It is amazing what a difference they make. We have shelves and drawers and way more hanging space now. We also were finally able to pick up the crib!!! I can't wait to get it all put together so we can start on decorating the nursery.