36weeks!

One mouth until her D-date!! 

How far along? 36 weeks!

Total weight gain/loss: 26+ pounds and surprisingly holding steady! I couldn't believe it at our appointment on Friday! Doc says we're measuring right on time also which is good! 

Stretch marks? Nothing, but I feel like my belly button is going to blow open! It itches so bad! My skin is definitely getting tighter :(  

Sleep: I'm getting less and less during the week...

Best moment this week: Happening right now!Spending some good quality time with my one and only! Ryan finally has a weekend off! He's been so busy with work and school!

Symptoms: Out of control acid reflux, back and hip pain, nausea here and there and digestive issues..... 

Miss Anything? I miss not getting so tired at work!:( I feel like a baby and I love working/making money but all I wanna do is go home, put my feet up and nap! 

Movement: Still lots of movement! My app said this should of slowed by now, but not with this girl! Shes still a mover and a groover all the time! I absolutely love it! Definitely the best part of pregnancy!
   

Food cravings: Fruit and Chocolate!  

Anything making you queasy or sick: Too much sugar! I know when I have reached my limit!

Worst moment this week: It was definitely telling my boss last week that I will not be returning full-time after my maternity leave, but hopefully on-call or just Saturdays. I feel so blessed that this can even be an option for us, but am going to miss the people I work with and my job so much! I honestly feel like I just now am getting the hang of it too. With that being said I'm sooo excited to spend my days with her and just focus on being a mamma:) 

Labor Signs: Still nothing, which is making me think shes going to come late.
 
Belly Button in or out?  Still flesh with the skin! 

Rings off or on?  My wedding ring is off and I hate it! It feels so awkward! 

Happy or Moody most of the time: Moody!! 

Looking forward to: Still just wanting the time to go by so I can meet her and love on her!! Oh and I'm looking forward to all of the friends and family coming in June to meet her!:) 

Baby Girls Nursery!<3

It sure is a small thing but really its all we need and I LOVE the way it turned out! Yes we are using a play pin for her bed when she gets bigger and yes the curtain is a Costco blanket, also the colors are a little all over the place......some of the things if we were back home and weren't trying to buy less and save more that would be a little different. All in all I'm proud of how little we spent and how quaint it is!

34weeks!

Six weeks until we meet our sweet pea!! 

How far along? 34 weeks!

Total weight gain/loss: 26+ pounds!! and honestly I'm trying to not stress about my weight. They say that you should shoot between 25-30 pounds of weight gain, but I know every women and baby are different! I just want her healthy!

Stretch marks? Still nothing:) 

Sleep: Week 33 the insomnia along with terrible acid reflux came in full swing! Ever since then getting sleep has been rough!  

Best moment this week: Finishing up getting everything we need for baby girl! The list is now tiny and that is so exciting and such a relief! Thanks to a ton of family and friends we didn't need to buy much!

Symptoms: The struggle of the third trimester is real....That's all I'm gonna say.

Miss Anything? I'm missing a day without digestive issues, body aches and lack of energy!  

Movement: Still all the time! She loves putting her tiny feet in my rib cage and its soooo uncomfortable and she loves the right side of my body! 

Food cravings: Sweets all day everyday!! 

Anything making you queasy or sick: Yesterday I had morning sickness all day!! WTF!?! Its been coming in swings randomly.

Have you started to show yet: Yep! ya can't miss me comin a mile away.

Labor Signs: Nothin!
 
Belly Button in or out?  It's now flesh with the skin!!!! Yikes!

Rings off or on? Officially off! and I miss it so much! Everything is getting so puffy and swollen!:(

Happy or Moody most of the time: It all depends on the symptoms I'm having at the time! I'll tell ya now its rear that I don't have any! 

Looking forward to: I'm ready to hold and love on her!<3

In summary of this blog post I just want to say that I'm the first to admit that I'm the biggest baby ever!! (feel bad for Ryan)...Some people just aren't cut out for pregnancy and I am one of them.... (to all the women including my mother that say they LOVED being pregnant...You are crazy) With that being said I wouldn't trade this experience for the world and I know its all going to be more than worth it in the end!! <3

32weeks!

Nesting is in full swing!! 

How far along? 32 weeks!

Total weight gain/loss: 23+ pounds!!

Stretch marks? Still none!

Sleep: Still not bad, its starting to get really hard to change positions and get up out of bed to pee 8 times though! (The 8 times is not an exaggeration!)   

Best moment this week: Going home!! Seeing friends and family! and our shower was perfect! 

Symptoms: The biggest thing these past two weeks has been feeling sore and body aches.

Miss Anything? I miss bending over without feeling like I'm going to die due to lack of oxygen! 

Movement: Lots of big movements all the time and its starting to be uncomfortable at times but I still LOVE every minute of it!

Food cravings: While in Pullman I was able to fulfill both Taco Time and Cougar Country cravings!!  Lately there hasn't been anything in particular but sweets! 

Anything making you queasy or sick: Red sauce has been giving me serious heart burn and acid reflux!

Have you started to show yet: Oh yes! 

Labor Signs: Nothin!
 
Belly Button in or out?  Almost an outie!!!! 

Happy or Moody most of the time: Moody with extreme highs and lows!

Looking forward to: Getting the rest of the stuff we need for baby girl!

Ryan's aunt was so sweet to take some maternity pictures for us! Initially I just really wanted a few of us with the bump, but she went above and beyond! She put me in a beautiful long dramatic dress that I loved! It was the worst time of day and not the best location due to lack of time and she still knocked it out of the park! I highly recommend her for pictures at http://www.cindyblumensheinphotography.com/  I'm still in shock of the quality of these pictures when I zoom in and crop them! I can't wait to see the rest! More to come!

DIY book shelves! Just a fun pinterest project! Got the spice racks from Ikea, painted them and slapped them on the wall! Then we got to put all the books we got from our shower in them!:) LOVE it!

I can't wait to post all our shower details!

30weeks!

 10 more weeks to go!

Just now realizing that this lil gal is our pot of gold with two Irish backgrounds on either side of her family!
How far along? 30 weeks!
Total weight gain/loss: 19+ pounds!!

Maternity clothes? My options are minimizing:(

Stretch marks? Still none and crossing my fingers

Sleep: Still pretty good and I think I have mastered the art of going pee without waking up! True sleep walker and can be dangerous at times! 

Best moment this week: It wasn't this week but last! Sending out our invites to our shower!! I'm SOOO excited to go home and see family and friends! 

Symptoms: I've come to realize that pregnancy is a true test to see how you....... not only handle multiple different symptoms at once, but how you handle them when they are amplified x 50!!  I'm serious and I hate complaining about them, because I feel SO lucky to even be pregnant, but the symptoms in my experience have been unreal and the list goes on for days!  

Miss Anything? Home! but not for long this time next week we'll be packing our bags!! 

Movement: Some days more than others! I love her active days! Like today has been having party in my belly!

Food cravings: Being here in Denver has been awesome to try out sooo many new places to eat, but honestly all I want are things I can only get at home and that's a burger from Cougar County and a crisp meat burrito from Taco Time! 

Anything making you queasy or sick: I've been sick on the weekends! Which is so weird! I don't know if its because i'm not as active or what, but the last two weekends I had some moments:( 

Have you started to show yet: Yep and the more I'm starting to show the more my body is aching!  

Gender: Princess! 

Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button in or out?  Its getting shallow and it's freaking me out! I've always been weird about belly buttons! 

Happy or Moody most of the time: little moody but mostly happy!:) 

Looking forward to: GOING HOME NEXT WEEK!!

Added a pop of color to her dresser! Love the way it turned out! It was way too much work for a pregnant lady though! Holy cow I was winded and achy when I was done!

28weeks!

Hello Third Trimester! 

How far along? 28 weeks!

Total weight gain/loss: 17+ pounds!!

Maternity clothes? Just my one pair of maternity jeans!

Stretch marks? Not yet! 

Sleep: Not too bad...I wasn't able to sleep in long this weekend though, I think shes starting to train me:(

Best moment this week: Completing her dresser! I feel like I can really start organizing her stuff now!!! 

Symptoms: (Same as the last few weeks) In-congestion, acid reflex, heart burn and again SO tired and sluggish! 

Miss Anything? Just plain ole home, I could even go without my Friday night wine nights, I just wish I could be back in Pullman! 

Movement: It's gotten slightly stressful when I don't feel her for awhile! (let the endless parenting worries begin) even though they started the day I found out I was pregnant and it drives Ryan crazy! 

Food cravings: I've kicked it up a notch and instead of oreos and milk I've been craving oreo milkshakes!! 

Anything making you queasy or sick: The heartburn is becoming alot to handle and it's almost impossible for me to stay away from the things that cause it:( 

Have you started to show yet: Oh yeah and the pregnancy waddle is real and comin on quick! 

Gender: GIRL!! ( I LOVE that she is a girl!)
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button in or out? In

Happy or Moody most of the time: I've been happy but Ryan has been MOOO----DDDY!   

Looking forward to: GOING HOME!  Oh and sending out our invites this week!!

Nursery project for the weekend!! 
We got this babiesRus dresser off craigslist for $50 and got (primer, paint, knobs, brushes, wrapping paper and mod podge) for about $30. Not too shabby! I love the way it turned out! I plan on mod podging the wrapping paper on the sides and bottom of the drawers to add a pop of color!:) Ryan wasn't super excited about spending his weekend doing this project but he keeps going in her room and checking it out so I know he loves it too! haha

26weeks!

Bumps First Valentines!

How far along? 26 weeks!

Total weight gain/loss: 15+ pounds!!

Maternity clothes? Nope and I plan on not buying much of any either....hopefully. I have never liked tight clothes anyways, so I plan of just squeezing into them as long as I can. Also, I wear scrubs at work which is a huge life saver ! 

Stretch marks? None yet! 

Sleep: Not too bad! Waking up ALOT to pee though! 

Best moment this week: Last weekend and this weekend have been on point! It was awesome having a familiar face (Aaron) come and visit us! We ate way too much food that was life changing (Denver Biscuit Co.) and had some good laughs with the boys drinkin beers and me sippin on my lemon water!  This V-day weekend was also prefect! Ryan and I watched movies, I did crafts while he did his thing and we went to PF Changs!   

Symptoms: In-congestion, heart burn here and there and again SO tired and sluggish! Oh and light swelling in my ankles! WHAT? I thought that was an end of pregnancy symptom! 

Miss Anything? Home!:( and any kind of alcoholic beverage with friends! 

Movement: Yes lots of movement and I'm to the point where I have a good idea whether baby girl is awake or sleeping!

Food cravings: Oreo's and milk is now my new bed time snack! Other then that I'm just super hungry all the time!

Anything making you queasy or sick: Not really I took my glucose test yesterday and that was not fun!  OH and Ryan's crazy driving makes me sick! 

Have you started to show yet: Yep and people at my work that I don't work close with are starting to notice through my baggie scrubs!:)  

Gender: GIRL!!

Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button in or out? In

Happy or Moody most of the time: MOODY and constantly having to check myself!:(  

Looking forward to: Working on the nursery and going home in March! 

Weekend project! DIY  Shabby bow board!
The mirror is real wood! I found it at goodwill all the rest was luckily all %50 off at Hobby Lobby! Score!  A total of $25 spent!  I plan on putting velcro on the board and on all of the bows/flowers and headbands I buy her for easy mix matching!:) Bows will be mandatory for this girl! Oh and Ryan bought her a new rug for her room!! As a delayed Christmas present to me! haha

A valentines gift has never been so romantic!! I've been obsessed with this travel system since I first found out I was pregnant!! It's a newer model so Iv'e been trying to wait and see what the reviews looked like.....So far it has almost a 5 star rating!