28 weeks

OK, no. I didn't post a 26 week picture or update. Bad mama. I'm blaming the start of football season, work, trying to finish up things that need to be done around the house and heartburn. Holy, mother of heartburn. Like I sad this week in a facebook status, "Heartburn like lava. This baby better have a Mohawk!" : ) Technically the picture is 26 weeks and 7 days, but we are rolling with it.

Things are going well and I go this Friday for my glucose test. Pregnancy related, I am starting to feel the toll that pregnancy takes on your body. I am having some back pain, lots of heartburn (obviously), and I feel tired again like I did at the beginning, just not quite as bad. Eating is crazy. I feel like I am running out of room. Eating smaller meals helps, but then I don't get full enough and want to eat again later. Ah, well.

I made a few cute purchases this month that I can wait to preview in my nursery post... I have decided to make one monstrous post about all that later. The shower is coming up in like, 3 weeks or less! I am really getting excited! It's going to be really cute and I am so happy to have people in my life that want to shower baby Sawyer!

Things I am missing: Sleep. I am and always have been such a belly sleeper. Sleeping sucks at the moment. Rolling around all night long trying to get comfortable, limbs going numb, peeing every so often and then the heartburn. Have I mentioned the heartburn??? I'm also missing my abs. I never really thought I had much to begin with, but now I am thinking I might have been mistaken. It's hard to get out of bed..the bathtub...off the couch. Mark gets a good laugh out of helping me. : )

 

Wowza.. A month makes quite the difference, no? I have grown. : )

 

Looking more and more forward each week. Now that we are on the downhill side, I realize just 12 weeks until my due date. CRAZY. EXCITING. SCARY. UNIMAGINABLE!

24 Weeks

24 Weeks! Definitely a little vol in there! : )

 

At my last appointment, Sawyer was doing great, and I got a good report as well! Everything is on track. Weight gain to date for me is 14lbs. Not too shabby, I don't guess. Next month we do our glucose test (which I am not looking forward to) and after that we start seeing the doctor twice a month! Time is flying by and it's completely crazy. I got some more work done on Sawyer's room last weekend. The crib has sheets and a bumper, things we've been collecting have been washed and put away. Next I need to hang some shelves and get the rest of the pieces assembled before our baby shower on October 27th! Crazy, crazy!

I am really feeling the kicks more and more these days. They don't only come at night anymore. They happen all day long and sometimes they wake me up early in the morning. My skin is finally starting to clear up a little but I am having more heartburn. My doctor upped the heartburn meds last Friday, so hopefully that will help some! I've started thinking more and more about what Sawyer will look like, what his personality will be like and most of all, what kind of little person he will be! Very exciting things to come, and I feel blessed beyond measure. Mark and I have found new appreciation for one another as well. Our love continues to grow and strengthen in ways I never thought possible or could have imagined. He has truly been amazing. He also caught some new "Heather's Crying Again" footage, this time at the UT game! National anthems always get me. : ) That's all for now, I think. Love and blessings to everyone!

22 Weeks

Yes! I am a week late in posting! Thanks for noticing. : ) It's been a very busy week, and as of today we are actually at 23 weeks. Ah well. We will survive.

 

Sawyer is really starting to get the hang of kicking. At first, I would only feel him at night between 9:30 and 11:00. Now, I feel him a lot during the day, too! And the kicks are getting harder. Mark actually saw my belly moving on Saturday, which was a treat for both of us. :0)

 

People are trying very hard these days to get a belly rub in... I am still too ninja to let them. We will see how long that lasts. : ) We have also registered in one place and need to in another. It's exciting! I have some great family and friends who are already hard at work thinking of shower ideas. It's hard to believe that we are over half way there, but we are!

 

Friday we are having new carpet put in our bedroom and then we are moving full force onto nursery design! My theme is anything but a theme, and people seem confused when I tell them that I am just winging it. I will post pictures when it seems to come together a little more. Until then, folks will just have to wonder and speculate. : )

 

Feeling pretty good these days, though work is wearing me out! My main pregnancy symptom continues to be the need for sleep. I have had some pretty crazy heartburn, even with the heartburn medicine...which makes me wonder if Sawyer is going to inherit both his mother and fathers thick locks. We shall see! Other than that, just peeing all the time. : )

 

Hopefully next week I will have it together better and actually post at the 24 week mark. Keep your fingers crossed!

 

20 Weeks

Yes, I am a week late in posting. (Today actually marks 21 weeks!) We have been reveling in the joy of seeing our little dove on the big screen again! We went to the doctor last Monday to find out how the little dove was doing and to see if we could get a sneak peek at the goods... Boy, did we ever. Pun intended!

Baby Boy Ellis is doing great! His heart, lungs, brain, spine and all the rest look great. He was dancing a little jig in there because I drank part of a coke about half an hour before going in. : )

We were totally delighted! We told our parents and my sister first and then filled in the rest of the gang. I am happy to say that I do have a little mothers intuition after all, because I felt like our little dove was a boy all along. I am also just so, so happy that he is healthy!!

Here is how we posted the news on facebook... we are truly blessed and excited for all of the support our family and friends have given to us! This picture was actually taken in the exam room right after we found out!

Here is a glance at me.. warning.. I have filled out! Also, for your pleasure, I am including his name. : )

Love to all!

18 Weeks

(and one day, to be exact.) Yes, I'm a day late posting this week. Why? Because I go to sleep with the chickens. That's why. : )  Things are going well. We had our monthly checkup almost 2 weeks ago and Baby E is looking good! The heartbeat was strong- in the 150's this time and everything sounded good! At our next appointment we get to take a peek at Baby E for the first time in 12 weeks. It's been too long, little dove! We will also be finding out the sex- so make your prediction now!!

Pregnancy is going about the same. Still no throwing up and no real aversions. I am still enjoying salads, sandwiches and popsicles very much. Toast and yogurt have become a breakfast staple. Still having a rough time sleeping, and I am waking up more and more to pee each night. Sciatic is still bothersome at times too, but there's no one thing I can really complain about. (I am so blessed!)

I bought an udder cover today, a big thank you to Carrie over at ellaminnowpea for clue-ing me in on a wonderful sale!! That's honestly been my first mommy purchase, and I am really pleased with it!!

In other news, I am really loving my job. The nuggets are wearing me out, but I figure it's good practice and it's also keeping me active and probably building immunities! ;0)

I have started working on a few things for the nursery, just crafty stuff here and there, and I promise to post something when I finish. I've been SLOW going on this for some reason. I've also started thinking about a few other things..like maternity photos...What do you guys think? Waste of money? Priceless memory? I'm really not feeling it at the moment, but maybe I will feel differently in a few weeks. Speaking of feeling things, I've also been feeling a few flutters here and there. It's really weird and makes me smile all at the same time.

Looking at this picture is weird for me... First off, it looks like I am carrying super high..and I'm not. Also, it looks like I am sporting a gut-which is probably true. Ha! Secondly, I willingly admit that I touched up my face. Maybe I do have something to complain about... I don't have the glow!! I have acne!! Anyway, Mark took the picture and went to bed, so it's what I have..and I am working with it.

Worth it. All for the love of the dove. : )

16 weeks

Here we are at 16 weeks! I go for my monthly doctors appointment on Friday, and then at the next appointment (at least we think- it might be this one!) we find out what this little dove is going to be!

Things have been going well. I am so blessed to say that! The only things that have made me uncomfortable so far is a bit of heartburn, and some sciatica. Other than that, nothing to complain about, except the heat. Pregnant people really can't handle the heat. I feel like my blood is boiling when I go outside! Luckily, today has been so nice since we got the rain, and I took full advantage by sitting out on the back porch all night!

One other thing to mention...my face looks like a pizza. It's really grossing me out. Ah well, anything for love. : )

Little dove is the size of an avocado this week. Belly is starting to protrude. : )

More Friday....

Fourth of July

This stuff makes me happy. : )