35 weeks

How far along?  35 weeks  

Total weight gain/loss?     +25 

Maternity clothes? Thats all I can wear now and maybe some of David's pj pants 

Stretch marks? None so far (to add to my collection)

Sleep? Nope... my hips really bother me, my back and legs become stiff and then I just wake up for no reason...

Best moment last week?  Knowing that there is a set due date for her if she doesn't come on her own

Movement?  When is she not moving! She is non stop 24/7

Food cravings?  Not really...

Sickness? Thankfully no

Food aversions? Still chicken 

Gender? It's a girl! 

Labor signs? getting braxton hicks for 30-60 min

Belly button in/out? In.

What I miss: Energy and sleep and my body

What I am looking forward to: Seeing the baby but not too soon! 

Milestones: baby is just getting fat now

30 weeks

How far along?  30 weeks  

Total weight gain/loss?     +12 

Maternity clothes? All I wear or yoga pants 

Stretch marks? None so far (to add to my collection)

Sleep? Not really... my hips really bother me

Best moment last week?  watching my stomach as I she moves around like crazy

Movement?  When is she not moving! She is non stop 24/7

Food cravings?  Not really... but if dinner doesn't look good I send David out to get me a cheeseburger from McDonalds 

Sickness? Thankfully no

Food aversions? Still chicken 

Gender? It's a girl! 

Labor signs? actually I went in to preterm labor at 28.5 weeks and had to go to the hospital to get the contractions to stop

Belly button in/out? In.

What I miss: Energy and sleep and my body

What I am looking forward to: Seeing the baby but not too soon! 

Milestones: The baby actually had REM sleep 

It's A ....

Today we found out what we were having!
So here is how it worked...
I had my ultrasound on Wednesday and asked the technician to not show or tell us what we were having but to write it down on a slip of paper I had provided. She did and also included a picture and sealed it in an envolpe. Because I knew I was going to peak if I had it for very long I drove straight to my sisters and gave her the letter.
Kelsey then opened it without looking and did a FaceTime with my mom and showed her the "word" (Ok Kelsey may have accidentally seen it...)
My mom came up today and threw together a little party...Ok she went all out!
It was just my immediate family at my house and my mom decorated everything in black and yellow. The theme was "What Will it Bee"

My mom had me play this game where I had to answer some questions and depending on my answer I would put a bee under boy or girl
Some examples:
Do you crave the heals of bread or the middle?       Heals: Boy Middle:Girl
Hands dry or softer?       Dry: Boy Soft: Girl
Eating more or sick?      Eating: Boy Sick: Girl
Which breast is bigger during pregnancy?       Left: Boy Right: Girl
Have you been crabby or happy?      Happy: Boy Crabby: Girl
Do you crave Salty/Sour or Sweet?  Salty: Boy  Sweet: Girl

Well the game ended in a tie!!! Although my mom did not read one question that was a little more PG-13 and might have been a little awkward to share but that answer did make it a win for the Girl side!

So it came time to reveal what we were going to have!
My mom had me open a bag of balloons first. Now they way it is supposed to work was if it was blue balloons it was a boy and pink for a girl. So the balloons where YELLOW!!!

Then she had me cut into a cake, which again was going to be pink or blue...but no it was also YELLOW!

So then FINALLY my mom had us open gifts.  Inside were some baby clothes and they were...PINK!

We are going to be having a little girl in April! We are so excited and David is already wrapped around her finger! James is still excited to be a big brother!

Halloween 2012

We had a great Halloween this year!  James was old enough that he understood and got the concept of Trick or Treating.  We all got dressed up and went to a few houses in our neighborhood.  He had so much fun and once we went to the second house he realized that he could leave the candy in his bucket instead of eating it right away.  He was so cute saying Trick or Treat and Thank you. He also loved seeing all the other kids walking around and would say "Hi Friend" and sometimes he would say "Oh Scary" and then laugh.
When we got home it was still early so James helped and out candy at the door which he also loved!
He was so tired though that when it was time to wash his face he fell asleep while I was washing it! I don't know how that is possible...

My cute little skeleton 

James loved that his face was painted 

The whole family

David and I are a white trash couple 

I'm sorry David makes one ugly woman

I had tap in certain places to make my "beer belly" look even bigger!

I'm 18.5 weeks pregnant in case you wanted to know...

16 weeks

-I can feel the baby moving more
-As soon has I'm done cutting my fingernails I have to cut them again!
-I shed worse then the dog! But I have a lot more thick long hair
-I still don't want to eat a lot but I have branched back out to trying to eat meat (still no chicken)
-I have crazy mood swings and I feel bad because the hubby gets to experience it daily...
     I love him in the morning, all day long, and even when he gets home from work, but as soon as it's 10pm I can't stand him! I still love him and I tell him that but I also tell him to stay away from me and don't touch me! At least I try to warn him and try to do nice things for him while I don't want to kill him...
-James tries to give his "platypus" to the baby every day
-I get those crazy sharp stabbing pains in my lower stomach every time I sneeze, cough, or move too fast
-I finally look more pregnant instead of looking like I ate a whole pie (I'll get pictures soon)

14 weeks

How far along?  14 weeks - size of a lemon 

Total weight gain/loss?     -6 

Maternity clothes? I need to get pants soon... 

Stretch marks? None so far (to add to my collection)

Sleep? I now have carpel tunnel so I have to wear these wrist braces at night and I can't sleep with them on!  

Best moment last week?  We heard the heart beat again! (see bottom for the story...)

Movement?  I'm pretty sure I'm feeling little bumps... It's definitely not gas

Food cravings?  I hate food

Sickness? Hopefully it's finally gone 

Food aversions? Everything! 

Gender? The soonest we can find out is November

Labor signs? Lets hope not

Belly button in/out? In.

What I miss: Energy and food

What I am looking forward to: Watching my belly grow 

Milestones: The baby can track light 

-(14 weeks 5 days) We had another doctors appointment this week and when it came to hearing the heart beat it gave me kinda a scare...

During my first appointment she couldn't find the heat beat but we did get quick little sounds of it so we new it was there. Because of that though she sent us to get an ultrasound and we saw the baby swimming around.

This time she searched for a long time and could not find it. And as the mother your excitement turns to worry pretty fast. I was literally holding my breath. 

She stopped with the doppler and said lets see where your uterus is and to her surprise it was much higher then she thought and where she was looking.  So she picked up the doppler again and started looking higher. Then there it was! But only for 3 short seconds and baby moved again and she couldn't find it again. But she was happy with what we found and said baby was healthy.

12 weeks

How far along?  12 weeks - size of a plum 

Total weight gain/loss?     -6 

Maternity clothes? I need to get pants soon... 

Stretch marks? None so far (to add to my collection)

Sleep? Not really... I wake up every hour or so and just can't get comfortable 

Best moment last week?  well it wasn't last week but we got to see the the baby on ultrasound and "it" was moving and bouncing all around 

Movement?  I thought I felt something the other day while wearing my jeans that are getting tight....

Food cravings?  No

Sickness? I only get sick every other day... 

Food aversions? Yes! MEAT! meat totally grosses me out...and then some other things too

Gender? The soonest we can find out is November

Labor signs? Lets hope not

Belly button in/out? In.

What I miss: Energy and sleep

What I am looking forward to: Feeling the baby move 

Milestones: The baby can open and close its hands