Wednesday, February 27, 2013

16 weeks!




How far along? 16 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 0lbs gained
Maternity clothes? I have a couple pieces of clothing but haven't worn them yet
Stretch marks? No
Sleep: Sleeping really well but according to hubby I toss and turn and keep him awake 
Best moment this week: Maternity clothes shopping! 
Have you told family and friends: Yes
Miss Anything? Sleeping on my stomach!
Movement: Not yet...getting closer!

Food cravings: Cereal, fruit & Alphagetti lol
Anything making you queasy or sick: Meat
Have you started to show yet: Yes
Gender prediction: Boy 
Labor Signs: No
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy!
Looking forward to: feeling movement!! 





Tuesday, February 26, 2013

New floors!

The last two weeks have been busy because we have been putting down new flooring in our three bedrooms upstairs. We went from green, pink & blue carpet to oak hardwood, I looooove it! 


Here are some before and some (kind of) after pictures. 

Before: pink carpet


During:


After:




I cannot wait to start setting up the nursery now! :)


Monday, February 25, 2013

15 Weeks!




How far along? 15 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 0lbs gained
Maternity clothes? I have only purchased a tummy sleeve & one shirt
Stretch marks? No
Sleep: Sleeping really well!
Best moment this week: New floors in the baby room!! :) 
Have you told family and friends: Yes
Miss Anything? Sleeping on my stomach!
Movement: Not yet

Food cravings: White freezies & Oatmeal Crisp cereal
Anything making you queasy or sick: No
Have you started to show yet: Yes
Gender prediction: Boy 
Labor Signs: No
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy!
Looking forward to: feeling movement!! 




Monday, February 18, 2013

14 weeks!


How far along? 14 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 0 lbs gained, 4 lbs lost
Maternity clothes? I have only purchased a tummy sleeve & one shirt
Stretch marks? No
Sleep: Sleeping really well!
Best moment this week: Getting the stroller/carseat & swing! :) 
Have you told family and friends: Yes
Miss Anything? Not really
Movement: Not yet

Food cravings: Pasta & Fruit
Anything making you queasy or sick: No
Have you started to show yet: Yes
Gender prediction: Boy
Labor Signs: No
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy!
Looking forward to: feeling movement!! 




Sunday, February 10, 2013

13 weeks!





How far along? 14 weeks... yes, I'm late at posting, but better late than never!
Total weight gain/loss: 0 lbs gained, 3 lbs lost
Maternity clothes? I have only purchased a tummy sleeve & one shirt
Stretch marks? No, I'm faithfully applying stretch mark cream hoping it will work out for me! 
Sleep: Sleeping like a rock!
Best moment this week: Making it two whole days without feeling sick or getting a headache!
Have you told family and friends: Yes
Miss Anything? Earlier this week I wanted a hotdog. 
Movement: Too early yet to feel it! 
Food cravings: The main cravings have been: Fruit, Pasta, Water & Milk
Anything making you queasy or sick: Not any particular thing..
Have you started to show yet: Yes
Gender prediction: Boy
Labor Signs: No
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy and tired ;) 
Looking forward to: feeling movement!! 





Friday, February 1, 2013

Library

Something I'm pretty excited about is reading with my kids... I have loved reading for as long as I can remember and I hope that my kids will share that too. 

I have been collecting some books for their book shelves already and plan to have a full library by the time baby comes and the room is finished! The plan is to have a reading corner in the room :)

These are some of the books I plan to include in their library: 


My full check list:

Corduroy
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Love You Forever
Are You My Mother?
The Hungry Caterpillar
 Goodnight Moon
Goodnight, I Love You
 If You Give A Mouse a Cookie
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Ten Little Fingers & Ten Little Toes
Dr. Seuss’s ABC’s
Cat in the Hat
Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?
Where the Wild Things Are
Guess How Much I Love You?
The Giving Tree
Green Eggs & Ham
 Hop on Pop
Oh the Places you’ll go
 The Going to Bed Book
Cloudy with a chance of meatballs
 Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
The Kissing Hand
Five Little Monkeys Jumping On the Bed