30 weeks!

How far along? 30 weeks, 4 days
Total weight gain/loss: 15 lbs gained 
Maternity clothes? Yes
Stretch marks? Not yet, fingers crossed! ;)
Sleep: Much better this week!!!
Best moment this week: 
Miss Anything? Ice capps... so yummy. 
Movement: SO much!! I can see shapes from the outside moving around all the time!
Food cravings: Ice cream & chocolate anything (But I've done good to avoid it-mostly).
Anything making you queasy or sick: Only feeling sick when I don't sleep enough or I have an empty stomach.  
Have you started to show yet: Yes
Gender prediction: Boy 
Labor Signs: No 
Symptoms: Leg, hip, back pain, & heart burn
Belly Button in or out? Still flat and non-existent
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy! Excited that it's getting so much closer. 
Looking forward to: So many things! The end of school, summer days, Amanda coming home, my baby shower... so many exciting things! :)

29 weeks!

How far along? 29 weeks, 7 days (late posting!)
Total weight gain/loss: 15 lbs gained 
Maternity clothes? Yes
Stretch marks? Nothing yet... and hopefully stays that way.
Sleep: The first of the week I was sleeping horribly but by the end of it I was able to get three good nights of sleep! I sleep 9:30/10-5:30 on the nights before I work, and if I have a day off or work a later shift I usually am sleeping 10-8 (10 hours, yahoo!).
Best moment this week: Getting to spend a lot of time with Joel since we had four full days off together for once!!
Miss Anything? Stomach sleeping. I also miss being able to do things with ease like painting my toe nails, tying my shoes, and shaving my legs! All of these require a lot of effort lately and very strategic positioning! 
Movement: Lots! You can see the punches and kicks from the outside so well now!
Food cravings: Nothing much this week... but I did eat A LOT of corn-on-the-cob. This week was more of a veggie week than a fruit week for once ;)
Anything making you queasy or sick: Only feeling sick when I don't sleep enough or I have an empty stomach 
Have you started to show yet: Yep!
Gender prediction: Boy 
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: Leg, hip, back pain, heart burn, & feet are swelling up slowly--especially after long work days. 
Belly Button in or out? Pretty non-existent... 
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: This week I was happy, but crankier than usual since I was running off a couple hours of sleep a night for a few days. 
Looking forward to: 30 weeks... which means- ONLY 10 MORE TO GO! 

Gender Reveal Party

Gender Reveal Parties are so fun! My brother knew the gender of his baby but they wanted a special way to tell everyone so we whipped up this reveal party... 

 First I baked some cupcakes that we would use as the "reveal" of the gender. I didn't really think it through at first and I turned the entire cake batter pink before deciding that everyone would see the cupcakes and know the gender right away...duh! Then I tried something different....

I colored the icing pink

 Inserted it into a hole in all the cupcakes

                                       

We then drew and cut out mustaches and bows from bristol board and hot glued them to thick popsicle sticks... and of course I included the chalkboard!

We decorated the place in pink and blue.

And had everyone pick either a mustache or a bow to make their gender guess.

Then it was time for the big reveal! We counted down and everyone took a bite of their cupcakes to reveal the PINK icing! Cupcake success...phewf!

My new niece will be here in late September! :)

The party was a great time and it was really fun to help put everything together (Making the cupcakes was a different story.... lots of groans and complaints from me for three hours!). I would say the party was a success! 

28 weeks!

OFFICIALLY THIRD TRIMESTER!!!!!!!!!! HOME STRETCH! Can you tell I'm excited?!

How far along? 28 weeks, 6 days
Total weight gain/loss: 15 lbs gained 
Maternity clothes? Lots of mat clothes, hardly any of my regular stuff except a couple tops. 
Stretch marks? No, and still loading the cream on every day hoping. 
Sleep: I'm very tired... but have such a hard time getting comfortable. 
Best moment this week: Getting everything measured out for the bedding & curtains for the nursery :)
Miss Anything? Stomach sleeping, of course! 
Movement: LOTS! I even watched a ripple go through my skin the other day!
Food cravings: Watermelon 
Anything making you queasy or sick: Only feeling sick when I don't sleep enough or I have an empty stomach! 
Have you started to show yet: Yep!
Gender prediction: Boy 
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: Leg, hip, and back pain (sitting at work is REALLY not fun), heart burn, & feet are swelling up slowly. 
Belly Button in or out? Still looking very flat. 
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy!! 
Looking forward to: Prenatal class next week! 

27 weeks!

How far along? 27 weeks, 6 days
Total weight gain/loss: 12 lbs gained 
Maternity clothes? Wearing mostly maternity clothes now with some of my regular stuff, bring on summer and sundresses because it's getting more difficult to get dressed each day! 
Stretch marks? No 
Sleep: I slept much better this week and think I finally found a comfortable position with a bazillion pillows surrounding me and Joel having minimal room left. I still wake up a lot to pee but easily fall back asleep this way! 
Best moment this week: Meeting my friend's baby, Parker. It got me so excited for our baby to get here :) 
Miss Anything? Sleeping on my stomach... and occasionally I miss eating hot dogs... just when people are BBQ'ing. 
Movement: Tons of flips & kicks! 
Food cravings: The combination of chocolate & peanut butter (Reese's), Watermelon (the seeded stuff from the Pumpkin Patch is amazing- I swear seedless just doesn't taste the same) & Ice cream (the ice cream place that is literally at the end of my driveway is open now......DOOMED). 
Anything making you queasy or sick: I only get nausea when I have an empty stomach and I even stopped taking diclectin!
Have you started to show yet: Yep!
Gender prediction: Boy 
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: Leg and back pain (sitting at work is not fun), heart burn, and nausea on an empty stomach... and my feet may also be swelling up a wee bit. 
Belly Button in or out? It's looking pretty flat. 
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy 
Looking forward to: Third trimester!!! 

26 weeks!

How far along? 26 weeks, 5 days
Total weight gain/loss: 11 lbs gained 
Maternity clothes? Wearing mostly maternity clothes now with some of my regular stuff.
Stretch marks? No 
Sleep: Getting up to pee lots so I've been sleeping HORRIBLY. 
Best moment this week: Feeling the baby move from the outside so much!! :)
Have you told family and friends: Yes
Miss Anything? Sleeping on my stomach... badly. It's going to be heavenly the first time I get to again.
Movement: So much! Little ninja in there!  
Food cravings: Ice cream and sweet stuff... like cookies and fruit. 
Anything making you queasy or sick: I only get nausea when I'm hungry.
Have you started to show yet: Yep!
Gender prediction: Boy 
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: Leg and back pain, heart burn, nausea with an empty stomach, up to pee all hours of the night! 
Belly Button in or out? Still hangin' in there. 
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy 
Looking forward to: THIRD TRIMESTER!!!