30 weeks...

Alex took this picture for me today...I know what you're thinking...WOW!! That's kind of what I'm thinking at this point and I'm definitely getting sick of the scale moving in the upward direction! Oh well, what can you do!   I haven't been over-indulging too much but I haven't really held myself back if I wanted some ice cream or some salt and vinegar chips :) 

I don't have too many new symptoms to report yet, I am starting to notice my feet swelling up ( I know they are already so attractive anyway) and my hands are swelling so I have officially retired my engagement ring for the remainder of the pregnancy, as only my band is comfortable since it's sized a little bigger.

Baby is moving like crazy, its really hard to describe but now instead of cute little kicks, I can feel twists/turns and what sometimes feels like somersaults in there...so bizarre!  She's also gotten the hiccups a few times and tends to move around the most in the morning and at night.  Speaking of, sleeping is getting more difficult too, last night I woke up like every hour tossing and turning, luckily Tuesday's and Thursday's are my work from home days so it's nice to sleep in a little.

Other than that, we're just busy getting things ready and trying to enjoy this crazy hot spring/summer before baby gets here...yay for all 100's in the 10 day forecast! 

Baby Shower!

As many of you know, some of my great friends and in-laws hosted a fabulous shower for me and baby this past weekend, they all thought it would be funny to take a picture touching my belly...yup all of their hands fit on there...with room to spare even!   The shower was great and friends/family were very generous, baby is already very spoiled!  We had some snacks and punch and played some games and opened gifts, games included measuring my belly, guess the flavor of baby food and another game that involved scooping cotton balls into a bowl blindfolded haha.  I have to say, Meredith apparently thinks I'm looking huge these days because her guess measurement for my belly was almost twice as big as my belly actually is ;).  It was so nice having Mere here for the weekend, and she wasn't our only out of town guest, Tori (Alex's sister) drove up from Oklahoma and....

Mom even flew in for the weekend to surprise me, Alex did such a good job keeping it secret from me, as that's not easy to do! 

27 weeks and growing...

Here I am!  Tomorrow I'll be 27 weeks, I can't believe how quickly this is all happening!  Today we had our hospital tour, which definitely made things seem more real and even scared me a little bit.  I've seen it all on TV but I've never been to a hospital for a birth of any family or friends, so this was all new to me.  Alex didn't seem to be freaked out and he's actually pretty excited and keeps telling me to hurry up and get baby out so he can play with her.

Now that I'm at the end of my 2nd trimester (week 28 starts the 3rd trimester), I am starting to get tired more easily, for instance last night I couldn't keep my eyes open after 8:30pm.  Baby is moving around a lot and the movements feel stronger everyday.  One night last week we balanced the remote on my belly and just watched it for about a half an hour as she moved around and it kept tipping back and forth....yes you'd be surprised the weird things you think of when you're preggo :)

Another pregnancy symptom/side effect I haven't told you guys about yet is my forgetfulness and absentmindedness.  I remember when I first read about this being a possible symptom and I thought to myself, yeah right!  However, if you asked Alex about it, I'm sure he'd go on and on about how I have hard time focusing and finishing my thoughts.  When I was in Tucson and one afternoon my sister and I were having lunch, there was actually a point in our conversation when we both had to stop and ask "wait, what were we talking about?" "I don't remember" "Me either".

Speaking of my sister, she is finally nearing her delivery date, so be thinking of her and praying for her on Friday as she will be going in to deliver baby boy von Scheliha :)

Sister Bumps!

I spent last weekend in Tucson with my Sister and her family and as always it was so great seeing them.  It was fun to get together before her little guy gets here, she is ready to go, healthy as can be and the little man is scheduled to be delivered on May 27th.  My Sis looks great, she is all belly and is obviously a beautiful preggo Mama-to-be!  It was fun to go maternity clothes shopping with her and we got pedicures and hung out a lot with the kiddos.  We had lunch one day and the cashier asked us "Are you guys sisters? And you're both pregnant? That's so cute!"  It was pretty funny. 


I forgot to mention what we did on Friday afternoon.  I'm sure a lot of you remember how much my sis loved Gymboree (especially when she had Emma) and fortunately, she saved all of it and kept it all really nice. Being the lucky sister having a girl, I got to go through the multiple tubs of clothes with her and pick out what I'd like!  That's right, I filled up a whole duffel bag :).  They are all very cute and I feel so fortunate that she's being so generous! 


It's really amazing how everyone wants to help with things when they find out you're pregnant.  My sister in law has also generously given me some cute stuff for baby and some maternity hand me downs too!  And not only have I received things but of course all the women that work with Alex love him and have given us things like a bumbo and baby bjorn!  Someday I'm hoping to return pay it forward!


Overall it was a great trip and I'll keep everyone posted on Lori's progress :)
Here's a picture of me and her cute kiddos:

Nursery beginnings...

Last weekend we finally started on the nursery.  Alex, Lanna (Alex's sister) and I spent about 6 or 7 hours painting, it was actually pretty fun and turned out pretty cute.  The tan line of paint in the middle will be covered with a white chair rail to match the existing woodwork in the room.  The picture you're seeing is just a corner of the room by the closet where you can really see the contrast between the two pinks.  We're glad that we had an extra hand to help out, especially with Momma and Baby needed to take a nap :). 

Something in the water....

Every Tuesday night Alex and I meet with a bunch of couples from our church for fellowship and bible study.  We joined this group right after we had found out we were pregnant and at that point, there were already  4 other women that were pregnant.  Since then, two babies have been born and 3 others have joined the pregnancy club.  We all joke that there must be something in the water since our group seems to be so reproductive. 

We're all spread out with due dates ranging from beginning of June to the end of September.  So there's a total of 6 of us that are pregnant right now and this picture was taken at a dinner/diaper shower this past week.  It's actually been really nice to have other girls to relate to and talk to about all of the fun experiences that come along with being pregnant.  Tuesday nights usually turn into hour long chats about Dr. appointments, food cravings and weight gain...it's fun though!

23 weeks and counting....



So tomorrow is actually the start of my 24th week, this picture was taken this past Thursday.  Definitely getting bigger! I don't mind the bump so much, it's nice now that I'm obviously pregnant, however, WOW some of my other areas are growing more than I'd prefer...I won't elaborate!  Seriously though, as if my rear-end really needed to grow.  Haha.  Anyway, I'm feeling great and everything seems to be going well according to my Dr.  Baby's heartbeat is about 148 (normal) and she seems to be growing right on track.  They measured my belly this time and told me that my uterus should measure the same number in centimeters as the number of weeks I am pregnant, so far, so good!

I can still fit into some of my longer shirts and stretchy pants (neither in this picture are maternity) but most of the stuff I've been wearing lately is maternity.  There are definitely a lot of options out there, however it definitely adds up so I've been trying to keep the purchases spread out and be strategic about it.