Adventures in La La Land

Baby is the size of an eggplant! How far along?  28 weeks Total weight loss/gain : Didn't weigh myself this week. Maternity clothes?  Yep. The jeans Niki and my mom got me came in the mail. They're pretty tight on my belly, but fit everywhere else. Just gonna have to try to stretch them out! Sleep : I've noticed that if something wakes me up in the middle of the night, it takes me forever to fall back to sleep. Annoying. Best moment this week : Dressing up for our Halloween party. :-) Movement : All the time. I actually kind of think she flipped breech this week. I felt some major  contorting on Monday and have noticed her kicking way down low since then. 12 weeks to flip back around, baby! Food cravings : Still sweets, sweets, sweets. So excited to raid Lucy's Halloween stash! Food aversions : Vegetables. ;-)  Gender : GIRL!!! Labor Signs : Lots of Braxton Hicks. Belly Button in or out?  Out.  What I miss : Sleeping on my stomach. What I am looking...

1. One of my favorite Lucy words of late is "family!" She frequently makes us all stand in the kitchen and do "family dance time." And that day that it was 80* this week, we were all outside. Justin went inside to get something and she followed him in, shouting, "Daddy - come out! It family time!" Haha. We also do "family hugs" where the 3 of us hug each other. Apparently she thinks any hugging is called "family" though. Justin and I were hugging the other day and she said, "family!" 2. On Monday after my lovely glucose tolerance test, Lucy and I went thrift shopping with my brother, Luke. He moved back from Florida recently and it's so nice to have him home! I'm so happy that Lucy is getting to know him and has warmed up to him so quickly. It helps a lot that he always has some kind of gadget in his pocket that can play Dora clips or Angry Birds. :-) 3. I felt the baby get hiccups for the first time this week. I f...

Holy cow - I'm getting big! Baby is the size of a rutabaga! How far along?  27 weeks Total weight loss/gain : I weighed myself at Niki's on Monday and was up 19 lbs. Yikes! I looked back on where I was at this point with Lucy - I was only up 15 lbs. And I gained a total of 42 lbs. with her. Ugh. Maternity clothes?  Yep. My mom and Niki each bought me a pair of maternity jeans from Old Navy online. They were both too small. Apparently I underestimated my size. Waiting to get the next size up. Also reordered my maternity girdle. Hopefully it'll be here soon!  Sleep : Love it. I'm sleeping amazingly well. *knock on wood* Best moment this week : Getting my Oreo/peanut butter fix Movement : Pretty much non-stop. Lucy loves to feel her. :-) I told Justin I think the baby moves most when I'm eating or drinking . . . which is always.  Food cravings : Oreos dipped in peanut butter. Donuts. Cinnamon rolls. Do you see why I've gained so much weight? Food aversions :...

1. Lucy is learning about Noah's ark at church, so we did an ark craft this week. First we built the ark. I cut out the shapes and she assembled them (with my direction). The next day, we put the animals on the ark. (Although as you can see in the picture, a few missed the boat.) A few days later, I cut out a cloud shape and she glued cotton balls to it. Then I cut out rain drops and she taped them up. Then, finally after a few days we made a rainbow to replace the rain. I cut out lots of little squares of paper and showed her how to put them on the rainbow. She didn't want to do blue, but opted instead to add another row of red. That is hard for me to accept, but I let it slide. ;-) Grr, not sure what happened to the picture, but you get the idea. 2. Justin took Monday through Thursday off this week to use up some of his vacation days. It was so nice to have him home. And then it worked out that I had Tuesday and Wednesday off. I ordered a hotel and restaurant gift ca...

Baby is the size of a head of lettuce this week. (So why does it appear that I have a watermelon under my shirt??) How far along?  26 weeks Total weight loss/gain : Well at my appt. last Thursday I was up 16 lbs. Probably even more now thanks to the excessive amount of donuts and fast food I've been eating. :-/ Maternity clothes?  Yep.  Sleep : Pretty good. Except I've been having such crazy dreams lately.  Best moment this week : Feeling some insane movement. Movement : It's actually starting to get a little bit painful. And sometimes I get a little annoyed by the constancy of it. But then yesterday I read a story about this woman who had a perfectly healthy, normal pregnancy. One day she stopped feeling movement, so went to the doctor and found out the baby was wrapped in its cord and was dead. :-( It was a good reminder to be grateful for every jab, roll, and punch. Even if sometimes I swear there must be 2 in there for all the spastic movement that's going ...

1. Monday was my first day with the new baby. It went surprisingly well! Baby Violet is 5 months old. She started out the day super happy, played well, went down for her nap without a peep and slept for a solid hour and a half. But after she woke up, she wanted to be held all the time and slept in 30 minute increments for the rest of the day. :-/ We'll have to work on that. I was very glad with how well Lucy responded to her, though. She absolutely loved  her. She read books to her, gave her toys, put her binky in her mouth every time she cried, and ran to me saying, "Go check on baby! Make sure she ok!" Plus she can say "Violet" really clearly. It's adorable. 2. I made broccoli cheese soup in the crockpot one cold rainy day this week. I didn't have any garlic cloves, so I just added extra garlic powder. Oh boy. Haha. My whole house reeked like garlic for days. Here's the recipe if you want to try it for yourself. It was pretty good. (I know I g...

Baby is the size of a cauliflower this week. How far along?  25 weeks Total weight loss/gain : I haven't been keeping very good track from week to week, but I'm now up 16 lbs from my starting weight. Ugh.  Maternity clothes?  Yep. I need more.  Sleep : Good. I could sleep all day every day. Best moment this week : Re-arranging Lucy's room to make room for the toddler bed. It'll be a while before the girls are actually in there together, but it was fun to imagine. Movement : Lots. She's going turbo right now thanks to the cinnamon rolls and coffee I just had. :-) And she's up by my belly button now. Was it last week I was saying she's still so low? Food cravings : Donuts, donuts, donuts. I could eat them for every meal. Glazed, yeasty, sugary donuts. Mmmm.  Food aversions : Vegetables. ;-)  Gender : GIRL!!! Labor Signs : Nope. Belly Button in or out?  Out.  What I miss : Being comfortable. More on that below. What I am looking forward to : M...

1. Last weekend was Ladies' Retreat with church. It was a blast as usual. We stayed up way too late, did some shopping, ate lots of good food, went out to eat a couple times, oh and went to a couple sessions. :-) We also played some hilarious games. 4 on a Couch is always a favorite. We had some new people this year  who made it really fun. And we did a scavenger hunt in the dark. I was running all over the place like a crazy person and was sore for dayyyys afterward. We came in dead last, so it wasn't even worth it! Haha. 2. The thing about vacation is I always expect to come back feeling refreshed and renewed. But that rarely happens. After ladies' retreat, I was definitely very happy to see Lucy, but I feel like I was a worse mother than usual this week! I don't know if Lucy hit the terrible twos all of a sudden or if she was just testing the limits or what, but she was absolutely out of control. On Monday, Justin went to a soccer game, so Lucy had spaghettios for ...

I really feel the need to have all my craft ideas in one place. For some reason, Pinterest isn't cutting it for me. So I'm going to put them all here. 1.  Scrapbook Flowers, Straw Stems 2.  Froot Loop Rainbows  3.  Valentine's Day T-Shirts 4.  Glitter Ornaments 5.  Witch Hat Snack 6.  Ghost Feet 7.  Bead Butterflies 8.  Home-made Puffy Paint 1/2 c. salt 1/2 c. water 1/2 c. flour Food coloring Squeeze bottle 9.  Snowman Ornaments 10.  Popsicle Stick Snowflakes 11.  Bubble Painting Food coloring in bubbles. Blow on paper. 12.  Monkey Faces  (there's a lion template on the website, too) 13.  Water Bottle Snowman 14. Thanksgiving Cup Craft - this is from tatertotsandjello.com, but I can't find the direct link. :-/ 15.  Alphabet Art Books 16.  Initial Art Painter's tape + watercolor  17.  Peanut Butter Bird Feeders ...

Lucy was not feeling real cooperative today. Baby is the size of a cantaloupe this week. How far along?  24 weeks Total weight loss/gain : Idk. I'd guess I'm up 10 lbs by now. Maternity clothes? We went to Old Navy last week to get the aforementioned maternity skinny jeans. The Old Navy we went to didn't carry maternity! What the world? So disappointing.  Sleep : Pretty good. Still sweating like a hog. Best moment this week : Nothing too exciting. Movement : Oh yeah. I'm surprised by how low it still is. I guess I should be grateful she's not in my ribs yet! Food cravings : Donuts, raisin bran, and chocolate candy. Food aversions : Nothing. Gender : GIRL!!! Labor Signs : Nope. Belly Button in or out?  Out. No more weirdness this week. Crossing my fingers! What I miss : Being comfortable.  What I am looking forward to : My birthday a week from today. :-) Milestones : Today is viability day! If she were born now, she'd have a chance of survival. ...