Adventures in La La Land

Baby is the size of a butternut squash this week.  How Far Along?  34  weeks - finally starting to feel like it's getting close! Only 3 weeks to full term! Total Weight Gain : +1 this week. +21 total. I think it might  be safe to say I'm going to gain less this time around than the 40+ I gained with each of the girls. I can't gain 19 pounds in 6 weeks, right? Right?! *knock on wood* Maternity Clothes?  You know it. And sweatpants. And very large t-shirts. My favorite is a lovely shade of orange that makes me look like an exceptionally large pumpkin.  Sleep : Decent. I'm getting sick of sleeping on my sides. And rolling over in the middle of the night is shockingly painful. Between round ligament pain and sciatic pain, it's a slow process, usually punctuated by a lot of moaning and groaning. Haha. Best Moment This Week : Getting stuff organized Movement : Still crazy turbo. I think he flips into a new position every day. I might start doi...

1. This week was a lot better than last. The pain is definitely still intense, but I'm either learning to handle it better or we were busy enough this week that I was distracted from it. I also had very little depression all week. That is a huge blessing. 2. Ready for the Binky update? It has gone astonishingly well. Sleep has never been an issue, since day one. I definitely didn't anticipate that. The first few days while she was awake were the worst. The first thing she said on Sunday morning was, "I just really miss my Binky." She asked for it constantly while she watched her morning cartoons. And she had a huge meltdown over not bringing it to church. Eventually, she started asking me to make  one for her. She majorly over-estimates my mom powers. I told her over and over for days this week that I don't know how to make a Binky, but that didn't stop her from asking repeatedly. The requests slowly started to taper off throughout the week, and by Thursday,...

That shirt is not doing me any favors . . . Baby is the size of a durian this week . . . whatever that is . . . How Far Along?  33  weeks Total Weight Gain : +1 this week. +20 total.  Maternity Clothes? Yep. Getting sick of seeing me in the blue striped shirt yet? Haha. Sleep : With enough pillows and enough tossing and turning to find just the right position, I'm usually pretty good. Night sweats are back again.  Best Moment This Week : My sister's mother-in-law being shocked that I have 2 months to go and asking if I was sure it's only 1. Haha. I think these comments are about to get a lot more frequent! Movement : Tons. He's been all over this week. I usually feel hiccups on my left side, but they switched to my right for a few days, then back to my left. I'm feeling punches or something down low, but still getting kicks in the sides as well. I can't figure the kid out.  Food Cravings : Still my regular fizzy drinks and cheese, but the sweets cravi...

1. Lena was miserably sick the first half of the week. She had a mild fever and a terrible cough. She ended up coughing so hard she puked at least 3 times over 3 days. Almost every time she coughed, she would cry, "Mommmmmyyyy, my cough is still here!" It kept her up at night, it kept her from napping. Mostly she just hung on me whining and begging to watch George. By Wednesday, though, her fever broke, she was much more chipper, and her cough began to disappear. Thank goodness! 2. Because she was still miserable/feverish on Tuesday night, though, I made the call not to go to Lucy's field trip with her as planned on Wednesday. Instead, my fabulous sister Niki got out of work early to meet Lucy and her class at the Children's Museum. Lucy was nervous about riding the bus without me, but ended up saying the bus was her favorite part of the whole trip. Lol. She had lots of fun with Aunt Niki and her friends, and didn't miss me at all. :-) 3. It was prob...

My Lena is 3 years old today. Does that make her a pre-schooler instead of a toddler? Either way, it seems old and kind of breaks my heart. Haha. She is wonderful and full of personality and this entry will never do her justice. The Stats At her 3 yr. well-child appointment, she weighed 28 lbs (22%) and was 3' tall (26%). Shrimpy, but growing at her own rate! She's wearing 2T shirts with a few 3T mixed in here and there. She pretty much only wears 2T jeans, and some of those are too big still. Basically, she's a shrimp. Haha. I still don't think she has all her 2 year molars, but that doesn't surprise me. We're late maturers with the teeth around here. She has a couple weird food sensitivities. Oranges and peas give her a blistery diaper rash. Pineapple makes her mouth itch. All very common, and she'll likely outgrow them. The Fun Stuff She can count to 20, although she consistently skips 13 and 15.  She knows all her shapes (thanks to Pa Grap...

My assistants have permanently deserted me. Baby is the size of a squash this week! How Far Along?  32  weeks Total Weight Gain : +2 this week. +19 total. (I was up 24 lbs by this point with Lena. Here's hoping for less overall this time!) Measured my belly again yesterday: 38". Up half an inch in two weeks. I would've guessed more . . . Maternity Clothes?  Obviously. Sleep : Pretty good for this stage in the game.  Best Moment This Week : Getting some baby clothes steals at Once Upon a Child! Movement : Lots. Especially at night. And he gets the hiccups like 5 times a day. Food Cravings : Fizzy drinks, cinnamon life cereal, cheese Food Aversions : Nothing.  Gender : It's a boy!!!!   Labor Signs : Bra xton Hicks every time I move.  What I Miss : Having a variety of clothing options. I'm getting a little sick of my 3 pairs of jeans and 3 shirts that cover my belly. Haha. What I'm Looking Forward To : The girls meeting the baby.   ...

1. I wasn't even going to write a post this week because I spent all week depressed and in pain and don't have anything too uplifting to say, but my brother specifically requested an update, so here you have it. 2. Since I've been sitting around so much, I've taken up playing Words with Friends again. I need more competition, though. I'm out of practice and not as good as I used to be, so now's your chance to beat me! ;-) 3. Lena's birthday is in 6 days and her binky is going in the trash. It is going to be incredibly traumatic and I'm very much dreading it. Pray for me. 4. We had some weird weather this week. On Monday night, we got a bunch of snow and most of the area schools were closed on Tuesday. Of course, Lucy only has school MWF, so she didn't get a snow day. Wednesday was frigidly cold and when my alarm went off at 6:45, I briefly considered letting Lucy have a snow day of my making just so I wouldn't have to get out of my warm bed...

I couldn't decide which picture to share this week, so here are all 3 that we took. I apparently used a different filter on the last one than the first two . . . And some growth photos: 29 weeks to 31 weeks. Getting pointy! Baby is the size of a pineapple this week! How Far Along?  31  weeks Total Weight Gain : Nothing this week! +17 total. Maternity Clothes?  Yep. I'm down to just a few shirts. Get used to seeing the same ones over and over. Sleep : It takes me forever to fall asleep. And if I get up in the middle of the night, it takes forever to fall back asleep. But once I'm out, I could sleep forever. Best Moment This Week : Getting some stuff done! Movement : All the time. Quite painful at times. Lots of movement on both of my sides (which makes me think he's transverse).  Food Cravings : Pop, ice cream, cookies, cheese, milk, cinnamon life cereal Food Aversions : Nothing.  Gender : It's a boy!!!!   Labor Signs : Bra xton Hicks e...