Adventures in La La Land

Baby is the size of a pumpkin!  How Far Along?  38  weeks Total Weight Gain : +1 this week. +28 total - whew, that's more like it! So excited I'm still under 30! Maternity Clothes?  Obv.  Sleep : I really do sleep amazingly well. I'm going to miss that when I have a newborn . . .  Best Moment This Week : Lucy is so lovey-dovey with my belly. One night this week, she insisted that the baby needed to listen to some music. She plugged headphones into her tablet then put the headphones over my belly and played "He's Got the Whole in His Hands" over and over. She also gave me a belly massage this week and stopped periodically to put her lips right against my stomach and say, "I love you so much! You're so cute!" It's adorable.  Movement : Yes. Please see the facebook video. Food Cravings : Pop, chips, chocolate, cereal Food Aversions : Nothing.  Gender :  It's a boy!!!!    Labor Signs : I actually had semi-painful time-able ...

1. Still pregnant. I've adopted a hashtag mantra: #toopregnanttocare. I feel like I need to wear a sign emblazoned with that phrase. I wear my hair in a messy bun every day. I eat whatever I want (which is usually donuts and Dr Pepper). I spend hours scrolling aimlessly through Pinterest. And I've given up trying to walk normally and embraced waddling like an obese penguin. My kids each need a sign that says, "My mom is too pregnant to care." They refuse to let me do their hair: Lena insists on dressing herself: They spend pretty much all day doing "screen time." I'm going to have a lot of bad habits to break once this baby is finally here, but right now, I'm just too tired to deal with it. 2. Our library has these things called "playaway" books that Lucy loves: It's like a little MP-3 player pre-loaded with one audio book. You put in your own battery and use your own headphones, and she adores carrying it...

Excuse the ragamuffins. They refuse to let me do their hair. :-( Baby is the size of a winter melon! (Again, with the random fruits.) How Far Along?  37  weeks Total Weight Gain : +3 this week. +27 total  Maternity Clothes? I 'm starting to grow out of my maternity coat. Who does that?! Sleep : So much sweat. We're going to have to buy a new mattress by the time this is over. Best Moment This Week : Lena has suddenly been much more interested in feeling the baby move. Every time she sits on my lap, he kicks at her and she says, "I feel him!" Movement : Oh yes. He's all over the place and I'm constantly worried that he's not head down anymore. Food Cravings : The sweets are hitting me hard this week. Cinnamon rolls, donuts, cookies. I want all the sugar. (Hence the 3 pound weight gain in one week! Haha.) Food Aversions : Nothing.  Gender : It's a boy!!!!   Labor Signs : Actually think I lost a little bit of my MP last Monday. Tons of ...

1. When I was pregnant with Lucy and we found out she was a girl, we went to Build a Bear and made a bear in a pink frilly outfit as our "gender reveal" (before people had parties for that kind of thing). When I was pregnant with Lena, we had Lucy build her a bear. It only seemed right to continue the tradition with this baby as well. I told Justin on the way there that I had visions of the girls sweetly choosing a bear for their baby brother, but knew they'd fight the whole time about which one to pick and how to dress it. I was pleasantly surprised to be wrong. They both immediately agreed on the same puppy (which happened to be the cheapest option! score!). Lena loved all the little things they have you do - pick a heart, give it a kiss, rub it on your head, etc. Lucy was playing the shy card and refusing to talk to the lady who helped us. But they both helped fill the puppy with fluff and give it a bath. I was disappointed by the options for boyish clothing...

See why I usually wear my glasses for these pics? They hide those bags under my eyes! At least I was having a good hair moment. Haha. And front view - just for fun. See my belly button? Haha. Baby is the size of a honeydew melon! How Far Along?  36  weeks Total Weight Gain : +2 this week. +24 total.  Maternity Clothes?  Getting very sick of them. And a lot of them are getting too small. I only have a few shirts that truly cover my belly and one pair of jeans that isn't uncomfortably tight. Sleep : Love it. Can't get enough. Still sweating and in pain, though.   Best Moment This Week : Having less pain! Getting my free breast pump (more on that below . . .) Movement : Yep. They say babies tend to slow down toward the end, but he's just as turbo as ever. There are always body parts sticking up out of my belly - elbows, knees, feet? Fascinating and disgusting. Food Cravings : Cinnamon Life cereal, Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch, cheese, pop, milk, ...

Hey, check it out! I got a new background! I finally got sick of the yellow . . . and I'm dreaming of spring . . . 1. I had another good week, pain-wise, until yesterday. The sciatic pain came back with a vengeance and I briefly considered just chopping off my left leg. It's bearable until I lift my foot, when it becomes excruciating. Not great for normal activities - you know, like walking or putting on pants. Fortunately by about 7:00 last night, it was feeling a lot better. It drives me crazy that there's no rhyme or reason to it. I don't know if it really depends that much on the baby's position or if it has something to do with how I'm sitting/moving/walking/relaxing. I just get to live in constant suspense of "Will my sciatic hurt today?" 2. We had a play date on Tuesday. Not only did my marvelous friend drink coffee and chat with me for hours while our kids entertained each other, she also brought over a huge casserole. We've been eating...

My helpers are back! But out of practice. Lol. Lena . . . Baby is the size of a coconut! How Far Along?  35  weeks Total Weight Gain : +1 this week. +22 total. Despite my lack of weight gain, I still feel like this: Maternity Clothes?  Still stuffing myself in them. I'm starting to look like Winnie the Pooh . . . except I wear pants Sleep : Having trouble with restless legs again. It takes me forever to fall asleep.   Best Moment This Week : Seeing the baby on the ultrasound, finding out my hematoma is gone! Movement : Like crazy. He was head down on the ultrasound on Monday, but the tech was just pushing on my lower stomach, so I know he wasn't engaged real low. Today, I'm feeling him on both of my sides at the same time again - and up in my ribs. So I'm not sure he's still head down. Time to start leaning off my couch . . . spinningbabies.com I posted a video of his crazy movement on facebook this week and had a lot of people remind me to cher...