29 Weeks

We celebrated our 2 year anniversary in NYC with tapas and a rooftop sunset and then spent part of Memorial Day Weekend in the Hudson Valley. Since I need to use the bathroom about every 30 minutes I can say that the town of Rhinebeck keeps them very clean. The highlight of the trip was all about the amazing meals. I had two mini meltdowns this week when I realized I was going to be extremely pregnant in extreme heat and humidity and when my back started to really hurt, like barely being able to walk hurt... sorbet sundaes, lavender baths, and massages helped lift my spirits a lot! My taste buds have taken a big turn towards sweet recently. Oh yea, and if one more person tells me it's going to be a hot summer I need to start thinking of a good response that will shut them up!

28 Weeks!

Why helllo third trimester, please don't be too hard on me! This second trimester felt really substantial and while I don't want the time to fly by, I hope it doesn't drag or get too uncomfortable in this home stretch. We got a to-do list but I would like to wrap it up this month:
*interview pediatricians
*take birth class/cpr
*order the essentials
*hope I pass the glucose test
*and while it felt a little early we picked up the babies "going home" outfit this weekend and it was a nice step to take

And happy two year wedding anniversary to my baby-daddy-to-be!!! You opened up my eyes to this amazing world and I didn't know how much I would want to start a family until we began our lives together. We're going to have so much fun on this next adventure, and I am so thrilled we ended up together... one lucky kid to have you as a dad!

...also, it was a little weird to see my pre-baby body in the wedding pictures, part of me wonders if I was so exhausted for so long because of all the stretching and widening my body had to do.

Wowza

Will it ever look like week 6 again :) It's okay baby, you're worth it, all I wanted at the beginning of the first trimester was a nice, fat bump

27 weeks, 3 months left, a 29th birthday, and an egg-shaped belly...

**feeling excited, nervous, peaceful, and major heartburn all at once**

Swelling going down (for now)

Happier mama

26 Weeks

And Happy Mothers Day! Wow I am swollen today and might have to have headless photos to document the rest of this pregnancy! I can't even tell you how many photos I made Mo take and the reason I am not smiling in the seated picture is to see if my face could look less puffy. In the last photo we now like to play a game called "guess the body part"

Funny comments

For the most part people are so supportive but today I heard the two opposite reactions:
"Your stomach is so small!"
...and just now on the elevator: "you're due in August, are you having twins?!"
Maybe it's just me but the stomach feels like it is growing right on point and whatever happened to "you look great!" Then there's comments on the shape of the stomach being pointy, being a basketball, etc. etc. leading to gender predictions which have been mainly boy. The whole point of the surprise is that it's supposed to feel like a surprise! I can't even imagine reactions to baby names or if I did know and share the gender. Although one comment that really made me laugh, in a good way, came this afternoon: "does anybody ever think you're a teen mom?"

On an unrelated note I went through two shirts today and stained them both :( The cost of dry cleaning them is starting to get more expensive then their value so I am now down two more maternity shirts. I need to start using a bib, just need to find one large enough...

Appetite at 25 weeks

Sunday Breakfast:
Oatmeal, hot chocolate, soy yogurt with watermelon, gluten free roll with two eggs

Monday Breakfast:
Oatmeal, apple, gluten free french roll with omega 3 butter, omelette on the way with homefries

This baby is hungrrrry and also gives Mama some crazy leg cramps by 4 pm...