These are two of the kids I babysit during the summer. They're helping me out with the board because let's face it, they're way more adorable than I am to put in pictures.
They're pretty excited too for little baby Koch to make an appearance. (Aidan is pointing to my belly while Ella is touching my belly) They've already started lists of possible names for the baby. They also have started making a present for Daniel about advice he needs to be a good dad. It's pretty adorable. More on that next week.
How far along? 19 Weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 5 pounds gained!! Still waiting on my actual baby belly to get here. I give it permission to come any day now.
Maternity clothes? Sorry but none. I did break down when I took my kids swimming this past week and realized that none of my swimsuits fit anymore...the top part that is. I try to dress conservatively around my kids and that includes swimsuits so needless to say, Momma is going to be looking for a new swimsuit this weekend because I can't have my ta-ta's out and about like that around kids. The only thing that stinks is that I assume my belly is going to be expanding sometime in the future and my knockers will also continue getting larger (thanks mom for those genes! I'm content with where they are now. They can stop growing anytime now) so what size of swimsuit should I get because I'll only be fitting into it for a few weeks? Ugh! And I've been scouring through pictures of maternity swimsuits online and most of them are just so ugly! So I need your help! I'm not the most fashionable person (mostly because I can never find clothes to fit my awkward body type [couple that with my body expanding at this moment in time], but that's a whole different issue) but I would like to attempt to wear a cute swimsuit for this year with the bump and all. Please send me links to any cute ones that you know of. I usually count on my sisters for all of my fashion advice but they live 3 1/2 hours away so I can't physically steal any of their clothes (not that they would fit my expanding body anymore) like I used to do (and still do when I'm home) in high school.
Stretch marks? No. Still lotioning up my body non-stop. Loving the coco butter smell of the creams I'm using!
Sleep: I slept fantastic this past week! (Maybe that was because Dan was gone for work for the week and I got to take over the entire bed or maybe it was because my body is finally getting a break. Who knows?) My back and neck still hurt when I wake up a bit but not too bad. Still taking 2+ bathroom breaks a night. Woof!
Best moment this week: Dan and I went on two hospital tours! Now we get to choose which one we like better. It made everything so real! Dan didn't really have an opinion on which one he liked better, "Ummm...they're both good. They were hospitals I guess." I'm only going to be giving birth there, No Big Deal. But overall both were pretty similar in amenities and safety so we just have to pick one now. All I really need is a nice room, place for Daniel to sleep, my mommy there with me (I might die if she's not there so this is a must), lots of security for my nugget, good doctors and nurses, and a place for my visitors to see us!
Miss Anything? I miss taking scalding baths (I have to take "warm" ones now. ugh!). Cookie dough, beer, wine (Gosh i would love a good Pinot Noir right about now), champagne, margaritas by the pool. I also miss fitting into my old swimsuit tops. I miss roller coasters, water slides, and skiing. (Wait Jackie...it's not winter! You can't ski right now anyways. Well so what? If it was, I couldn't ski. Doesn't stop me from wanting to go ski and build a snowman. I not-so-secretly love winter and the snow and wish it was Christmas all year round. We just celebrated Christmas's half birthday btw, in case you didn't know/celebrate.)
Movement: Nothing. Wah! I've been having crazy dreams about my baby moving though...like ones where you can see the baby's hands on your stomach. O and my baby talks in my dreams while it's in my belly. I have weird dreams. Dan probably thinks I'm the craziest person he knows (he's stuck with me though).
Food cravings: Ice Cream! Just hand it over and no one gets hurt. And the correct toppings for ice cream are as follows: Cookie Dough, caramel, pecans, and hot fudge. There are no other right answers. Coconut is NEVER a right answer for ice cream. That stuff is gross! I also love cheese quesadillas (fitting because my nugget is the size of a Chipotle burrito this week....mmm that sounds good. Maybe I'll have one today).
Anything making you queasy or sick: Hot dogs and boxed mac and cheese. Momma loves her homemade mac and cheese so the idea of making mac and cheese from a box (ONLY EXCEPTION....SHAPED MAC AND CHEESE...that stuff is delicious and got me through the morning sickness part of pregnancy) is gross but my kids insisted that I make them mac and cheese and hot dogs for lunch and it just about made me sick. The smell of it was just stomach churning. I'll stick with my Boost shakes instead...they don't taste amazing but they do the job. Still taking things slow when it comes to eating. I don't want to chance this half decent stomach feeling. Also, the smell of fish makes me gag so hard. Ugh! I'll pass on that. I've never been fond of cigarette smoke (I have a very sensitive nose...good for food but bad for the intensity of bad smells) but the smell of it on people is also super gaggy. I almost had to leave church this week to visit the facilities because the couple in front of us smelled like cigarette smoke. (Might have had to do that a few times during the morning sickness phase....not my favorite days in church)
Have you started to show yet: Maybe a little? I push out my tummy to make it seem like I really am showing for pictures. I feel like I still just look like I have a pooch and not a belly yet. It's coming though....that's what people say. I just want that cute belly, STAT! Hurry up kid and move up my abdomen!
Gender: Don't know yet. We might or might not be finding it out next week at our next appt....maybe!!!! My mom is going crazy right now because she doesn't know the gender but is dying to buy clothes and God knows what else for the little one. I think she calls me every time she goes into a store and sees anything remotely relating to babies. My mom is in official Grandma mode. My kid is going to be so spoiled with Grandma and Grandpa love...and my sisters are dying to be aunts. I'll probably never see my kid again because he/she will be making so many trips to visit the relatives within the first year+.
Labor Signs: Nope. Thank God!
Belly Button in or out? In...Belly button is still rather cavernous.
Wedding rings on or off? On. Actually kinda loose. I take it off, when I remember, when I put lotion all over me.
Happy or Moody most of the time: Pretty happy. Wishing my hubby was home from work so I could spend time with him. I feel like a puppy waiting for him to come home and take me for a walk....waiting with a leash in my mouth. (How's that for a visual?) More anxious that anything. Just wanting to see my fam, friends, and do a lot of fun things, especially prepare for the nugget! I only cried once this past week. The priest who married Dan and me is going to Peoria and leaving our parish. Our parish had a going away party for him and there was even a sing-along and open bar! (best party ever!) We went to his last mass and after his homily, everyone stood up and applauded him. It was enough to bring tears to anyone's eyes...not just a hormonal pregnant lady. We finally got to tell him the good news that Dan and I were expecting and he was pretty excited for us. He told us to raise our pagan baby right and get it baptized. He also mentioned that we need to raise it to be a Cardinals fan--yeah right! That's never gonna happen.
Looking forward to: Feeling the baby move. Packing up our stuff and moving to our new place. Visiting home next week. Our upcoming appt!!! And I'm also looking forward to the Blues, Brews, and BBQ festival this weekend! Bring on that BBQ! (sad I won't be able to partake in the brews part of it but Dan is pretty stoked to have a DD. ugh! boys!) (I'm excited about a lot!)
Anything Else: I started walking for a couple miles this past week. Trying to get my stamina up for our mountain hikes in Montana in less than a month! It's taken me this long to be able to feel well enough to start doing "exercise" again. Gosh I felt like such a lazy and worthless bum when it felt like all I could do is sit on my bum and lay down. I can definitely tell I've lost a lot of muscle tone in addition to weight and stamina just from the past 4 months of inactivity. Ugh! So depressing! Time to start walking! I did sign up for an pregnancy aqua aerobics class that I'll be starting in July...just gotta get the doc to sign off on it. Pretty excited for that! (yet another reason I need to get a new swimsuit)
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