17 Weeks

 Please excuse the hotel bathroom in the background :)

Size of Baby....an onion!

 

Total Weight Gain: 4-5 pounds

Maternity Clothes: I got a few shirts, sweaters, and a pair of jeans last weekend.  I wore the jeans today....that belly panel is weird! And still a little big,  but its a tradeoff as to which feels more funny...that or having to tie my regular jeans closed!

Gender:  2 more weeks!

Movement:  YES!  I felt it today for sure, and it was crazy!  So hard to describe how it feels, but sooo exciting!

Sleep:  Okay

What I miss:  Not worrying so much about what I eat....I was scared to eat lunch meat on my sandwich today, after we had talked about listeria and other foodborne diseases all morning at my training.  Lol.

Cravings: I ate a baked potato with chili from Mc Alister's tonight with a big glass of sweet tea.  It was soooo good!

Symptoms:  Back aches and sciatic nerve pain. 

Best Moment this Week: Had such a good weekend with my mom and sisters!  And Sunday was wonderful relaxing with Zach at home.

What I'm Looking Forward To:  I am in Topeka/Lawrence for training this week, so I will be glad to get back home!  Then another short week and it's Thanksgiving! :)

Girl's Weekend

This weekend the girls in our family got together for some shopping, crafting, baking, and catching up. 

We went out for Lunch on Friday to this French restaurant, where we had the most amazing desserts ever.  Afterwards we went shopping, where I was able to find some maternity clothes for the next several months.  It is so nice to have moms and sisters along when shopping!  We headed back home to rest and so Zoe could take her nap.  We made supper that night, and were pitifully tired by about 8 pm!  It is so dark by then it felt like time for bed, haha. 

Saturday we made french toast for breakfast, and skyped with our brother Mike in South Carolina.  (Mike and I always remember trying to make french toast by ourselves one Saturday morning.  Mom had told us how to make it, but we couldn't quite remember the recipe.  So we added a little milk, eggs, flour.... didn't turn out very good!  lol. Also, ginger does not work well as a substitute for cinnamon while making cinnamon toast. :)  We made shortbread cookies, then headed out for lunch at Cafe Modern.  Yummy food and gelato!  We worked on a craft in the afternoon while discussing other Pinterest crafts.

And of course we held, loved, and laughed with Zoe as much as possible!  What a wonderful time to catch up with the girls...I love my family! :) 

16 Weeks

Size of Baby....an avocado! lol

 

Total Weight Gain:  I was up 3 pounds at my last appointment, so that puts me about even.  Going the right direction!

Maternity Clothes:  Well I am using a hair tie to keep my pants buttoned, which is working fine for now, but I am going to look for some new pants this weekend!  I will say that I am glad I get to wear comfortable scrubs at work!

Gender:  2 1/2 weeks until our ultrasound!  We can't wait!!! :)

Movement:  Not yet, but it should be soon!

Sleep:  Is getting much better!  I bought a maternity pillow called a "Snoogle."  Hahah...funny name, but once I got used to it, it has helped!  Although it is a little big, I have to sleep with it one way, so Zach still has room!  

What I miss:  Vanilla Iced Coffee from McDonald's. 

Cravings: I have discovered that instead of iced coffee, peppermint hot chocolate will work pretty darn well.  :)

Symptoms:  Back aches and sciatic nerve pain.  Some days are worse, but nothing too bad.

Best Moment this Week:  People can tell that I am pregnant!  Sorry there is no picture yet this week...it will be coming!  Its a still a little bump, but it's there!!!

What I'm Looking Forward To:  Girl's weekend with my family! 

 

 

An update on life...

We have been so busy....with so many things I should have been blogging about!!!

A quick catch-up....
We had a great weekend in Kansas City.  Saturday I went with Kodi's other bridesmaids to look for new dresses for the wedding.  They had picked out super cute dresses before, but now that I will be about 8 months pregnant at her wedding, said dress was definitely not going to fit me anymore.  So we found another dress (that also comes in maternity) and I think they will be beautiful.  Although Kodi looking beautiful will be the main event! :)  Saturday night we went out to eat and to a comedy show with John Reep.  He was the guy in the Ford commercials, who said, "That thing got a Hemi in it?"  I really didn't remember those commercials...but his show was soooo funny.  We laughed the entire time! 

The next weekend the Outreach ministry that we serve on at church, hosted a "Trunk-or-Treat"/Fall Festival at church.  If you've never heard of trunk-or-treat ( I hadn't), people come and park at the church, and decorate their car trunks with a theme (i.e. favorite sports team, fishing, 70's, etc.).  Then the kids go trick or treating at each car.  We had other games, decorating cookies, a cake walk, decorating pumpkins, and a hay maze. We had a great turn out with lots of people from the community.  We were really happy with how everything turned out (even though it was a lot of work) and are excited about expanding it for next year! 

It seems like the rest of life has been filled with other church events, youth group planning, and work.  I have work off tomorrow for Veteran's Day and we are having a "girls weekend".  My sister Kristen is coming up from Arkansas, and we are meeting up with my mom and sister Carrie in Wichita for some shopping, time together, and of course some time to spoil Zoe!  We've been looking forward to this...we don't get a lot of time to hang out...should be so fun! I will have to make sure to take lots of pictures!