36 weeks and ready to met this baby girl!!

The ticker at the top of my screen tells me we have about 26 days, WOAH! The anxiety has kicked in for sure.  I'm afraid she doesn't have enough diapers, enough blankets, burp cloths, clothes(YEAH RIGHT) haha, I think this is normal right?? Here are a few updates about the pregnancy:
Size: At our 35 week ultrasound Friday before last, they think she was weighing about 5 lbs 8 oz., according to babycenter this week she is the size of a crenshaw melon, whatever that is, and should be about 6 lbs.  I hope she doesn't gain more than another 2 pounds or so these next few weeks :). 
Weight Gain: I am working on about 30 pounds, I'm hoping I can keep this number over the next few weeks!
Sleep:  I have slept overall pretty great, up until now.  I wake up about 3 or 4 times in the night, mostly Tyson wakes me up but it's because every little noise wakes me up now, I guess it is the Lord preparing me.  Every time I wake up, I have to get up and go to the restroom of course :). 
Appointment: My next appointment is tomorrow morning, they will be testing me for Group B Strep and I will begin my weekly checkups with the midwives.  She is definitely not breech anymore and definitely feels like she could actually fall out at times, sorry TMI!
Symptoms:
Heartburn, this seems to have minimized some, but when I do get it it's pretty horrible. 
Nausea-this happens a lot, I guess she's taking up a lot of room in my belly which causes me to feel so sick at times.
Backaches- I have had an achy lower back this whole last trimester, but I just throw my leg over the body pillow and this seems to relieve it some.  Speaking of my body pillow, I have no idea how any pregnant girl could make it through their pregnancy without this, I call it my boyfriend because it takes up a space big enough for another person in our bed. 
Pelvic Pressure-This is pretty new but very uncomfortable, this just gives me one more excuse not to be able to walk sometimes at night, ugh. 
Swelling-I have been pretty lucky to not have any swelling so far!

I have overall loved being pregnant, but at this point I am over it and just ready for her to be here and know that she is healthy.  We had a wonderful shower at our Church this past weekend, we are so blessed to be surrounded by a wonderfuly church family.  Her nursery is pretty much ready with a few more finishing touches.  I have attached some pictures for you guys to finally see what we have been working on :).  I also attached a picture of me at 35 1/2 weeks! 

 

33 Weeks!

As I look up at the ticker at the top of my blog, I feel more anxious that the time to meet our little girl is so near.  The baby on the ticker is SO close to the 40 mark it's crazy!!! I can't wait until she is here and I get to see my husband hold her, and obviously I cannot WAIT to hold her and know she's healthy.  Here are a few updates on the pregnancy:
Size:  She is now the size of a pineapple and should weigh around 4 pounds and about 17 inches long.  I can definitely tell she is growing and running out of room in my belly, her kicks and punches are getting painful, but it lets me know she is still doing great :).
Weight Gain: I may stop revealing this if it keeps going up, but so far a whopping 23 pounds, woah, I am always hungry so I definitely know everytime I go back to the doctor it will be higher and higher haha.
Sleep:  Sleep has been on and off the last week or so, I have had some really bad spells of nausea and it's usually at night and keeps me awake.  I also think that her kicks are waking me up in the middle of the night.  The last 2 nights though have been great, I've actually made it until about 5:30 both nights until having to pee!!
Appointment: My next appointment is October 14th and they will do an ultrasound to see if she is still upside down, and of course have my regular checkup.  We also have our baby care and breastfeeding classes this Thursday night, yay! :)
Symptoms:
Heartburn, heartburn, heartburn....it's terrible
Nausea, I think this is worse now than my first trimester!!
Backaches-I'd love to know what kind of nerve she is laying on to cause my lower left back to hurt all the time!
No swelling yet, so still doing good here!

Overall, still love being pregnant, but I am ready for my body back!!
Showers: We had our first baby shower on the 17th and it was WONDERFUL, it was at Kim's house and Elizabeth, Tina, Kim P, and Lauren Bailey all pitched in and did a fabulous job with everything!! Emery got so many great things and we are so blessed to have such wonderful friends to shower our daughter with great gifts.  See below at all the goodies we got!!
We now have a lot of stuff in our nursery ready, pics to come soon!! You guys know me, I am OCD and want the nursery looking right before I post picutres, so here is a sneak peak below :).

30 Weeks!

Wow I cannot believe we are in the short rows now before getting to meet our little girl!  Here are a few updates on the pregnancy:
Size: Emery is now the size of a head of cabbage, weighs approximately 3 pounds, and is about 15.7 inches long! When we went to the doctor on the 1st for the 4D ultrasound they said she is measuring in the 53rd percentile which is great!
Weight Gain: So far I have gained 20 pounds which is more than I would like, but the midwives say it's perfectly normal and I should be happy about it, I think it's just hard to look at that number on the scales.  Oh well, as long as my baby girl is healthy I'll keep eating :).
Sleep: Sleep has been great up until the last few nights, I have been very nauseous for some reason and it's hard to sleep, then she moves a lot at night and that makes it hard to sleep also.  Guess I need to get used to no sleep before she's born haha.
Appointment: I am now going every 2 weeks until it's time to start going every week.  Our next appointment is Wednesday, hopefully I haven't gained many more pounds!!!
Symptoms:
-Still having back aches
-Constant bathroom trips now haha
-Nausea
-No swelling yet which I'm happy about

Otherwise, cannot complain, I really enjoy being pregnant overall.  It's a great feeling when she is kicking around in there and only I can feel her, well except for when Steven gets to feel it too :).  We went for our 4D ultrasound week before last and we think she has Steven's nose and lips and my eyes, we'll see if that ends up being the case!
We had our first ECU home football game and tailgating was a lot of fun, but I think because I had been nauseous all day and no sleep I didn't make it through but about 10 minutes of the 90degree football game :(.  That's ok though I got to go watch it with Saeger who I haven't seen in a while and we had fun, it's still not the same as being there.  Here are a few pictures from the game and Ultrasound.
Here I am at 30 weeks, Kristen 24 weeks, and Kim and Meredith!!

 This is basically what I did all day, sit haha

Kingston

I haven't blogged about Kingston in a while, but I must say I'm very much in love with this little boy. Also, he is a BIGGGGGG fan of Ste-Ste and Lala, I believe Ste-Ste may have a little something to do with his pirate obsession!!

Yes, it's 100 degrees outside, but he insisted on wearing his new pirate shirt ste-ste bought him to bed!!

I can't wait for him to meet his cousin Emery, he told his momma the other night before bed that he was going to dream about Granddad(of course), Lala and Emery :). I could just eat him with a spoon!

26 weeks!!

Wow, I cannot believe we only have 3 months left before we get to meet our baby girl! Here are a few updates:

Size: Emery is now the size of an English hothouse cucumber, weighs almost 1 2/3 pounds and around 14 inches long!

Weight Gain: Last appointment at 24 weeks I had gained a total of 13 pounds, not too bad but the worst trimester is nearing this week and I've heard that's the worst for weight!! YIKES! Appointment:Next appointment is the 31st and will be our glucose test, hope this goes ok and definitely not looking forward to drinking the dreaded orange drink. We will then have our 4d ultrasound on September 1st, I cannot wait to see her again, I feel like I need a second peek to make sure the first sonographer was correct that it is definitely a girl haha. My mom gets to go with us for this and she is super excited, I just hope Emery cooperates and gives us some good facial shots!

Sleep: I have actually been sleeping very good the last few nights with the exception of waking once now to use the restroom. Poor Steven has no room in the bed with me and my many pillows :).

Symptoms:
-Lower back aches

-Heartbearn, ugh

-Cramps at night sometimes in my right calf muscle

Other than these few symptoms, still feeling great!
Also....Saturday night Kendra and I threw a suprise joint 30th birthday party for Steven and Mark, and needless to say all the stressful planning paid off. The boys were so surprised and I want to thank everyone who came out to celebrate with Steven for his birthday, he was truely so excited and had a great time! :)

23 Weeks!

Sorry for the last post being my 20 week post, I had it typed and never posted it, Pregnancy brain is tough haha.

23 Weeks and still feeling good!

Size: A Mango, approximately 11 inches and 1 pound, yes we are in pounds now :).

Weight: Last appointment at 20 weeks I had gained 10 pounds, we'll see what's in store for my next one at 24 weeks.

Movement: Yes I feel her all the time, I have learned now what gets her going and what times of the day I can expect her to be awake. Steven felt her for the first time at 21 weeks while we were sitting on the couch together, he yanked his hand back like it was something crazy. Now he loves to put his hand on my belly and wait for her to kick him, it's just so great!!!

Appointment: Next appointment is 24 weeks on August 3rd, then the next appointment is the dreaded glucose testing, YUCK!

Sleep: I wake up now to every little noise, and I have to wake up to turn to my other side, seems a little early for this haha.

Symptoms:

-Lower abdominal achiness-CHECK

-Heartburn-CHECK

-Nasal Congestion-this has actually gotten a little better!

-Hearty Appetite-Oh yeah, and just can never figure out exactly what I want!!

-Sensitive skin-I never thought this would be a pregnancy symptom but with 2 of my worst sunburns ever I've decided I will stay pale for the remainder of this pregnancy

-Itchy Stomach haha

-Lower bach aches

Here are a few new shots at 23 weeks with my other 2 pregnant friends, Kristen is 17 weeks and Kim, well was due the day after these pictures were taken!

20 1/2 weeks

Yayyy Halfway there! 201/2 weeks and feeling great! Here are a few pregnancy updates:
Size: A banana, approximately 10 ounces and 10 1/2 inches

Weight: I am right on schedule with what Baby Center says is normal, 10 pounds! Now if I can only keep it 10 pounds for the second half, 20 for the whole pregnancy doesn't sound half bad :). (Wishful Thinking)

Movement: Yes! I can feel her kickin up a storm now and I feel like if Steven were patient he could probably feel her, I just have to learn her patterns. I definitely feel her when I am sitting still at work or laying in bed at night.

Appointment: Heartbeat was 150 at our 20 week appointment yesterday. I will have my glucose test not the 24 week, but 27 week appointment, not looking forward to that!!

Sleep: Starting to not sleep as well at night, seems like I can't get comfortable and with my stomach muscles sore, it's sensitive to flip from one side to another. Or I wake up afraid I'm sleeping on my back, oh well I can live with this!

Symptoms:

-Lower abdominal achiness-Definitely

-Heartburn-This has started to happen more

-Nasal congestion-Definitely can't breathe at night

-Hearty Appetite-Check!

-Nausea kicked in a little this past weekend

-Itchy Stomach

Here is my belly shot at 20.5 weeks!

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