27 weeks! (a day late)

I missed an entire week and could have probably skipped this week as well. When I get home from work my brain shuts down. I am so exhausted by my new position. Just bad timing to be pregnant and have to learn so much. Plus, this week is vacation for the woman I work directly with so I have been doing both jobs and just trying to stay above water. Ugg!

No big changes except that we officially have the crib (thanks to my grandparents) and a few other things like a bouncer, car seat, stroller and portable crib... Also thanks to my grandparents that are ordered but will not be given to us until the baby shower. 

I am really stressing on this whole child care thing. Plus all of the other things that we still haven't done like breast feeding class, finding a pediatrician and so on... I'm just overwhelmed and there just isn't enough time in the day. How are we supposed to find a nanny? I thought it would be easy but it doesn't seem like there are many to choose from here. Plus, the services are like 18 an hour which we really cannot afford so we might resort to daycare which I hate to even bring up.

Also, I have my blood glucose test on Tuesday. Oh fun. I really am hoping for the best! We will see.

Anyway, I am tired and cranky and am going to bed.

Here is my big 'ol belly!

25 weeks!

Not much to update this week. I think I feel about the same. Having more frequent heartburn at night which require more tums but that seems to help get me to sleep. My hips get pretty sore if I lay in one place for too long but other than those items I would say all is well. 

I can feel the baby more each day. He loves to kick around my ribs while I am sitting a work which actually just makes me have better posture haha

Last week flew by. I know it is because I am so busy at work. I will miss frank this weekend because he will be on his annual backpacking trip but I should get over to the mall finally so I can get a few more things to wear to work. I totally understand the need for maternity clothes now verses just buying larger sizes.

Anyway, it is 11pm and I am in bed but I couldn't sleep because I remembered that I had not had a chance to post yet today. Here is another belly photo update!

24 weeks!

Happy to be on time with my post this week and also have a photo to share!

I had an OB appointment this morning and all went well. I did a follow up ultrasound because the baby was not in a good position last time to see the heart and legs. But this time he was head up and everything was visible. I also got a cool 3d ultrasound print out of his little face. At only a bit over one pound it is amazing that you can see such detail! This was the first appointment that Frank has to miss because he is on a photo shoot in California but I sent him a photo and he was happy.

We had a great time in Santa Cruz over the long weekend. It was relaxing to not really have an agenda and be comfortable in the town. We made it to the beach two days and had some great meals. The pregnancy really didn’t have an effect on the trip at all except for the one morning I woke up with the worst leg cramp I have ever had. It was crazy and the muscle pain lasted for about 3 days following. It made it hard to go up and down stairs and there are a lot of them where we stayed!

We have set a date for the baby shower. August 24! I will be 31 weeks which I think is good because that will give me time to get things situated and buy anything we don’t get with enough time before the baby comes. It is getting closer and we are getting more and more excited!

Here is the ever growing belly! My work shirts aren’t fitting anymore so I need to make a trip to the mall.

23 weeks! A day late

Totally forgot to do a blog post yesterday! I have been so busy it’s crazy! So real quick update before I forget again… This past week a lot has happened in my working world. First of all we found out suddenly that my boss was no longer with the company which is always sad to hear. Then, the next thing I found out was that I was getting a promotion! Yea! Couldn’t have come at a weirder time for me but don’t get me wrong, I sure am grateful. Now it is pretty much set that I have to come back to work after my maternity leave. We just can’t lose the salary that I bring in. 

Unfortunately that means that I will have to sacrifice some things and also need to start looking for someone that I can trust to watch our child. That is scary.

Anyway, we are on our way to Santa Cruz right after work today to start our baby moon! We get almost 4 full days of vacation and I am excited to get outta here. It has been really stressful lately and I feel like we deserve some time to ourselves. I want to be spoiled! Haha

Lots of work to get done before I leave and we forgot to take our photo again! Pregnancy brain is setting in. I guess I should mention that I feel great and am sleeping pretty good. Baby kicks quite a bit now which is such a cool feeling. 

Anyway, Happy 4th of July!