Week 24 - Merry Christmas!

Have you started to show yet? Ohhh yes. Bigger every day :)

Total weight gain/loss: I'm officially taking this off...I stopped tracking honestly.

Food cravings: Strawberries/raspberries.

Anything making you queasy or sick: No, but everything gives me heartburn.

Miss Anything? Homemade egg nog :(

Mood: Great! Feeling sleepy so that leads to crabbiness...so there's that. 

Sleep: It's random. I wake up about 4 times a night, twice of those times to pee. It's not super deep sleep.

Best moment this week: Samson was laying on my belly and the baby kicked him...needless to say, Sam is totally freaked out.

Annoyances: Nothing that I can think of :)

Maternity clothes? I think I wear more maternity than non-maternity stuff these days.

Stretchmarks? Same ones as last time.

Symptoms: Tired, heartburn, sore hips/the front of my uterus is sore, hungry at all hours of the day/night.

Movement: Lots! Erin still has yet to be able to feel him. It seems like Sean stops kicking the second Erin puts his hand on my belly. Little stinker :)

Belly button in or out? In, but it's getting shallower!

Wedding rings on or off? On.

Gender Predictions:  IT'S A BOY!!!!

Looking forward to:  Christmas on Wednesday! My favorite day of the year :)

22 weeks

Have you started to show yet? Yes sir! Although I haven't grown too much this week. 

Total weight gain/loss: 11lbs. So weird to be excited about weight gain haha.

Food cravings: Banana cookies with coconut :)

Anything making you queasy or sick: No thank goodness!

Miss Anything? My pre-pregnancy jeans.

Mood: Good this week. Sometimes outbursts of general pissiness, but nothing too bad.

Sleep: This week has been strange. Waking up one or two times a night just STARVING. Getting up to use the restroom and have a granola bar.

Best moment this week: Snow on Friday :) 

Annoyances: The snow! Normally it goes away the day it comes, but it's been SO cold that it hasn't melted yet. I think it will melt tomorrow or Wednesday. The roads are just horrible and there's no where to go!

Maternity clothes? Yep! Starting to embrace the fact that they actually flatter me more than trying to wear my pre-pregnancy clothes.

Stretchmarks? Yep. No new ones since last week, so that's a win!

Symptoms: Slight insomnia, hungry ALL THE TIME, heartburn and restless legs. I think the restless legs is partly from the fact that I can't go anywhere, so if I do some squats it helps.

Movement: He is getting stronger by the day. It still catches me off guard when he starts up, but he is getting a routine so I can somewhat expect when it's going to come.

Belly button in or out? In, but it's getting shallower!

Wedding rings on or off? On.

Gender Predictions:  IT'S A BOY!!!!

Looking forward to:  My doctor's appointment tomorrow. After that, Christmas! I just love it so much :)

And, to finish, a silly picture!

xoxo, Kelsey

21 weeks!

Since I've been taking photos every other week, I thought I would still do the questions part on the off week. Just so I can keep track of my changes as well! 

Have you started to show yet? Yes! I get bigger by the day.

Total weight gain/loss: 10lbs! And I definitely feel it...I feel so much heavier in general.

Food cravings: Chocolate covered raisins and cantelope :)

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope! 

Miss Anything? Not this week - really enjoying the pregnancy so not missing much.

Mood: Great, but sometimes I get a little weepy. Yesterday we saw Hunger Games and the preview of Noah (like Noah's Ark) made me cry. Hormones :)

Sleep: Great! It's been so cold the last few weeks, so I've been snuggling up and sleeping really soundly.

Best moment this week: Having my family come to visit! They left on Sunday, but I'm happy I get to see them in a few weeks for Christmas.

Annoyances: Nothing really!  I pretend to hate that it's so cold out, but I really love it. It means getting in warm clothes and snuggling next to the fire. 

Maternity clothes? Yes! I had to go buy some new stuff today because almost none of my pre-pregnancy shirts aren't fitting over my belly. I am still able to make longer sweaters work in the meantime.

Stretchmarks? Yes..my boobies are growing at an alarming rate. 

Symptoms: Not really anything out of the ordinary this week. I have been growing a lot more and little man's kicks are stronger, but sometimes I even forget that I'm pregnant!

Movement: Very active little guy! I can tell he's been moving around a lot more because sometimes he kicks my right side, and an hour later he's kicking my bladder. Once in awhile I get a good kidney kick, and that's pretty surprising!

Belly button in or out? In, but it's getting shallower!

Wedding rings on or off? On.

Gender Predictions:  IT'S A BOY!!!!

Looking forward to:  My next doctor's appointment on the 10th. I don't think it'll be anything exciting, but it's so nice to go visit the doc and hear that everything is going well. 

So this week we decorated the house for Christmas, mostly on Friday while my family was still here. Here's a shot of our mantle, which I have since added some lights along the bottom to add more Christmas spirit :). Note that I made that wreath in the middle of the mirror. My mom taught me how to forage the greens and put it together. Pretty proud of myself!

I'll add photos of our house from the outside in another post tomorrow :)

XO,

Kelsey