Maternity Pictures!

Back on July 10th we had some maternity pictures taken.  I was between 28 and 29 weeks and it was HOT!  Jenna Carnahan Photography took them at Water Works Park in Des Moines.  It was well over 100 degrees with the heat index and the humidity was unreal!  She posted a preview picture today so I thought I should add it!

I had really wanted to get some since I don't have many pictures of Scott and I together that I really like.  I did 4 clothing changes.  We started off with just some normal (fully clothed) shots and then went on to get some belly shots!  I really like this picture because you can't see my belly button!  I can't wait to get the rest in the mail shortly!!!!

31 Weeks - Slacker, Again.

So I might be a slacker but Baby L is still the size of a squash!

•How far along?: 31 Weeks
•Current Weight: 186

•Total weight gain: 12 lbs

•How big is baby?: The size of a squash
•Maternity clothes?: Yes - can't really wear regular shirts anymore and maternity pants are starting not to fit as well in the belly.
•Movement: He is very active - Scott and I both felt him for a good 30 minutes today.
•Stretch marks?: I think 1 on my left side... :(
•Sleep?: Comes and goes on how much I get
•Symptoms?: heartburn, rib and back pain.
•Food aversions?: Nothing really at the moment.
•Food cravings?: Chocolate covered pretzels!  YUM
•Labor signs?: BH - but no real contractions. 
•Belly button in or out?: in still!
•What I miss: steak!  - only tonight as I watched Scott eat a really good medium rare steak!  I hate them done!
•What I'm looking forward to: Shower next weekend and getting our maternity pictures in the mail!
•Best Moment this week: Hanging out with Kendra P. who is 20 weeks pregnant now and showing for baby clothes all weekend!
•Milestone: Oliver was in his first movie! The Morning After - staring his father!  Can't wait to see it on Thursday!



30 Week Bump!

The last 2 are both pictures at 31 weeks.  I look like I smuggled a bowling ball in the bottom picture! :)

This heat stinks!

I'm stuck inside listening to Scott mow the yard.  We just got back from Colorado where it was gorgeous all week and now we are back in Iowa.  This is what we came home to...

We are in a heat advisory until 9 pm on Thursday but it looks like that may be extended.  Those temps look bad but with the heat index at 110+ and the humidity even worse I don't want to go outside unless is 100% necessary.  :(



29 Weeks!

•How far along?: 29 Weeks
•Current Weight: ???

•Total weight gain: Not sure I haven't been on a scale for the last week.

•How big is baby?: The size of a squash
•Maternity clothes?: Yep!
•Movement: He is very active.
•Stretch marks?: Not yet...
•Sleep?: painful
•Symptoms?: Growing belly and awful rib pain!
•Food aversions?: Nothing really at the moment.
•Food cravings?: Sweets
•Labor signs?: Nope.
•Belly button in or out?: It's getting so shallow! It was pretty deep to begin with so I don't know what is going to happen.
•What I miss: a good nights sleep! :)
•What I'm looking forward to: Shower in a couple weeks!
•Best Moment this week: Passing my 3 hr GTT!!!  No GD for this pregnant lady! 
•Milestone:  Oliver went on his first vacation to Colorado!!!

29 Week Bump picture on vacation!!

28 Weeks - Only 12 to go!

•How far along?: 28 Weeks
•Current Weight: 182

•Total weight gain: 8 lbs

•How big is baby?: The size of an eggplant
•Maternity clothes?: Yes. I still like wearing regular shirts since the make the belly pop a little more!
•Movement: He is very active, especially today! Sometimes it's kicks but a lot of times it just feels like him rolling around.
•Stretch marks?: Not yet...
•Sleep?: Getting more and more difficult
•Symptoms?: Growing belly and awful rib pain!
•Food aversions?: Nothing really at the moment.
•Food cravings?: Sweets
•Labor signs?: Nope.
•Belly button in or out?: It's getting so shallow! It was pretty deep to begin with so I don't know what is going to happen.
•What I miss: Not getting soooo hot at night and sleeping on my back and right side.
•What I'm looking forward to: Maternity pictures on Sunday!
•Best Moment this week: I am changing this to the worst moment... I failed my 1 hr GTT test and cried like a baby at the dr.'s office. 
•Milestone:  only 12 weeks to go!

28 Week Bump!!!

I think I am becoming a sewer!

This is going to be a quick post and I will post more on this later but I am soooo stinking proud of myself you have no idea! I think I can sew! Not well by any means and not elaborate things but actual things that I think will work!

First project was to sew some cloth wipes. I got different flannel and cut them out into 8" x 8" squares. I laid 2 pieces right side together and stitched. Once I was all the way around I turned them right side up and sewed the little hole up. I made 50 of them and here is an example!

 

I love my monkey wipes! :)

My next project was fleece soakers.  These will work great for covers with his prefolds and fitted cloth diapers!  The first one I made was a total flop because I wasn't paying attention to the pattern and the direction of the fabric.  I found a great free pattern online at http://katrinassqs.blogspot.com/2007/10/free-soaker-pattern.html  It was sooo super easy to follow and gives you all different sizes.  The 2nd one I made turned out a little better.  It is my newborn sized STL Cardinals Fleece soaker!



Next I thought I could tackle some fleece longies.  I used the free pattern from the same website as the soaker http://katrinassqs.blogspot.com/2008/09/longies-pattern.html.  Here is a picture of my size small robot fleece longies.



Last but not least I made a cocoon!  Oh I love the cocoon and think it turned out really well!  I found a post about it on www.diaperswappers.com in their craft forum.  The link is http://www.evolutiondiapers.com/#!free and was even easier then the soakers and longies.  Here is a picture of the cocoon in the middle, the newborn sized longies on the right, small soaker top left and newborn soaker bottom left!  I am so proud of myself!  haha



27 Weeks - Total Slacker!

•How far along?: 27 Weeks
•Current Weight: 180

•Total weight gain: 6 lbs

•How big is baby?: The size of an eggplant
•Maternity clothes?: Yes. I still like wearing regular shirts since the make the belly pop a little more!
•Movement: He is very active, especially today!  Sometimes it's kicks but a lot of times it just feels like him rolling around.
•Stretch marks?: Not yet...
•Sleep?: Stinks with the windows open but that's just because I can hear the darn train outside!  Otherwise I can sleep the whole night and maybe only get up once right now.
•Symptoms?: Growing belly and awful rib pain!
•Food aversions?: Nothing really at the moment.
•Food cravings?: I love ICE CREAM!
•Labor signs?: Nope.
•Belly button in or out?: It's getting so shallow!  It was pretty deep to begin with so I don't know what is going to happen.
•What I miss: Being able to walk without being out of breath and pants that button and don't have fabric up to your boobs! :)
•What I'm looking forward to: I know I am not looking forward to it feeling like 110-115 degrees tomorrow!  Oh our babymoon!  2 weeks left!
•Best Moment this week: Being able to actually feel where he was!  We pressed on the left side of my belly and it was squishy but when we pushed on the right it was hard as rock!
•Milestone: THIRD TRIMESTER!!!

24 Week Bump!

25 Week Bump!

26 Week Bump!

27 Week Bump!

I actually managed to do 4 weeks in a row without wearing the same shirt or color of shirt!  Thank you old navy t's!!!