Week 22

How far along? 22 weeks

Baby Hart is the size of: A papaya- and that is pretty fun to say! :)

Total weight gain/loss: Added 2 pounds this week for 9 pounds total.

Maternity clothes? Very excited that Baby Hart's growth spurt this week finally has me fitting into much more of my maternity clothes! Also, glad for the warmer weather so I can wear my stretchy leggings!:)

Stretch marks? Not yet; but with an increasingly itchy tummy, I made the worst decision so far in this pregnancy and decided to Google "what do stretch marks look like".  Brought up some intense images of what are probably the worst cases ever...*shudder*.

Sleep: Been pretty good, though I'm starting to wake up more for the potty;)

Best moment this week: Our super great friends had their baby boy last weekend, and visiting them at the hospital was SO fantastic and fun!!  It made me soooo much more anxious and excited for next July:)

Miss anything? Eating raw cookie dough and licking the spoon after making cake/brownie batter;)

Movement: This week started by me and Jason being able to SEE the baby move!  He was reading him the Dr. Suess "Oh, Baby, the Places You'll Go" book and Lil' Hart started bouncing around a lot.  I was watching my belly anyways and was thrilled to then see the lil kicks from the outside!!! I nudged Jason to look; and his face when he first saw the lil part of my belly bounce up and down was SO sweet and priceless!  Very happy moment indeed:)  Since then, I've been torn between wanting to put my hand on my belly so I can feel the baby move on the outside, or wanting to stare at it instead!

Food cravings: Been really wanting some homemade mashed potatoes this week!

Symptoms: My bladder definitely says "yes" to there being symptoms;) Or should I say, what's left of my bladder...;)

Showing? Yes, and the belly definitely grew this week!

Gender:  Baby Hart is a BOY:)

Belly button in or out? In-ish.

Wedding rings on or off? On.

Adjustments? Adjusting my running plan is definitely a must now.  Still hoping to keep up the running... but definitely not going to be able to keep the pace and distance I've kept up till now. Wayyyy too painful.  So shortening the distance/slowing it down is gonna have to happen.

Emotions: Starting to experience waves of nervousness and panic... so much to do and learn in the next 18ish weeks!

Learned this week: That I have so much to learn;)

So thankful for: My fantastic friend Alyson, who is hemming my maternity pants, and is even going to make some into shorts and capris since it's getting to be the season of heat here:)

Looking forward to: Registering this Thursday!!:)

Other highlights:  I forgot to post this a couple weeks ago.  But in honor of the warm weather, here was the last time I had to wear my winter coat.  Good thing it got warm;)

Week 21

How far along? 21 weeks

Baby Hart is the size of: A banana- My lil' banan-er!!:)

Total weight gain/loss: No change this week, so still at 7 pounds gained.

Maternity clothes? Still regular clothes with the aid of the Target Be-band.

Stretch marks? None yet.

Sleep: Much better, thanks to the AMAZING Boppy body pillow my awesome friend Brittany brought me to use!!! 

Best moment this week: Looking at the Target baby section with Brittany and getting to ask her 8 zillion questions!:)

Miss anything? Enjoying running and having higher endurance through it:/

Movement: Enjoying figuring out what will help make him bounce (a great excuse to eat ice cream;) ).

Food cravings: Finally satisfied my cupcake craving! Jason brought me home cake mix and a tub of icing.  I baked me some cupcakes and sat with them, the tub of icing, and a spoon.  I'll let you figure out the rest;)  It was pretty glorious!:)

Symptoms: The rib pain has gotten much better!  I had prayed about it and the next day it was nearly all better!  Thank You, God!!

Showing? Yes, but not much change this week.

Gender:  Baby Hart is a BOY:)

Belly button in or out? In... technically;)

Wedding rings on or off? On.

Adjustments? Still not quite used to saying "he" :)

Emotions: Pretty happy and energetic.

Learned this week: Got a lot of great advice from Brittany, and especially learned a lot about what to register for!

So thankful for: My fantabulous friend Kelly gave us one of those prenatal heart listeners!  It's too soon to hear with it yet, but hopefully in a few weeks we will be able to hear Baby Hart's heart beat on it:)

Looking forward to: Registering:)

Other highlights:  It was so neat to have Brittany, her hubby, and lil' boy in from out-of-town!  It made me even more excited about having our own baby boy!

Week 20

How far along?  20 weeks

Baby Hart is the size of: A cantaloupe

Total weight gain/loss:  2 pounds this week- for 7 pounds total.  I found out at my doc appt. that the three pounds I lost and regained in my first trimester don't count towards my total weight gain; they still factor from my very beginning weight.  So my last blog answers are really 3 pounds too much;)

Maternity clothes?  I hope soon!

Stretch marks?  I hope never! ;)

Sleep:  Very uncomfy- excited for my friend Brittany visiting and bringing me her Boppy body pillow to try!

Best moment this week:  Finding out that Baby Hart is a BOY!!!

Miss anything?  Having pants that fit easier;)

Movement:  Yes yes.... loooove it!

Food cravings: CUPCAKES.  And my sweet hubby brought me one home on Wednesday and then his crazy dog stole it!  Sad:(

Symptoms:  The rib pain is getting pretty ridiculous:P

Showing?  Yes with 2 more pounds to show this week lol!

Gender prediction: I as well as most of us were WRONG- Baby Hart IS a BOY!!!

Belly button in or out?  In-ish

Wedding rings on or off?  On.

Adjustments?  Getting used to saying HE instead of "the baby":):):)

Emotions: Happy and hyper

Learned this week:  That changing this blog template was a lot harder than it prolly shoulda been;)

So thankful for: Knowing the gender:)

Looking forward to:  Planning so much more now that we know our baby is a boy- let the name picking and nursery decorating take full force!!!

Other highlights:  This week we really enjoyed having Jason read his first book to our baby.  He read "Oh, Baby, the Places You'll Go! A book to be read in Utero" on Dr. Seuss's birthday last Friday; and we plan to have him keep reading it to him throughout gestation :)  My sister-in-law and older brother did that with their son so that he would learn his daddy's voice too:)  They said after the baby was born, he would really calm down when my brother would read it to him! 

Week 19

How far along? 19 Weeks

Baby Hart is the size of:  An avocado

Total weight gain/loss: Gained 1 1/2 lb for 8 pounds total.
Maternity clothes?  I wish.

Stretch marks? Not yet.

Sleep:  I'm missing it already...

Best moment this week:  Counting down to our next doc appt. and ultrasound TOMORROW!

Miss Anything?  Enjoying running:/

Movement:  Yes- LOVE it!  

Food cravings:  Really obsessing over cupcakes tonight!!!! Gonna make a big ol' batch tomorrow!!!:):)

Symptoms?  Hip and right rib pain still.

Showing?  Oh yes:)

Gender prediction: Girl.... I think...but then that makes me think boy.... hmmmm;)

Belly Button in or out?  In, but shallow;)

Wedding rings on or off?  On.

Adjustments:  Feeling the baby move when I should be sleeping... I try to keep myself awake so that I can keep feeling it lol!

Emotions: Hyper.

Learned this week:  That running through pregnancy may kill me.

  So thankful for:  My super sweet, awesome hubby:)

                                                          Looking forward to:  Finding out the gender- TOMORROW!!!!!:):)