Week 26

How far along? 26 weeks

Baby Hart is the size of: A head of lettuce.

Total weight gain/loss: No change this week, so still at 13 pounds gained.

Maternity clothes? Yes, and it's making me start to feel in quite the outfit rut;)

Stretch marks? Nope.

Sleep: Baby Hart is officially strong enough to wake me up with his kicks and wiggles;)

Best moment this week:   Hitting the 100-days-till-due-date mark!!!

Miss anything? Having a wardrobe with more variety and one that I'm more familiar with;)

Movement:  I forgot to put in last week's post that week 25 was the first week that Baby Hart's kicks officially hurt a bit;)  It also was the first week he really began exploring my ribs with his toes.  Oh, and the first week I found myself on all fours in the classroom at work trying to get him to scoot out of those ribs as well as my lungs;)  I know it is JUST the beginning lol!  But I'm still loving all the movement; it literally takes my breath away at times when I can feel and see such distinct slides, pokes, and what seems like full dance routines;):)  

Food cravings: Food in general makes me happy, though getting full is happening a lot more quickly than it used to!  Poor tummy is getting some of its space taken up;)

Symptoms:  Starting to get the loss of balance/randomly dizzy feelings.  

Showing? Yes, and it's hilarious to hear people's thoughts on this: One minute someone will be like "Wow, you're really popping out!!" And then someone else later will be like "Huh, you'd don't look as far along as you are..." ...I think the latter is wrong though;)

Gender:  Baby Hart is a boy:)

Belly button in or out? Both;)
Wedding rings on or off? On.

Adjustments?  Had a great chiropractor adjustment that did wonders:)

Emotions: Happy and a smidge less freaking-out than I felt last week:)  We got a couple things marked off our get-ready-for-baby to-do list so that helped;)

Learned this week:  That EVERYTHING drops, falls. and spills when you're pregnant!  Also, that the opening of the Summer Olympics is the same day as Baby Hart's due date;)

So thankful for:  The cooler temps- very nice since our AC is broken!

Looking forward to: Baby Hart's baby showers!!!   First one will be this Tuesday at work!:)

Other highlights:  So this week we just may have picked out Baby Hart's first name;)  Keeping it a secret though till his arrival:)  Also, on Wednesday we hit the 100 day mark- all day I was trying to find a way to do a countdown.  Unfortunately, every time I tried to Google ideas it kept bringing up countdowns for the Olympics.  I got home late that night after a looong day, and I had pretty much given up; then I got to see what the hubby surprised me with hanging on the nursery door!

Week 25

How far along? 25 weeks

Baby Hart is the size of: An eggplant... though I'm sure he's still ahead of schedule of growth!

Total weight gain/loss: Added another 2 pounds for 13 total gained.

Maternity clothes? You better believe it.

Stretch marks? Nope but been going through the cocoa butter like crazzzzy.

Sleep: Been getting a lil uncomfy with the belly!

Best moment this week: Easter, and the overwhelming thought that Christ died and rose again for my son!!!

Miss anything? Sleeping on my belly.... though I rarely did before, now that I can't have it, I want it!

Movement:  I'm pretty sure he's gone from kicks to full body slams!;)

Food cravings: Mashed potatoes. 

Symptoms:  Lower back/hip pain... shouldn't have missed that last chiropractor appt!

Showing? Yes indeedy.

Gender:  Baby Hart is a boy:)

Belly button in or out? Half and half;)
Wedding rings on or off? On.

Adjustments?  Adjusting to needing to go to the bathroom so often;) 

Emotions: Super excited and happy... and a lil bit freakin' out;)

Learned this week:  That Tums may just become my new best friend.

So thankful for: God sending His Son to die for mine.

Looking forward to:  Going to the chiropractor TOMORROW!:)  Also, Wednesday will start the 100 day countdown to the due date!!!!

Other highlights:  We got our first gift off our baby registry this week in the mail from a precious friend I used to work with at Starbucks!!!!   She got us the baby front/back carrier from Target, and I LOVE looking at it picturing Baby Hart in it!! Soooo sweet!!!!

Week 24

How far along? 24 weeks

Baby Hart is the size of: A grapefruit.... although he's really bigger than that... as you'll see later;)

Total weight gain/loss: Added another pound for 11 total gained.

Maternity clothes? Yes and loving it :)

Stretch marks? Nope but my belly feels like it's gonna pop...

Sleep: Golden. And it didn't hurt that I was on spring break this week;)

Best moment this week: Having my sis-in-law in from PA made the whole week super special! But the best moment was definitely our ultrasound and having her there to share it with us!

Miss anything? Being able to pump in the caffeine when feeling an energy crash!

Movement:  The ultrasound doctor described Baby Hart as "very wiggly", and I definitely feel that!  It was neat during the ultrasound I got to feel and watch him kick at the same time:) 

Food cravings: Food. Period;)

Symptoms:  A lil bit more rib pain but still feeling super well.

Showing? Yes and I think he popped out much more distinctly this week.

Gender:  Baby Hart is a boy:)

Belly button in or out? Neither lol!
Wedding rings on or off? On.

Adjustments? Been adjusting our baby registries with all the things we had forgotten;)

Emotions: Happy!

Learned this week:  That Baby Hart is LONG! He's measuring 7-9 days ahead of schedule- the doctor said if he was more than 9 days ahead they would up my due date- ahhh so close!  But as of now he's still within the "margin of error".  He has very long legs and feet.... definitely taking after daddy there;) 

So thankful for: A healthy, smooth pregnancy so far!

Looking forward to:  Deciding on Baby Hart's name... not sure when that will be though lol!  And it will remain a secret from the public until he arrives;):)

Other highlights:  Here are several pictures from our ultrasound!  Glad Baby Hart hid himself breech at the last one so we could see him again:)  The best part was seeing him suck his thumb!!

Week 23

How far along? 23 weeks

Baby Hart is the size of: A pomegranate.

Total weight gain/loss: Added almost another pound- 10 pounds total

Maternity clothes? Yes!! Yay:)

Stretch marks? Not yet.

Sleep: Boppy. Body. Pillow. A-mazing:)

Best moment this week: Registering!

Miss anything? Allergy medicine.  Holy pollen everywhere, Chattanooga!

Movement: Movement has really become even more amazing!  I can feel him slide and spin and do all kinds of acrobats: and wiggles:) 

Food cravings: Food. In general;) The appetite has definitely been increasing! Definitely a lil Hart guy influence;)

Symptoms:  Been a great week actually- not nearly as much sciatic nerve or rib pain.  Although I might have caught myself flopped in our arm chair whining to Jason about how "very, very pregnant" I felt;)

Showing? Oh yes.

Gender:  Baby Hart is a boy:)

Belly button in or out? Um.... neither??;)

Wedding rings on or off? On.

Adjustments? We adjusted our house for Baby Hart quite a bit this week!  Cleared out a bunch of stuff and rearranged some furniture to get the used-to-be-guest-room a lot more ready to be a nursery!

Emotions: Excited... anxious... :)

Learned this week: That registering is a blast but will result in brain crash;) Oh, and no matter how prepared you thought you were, you will still stand in the aisle feeling totally ill-equipped as to how many of such-and-such you need and which exactly of this you need.... and you will get home and realize the several things you forgot to register for;):)

So thankful for: My awesome husband and the several projects he got done this week around the house- I think he's nesting:):)

Looking forward to: My first baby shower, on April 24th at my work!

Other highlights:  I also really enjoyed seeing my amazing friend Rikki who came to visit Chatt, and going baby shopping with her!!!  We found this amazing monkey stuff from Babies-R-Us that is perfect for the monkey theme we're gonna do!

Our registries:

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