32 Weeks

October 11, 2012 - 32 Weeks

How far along?  32 weeks
Total weight gain/loss:  27 pounds
Maternity clothes?  All the time
Stretch marks?  Nope (hopefully it manages to stay that way)
Sleep:  Is no an acceptable answer? I have definitely hit that uncomfortable part of pregnancy where you wake up all the time
Best moment this month: Convincing Jed to paint my toes because it is just too hard to do it myself now

Movement: All the time
Food cravings: Just hungry hungry hungry

Gender: Boy
Labor Signs: Nope – still a couple months to go before those show up hopefully
Belly Button in or out? Flat

Wedding rings on or off? On
What I miss: Sleeping through the night and being able to take my shoes on and off without an epic struggle
What I am looking forward to: Still getting the nursery set up (yeah … that didn’t happen last month)

Milestones: We’re now into the single digits of weeks left before my due date – just 8 weeks to go!

Baby Crafts

People often ask what I do all day now that I'm graduated and done with the bar. And honestly the answer is not a whole lot right now, though I do seem to always fill up my day easily. I spend lots of time going on long walks and playing with Darwin, actually keeping the house clean and keeping up with the laundry (probably the first time this has happened since Jed and I have been married), and of course getting things ready and organized for the baby while also reading lots of baby and parenting books so I hopefully don't feel totally lost once the  baby gets here, and of course looking for part time work and applying for jobs. It's really a pretty good gig. Another thing I've been doing is working on some little baby projects. So far I have crocheted a blanket and made a bunch of cute little burp cloths. These weren't hard projects or anything but I'm not very practiced so they took me a long time and I'm quite proud that I actually finished them.

The blanket - the yellow seems a little girly but I started this before I knew what we were having (remember I'm slow) so I was going for something gender neutral.

The cute little birth cloths - I made two in each of these fabrics, supposedly you need a lot of these things :)

Fall Days

The weather here has been beautiful and we have been really enjoying the awesome temperatures - it's hard to beat 70s and sunny. Darwin and I have been enjoying sitting outside in the afternoons and going on nice long walks.

Jed and I have also been on some lovely walks and have found some new parks (well new to us) with walking trails that Darwin adores. Because some of the trails are so little used we can let Darwin off his leash to run back and forth along the trail (shh .. don't tell).  We have also had a ton of deer in our backyard recently, which has been fun. Hopefully the weather lasts though because as lovely as fall is I hate the weather that it precedes.

Ouch

A couple of night ago I dropped a plate while I was cooking dinner ... a big heavy glass plate. Luckily my toe cushioned the fall so my $1 plate from Ross was unharmed. Unfortunately my toe didn't far so well.

28 Weeks

September 13, 2012 - 28 Weeks

How far along?  28 weeks
Total weight gain/loss:  20 pounds – yep the weight gain definitely sped up this month, hopefully my crazy hunger abates soon so that I don’t end up gaining 50 pounds
Maternity clothes?  Most definitely yes
Stretch marks?  Nope (knock on wood)
Sleep:  Not too bad, the only problem is that my body has decided that I need to wake up every time I move or need to turn over; I’m not sure why, I’m pretty sure I used to be able to shift in bed without fully waking
Best moment this month: Feeling the baby flip all around and even seeing my stomach pop around when he kicks

Movement: Just about all the time
Food cravings: Nope, just hungry as can be

Gender: Boy
Labor Signs: Not for awhile hopefully
Belly Button in or out? Is there such a thing as a half outie? The top of my belly button sticks out a tiny bit and the rest is basically flat. It is very weird

Wedding rings on or off? On
What I miss: Being able to curl up with my legs on a chair – I know this seems silly but I often sit with my legs up on my chair and my big belly is just in the way now
What I am looking forward to: Finally getting the nursery set up
Milestones: Third trimester!

My Baby Turned 1!

It's true, Darwin our adorable little puppy turned 1! Even though Darwin obviously had no idea it was his birthday Jed and I tried to make sure he had a special day. For dinner I boiled him a chicken breast (which was probably his favorite part of the day) and as a special treat he got half a cookie. After a trip to the dog park (Darwin's favorite activity) he got to open his presents 

 which included a new toy,

a raincoat (no we don't usually dress our dog but he loves going on walks but hates getting wet so we're hoping this helps when it rains), some treats, and some bones.

Seriously though - can you believe that this fuzzy little puppy is now this big grown up dog?

Life Lately

Jed and I have been enjoying the beautiful end of summer weather the last couple of weeks - and Darwin has been a big fan too.

Labor day weekend we got to do something kind of cool we went to a Romney campaign event. Jed and I have been talking about how we should get out to some of the campaign stuff around Cincinnati becuase honestly there aren't a lot of opportunities to meet presidential candidates and presidents unless you live in Ohio so the Saturday before Labor Day we finally got out to an event. It was super crowded (look at that line to get in), but it was actually pretty neat to see someone you've only seen on tv as a real person in real life.

Lots of people taking pictures with their cell phone.

 

Then the day after labor day we went to a Red's game with some friends and had a wonderful time - and to complete the evening the Red's even won ... and I got to have one of my beloved lemon freeze things, I don't know why but those thins are delicious.

Rather lamely Jed and to spend all day last Saturday at a regional MDPhD conference in Louisville so Darwin and I had a relaxing lazy Saturday, but hopefully we'll still get to do some fun stuff while the weather is gorgeous.