21 Weeks

How Far Along: 21 Weeks, 1 day

Total Weight Gain:  9 lbs overall

Symptoms:  Lots of kicks!  Brian felt one on the outside last week and that was awesome! My hunger level has gone down surprisingly.  I feel like this happened to me last pregnancy, I start to get un-hungry, like full really easily.  Most nights I don't want to eat more than a salad or some peanut butter toast for dinner, but maybe this is because I snack throughout the day.  

Also I find that if i get up from sitting or laying down to fast that I get some cramps - I am wondering if this is because the baby is dropping/moving quickly. 

Maternity Clothes? You bet.  I bought a new top yesterday too. 

Cravings: Lemonade!

I am starting to really wonder how things will go once the baby is here...Ellie is in a very strong "mommy" phase at the moment and wants to be held A LOT of the time. I am having visions of her being upset that I can't hold her all the time once the baby is here.  

Also I think I have figured out what the theme of the nursery will be!  I think it will be nautical with fuchsia and navy.  I imagine light pink walls with navy and fuchsia accents and pictures.  Here are a few of my favorite pictures that I have seen:

Next Appointment: Normal OB appointment June 4th.  

19/20 Weeks (because I am a slacker)

So since I have delayed my 19 week post for so long I am just going to combine weeks 19 & 20 since I will be 20 weeks tomorrow.

How Far Along: 19 Weeks, 6 Days 

Total Weight Gain:  Haven't weighed myself lately, but judging by my weight at the OB last week I would say I am up 9-10 lbs overall. 

Sleep: I wake up a lot and usually get up once to pee, but I haven't had the insomnia stretches that I was having earlier in the pregnancy.  I do have allergies/a cold now that are messing with my sleep currently. 

Symptoms:  I get winded pretty easily.  I have been feeling some pretty decent kids from the little lady which is nice, but they are not quite at the point that I know I can feel them if I do something a certain way.  With Ellie I knew that if I laid on my back at the end of the day I would get some kicks, but I don't know how far along I was when this would happen. 

At the MFM anatomy scan last week we not only learned that baby #2 is a girl, but we also learned that she is growing well.  Several of the measurements show her Gestational Age just slightly over what my due date would say so that is awesome.  I just hope the growth continues well.  I was comparing my current 19/20 week picture to some of my pictures with Ellie and I look about the same this week as I did at about 24/25 weeks last time around: 

Maternity Clothes? Yup!  I may need to go and get some more...I tried on a few non maternity dresses and things that I figured I could use this summer and they do not look very flattering!  

Cravings: Lemonade.  I could drink lemonade non stop by I try to do only 1 non water/milk beverage a day to keep calories under control. 

Next Appointment: Normal OB appointment June 4th.  

This pregnancy seems to by flying by, way different than my first one.  I am grateful that I won't need to go out and buy many things but I am also starting to get a bit nervous that we will have the baby far before our house renovation is done and then it will just be insanity!

It's a.......

18 Weeks/Ellie 17 Months

I am pretty behind on my posts already so I am combining the baby #2 post with Ellie's monthly post!

Total Weight Gain:  9lbs overall 

Sleep: I have actually been sleeping well lately (knock on wood) maybe getting up at like 5 am to pee but sleeping through until then for the most part!

Symptoms:  Not much of anything at this point...I am starting to have trouble bending over for things.  I have been feeling kicks for a week or two now - not very consistent yet but I get a bunch all at once.  I love the kicks!

Maternity Clothes? Yup!  Definitely the pants and a mix for shirts.  I just started to get nice in New England and I am excited about breaking out the flowy skirts and dresses.  

Cravings: Ice Cream

Next Appointment: May 4th - Anatomy scan with the MFM!  

Ellie's Turn!

Ellie has been popping out new words all the time.  She can say up, shoe, apple, no, pap-pap (my grandfather) woof woof and other animal noises.  And a bunch of other ones I am forgetting!  If there is a lot going on, like we are at music class, she is silent, but then we get back in the car and she is blabbering away in her own jibber jabber or singing.  

She eats so much food!  When she wakes up I will give her milk and maybe some fruit. Then my mom has her breakfast and Ellie wants some toast or bagel from that.  Then Brian eats and she wants some of his eggs!  She is like a bottomless pit!

She is really steady on her feet now and can move pretty fast!  When she breaks out into a run I have to run after her myself.  She can climb ladders now and we are still working on safely coming down stairs.  

She still doesn't really understand that a new baby is coming, but hopefully she will understand as we get closer to the due date.  

Ellie on Easter

 Playing around with the camera