31 Weeks

How Far Along: 31 Weeks

Food Comparison: Coconut (3 1/3 pounds and 16 in.)

Weight Gain: 24 pounds

Maternity Clothes: Some of my maternity clothes are getting too tight! I did not foresee this happening. I've already had to put some aside in a 'too small' pile. I'm not loving the idea of buying more clothes with only two months to go, but it just might happen. 

Sleep: Not sleeping well lately. Kory's been gone quite a bit lately though, so I'm hoping it's more about him being gone than about me sleeping this badly for the rest of this pregnancy. 

Miss Anything: Sleeping on my back. 

Movement:  To say yes would be the understatement of the century. I've been tracking my baby kicks lately because I'm supposed to feel at least 10 movements in one hour and I rarely reach 2-3 minutes before I have felt 10 movements. I'm getting quite a bit of feet in the rib action lately too and it's not my favorite. 

Food Cravings: I've been eating some random meals lately. I just look in the fridge and grab all the things that sound good to me at that moment. One day my lunch was tomatoes, watermelon, a pickle, string cheese, taquitos, and Oreos. The next night I had watermelon, waffles, popcorn, M&M's, and colby jack cheese for supper.  

Anything making you queasy or sick: I have encountered several smells this week that just about made me lose my lunch. Once it was walking into the bathroom at work, once it was opening the trash can to throw something away and once it was opening the refrigerator at work and getting hit by the smell of something that had been in there WAY too long. 

Gender: Boy boy boy.

Labor signs: No. I'm pretty sure I'm having Braxton Hicks contractions, but I don't feel really confident that I can say when they start and end. I just notice that my belly is hard and realize that must be what's going on. 

Belly button in or out: Flat and headed out.

Wedding ring on or off: On. I don't feel like they've really gotten much tighter, unless my fingers are really swollen, which is mainly when I'm hot.

Happy or moody most of the time: Mostly happy. Kory being gone tends to make me a little more emotional so I feel like I've been set off by smaller things this week, but I would still say I'm happy more than not.

Looking forward to: This weekend! Kory's mom and both of my parents are coming for my baby shower this weekend!! I am so excited! :)

I want to remember: That pregnancy doesn't really prepare you to have a baby. I imagined it would be a good training ground for what's to come, but the fact is that my life is pretty much the same as before I was pregnant--I just put my feet up more, go to bed a little earlier and take a longer time getting up the stairs. 

I'm surprised by: How few people actually touch my belly. I know I still have two months left, but I can probably count on one hand how many people have done it so far and every time they've apologized right after. It still doesn't bother me, but I do notice people reaching for it and then pulling their hand away when they realize what they're doing. 

29 Weeks

How Far Along: 29 weeks

Food Comparison: Butternut Squash

Weight Gain: 22 pounds

Maternity Clothes: Oh yeah, definitely. I do have quite a few pre-pregnancy dresses for work that I can still wear but this growing belly is making them shorter every day.

Sleep: Still sleeping pretty well! I only wake up to go to the restroom once or maybe twice a night and I fall back asleep pretty easily afterwards. I do find myself tossing and turning more in the night trying to get comfortable, but I'm still grateful to sleeping well overall. 

Best Moment of this week: Going hiking to a couple waterfalls with Kory's brother, Kevin, and his girlfriend, Lauren, who came to visit for a few days. I was quite impressed at how my body held up and didn't feel like I really held everybody back like I figured I would.

Miss Anything: Eating less food in a day. I always thought it would be awesome to eat so much in pregnancy, but it's honestly kind of annoying to me. I have to eat because I'm feeling nauseous but I'm not really feeling "hungry", per se, which means nothing sounds good and I have to force myself to eat something semi-healthy. 

Movement: Oh man, there has been a LOT of movement! It's so fun watching my belly roll all around. The past two weeks have been the first time I've seen more than just small kicks. 

Food Cravings: High school students love asking what my craziest craving has been and I hate to disappoint them and say I haven't really had anything weird. I just tell them I've been craving pickles and cheese, which is true...but it's also not a pregnancy thing. It's just a weird Mandy thing.

Anything making you queasy or sick: I don't think so; nothing I can think of right now at least.

Gender: All boy.

Labor signs: No.

Belly button in or out: Flat.

Wedding ring on or off: On, but I've been taking them off any time I'm outside because I swell so easily. 

Happy or moody most of the time: Happy!

I want to remember: A cool moment I had at work today. I was sitting at my desk and felt what I think was a foot pushing out against the right side of my belly. I could feel that it was really hard in that spot and I kind of pushed the foot back in to see what happened. He immediately pushed back against me and I just had this realization that we were almost touching each other and that it was MY SON and we would soon be able to do this without a belly in between! Even though I've felt pregnant for a long time now, I still have these moments where it hits me that it is a live, human baby inside of me and that I get to meet him and see/touch/hear/kiss him in just a couple months!