21 Weeks

Beach belly at Cocoa Beach.

How far along? 21 Weeks

Total weight gain: 3lbs

Maternity clothes? Nope 

Stretch marks? No new ones!

Sleep: Having crazy dreams.

Best moment this week-There are two best moments: 1)The night before we left for florida Amar'e and I were laying in bed and she wanted to feel the baby kick. I took her little hand and put it where the kicks were pretty strong, but before she could feel a kick she fell asleep waiting with her hand still on my belly.

2) To keep Amar'e occupied on the plane to Florida I was showing her a picture of the baby's ultrasound. She took my phone and started to rock and sing to it as if it were a baby. It was precious. 

Miss anything? Being able to sit, stand, bend over normally. Sciatica is horrible! I will be making an appointment to see if an adjustment will help because it's getting worst. (No worries- my midwife referred me)

Movement:Yes, yes, yes. Lots of movement. Kicks are getting stronger.

Food cravings: Fruits and vegetables,lemons,tomatoes,nachos, chocolate chip cookies, salt, this chickpea concoction that Andrew whipped up one day for lunch, Brussels sprouts. Caramelized onions. 

Anything making you queasy or sick: Pretty much over this part of the journey.I hope.

Gender: We will not be finding out the gender until the day the baby arrives. I have been watching the DVD of the ultrasound, and I have a suspicion that we are having a boy. I am in no way trained in gender determination of ultrasounds, so I am extremely uncertain. We still will be picking out a boy name and a girl name. We will be keeping those pretty quiet until baby arrives. I've only told 2 close family members of our name choices. 

Labor signs: No way.

Symptoms: Heartburn has become a huge problem. Its usually sets in during the evening. 

Belly button in or out? In.

Wedding rings on or off? On.

Happy or moody most of the time: Still getting some mood swings on and off. If I get hungry...watch out.

Looking forward to: My sciatica adjustment. 

I haven't asked in a while.....a vote please :)

The Verdict Is.....//// We're Off To Florida

 The Verdict is.....

Yesterday was my ultrasound appointment. I had been looking forward this for weeks. The anticipation of seeing the little life inside of me was killing me, and like I said in my 17 weeks post, I had a tiny suspicion it may be more than one. Well, now we know for sure that it's only one beautiful little baby in there. Who weights about ten ounces and looks absolutely perfect. Yes, I can't stop looking at the ultrasound pictures and watching the DVD they gave me. I'm in love! Amar'e has been a champ through all of these appointments. I bring her to every logical appointment with me and she does wonderful. Yesterday she sat through a 30 minute ultrasound and then a 45 minute prenatal visit. I am so proud of her! ♥♥♥

We're Off To Florida!

The last two weeks have been crazy! It seems like everything is happening before we take off to Florida. Last minute car repairs, every appointment you can think of, and everything in between.  I am going to be glad when we are finally on the plane, in the air, and heading to paradise! I am super excited about this trip because the whole family is going this time. The last time it was just a girls trip, but now everyone will be coming. It will be good to see everyone again, especially my grandmother. We have some rough plans of what we will be doing, and quiet frankly, I don't care what happens... I'm just overjoyed to be in Florida! Have I mentioned how much I love Florida? Anyway, we are far from being able to enjoy ourselves now, with T-minus 1 hour till we depart home, there is still a ton to take care of! We have a huge ride ahead of us. We are heading to Maine first (2 hour drive), to drop the dogs off to our good friend Brad for the week, and then its another 2+ hour drive to Manchester, NH where we will be staying the night at a hotel to catch our 6:30 am flight to Florida.

I don't think I will be doing any blogging while we are visiting....surely, it can wait until we get back. This way I can add all lovely pictures to the blog post. I bet you couldn't guess that I plan on taking a ton of pictures while we are there! I will be using a point and shoot vs. my DSLR. I truly want to bring the DSLR but it seems more like a hassle than anything to lug around. A little pocket size point and shoot seems way more logical.

And, we're off.....