tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14257966101578087832024-02-19T01:43:15.690-08:00Night LightsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01887087103996755060noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1425796610157808783.post-84337734929968827522016-07-08T15:51:00.001-07:002016-07-08T15:58:51.591-07:00Pregnant Again! Weeks 1 thru 17!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here we go again!<br />
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So YAY I'm pregnant again! I promise I am. Not that you can really tell. Honestly, I think I just look a little bloated. Which I am.<br />
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Both my sister and sister-in-law asked if I would do the pregnancy blogs again and I figured I would. I would hate to have NOTHING to document this little bean's progress while Clara has a bajillion blog posts.<br />
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So I'm 17 weeks today. I think I have surpassed the worst of the morning sickness. It was bad, y'all. It was bad with Clara too, but I didn't have a two-and-a-half year old I was chasing around either. There was a lot of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Ipad use during that time... And spending literally ALL DAY at friend's houses. And my mother-in-law coming and living with us for a week and a half. AND Clara going to Houston for 2 weeks. Even with medication (Diclegis), I was just so nauseated and exhausted all the time. I would just camp out on the couch. Yuck.<br />
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But it seems to be behind me (for the most part)! I've been feeling MUCH better for a good month or so. I still get tired (which I can totally deal with- I usually nap while Clara naps), but my nausea is WAY more manageable. Another weird WEIRD thing that has happened, is that I have the worst gag reflex. Almost every time I walk into our bedroom I gag. I can't tell you how I've CLEANED our bedroom, but it just gets poor air circulation and I think that's why. Sometimes it's when I open our freezer, sometimes it's changing a diaper. Sometimes it's just because. Mr. thinks it's funny... Because I can literally be in another room and he'll hear me gag. *insert eye roll emoji*<br />
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Even that has subsided a little though, so I'm VERY thankful to be on the road to feeling back to myself. I know I won't feel truly like myself until the little bean is born (and maybe a few months after that). I'll be honest, being pregnant is not my favorite thing in the world. A friend of mine said it best, "Lauren is not a joyful pregnant person." And I'll own that completely. I'm totally not. I'm very thankful to have the opportunity to be pregnant. I know that I'm incredibly blessed. But the fact is that my body and pregnancy just don't seem to mesh well. And that's okay! Everyone's experience is different. And seriously... pregnancy is so weird. It does such weird things to your body. Some good (my hair is always awesome during pregnancy), some bad (gagging all the time).<br />
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So here's to another 9 months of growing a human! It's totally cool, but totally strange too!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Sleep: </b>I remember this with Clara- I started getting uncomfortable pretty early on. Even without really having a belly. I got my snoogle back from my friend Ash though, so I'll probably be putting it to good use soon. I've been sleeping with a pillow between my legs the past couple of nights and that's helped too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Please pray for: </b>The healing of our nation and world. Mr. and I were up until almost 2am last night watching the news in Dallas. My heart is hurting for the families of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. My heart is hurting for the families of the officers killed and wounded in last nights tragedy. But most of all, my heart is hurting for a CHANGE. For all people to know that their worth is in Creator God. That he has entrusted His people to share in his compassion and love. We have been called to be peacemakers. Let's not sit on the sidelines and watch the madness of a broken world happen around us. Let us be bold in loving and sharing compassion to all.</span></div>
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If you're not in the DFW area, basically we got hit by a BUNCH of ice and sleet on Thursday night. And it's messing up all of my very calculated and prepared plans (God is teaching me something here...).<br>
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I don't want to be one of those women who sits at home all day during the last few weeks of her pregnancy and freaks out about every little twinge of her body. I want to stay busy! I want to get things done. I want to GO PLACES so I'm not obsessing about when Clara is going to make her debut. <br>
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So I had a very busy social schedule planned for this week in addition to work (I'm working until I give birth). LOTS of Christmas parties, a holiday market that my friend Erin has every year... I was nice and busy through my due date.<br>
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And then the ice-pocolypse happened and all the parties and the holiday market got rescheduled. And I sat at home all day by myself.<br>
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Mr. went into work. He's a PT and works in outpatient rehab and all of his patients cancelled today, but the inpatient PTs needed help, so he was there to lend a helping hand. <br>
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I stayed at home and took 3 naps (I went to bed REALLY late last night) and basically wondered when I was going to give birth. <br>
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BUT, I know that this time is precious, so I tried to change my focus and treasure this time by myself because it isn't going to happen again for a VERY LONG TIME. So I did a face mask and took a bath and watched some YouTube makeup gurus. I know I'm <strike>really cool</strike> a dork.<br>
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When Mr. called to tell me he was on his way home, he KNEW I was probably going stir crazy. So he offered to come pick me up and we would go pick up some groceries and walk me around Kroger. Seriously, he is my knight in shining armor on a white horse. Or in khakis and driving a pick-up truck. :)<br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Please pray for: </b>Healthy baby and healthy mommy. For me to have complete confidence in my body and WHO CREATED my body when labor does begin!</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We are so ready.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mr. put the carseat in the car yesterday, and it was completely surreal. In a matter of 2 weeks (or less) we are going to be parents. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We are excited and nervous to meet this sweet baby girl!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01887087103996755060noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1425796610157808783.post-2823563415898475092013-11-26T18:45:00.001-08:002013-11-26T18:49:21.460-08:00Week 37: Counting Down<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Sleep: </b>Same as last week. I wake up at least 4 times in the middle of the night. It's preparing me, right?</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Best moment this week: </b>I had a surprise sonogram on Friday. Basically, my doctor wasn't completely sure she was still head-down, so Mr. and I got to go home with a few pictures which was so unexpected and fun! She's still a girl (thank goodness or we would have A LOT of changes to make). She's got a squished up nose and mouth. And her hands are next to her feet. She's all scrunched up in there! </span><br />
<b><br /></b><b>Miss Anything?</b> Stomach sleeping, sushi, etc. But I'm ITCHING to be in my normal clothes again. I keep seeing these cute outfits on Pinterest and I can't wait to recreate them with my normal wardrobe. I know that it will be a while before I fit into my normal clothes again, but I'm seriously excited about it. My mom suggested I buy a few things that will bridge the gap between my maternity clothes and my normal clothes. <br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Movement: </b>The past week she's got a foot or SOMETHING poking me in my side, or my hip bone. Whatever it is it's SHARP! I've been in a couple of meetings when she'll karate kick me and I gasp out in pain. Which always amuses the predominantly male staff I work with.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Food cravings:</b> Honeycrisp apples! So stinkin' refreshing and tasty.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Gender: </b>Baby girl! Which was completely confirmed at the surprise sonogram on Friday!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Labor Signs: </b>Braxton hicks contractions and contractions that have some pain with them. The contractions aren't by any means regular or getting stronger, so I'm not concerned. Also, as of Friday I'm 1-2 centimeters dilated and 70% effaced. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Happy or Moody most of the time: </b>Pretty happy! I haven't been too moody this week (you'll have to confirm that with Mr. though!). </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">We've been so productive this week which is such a good feeling. I deep cleaned the entire house on Friday which I told Mr. was the last time I was deep cleaning until after Clara makes her debut. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Mr. still needs to install the car seat and put the monitor camera up, but those will be done by the end of the week.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">I've been finishing up projects at work and making sure that everything is ready when I start my maternity leave. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">And Mr. and I went and saw Catching Fire on Saturday. It was very important that I see it before I go into labor. ;-)</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">All in all we feel pretty prepared about Clara's arrival. I mean, as prepared as you can be I suppose! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Sleep: </b>Can I just share that I am a MASTER of getting up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night now? Seriously. I've got skills. We put the cradle in our room and I have to navigate around that and then Brady who likes to lay in the MOST inopportune places. I do this all with my eyes half-closed. I'm starting to get used to not sleeping very well, and I know that it's only going to get worse in the next month. Bring it on!!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Best moment this week: </b>I got a pedicure on Saturday which was AMAZING. I also pretty much finished my Christmas shopping. There are only 2 things left on my list! I've got to be super pro-active this year since Miss Clara is due on the 10th.</span><br />
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<b>Miss Anything?</b> Same as usual... but I'm in the home stretch- less than a month left!!</div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Movement: </b>She's an active little girl in there. And she's head down, so now I can say that whatever I feel at the top of my belly is NOT a head. It's probably a butt. :)</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Food cravings:</b> Nothing in particular.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Gender: </b>Baby girl!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Labor Signs: </b>Braxton hicks contractions and cramping in my lower belly. I had a doctor's appointment Friday and I'm 60% effaced and I've started dialating, so those are all signs that she's getting ready!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Symptoms: </b>Stupid back pain. Braxton hicks contractions. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Belly Button in or out?</b> A very tiny, almost insignificant pop. A baby pop if you will. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Wedding rings on or off?</b> Ugh, wedding ring on, but engagement ring most DEFINITELY off. I HATE not wearing my engagement ring (I love it, it's beautiful!), but I also don't want them to have to saw it off of my hand... My feet have been swelling too. I drink water like a camel and try to stay somewhat active (ya know, walking around Target or the grocery store), but still the swelling.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Exercise: </b>Christmas shopping on Friday? I'm counting it.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Happy or Moody most of the time: </b>It fluctuates. Pretty happy most of the time, but then I'll get a little grumpy. This week was better than the last week. Mr. can probably attest to that!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Looking forward to: </b>Meeting Clara. Seriously, Mr. and I are ready for her to make her debut!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>How far along? </b>34 weeks and 35 weeks!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Baby’s size?</b> Cantaloupe and honeydew melon- finally fruits I recognize.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Total weight gain/loss:</b> I'm at about 27 pounds gained.</span></div>
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<b>Stretch marks?</b> Still none. I have a very faint linea negra line, but no stretch marks.</div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Best moment this week: </b>Lots of good ones. We did a hospital tour on Monday night and then had Braum's afterwards. I super cleaned the house which felt SO GOOD. I reorganized all of my drawers in my bedroom (hello, nesting...). </span><br>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I also had my first shower on the 3rd and it was such a blessing. I love my church family so much and they have blessed this little girl beyond belief! </span><br>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">My family was also in town and it was wonderful for everyone to be here. And I mean almost EVERYONE. My in-laws, my mom and stepdad and Shelby, my dad and stepmom and Taylor, and my brother and his girlfriend. It was a FULL HOUSE. Everyone is so excited to meet miss Clara Christine! </span><br>
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<b>Miss Anything?</b> Sleep. Sleeping on my stomach. No back pain...</div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Labor Signs: </b>Braxton hicks off and on. I've also had a couple of contractions that had a little pain in them. Nothing significant and certainly nothing consistent, but enough for me to think, "huh... well that wasn't just tightening." I've got a doctor's appointment on Friday (the first of my weekly appointments!!!!) and they'll check to see how things are progressing. I'm anticipating that absolutely nothing is going on and that she's happy and cozy in mommy's belly. :)</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Happy or Moody most of the time: </b>Okay, I must confess that I've been moody this past week. I texted Mr. at one point this week that I was tired, cranky, and whiney... lovely combination, right? Poor guy. I have been stressed to the max this past week which has only increased my tiredness, crankiness, and whiney-ness. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">On with the nursery post!</span><br>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I will say that at this point I'm not sure much else will get taken care of in her room decoration wise. I would like to put up a few more things on the walls, but my main concern is to get all her STUFF organized and put away.</span><br>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">So when we started working on the nursery, I knew I wanted a glider. And I knew I wanted a glider that looked like a chair (so we could possibly use it in other places after it's used in the nursery). This is what we ended up with:</span><br>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> I love it. </span><br>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">And it's comfortable. Which might be the most important thing!</span><br>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">We ordered it from Buy Buy Baby and used a 20% off coupon which made it much more affordable. Although it was the most expensive piece of furniture in the room, it's totally worth it!</span><br>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The curtains I bought at Target with my stepmom. I love the ruffles and I love that they are white (we'll see if I need to reassess and buy black-out curtains once Clara starts sleeping in there...).</span><br>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">They were too long (because of the weird ledge thingy above) and although I like the look of "pooled" curtains, Mr. was less than impressed and asked that they be hemmed. So I got some bias tape and hemmed them without sewing them. Success! </span><br>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Mr. asked if I was afraid of my sewing machine... no dear, just wanted the project to go a little quicker is all.</span><br>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> Another BIG project I wanted done was bookshelves on the wall. A friend and I trekked our way to IKEA one Friday morning and I bought the RIBBA bookshelves in white to put on the wall. Mr. worked super hard to install them. </span><br>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> I LOVE the final look. </span><br>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">At this point there are a ton more books on there!</span><br>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I'll do one final nursery post in my next blog. And then I'm calling it DONE!</span><br>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Total weight gain/loss:</b> Okay, I went to my doctor last Friday and he told me that I'd gained 1 pound in 2 weeks and then proceeded to say, "looks like you finally got your weight under control. Have you been eating any differently?"</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">WHAT!? At no point at any of my previous appointments has he said that he's concerned about my weight gain. For the first 5 months it was the exact opposite. I was so confused, but so shocked that I didn't even think to ask him what he meant by that... </span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Total, I've gained 20 pounds from my lowest weight of my pregnancy. Though the way I've been eating the past few days I might easily gain up to 30-35 pounds...</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Sleep: </b>Like I said above, my brain went into overdrive last night thinking about all that needs to be done. Oi with the poodles already! (name that tv show!) Plus, the whole getting up all the time to go to the bathroom. Thankfully, I'm not super drained during the day because of my lack of sleep. I manage to get through the work day productively. Aka, NOT falling asleep at my desk.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Best moment this week: </b>PAYING OFF MY STUDENT LOANS!!!!! Totally not pregnancy related I know, but all that money we've been using to pay off my loans can now go to other things (like saving for college...). </span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">And my incredibly sweet baby shower on Saturday night. More on that below!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Miss Anything?</b> Deep breaths and exercise. Like running, sweating, dancing exercise. I'm a good walker, but anything more strenuous than that tends to hurt a little...</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Labor Signs: </b>Braxton hicks all the time. Not at an alarming rate, but still frequent. Usually at night and especially if I have had a long day.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Exercise: </b>I was up at 6:30am on Friday (my day off) and ran a ton of errands, re-organized all of the drawers in my bedroom, and (for the most part) packed our bags (minus baby's) for the hospital (which I realize might be a little early, but I was feeling super motivated). I'm counting it. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Looking forward to: </b>My church baby shower! And most of all, my family all being here. Both sets of parents, all my siblings, and my mother-in-law, sister-in-law and niece will be here on Saturday and Sunday for the shower and I'm so excited! </span><br />
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I can't tell you how absolutely BEAUTIFUL my shower was last Saturday night. Mr.'s office threw it for us and it was such an incredible blessing. We had the best time. I love spending time with his co-workers and their spouses- it was a great evening.</div>
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We had the shower at the most beautiful and whimsical house, outside in a garden on a perfect night. The weather was pretty cool, but it wasn't too cold. The food was so delicious and there was a red velvet cake with a cream cheese filling for dessert. Yum! </div>
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<b>Stretch marks?</b> None. I thought I was getting one on the right side of my belly button, but later remembered I just scratched my belly while putting a box of cereal away...</div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Sleep: </b>It's been better than the last few weeks, but still not stellar. I get up to go to the bathroom several times a night. Mr. used to ask me if I was okay when I would get up, but now he just knows that I've got to pee. Again.</span></div>
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the heartbeat thumping away at my appointment on Friday! And we
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Miss Anything?</b> I don't at ALL want this to sound vain, but I've missed my old body the past week. Not in a "I think I'm getting fat" kind of way, but more in a "this belly is in the way of EVERYTHING" kind of way. I'm so happy to house our child for 9 months, but I ran into the dresser Sunday morning! I'm just off-balance in a way I've never been before. And I've always been very good at balance! It's just weird. </span><br>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I wouldn't change it for a thing. Just being honest. </span><br>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">And I miss my clothes. And (dare I say it), jeans that button. And being able to tie my shoes, or pull on boots without some difficulty and uncomfortableness. I have some sweaters that I really REALLY want to wear, but can't. I know, that's total vanity. I'll wear them again. And when I do, I'll have a little baby!</span><br>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Seriously, it's totally worth it. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Movement: </b>Absolutely no more thumping. Just big, giant rolls and pushes. And hiccups. Some of my girl teensies felt her hiccup on Wednesday night (it's pretty common for a flock of them to come and put their hand on my belly...) and were SUPER excited about it.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Anything making you queasy or sick: </b>Dinner. Seriously, by the time 6pm rolls around, I'm not feeling dinner. I ate cereal last night for dinner and was perfectly content the rest of the night. I don't know if it's because I'm exhausted or what, but I've been completely uninterested in any food by the end of the day.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Labor Signs: </b>Same old, same old braxton-hicks... blah blah blah. My belly loves to practice!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Symptoms: </b>Exhaustion and major baby brain! Ask my poor co-workers. And my teensies! Sunday morning, I had promised my class that I would show them part of a Veggie Tales video and tell them who Baruch was (we're studying the Old Testament prophets), but totally forgot. If I don't write it down, there is absolutely NO WAY I'll remember it. So I write everything down now. And put EVERYTHING in my calendar on my phone. Thank goodness or I would totally forget everything!</span><br>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I've also been having back pains. But not lower back pains. Right by my spine and a little lower than my shoulder blades. Mr. thinks it's probably related to my desk and chair at work. I've been playing around with adding some pillows and I got a foot rest so I could have a place to rest my feet (they don't touch the floor if my chair is all the way up and I'm sitting the way I should be- ie not slouching).</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Looking forward to: </b>I have my first shower on Saturday night! Mr.'s office is throwing us a shower in the MOST BEAUTIFUL GARDEN EVER. Seriously, it's magical. One of his co-workers lives in a beautiful house in a lovely part of Fort Worth. She has the most amazing garden in her backyard. The first time I went over there it took my breath away. I'll make sure and have pictures for next week's blog post. Can't wait!!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>How far along? </b>29/30/31 Weeks! :) (sorry for the lack of posts in the past few weeks, I've been pretty busy! Thanks for understanding!)</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Baby’s size?</b> She is now the size of a pineapple and weighs anywhere from 2.5-3.8 pounds! Yikes!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Total weight gain/loss:</b> As of Friday I have gained 19 pounds. That's from the lowest weight that I got to from the first trimester and what my doctor refers to as my "sickness" when I was in the hospital. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Sleep: </b>Um... patchy at best most nights. I have had a couple of nights that I can't get comfortable and it takes forever to get to sleep. Others I get to sleep easily, but wake up easily and can't get to sleep for HOURS. One night I woke up with a HORRIBLE calf cramp. I was hollering so loud I woke up Mr. I finally felt it start to go away and as soon as I laid down it started up again. Mr. was able to stretch and massage it until it calmed down for real. He's my PT in shining armor! :)</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I've also been fighting a cold/allergies/sinus infection the past few days. I'm usually okay (a little sniffly) during the day, but as soon as I lay down... BAM! Congestion city. Yuck. Mr. turned on the ionizer on the AC unit we have in our bedroom to try and clean the air a little bit and put the humidifier right next to the bed and I still struggled to sleep last night. *sigh* Stupid nose and sinuses! I ended up sleeping practically sitting up... so sleep hasn't been great. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Best moment this week: </b>Hearing the heartbeat thumping away at my appointment on Friday! And we started our lamaze class on Monday nights last week. It's been hilarious, informative, and fun. Our teacher is a kook! She keeps saying the most inappropriate things... so funny!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Movement: </b>Holy moly, she's starting to run out of room! I can feel her EVERYWHERE. And all the time. And I can push on her and she'll respond! So cool. Mr. enjoys watching and poking on her too. It's a nightly ritual to play with my stomach.</span> </div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Food cravings:</b> Orange juice again. I went through an entire container of OJ in 3 days... oops! And when I wake up I'm starving! And even though I went to Panera and was good and got an oatmeal (their oatmeal is the absolute BEST), I'm totally craving a cinnamon crunch bagel with LOTS of cream cheese. Sweets and I are best friends still.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Labor Signs: </b>Braxton hicks off and on. Nothing more than that- keep on cooking Baby Girl!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Symptoms: </b>There have been a few nights where I'm queasy by the end of the night. I have NO idea why. It's annoying. I also go to the bathroom ALL THE TIME! There's also exhaustion, but I'm attributing most of that to the anemia. I've started 2 pills a day and I hope I get better results when I get my blood re-tested in a week or so.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Belly Button in or out?</b> What belly button? No seriously. There's nothing there! It is officially completely stretched out and flat. It's pretty hilarious since I'm SO used to my really REALLY deep belly button!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Happy or Moody most of the time: </b>Happy! Like I said, it's been a pretty uneventful week which has been REALLY nice with all that has been going on. We had a busy weekend (Fright Fest with the teensies) and so I walked around. Since I can't ride any rides. Boo. And I don't do haunted houses. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Looking forward to: </b>I have a shower for a friend this weekend and then her WEDDING is at the end of the month (yes, I'm a bridesmaid. yes, I'll look huge!). So excited for her!!!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">So, I left off last time with my dad and Mr. heroically buying new paint. My stepmom, sister and I made our way to Buy Buy Baby and Target to begin registering. Along the way my stepmom called my dad and I called Mr. to see how things were going. Both of them were... vague in their answers. We get home and my dad is STILL painting the room, and Mr. has just finished putting together the dresser:</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />Now, my dad paints a LOT for his job. He's kind of a master painter. I was SHOCKED that it took him like 5 or 6 hours to paint that room. It's really NOT that big... he's painted giant classrooms in shorter amounts of time! </span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">We are all chatting, Mr. and I, my stepmom and dad and I hear my dad tell my stepmom, "what she doesn't know won't hurt her!"</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Say wha!?!?!</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Mr. is shaking his head and I ask my dad, "What don't I know?"</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">He kinda laughs and says, "Um, well we had a little accident..."</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Apparently, Mr. was in the living room putting together the dresser while my dad was painting. My dad KNOCKED OVER A GALLON OF PAINT onto the carpet and DIDN'T NOTICE IT FOR SEVERAL MINUTES! A GALLON OF PAINT! </span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">He finally noticed it and immediately sprung into action! Between soaking and diluting the paint with buckets of water, loads of towels to soak it all up, the wet-vac I got Mr. for his birthday (SO glad I got him that!), and 2 and a half hours of frantically going from inside to outside, they managed to get it all up.</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">THAT's why it took so long for my dad to paint the room. </span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span>Once that was cleaned up and cleared up, he was able to finish and I must say it looks fantastic! The perfect gray! Plus, he painted stripes on the weird ledge in the room and that took FOREVER and a very steady hand (Frog Tape failed us...). I don't have a great picture of that, but I'll make sure that it is in NEXT week's post. :)<br />
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He also painted her name to put up on the weird ledge. It's so cute. Ya'll take my word for it!<br />
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Here's her dresser (in our living room): Mr. did a fantastic job putting it together. And a special shout-out to my co-worker Mitchell who came and helped Mr. haul it into the house after a youth rally! It was a seriously large and heavy box!</div>
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The Monday AFTER my parents left, we got a notification from Walmart saying the crib had arrived! We went an picked it up and put it together that night! I had read online that some people had trouble putting it together, but I don't know why... it wasn't difficult at all. I think it probably took us 30 minutes tops. <br />
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Look at that cutie putting the finishing touches on. This was taken after I had a little bit of a breakdown on the floor of the nursery... Yes, I had a little breakdown. I'm pregnant and hormonal and was COMPLETELY overwhelmed by the fact that in a few short months there would be <u>someone to put into the crib.</u><br />
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And a look at it agains the wall. And the crib skirt my mom and I made! And a basket of my baby clothes all washed and ready to be put away.</div>
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And what will go over her crib? Well, I found these AMAZING books on Amazon. I scanned them and then had them printed, and put them into white Ikea frames. I'm in love. </div>
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We are working with a VERY loose "book theme." I'm not really into themes for rooms, but books have always been very important in my life, and I love stories of all kinds. So instead of going with one particular story (like Harry Potter or Star Wars or something like that), I knew I wanted baby Clara to always be surrounded by books (something her elementary school grandmother and English major uncle are THRILLED about!). So when I found the board books above, I knew I had to have them and incorporate them into her nursery. <br />
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She's also got a bookshelf that will always be stocked, but that's for next week's post! I'll try to get that out in a more timely manner...<br />
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Mostly, we are just working with things we like and colors that we like and feel like can be used for another kiddo in the future (if there is another kiddo in the future). That's why we chose classic white furniture and a neutral wall color. That way if Clara winds up with a little brother, we don't have to completely change everything.<br />
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Another note about the furniture, we decided to go with things that we knew were sturdy and would last. We did a LOT of research. Okay, WE is a little misleading... MR. did a lot of research. We went with solid wood that wasn't ridiculously expensive. We also went with something convertible. The crib turns into a full size bed which we think will definitely come in handy down the line. <br />
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Stay tuned for part 3!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01887087103996755060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1425796610157808783.post-25640711206733985662013-09-26T11:15:00.000-07:002013-09-26T11:15:04.089-07:00WIP: Wednesday in Pictures!Happy Thursday!<br />
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And lo and behold, I can write about non-pregnancy updates!<br />
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I love blogs. And I really REALLY want to be a consistent blogger. But life is busy. So I'm trying to ease into writing more regularly and about things NON-pregnancy related. So I'm going to try and write 2 posts a week with the hopes that I can gradually increase to 3 or 4 posts a week eventually. <br />
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So to help with this, I'm going to start documenting my Wednesdays in pictures. <br />
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Obviously, I can't take pictures of EVERYTHING I do on a Wednesday, but I think I did a pretty okay job with the amount that I took yesterday.<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
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Making sure that Mr. and I can watch NCIS Wednesday after church. Important stuff, ya'll.</div>
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The new Gungor album!!! I'm still forming an opinion on it, but right now I feel like it's a cross between the Romeo and Juliet (Baz Luhrmann version) soundtrack and a Western. It's different, but that's what I love about Gungor!!</div>
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Preparations for the homeschool Bible class I'm co-teaching on Thursday mornings. And my afternoon snack.</div>
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Plus some pregnancy tea!</div>
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Home before church to watch makeup tutorials online while I eat dinner. Yes, it's a guilty pleasure. </div>
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It was Nerd Night in the Zone this week! One of my seniors did an awesome job on her devo about endings and AMEN! And she used a clip from Star Wars. Which I loved!</div>
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Finally to end the night, Mr. rigging up our TV to watch NCIS on the big screen. It worked!</div>
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I've grown! Hellooooo baby belly!<br />
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Before I share some of our nursery progress (it's not finished and there's too much to share in one post, so it will most likely be spread out among several posts), let's begin the last two weeks' updates!<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Sleep: </b>Well since I was in Abilene in a hotel room last week, my sleep was just a little wonky. I had trouble getting to sleep one night and my roommate for the week (HI KIM!) may have had a slight night terror and screamed at point (which made for a hilarious story over breakfast the next morning!). I have also had some seriously weird dreams lately. One involving me and the NCIS crew (Mr. and I are total NCIS fans) and another involving Gordo and Lizzy from Lizzy McGuire... um, WHAT!? Even though the dreams are weird, I can tell I sleep really hard. So BRING IT ON WEIRD DREAMS!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Best moment this week: </b>The Fort got some fall weather!!!! I woke up yesterday morning and it was in the 60s!!!!! Mr. went to some training up at the church and I vacuumed and opened all the windows and put my fall decor out. Mr. got home and the house looked pretty different. We also went to Grandview to visit some friends at this event called Antique Alley. My friend Allie (ha!) had redone some furniture and we went to go support her. The weather was absolute perfection for spending a few hours walking around. I love fall! I'm so thankful for temps not in the upper 90s. I actually got chilly last night and had to put on some more covers.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Miss Anything?</b> Sleeping on my stomach and sushi. The usual! :)</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Movement: </b><i>Dear Clara, mommy and daddy love you so much. Could you do us both a favor and not use mommy's bladder as a squeeze toy? Mommy gets tired having to use the bathroom every 15 to 30 minutes and daddy gets tired of trying to find her one immediately. </i></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Seriously, I think she's shifted or something because my bathroom trips have become quite a bit more frequent! Her movements are getting much bigger now too. It's less of a small thump and is now more like a big thud! </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Food cravings:</b> Nothing in particular. Though I bought some hot chocolate that I might get up and make here when I'm finished writing this post. Oh! And I made homemade banana bread too... apparently I've moved into just craving FOOD! ANY FOOD!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Happy or Moody most of the time: </b>Pretty happy! In fact yesterday I told Mr. that I was so happy I could cry (this weather will do that to ya!). My time in Abilene with Summit was such a blessing. And I got to spend time with lots of friends all week. AND the girls I do the DFW Girls Gathering conference with all got together and had a time of spiritual renewal on Thursday that was SO. GOOD. It's been a (very busy) great couple of weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Please pray for: </b>In my last update I mentioned that I had my glucose tolerance test at my next doctors appointment. Well, my blood work came back and I don't have gestational diabetes, but I'm anemic. And it's really NOT a big deal, I just have to take 2 iron pills a day, but I could use prayers. I have been wondering where all the "second trimester energy" was and now I've got an answer! Ultimately, I'm just glad Clara is healthy and that I've got iron pills that will hopefully result in some renewed energy.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Yes, it was messier than that to begin with. It was our office/stash room. Basically, it became the place where stuff went to DIE. Mr. and I spent a good 8 hours one Saturday cleaning everything out. And then Mr. and my stepdad moved the ridiculously heavy file cabinet upstairs and took apart the desk. Which now belongs to one of my teensies (HI KAYLA!). We were left with a blank slate!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> We went and picked out paint colors. We knew (or I knew) that I wanted to use a coral color, a blue/turquoise color and a pale gray for the walls. This is what we ended up with. A great color pallet. The coral and turquoise are just accent colors we used, we painted the walls a pale gray (more on that in a moment).</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I had looked online at bedding sets and knew immediately that I wanted something custom made. I didn't like ANYTHING I saw. Even on Etsy. AND everything was ridiculously expensive. AND they all came with bumper pads (which I knew I didn't want) and a huge comforter... basically a bunch of stuff I didn't want. So while Mr. and my stepdad worked on clearing out the office, my mom and i worked on a crib skirt. I'm seriously in love with the fabrics we picked out. And my sweet friend Erin came and helped us piece everything together. And let me just say, Erin is amazing. She's a scientist and so she's incredibly good at math (which my mother and I are NOT), but she's super creative and crafty too! Ya'll, we didn't waste ANY fabric. NONE. I'm pretty sure if my mom and I had done it on our own we probably would have NOTHING left over. Thank you Erin, you're brilliant and my mom and I are so thankful for your help! Clara thanks you too!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The fabric came from my favorite fabric store: Cabbage Rose. I could sit and stare at it all day. I've got a couple more projects I want to use it for (a pillow and a couple of changing pad covers), so I'm excited to use it again!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Not his fault at all, but we didn't realize how DARK the gray we picked out was going to be! He's an early riser naturally, so he got up early on Saturday morning and started to cut in the edges before we got up. AND he's color blind so he had NO idea what color he was painting anyway...</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Now, I have never posted on this board and after reading through the posts, there is absolutely NO way I ever would. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Unfortunately instead of a place where kind words of encouragement and respect are spoken, it has turned into a nasty and hurtful place. Women are hateful and hurtful. They have no regard for feelings or different opinions. It makes me uncomfortable to read. But I continue to go there because sometimes there is a glimmer of goodness amidst the garbage. And I'm sorry, but saying something like "no offense" doesn't make the hateful thing you just said any less hateful.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I haven't experienced a lot of this, but it saddens me that because someone differs in opinion, you can't be kind and gracious to them. You can't love them and you can't be friends with them? Because being a mother will be one of the most personal and intimate experiences you will have I think it stirs up a lot of emotions, but PLEASE can we serve one another in love? Let's put down our opinions on what's best and support what works best for each and every family! And most of all, let's turn to our Father in Heaven.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Glad I got that off my chest. :)</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>How far along? </b>26 weeks</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Baby’s size?</b> A rutabaga (that's a fun word to say!)</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Total weight gain/loss:</b> Maybe I should start weighing myself... nah! I have a doctor's appointment this week and I'm sure they'll let me know.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Stretch marks?</b> None.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Sleep: </b>Pretty good this week! I think we've finally got the little monsters (aka the dogs) at a good place. Brady doesn't jump up on the bed in the middle of the night anymore (PRAISE GOD!) and since we moved Phoebe's kennel into the bedroom she doesn't make near as much ruckus in the wee hours of the morning. I get up to pee at least once in the middle of the night, but other than that I sleep like a rock. Even with a stopped up nose this week! Praying that continues!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Best moment this week: </b>I absolutely LOVE feeling baby girl moving around. And she does it a LOT which makes this mama happy happy happy! Mr. enjoys watching my tummy move around so much too. I mean it's the best thing about pregnancy as far as I'm concerned (which is saying something because I'm not such a huge fan of actually BEING pregnant).</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Miss Anything?</b> I've reached a point now where I can't stinking paint my toenails! So if you see my lovely, nail polish-less toes, I apologize. At this point it's either let Mr. paint them or get a pedicure. Or maybe my toenails just need a polish-free break? That just might be the case...</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Movement: </b>She's currently doing a little dance in there. So good. I am SO curious to know where she is and what direction she is in. Because I can feel little lumps of her, but I have NO idea what I'm feeling. Is it a butt? Is it her head? Foot, elbow... not a clue!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Food cravings:</b> Fruit. Lots of fresh fruit. Last week I got home late after a meeting and wasn't too hungry and grabbed a Pink Lady apple out of the fridge. Apparently it was quite large because Mr. looked over and said, "holy cow, is that apple big enough for you!?" Sadly it wasn't...</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Anything making you queasy or sick: </b>Nothing. But goodness I can't eat a lot at once. So I eat little things all through the day. And not always healthy things... but I'm so not worrying about it.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Gender: </b>Baby girl!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Labor Signs: </b>Still having braxton hicks fairly frequently. My mom apparently had them a lot with my brother and sister and so I'm wondering if it's something inherited?</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Symptoms:</b> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> I've had a stuffed up nose
which I've heard can be a symptom. But I could also be just as easily
fighting a cold or allergies... I am pretty much always tired even if I've had a good night's sleep or a nice nap. I just work through it though and remember I'm sharing my body with someone!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I've also had some serious lower back pain. Good thing Mr. is a PT and can help with that. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Belly Button in or out?</b> A slightly more stretched out sliver. I'm having a hard time remembering what it once looked like. :)</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Exercise: </b>I've walked some this week and I bought a pregnancy yoga dvd! I haven't used the dvd yet, but that's my goal this week. I love yoga and I'm praying that it will relieve some of my back pain.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Happy or Moody most of the time: </b>Happy, but still quite weepy. I cry at the drop of a hat. Mr. and I went to talk to our insurance agent on Thursday about life insurance (I know... we're so grown up) and I cried in the insurance agent's office. I know that we need to get it taken care of, but who's idea was it to talk about LIFE INSURANCE with a 6 months pregnant lady!?</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Looking forward to: </b>Okay, so I have a doctors appointment on Thursday and I'm looking forward to hearing the heart beat as always! However, I'm taking my glucose tolerance test. I'm not looking forward to that (not that I'm really dreading it). </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">This starts my once every-other-week appointments. I'm excited about that! Every other week of hearing sweet Clara's heartbeat!? Yes please!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Also, next week I'm going to Abilene Christian University's SUMMIT with my friend Kim. Not only am I looking forward to lots of classes and lectures and hanging with Kim, but I get to see my sweet friend Juliette and her husband! I haven't seen them in years and Jules and I were thick as thieves in college. PLUS, she's due with her first (a boy!) in November and we just can't even wait to sit down and chat! </span></div>
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I would like to state from the beginning that I did NOT exercise before I took this picture. It was 105 degrees outside and I needed to run some errands and this was the coolest most comfortable outfit I could come up with. :)<br />
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When I first got pregnant I was still going to the gym a few times a week. In fact, I told one of my best friends I was pregnant while at the gym right before a weight lifting workout. A few days later we took a Zumba class together. And then the real symptoms started... and I could hardly make it through a work day.<br />
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And since I work full-time, I'm usually completely worn out when I get home. And I usually am trying to do some chores and get dinner ready right after that... exercise is seriously the last thing I want to do. Most evenings I take a little catnap from 6pm-6:30pm while waiting for Mr. to come home.<br />
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My mother-in-law used to be a lamaze instructor and suggested walking when she was here a few weeks ago. I like to walk and Phoebe could certainly use something to distract her from all her incessant licking and scratching (Brady is WAY too strong for me to try to walk right now), so this morning I got up and took a little walk. It was nice and I'm going to try to do it several times a week. <br />
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What makes this challenging is figuring out WHEN to walk. In case you hadn't heard, it's been well over 100 degrees in North Texas the past month or so. I'm not usually someone who gets too hot, but I can hardly stand to walk from the church to my car somedays... so I'll either have to wake up earlier (something I don't particularly want to do especially since I've only got a couple months left of sleeping normally) or go once the sun goes down. We shall see. I'll keep ya'll informed. :)<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Sleep: </b>Love my snoogle! Mr. refers to it as the Great Wall of China</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Best moment this week: </b>IKEA! JUST BETWEEN FRIENDS! Apparently, shopping... I went to Ikea with a friend and bought the bookshelves for the wall and 4 white picture frames for the book covers that I scanned. Those will go above Clara's crib. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I also went to my first Just Between Friends sale. My friend Joanie owns the Fort Worth sale (which is the biggest in Texas) and since I am volunteering for her, I was able to get in a little early. It was awesome. I was able to get a play yard and a few winter maternity things as well as 2 little outfits for Clara (I just couldn't stand it). It will definitely be something I will do again!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Miss Anything?</b> Since I talked about exercise at the beginning, I'm missing the hip hop class I used to take. My favorite instructor left a few months ago and I so don't have the energy to take it, but I miss it. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Movement: </b>All. The. Time. It makes me super happy!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Food cravings:</b> Nothing in particular.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Anything making you queasy or sick: </b>Nothing, though I'm not near as ravenous as I've been in past weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Gender: </b>Baby girl!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Labor Signs: </b>Definitely feeling braxton hicks fairly frequently. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Symptoms:</b> Just tiredness and super belly. It seems in the past week my belly has just grown and grown and grown!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Belly Button in or out?</b> What belly button? Seriously, my deep pit of a belly button is now a mere sliver of an opening because it's so stretched out. It's so funny to look at!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Looking forward to: </b>I can not wait to meet her. I obviously want her to stay put for a while, but goodness I'm excited for December to get here!!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Please pray for: </b>Healthy baby, healthy mommy.</span></div>
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I seem to have grown a little bit more of a belly. :)</div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>How far along? </b>24 weeks</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Baby’s size?</b> A cantelope. Yikes!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Total weight gain/loss:</b> I'm guessing around 13-15 pounds. My cravings aren't quite as strong over the past week. So I only bought one box of chocolate cereal at the grocery this week, not 2.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I've also noticed that I can't eat quite as much. I think that Clara might be taking over some of my stomach space.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Mr. and I went on a fancy dinner date Thursday and I made sure that I was careful to not fill up on bread, so that I could savor every moment of stuffed mushrooms,Caesar salad, steak, and lobster. And we made sure to take home the complimentary mocha ice cream cake (complimentary because it was our first time at this restaurant). It was so delicious, and I wasn't ridiculously stuffed to the point of being uncomfortable. Which is vitally important if I want to sleep.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Stretch marks?</b> Nope.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Sleep: </b>Ah sleep... my sweet friend Alice suggested that maybe Phoebe keeping me up at night was practice for the real deal when Clara will keep me up at night. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Unfortunately, if Phoebe wakes me up in the middle of the night I'm quite grumpy. In fact, she woke me up last night and I was not very nice to her. Mr. ended up getting up and then explaining to me that she just really needed to go to the bathroom and that's why she was freaking out in her kennel. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Best moment this week: </b>My awesome date with my husband. After 3 weeks in a row of family being here, we needed that date. I just love hanging out with him. We crack each other up! And we were able to sit and just TALK. It was good for the soul.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Miss Anything?</b> A really great night's sleep. On my stomach. Until like 10am.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Movement: </b>I don't think that she ever STOPS moving. I love every minute of it. She's getting super strong and it cracks Mr. up when she makes my stomach dance and move around.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">A friend of ours is a nurse practitioner and gave us a stethoscope to see if we could hear her heartbeat (we can't... you apparently have to find her back to be able to hear the heart. That's near impossible as far as I'm concerned) and Mr. was using it to listen to my stomach and she did NOT appreciate that. She was kicking and thumping and swatting whenever he would press down just a little bit. So cool!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Food cravings:</b> Orange juice and fruit lately. And lots of water with lemon. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Anything making you queasy or sick: </b>Not that I can think of.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Gender: </b>Baby GIRL!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Labor Signs: </b>Nothing. I think I might be feeling braxton hicks. Just every now and then. My mom apparently had a lot with all 3 of her kids, so I'm wondering if maybe I will too.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Symptoms:</b> Just an ever growing belly and lots of tiredness.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Belly Button in or out?</b> Practically flat. It's really strange to see my belly button so SMALL!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Wedding rings on or off?</b> On.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Happy or Moody most of the time: </b>Incredibly weepy. Ask Mr. I've been crying at EVERYTHING. I was watching Friends during my lunch break today and it was the episode where Ross finds out that he's having a little boy. Tear city.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Tonight it was a tv commercial.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">And if I start talking about Clara, it's likely that the water-works might start. If nothing else, I'm going to well up. Oh pregnancy hormones...</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Looking forward to: </b>My next appointment which will be right about the time I'm beginning the 3rd trimester! Oh, and our lamaze classes! We start at the end of September.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Please pray for: </b>Healthy pregnancy and baby girl!</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01887087103996755060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1425796610157808783.post-32710343005908920782013-08-18T14:59:00.002-07:002013-08-18T14:59:20.590-07:00Week 23: better late than never!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'll quote one of my co-workers from this week, "you look PREGNANT."</div>
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Why thank you, associate minister... I think so too! He actually commented on that a couple of times this week. I've actually gotten to a place where I feel like people will look at my belly and hopefully think, "oh, she's growing a baby" instead of, "oh, she ate a really big burrito."</div>
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It's the last day of week 23 and I just haven't had a chance to update this week! The past three weeks have been a whirlwind of family being here in Fort Worth and each night I fall into bed exhausted. We have gotten so much accomplished and the nursery is pretty close to completion (I'm going to do a nursery post sometime this week hopefully) and I'm happy to report that the FLOOR IN THE GARAGE HAS BEEN PAINTED. Mr. is thrilled about it. And I have to say, I like it! It's even got fancy confetti speckles on it!</div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>How far along? </b>23 weeks</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Baby’s size?</b> Grapefruit</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Total weight gain/loss:</b> I went to the doctor on Friday and I had gained another 6 pounds (cue happy dance)! I'm back up to my pre-pregnancy weight! My question for previously pregnant friends is this: does my total weight gain start from my pre-pregnancy weight or my lowest weight. What I mean is, is a healthy weight gain for me 25-30 pounds from what I currently weigh or from my weight when I was at my lowest? I hope that makes sense...</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Maternity clothes?</b> Yes and so thankful for friends who have let me borrow their clothes!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Stretch marks?</b> Not one!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Sleep: </b>Okay, let's talk sleep. I'm golden if I fall asleep and am able to sleep through the night. But if I wake up for any reason other than having to go to the bathroom (which I think I am half asleep for) then I am WIDE. A. WAKE. And it's annoying. Last night, Phoebe decided that she needed out of her kennel at 4:30 am (I thought I was going to kill her). So Mr. went and got her and I was up from 4:30-6:00. Ugh. Probably my least favorite night to NOT get sleep is on Saturday before a Sunday since Sundays are kinda important and busy. Don't worry, I just woke up from an hour nap. :)</span></div>
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And I've got another Snoogle convert. My friend Juliette got one and is in love with it as much as I am! </div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Best moment this week: </b>My doctor's appointment on Friday. I didn't see my actual doctor, I saw another one in my group and I LOVE her. She was actually the doctor that put me in the hospital a month and a half ago and she's amazing. I want to stick with my current doctor through the birth of this little girl and then switching. I wanted to go to her initially, but she didn't have any openings for months when I first found out I was pregnant. Patrick and I were talking about how much we liked her and he made the comment that he kind of hoped she was on-call when I delivered and I told him I had already been praying for that!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Also, we got our glider (after the lady told us it would be 14 weeks... and delivered by November) on Friday! I was thrilled! It looks SO GOOD. And is so comfy!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Miss Anything?</b> Have we talked about coffee ever? *sigh* I was a BLACK coffee drinker before. The stronger the better. And don't put any of that nasty sugar or cream in it. I want it black. I would drink several cups a day. I loved my morning routine of drinking coffee and checking email at work and then on Fridays drinking coffee and watching the Today show. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Now, just the thought of coffee makes me want to hurl. Blech! It's hard for me to smell it. I haven't made coffee for Mr. in the mornings in months. Poor guy... </span></div>
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Apparently my mother had the same aversion and she said that within hours of giving birth she was ready for a big cup of coffee. I seriously miss the idea of coffee and am ready to have my morning routine back!</div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Movement: </b>She's seriously doing all sorts of gymnastics in there! It's so strange to feel her . Especially since she likes to move from way down low to way up high and I can totally see my stomach change shapes. Mr. enjoys watching my stomach at night before bed.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Food cravings:</b> Still orange juice and chocolate. In fact, I might go pour myself a glass of OJ right now! Second glass of the day.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Anything making you queasy or sick: </b>See above about coffee. Yuck!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Gender: </b>Girl! I told Mr. a few weeks ago that I was afraid that the sonographer got it wrong, but the doctor on Friday said that their sonographers were incredibly accurate.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Labor Signs: </b>None.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Symptoms:</b> Just fatigue. Nothing new.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Belly Button in or out?</b> Still in. I have a feeling it will be a while before it's completely flat and I don't know that it will ever pop out completely.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Happy or Moody most of the time: </b>Pretty happy, but definite moments of moodiness. I have gotten completely overwhelmed a few times this week. Which is why I broke into tears on the floor of the nursery on Monday night while Mr. and I were putting the crib together. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Looking forward to: </b>Week 24 is the "viability week" which means that with major medical intervention, if she was born, she MIGHT survive. Obviously, I'm praying that she makes it to 40 weeks, but it's a little milestone. Also, I'll be in my THIRD TRIMESTER in three weeks. And then I'll start seeing the doctor every other week and then soon after that, EVERY week. Ya'll, December is coming!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>How far along? </b>22 weeks</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Total weight gain/loss:</b> I go to the doctor on Friday, so I'll know next week</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Sleep: </b>The Snoogle continues to be my best friend. I seriously sleep so well in that thing. My sister Taylor decided it was like a nest. And it really is! When I lay down, Clara decides it's time to party though. So far she doesn't kick in any way that is painful, so it's pretty soothing to know that she's movin' and groovin' in there. :)</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Best moment this week: </b>The feeling of accomplishment! Patrick and I with the help of our families have accomplished SO MUCH. The nursery is currently in the process of being painted (and will hopefully be completed by tomorrow. (update: it is!)</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Movement: </b>Oh yes, all the time! I love it and it totally freaks me out at the same time.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Food cravings:</b> ORANGE JUICE. Mr. has been amazed at the amounts I have gone through lately. We're talking 2 LARGE containers a week. And I always want more. Oh, and usually some super chocolatey cereal to go with it. I ran into a friend and her 3 kiddos in Walmart on Wednesday night and was a little embarrassed by my cart. 2 boxes of chocolate cereal! </span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The funny thing is that I'm not really a sweets eater naturally. I like sweets, but usually crave salty and savory things well before I crave something sweet. And it's not usually chocolate that I go for. I'd rather have a piece of white cake or a sugar cookie any day before I would have a piece of chocolate cake or a chocolate cookie... now it's the exact opposite! Bring on the chocolate!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Anything making you queasy or sick: </b>I ate a Nicky D's hamburger on Saturday with my family and that was a BAD. IDEA. Ugh, too much grease for my slowly shrinking stomach. I was pretty grumpy that night after eating it. My tum was less than pleased with me.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Gender: </b>As far as I know it's still a girl. :-)</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Symptoms:</b> OH! Maybe I'll find an answer finally. My feet have been peeling like CRAZY lately. They aren't necessarily more dry and they aren't calloused, they just peel. And peel. AND PEEL! Anyone else experienced this!? It's kinda gross and it's driving me nuts!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Happy or Moody most of the time: </b>Other than the grump episode on Saturday night, I think I'm pretty happy. Although, you might ask Mr. I don't think I've been super moody lately... though I will say that I may be a little more snappy than usual. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Looking forward to: </b>My in-laws being in town this weekend to knock out more projects! Seriously, we are getting stuff DONE around our house. This weekend, Mr. and his dad are going to repaint the garage (I don't know why, nor do I ask why it's important... I'm just going with it). My mother-in-law and I are going to make a cradle sheet for our cradle and make a changing pad cover too. Love knocking stuff off our t0-do list!</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Oh! And our crib is here! Mr. and I are going to pick it up at Walmart tonight. Hopefully he'll be able to put it together with his dad this weekend and our nursery will be that much closer to being finished!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Please pray for: </b>Continued health for this little girl growing inside of me. We have a doctor's appointment on Friday and I'm praying that she's right on track! It's so strange to think that I'm on the other side of 20 weeks... I'm more than halfway there! It's blowing my mind when I think of how completely different Christmas will be this year and how different it will be every year from here on out. And how our lives are going to change COMPLETELY!</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>How far along? </b>21 weeks</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Maternity clothes?</b> Yes! And still loving them and the fabulous stretchy waistbands!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Sleep: </b>Ya'll, I got a Snoogle for my birthday from my dad and stepmom and I sleep like a LOG in (yes, IN) that thing. It supports my back and hips in all the right places and I sometimes count down the hours in the evening until I get to get into bed and snuggle up with it. It does, however, take up a LOT of room. Thank goodness we have a king sized bed...</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Best moment this week: </b>Several! First of all, my mom came into town and we went fabric shopping and bought some beautiful fabrics to use in the nursery at my favorite fabric store (Cabbage Rose). We spent the next afternoon with my friend Erin sewing together a crib skirt. My stepdad and sister came up too and we've spent a lot of time doing projects around the house to get ready for Miss Clara's arrival.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">My mom brought a HUGE box of old baby clothes she kept and other little trinkets and it was so much fun going through everything! Thankfully my mom and Aunt Beverly (who bought me some beautiful things and my mom kept pretty much ALL of it) have really classic taste and I'll be using those clothes for sure.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Movement: </b>This little girl is moving like crazy! Mr. continues to be shocked at how much he can feel. She's particularly active when I've been standing up or walking a lot and take a break. What's really nuts is when she doesn't just kick or flail her arms around but moves her entire body from one side to the other... it's like something out of a sci-fi movie. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Food cravings:</b> Nothing in particular, just food in general! And when I want to eat, I want to eat THEN AND THERE.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Anything making you queasy or sick: </b>The only thing I've noticed is if I eat too much, I get really uncomfortable. And I get full really quickly too. I'm guessing that my stomach is being smooshed a little bit by the growing girl.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Gender: </b>As far as I know it's still a girl. :-)</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Symptoms:</b> Just a growing belly and some extreme tiredness if I do a lot. Even just shopping with my mom literally wipes me out. And I'm a shopper! I can easily go an entire day with my mom hunting through stores, but this weekend it makes me tired just remembering shopping! My mom kept telling my I was pooping out!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Belly Button in or out?</b> Still it and being stretched to the max.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Looking forward to: </b>Next weekend when my OTHER set of parents will be here! Shopping (for my sister, stepmom and me) and painting (for Mr. and my dad)</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Please pray for: </b>Although my summer is at a close (sorry teensies!), my August is SUPER full. I've got my parents coming next weekend, my in-laws the following weekend, and then a pastoral care seminar the weekend after that.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">So Mr. and I made the first major purchase for the nursery this weekend. Was it a crib? Changing table? Nope and nope. It was a glider and ottoman. We will be buying the crib and dresser probably by the end of the weekend, but we're ordering the glider from Buy Buy Baby and it takes several weeks for it to come in. So with a %20 off coupon in hand (hooray!), I went in today and ordered it. I can't wait for it to come in! And I can't wait to buy the crib and dresser! Those are coming from walmart.com and target.com (why can't things be simpler!?). In the end we're saving the most money that way and I think everything will look so good! And everything is sturdy. Which is a big plus for my super practical husband!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The crib bedding looks awesome! Since finding out I was pregnant I knew I wanted to make my own crib skirt and buy a solid color crib sheet and skip out on the bumper pads. And I'm so happy with my choice because I am in LOVE with my fabric choices and the way the skirt turned out! I've still got a little more sewing to do (my mother-in-law and I are going to make a cradle sheet and changing pad cover in two weeks) and quite a few other projects, but I feel so good about the progress I've already made!</span></div>
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So I'm halfway there! Such a blessing!</div>
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We had our second sonogram last Thursday and it was incredible. The little nugget was movin' and groovin' in there! I wasn't really expecting to see so much movement, but it completely took my breath away and I definitely cried. I pretty much leaked tears the ENTIRE time. I realized that what I have been feeling has DEF been the little nugget. We have a healthy baby- the sonographer was even able to count fingers and toes! Healthy brain and a healthy heart and measuring right on time.</div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>How far along? </b>20 weeks, baby! Oh gosh... sometimes it just hits me that in December I'm going to be a mommy and I get pretty overwhelmed. In a good way!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Baby’s size?</b> A banana, from head to toe. Up until now the baby has been measured from head to rump, but now it's measured from head to toe.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Total weight gain/loss:</b> 5 POUNDS!!!!! I seriously jumped up and down in the doctors office on Thursday!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Maternity clothes?</b> Um, I hit the motherload. I'm so thankful that a friend gave me a TUB (literally a tub) full of maternity clothes. A huge blessing. And she's pretty close to my size (yay for short legs), so I've got more pants to choose from now! Thank you Destin!!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Stretch marks?</b> Not a one!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Sleep: </b>Pretty good! The past two days I've been doing day camp at the church and may have overdone it a little, so I've had some pretty fantastic naps when I get home and have managed to get a good nights sleep in as well. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Best moment this week: </b>Finding out the gender and sharing it with our family, friends, and teensies!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Miss Anything?</b> Despite my good sleep, I'm missing sleeping on my stomach. And I've had a hankering for sushi that veggie rolls just can't satisfy...</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Movement: </b>Some serious movement! Mr. has even felt it! There have been a couple of times I've seen my stomach move, which is completely freaky and completely cool. Nugget is quite active when I lay down at night and I've been watching and feeling all the movement while I settle down for the evening.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Food cravings:</b> Nothing in particular other than sushi. I have finally been eating fresh fruit again. I love fruit and it's been a while since the idea or thought of fruit hasn't completely repulsed me.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Anything making you queasy or sick: </b>No! Praise God!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Gender: </b>If you're my friend on Facebook (and I'm assuming most of you are!), you already know. But I have to share a little story before sharing the BIG news!</span></div>
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Since about 8 weeks, I had a distinct feeling that it was a girl. When I first found out I was pregnant, I immediately started looking at little boy things because since meeting Mr. I have wanted a little boy first. But after about a month, somethings changed and I couldn't shake the feeling that we were going to have a little girl.</div>
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Wednesday night after church I was leaving the living room and said, "I still have a feeling it's a girl..." to which I heard him mutter under his breath, "Yeah... I kinda do to."</div>
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I immediately turned around and he pretended like it had never been said. Stinker. ;-)</div>
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Fast forward to our appointment Thursday and they wait until the very end to tell you the gender. We were both super excited and our sonographer asked if we had made bets. I told her that I had just felt like it was a girl and Mr. said that he wanted a boy. The sonographer then said, "Well, it seems like mother's intuition is right!</div>
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We're having a little girl!! A GIRL!</div>
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WE ARE SO EXCITED! Mr. has already said that he is taking her hunting and fishing. I wouldn't expect anything less!</div>
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We've decided on the name Clara. No middle name yet, but we're working on it. </div>
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I absolutely love being able to call her by her name! And to be able to call her a HER! No more "it!"</div>
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Our little baby Clara. *sigh* I love it.</div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Symptoms:</b> Today I was outside with some littles having them do some very simple jobs in our church's community garden and I got really hot. I could definitely tell I needed to get inside pretty soon. Thankfully, I was able to sit down with some cold water and put my feet up for a bit.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Belly Button in or out?</b> It's in, but it will be flattening out soon, I can tell. I have a super deep belly button naturally and it's getting significantly shallower as the days progress.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Wedding rings on or off?</b> On.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Happy or Moody most of the time: </b>Mostly happy and energetic, but I have had a couple of freak outs. My birthday was on Saturday and I may have had a complete breakdown with the Mr. after I had locked myself (and my keys and cell phone) out of the Zone (our youth building) and had to walk in the rain around to the front of the church, while a wedding was going on, and ask the officer on duty to let me back in. Ugh, it was awful, but I probably overreacted. I calmed down and had a wonderful birthday!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Looking forward to: </b>Starting on the nursery! I've got some fabulous projects I'm going to be working on over the next few weeks including picking out fabrics with my mom (!!!!!!!!) and sewing a crib skirt with her and my super seamstress friend Erin as well as sewing a cradle sheet and a few other things with my mother in law! And shopping with my stepmom and sister... SO MUCH FUN! Now that we know the sex, everything is more real and more fun!!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Please pray for: </b>Continued growth of baby Clara. That she will progress normally and healthily. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Thanks for all your support and prayers as Mr. and I continue this crazy blessed journey!</span></div>
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It hasn't been a week yet since my last weekly update (at some point I'd like for these updates to always be on the same day, but that hasn't quite happened yet), but I didn't want to update any later because we find out if we're having a boy or a girl tomorrow afternoon and I felt like if I updated tomorrow or Friday that I would be lying once I got to the "gender" section of the update. I know, it's ridiculous. I don't want to tell the internet until my family, friends, and church knows.</div>
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We are VERY excited to find out though. I already told Patrick I'll be going out tomorrow after my appointment and buying an outfit in either pink or blue to show our parents via FaceTime tomorrow night! And NAMES! We can start nailing down NAMES! So good!</div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>How far along? </b>19 weeks</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Total weight gain/loss:</b> Dr. appointment tomorrow and as I said next week, I'm hoping that I have gained at LEAST 2 pounds. Honestly, the way I've been eating I don't think it will be too big of a problem... especially since I just ate my second dinner for the night.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Maternity clothes?</b> I bought a pair of skinny jeans from Old Navy. So far I have been a big fan of Old Navy maternity. Especially the prices!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Stretch marks?</b> Nope. My sweet friend Jessica suggested Palmer's Cocoa Butter for Stretch Marks and I LOVE it. I'm not really concerned with stretch marks at this point, but my belly was ITCHING. The lotion is nice and thick and smells like chocolate. Love it.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Sleep: </b>It's been awesome this week since we moved our dog Brady out of the bedroom. He's such a good dog, but he's OBNOXIOUS at night. He wants to sleep on the bed with us, but we haven't been letting him since we found out we're pregnant. But he still wants to get up on the bed, so he puts his head on the bed and whines and whines and whines. We tell him no, he lays down on his bed and sighs loudly. This goes on multiple times at night until Mr. and I finally fall asleep and he sneaks onto the bed. Ugh. So ridiculous. AND if there's a storm, he will stand up on the bed and BARK. That is just about the worst thing ever... being woken up by a barking dog at like 3am. So he's been sleeping in the living room. Of course he's also been whining at the door... but after Mr. got on to him the first night and I got onto him last night, he went to bed and got over it. So nice and happy sleep for me!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Best moment this week: </b>What I THINK is the baby moving. It's pretty weird and at first it made me just a little nauseous, but now that it's gotten a little more consistent it's pretty cool. Also, I talked to my mom about what the baby will wear when it comes home (I know... it's ridiculous, but this is what my mom and I do- we plan small things ridiculously in advance. usually what most folks would consider NOT a big deal is a big deal with me and my mom) and she told me that me and my brother and sister all came home in Feltman Brothers outfits (which are SUPER expensive). She offered to let me have my coming home outfit if it's a girl and borrow my brother's coming home outfit if it's a boy... which led her to looking through all of our baby stuff. Ya'll... she sent me pictures of my stuff and it's a little ridiculous how much clothing she kept! Plus some other really fun and sentimental things like baby blankets made by her and my great great Aunt Grace and a chalk drawing that my dad had done of me! So fun to see pictures of all this stuff.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Miss Anything?</b> It's getting uncomfortable to sleep on my stomach and I'm a BIG stomach sleeper. That's probably the biggest thing right now. With my hunger, returned my love of plain old water, so I'm definitely not missing drinking water lately!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Movement: </b>YES! What I'm feeling HAS to be the baby! I'm anxious for my ultrasound tomorrow so I can see how the baby is moving around in there.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Food cravings:</b> Nothing in particular, just FOOD. I've been doing a good job of eating this week and trying to make up for what I've lost. I had a friend offer to bake me some healthy and delicious treats... I think I'll have to take her up on it (please, Julia!?).</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Anything making you queasy or sick: </b>NO! *cue Hallelujah Chorus*</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Gender: </b>WE FIND OUT TOMORROW!!!!! That's why I'm writing this post today... my teensies don't find out until Sunday night (we're telling family tomorrow night and friends on Saturday night) and I definitely want them to know BEFORE I put it on the world wide web.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Labor Signs: </b>Nope.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Symptoms:</b> Nesting is beginning... I can tell. I've been cleaning and organizing and prepping and planning... I've started to tackle the pit of the nursery and can't wait to start really decorating!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Belly Button in or out?</b> In, but being stretched.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Wedding rings on or off?</b> On.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Happy or Moody most of the time: </b>I've been very happy- Mr. even commented on how he could tell how much better I've been feeling. I'm just praying I continue to have more good days than bad.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Looking forward to: </b>TOMORROW! We'll find out what the sex is and I'm so excited! I have absolutely NO preference. I still have a feeling it's a girl though... We'll find out tomorrow if I'm right or wrong! I'm also excited to start being able to call it a HE or SHE. It's a little annoying to keep calling it IT. Which is why I tend to just say "nugget." It just seems a little more personal.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Please pray for: </b>Next week is our Day Camp at church and is a pretty exhausting week. Last months Day Camp was where I started feeling miserable, so I'm praying that I'll have just enough energy to get me through the day. God will provide exactly what I need.</span></div>
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I do believe I'm getting thicker around my midsection! This was taken last night (the previous post's picture was taken on Monday) after I devoured a delicious pizza and orange cream soda from BJ's. Food baby AND real baby?</div>
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I am feeling SO much better. Like, I can't describe to you the night and day difference that I feel from even just earlier this week. I'm totally understanding the whole "2nd trimester energy" that I was certain was a myth for me. Case in point: </div>
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Yesterday I only worked until about noon because I was going to be gone with my teensies all night for a youth rally (Summer Youth Series) and I am working today. So my plan was to go home and get some rest since I was going to be pretty busy. However, as I was driving home (which is literally a 2 minute drive), I drove past the turn to my neighborhood and decided to run to Target to grab a few things to organize my craft closet. </div>
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The craft closet needs to be cleaned and reorganized so we can move all of Mr.'s hunting/fishing/office supplies out of the room that will be the nursery and into the craft closet.</div>
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I got home and completely reorganized and cleaned up the craft closet. And then worked on the office. And cleaned 2 bathrooms. And the kitchen. And took the trash out. And picked up a 15 passenger van and then took a 15 passenger van BACK* (see bottom of post for an explanation on THAT madness...).</div>
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I feel back to myself. Which this time even last week I couldn't imagine. THANK YOU so much for all the prayers. God has been so good to me.</div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>How far along? </b>18 weeks</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Total weight gain/loss:</b> I have a Dr. appointment on Thursday and I'm so hoping I've gained at least 2 pounds.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Maternity clothes?</b> Yes- LOVE my stretchy waists! And I went swimming for the first time and wore a maternity swimsuit and loved that it really showed off my belly!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Stretch marks?</b> None, but the stupid rash has been making my belly ITCH like crazy!</span></div>
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<b>Sleep: </b><b>Best moment this week: </b>SO many. Probably the best has been hearing updates from my friends who are at camp with my high schoolers. I seriously cried when they left on Sunday afternoon and I get pretty emotional thinking about how God has spoken to them this week. I can't explain how much I love this camp and the way that God uses this camp to invite teens to Him. It was hard to not go, but SO GOOD to hear that He is working in their lives!</div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Miss Anything?</b> Coffee. Or rather, the idea of coffee. The thought of actually DRINKING coffee sounds terrible and disgusting, but I miss my morning ritual of drinking it at my desk as I settle into my morning routine.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Movement: </b>YES. I think... I will feel a rolling particularly after I eat and later in the evening. And little thumpings? Maybe? It's so strange because I have absolutely NO idea what I'm supposed to be feeling. I will press on my stomach and will feel movement too. So obviously I've been doing that a LOT.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Food cravings:</b> Coke. Like COKE Coke. And really cold in a can. It's so weird, I was a big DIET coke drinker before I got pregnant and now that sounds like the worst thing ever. Also, PICKLES. Kosher dills. I know lots of you read my Fbook post about polishing off a jar of pickles on Wednesday. Mr. made sure to buy me a new jar that day. Good man.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Anything making you queasy or sick: </b>Not really!!! You have NO idea how excited I am to say that!!! I've eaten really well (well, not really healthy...) this week. There are definitely things that sound better than others, but isn't that always the case?</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Symptoms:</b> Okay moms who have done this before- round ligament pain!? I have a little aching around my hip bones when I change positions and particularly when I get up out of bed in the mornings. I've also noticed that if I haven't been drinking enough that it happens throughout the day as well. Is that what I'm feeling?</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Happy or Moody most of the time: </b>SO happy. A little overwhelmed by the fact that we're almost halfway there, but feeling pretty happy most of the time.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Looking forward to: </b>Our ultrasound on Thursday and the BFF is coming with her new hubby that same day. Oh, and I turn 30 next Saturday!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Please pray for: </b>Continued healing and energy. And for my STUPID RASH to go away. It's taking forever for it to heal and it's become quite itchy. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01887087103996755060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1425796610157808783.post-8280501283307391442013-07-08T15:05:00.001-07:002013-07-08T15:05:46.514-07:00Week 16/17: An unexpected turn of events...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Okay, so I somehow managed to wear the SAME THING I did in the last picture I took. And also managed to look equally as unhappy. Ah well. Maybe I'll smile in the next one, mkay?<br />
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So here's the last two weeks' (I'm actually 18 weeks as of today!) update! And as you can tell, there was an unexpected turn of events.<br />
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It started two weeks ago at our Day Camp. I'd been feeling particularly off all day, but my sister was in town and Mr. had told us we would all go see Man of Steel that night. So after day camp sister and I went home, rested up, and went with Mr. to see the movie. About halfway through the movie I realized I didn't feel good. At. All. I thought it was from the camera being so shaky the entire time. We went home and I immediately went to bed.<br />
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And woke up at 3:45 with a fever. Nothing high, but enough that I needed tylenol. And I also knew I needed to call the Dr. first thing the next morning.<br />
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So I called my doctor's office first thing Tuesday morning and got an appointment at 10:30 with the on call doctor. Great. I took a couple of sips of water and promptly threw that up. Brilliant. A couple more sips, more throwing up. I knew that NONE of this was good.<br />
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We get to the doctor's office and the doctor checks me out and tells me I have two options: go home and attempt to keep some fluids down or be admitted to the hospital. After talking with the doctor and Mr. she changed her mind and decided I needed to be admitted. Probably just for 24 hours for IV fluids and observation. Mr. was certain that I would be home late that evening. He even tried to talk my mom out of driving up here (my sister was at the house and since she has leukemia she couldn't really come up to the hospital and hang out with me).<br />
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Fast forward to Thursday and I'm STILL stuck in the hospital with an IV for fluids and for antibiotics- with a persistent fever. They had run some blood tests (which had come back negative) and had an infectious disease doctor come and check up on me. He was convinced that it was a simple virus I had picked up in Honduras and not one of the "exotic diseases." I didn't have a rash, so it couldn't be typhoid or dengue fever.<br />
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I finally got out of the hospital Friday afternoon. My fever had finally broken so I was cleared to go home. Of course I got home, promptly threw up (again) and my fever came back. The same thing happened on Saturday afternoon too.<br />
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And Sunday I noticed a rash covering most of my body.<br />
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*sigh*<br />
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So they still don't know what the issue is/was. They put me on enough antibiotics though that whatever I had, it is nice and dead now. I've felt MUCH better the past couple of days!<br />
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During all of this, little Nugget has been fine. They checked the heartbeat twice a day in the hospital and Tuesday at my follow-up doctor's appointment the heartbeat was still normal and strong.<br />
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I, however, have been quite pathetic the past two weeks. I've lost (another) couple of pounds but thankfully the doctor was just glad that I hadn't lost any MORE than that. I am just starting to get my appetite back, so I'm hoping that I'll start gaining weight SOON. Gee, I never thought I'd say that.<br />
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I went back to work yesterday and I can't tell you how GOOD it was to worship with my church family, teach my teensies, and get out of the house!<br />
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My church family has been such a blessing. They have been covering me, Nugget, and Mr. in prayer. I can't even begin to describe how good it is to know that people are praying over you.<br />
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Mr. has been absolutely incredible. He's taken care of me, prayed with me, kept a level head... plus he works at the hospital I was staying at, so he was able to get into the snack closet and grab me a sprite whenever I wanted it! He's taken off so much work just to take care of me and arranged for people to stay with me when he did finally have to go back to work (once I got out of the hospital).<br />
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My mom was wonderful too. She (unfortunately) has had to spend too much time in hospitals with Shelby fighting leukemia and knows exactly what to do and how to help. Just having her there to watch Say Yes to the Dress was perfect. She even blow dried my hair when I was just too plain weak to do it. Love her.<br />
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Overall it's been a crazy two weeks. Definitely not something I'm ever looking forward to repeating. But through all of this God has helped restore my health and energy. He has been good. As He always is. He's watched over my little family and I'm so thankful to Him for all that he has done and will do. We choose to praise Him in all things.<br />
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So thank you for your prayers and thoughts. I'm so thankful to friends and family and love you all. And I'll get back to the regular "pregnancy updates" this week. <br />
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AND we find out the gender a week from Thursday! So cast your votes in! Mr. and I are split: I think girl, he thinks boy. What do YOU think?<br />
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Blessings,<br />
LaurenAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01887087103996755060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1425796610157808783.post-46442925166274143682013-06-19T18:59:00.003-07:002013-06-19T18:59:47.450-07:00Week 15: Recovering from Honduras!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sorry about the angry face... I didn't really intend to put this on the world wide web! But I am NOT poking my tummy out! That is a legitimate pooch!</div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>How far along? </b>15 weeks, baby!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Baby’s size?</b> Um, a naval orange? Is that like a big orange!?</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Total weight gain/loss:</b> I will find out for sure next Friday at my next doctor's appointment. I think I've actually gained a few pounds. Only because I've eaten more (and higher calorie) meals this past week than I have in 3 months! That Honduran food is FIIIIILING! And hopefully super fattening!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Maternity clothes?</b> Since I've been back in the states, I've worn my maternity jeans and shorts because oh my stars they are the most comfortable things ever. OH! And my best friend is getting married on Saturday and my bridesmaids dress FITS! And if I hold my tummy, you can see my bump!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Sleep: </b>The bed I slept on in Honduras wasn't too comfy, but I still slept well. After 14 hours of traveling on Monday, my own bed and pillow was pure bliss. I've had a stuffy nose since Sunday and that hasn't really affected my sleep either. Thank goodness! I have an early flight to Houston in the morning and I'm planning on going to sleep immediately after I finish this blog and I'm praying for good sleep tonight too (I have to wake up at 4:15am).</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Best moment this week:</b> Worshipping with the Honduras on Sunday morning! I love to hear singing in another language- it reminds me how BIG our God is. And that we are ALL made in His image.<b> </b></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Miss Anything?</b> My appetite. It was great in Honduras, but it's starting to wane a bit again.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Movement: </b>Honestly, I think I am feeling something. I know I don't know what I'm trying to feel, but I think I feel flutters. It might be gas, but I'm convinced I feel something.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Food cravings:</b> Not a thing. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Anything making you queasy or sick: </b>Everything? Honestly, my tummy hasn't felt great since getting back on Monday. Blech.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Symptoms:</b> Queasy, queasy, queasy! And absolutely knackerd!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Belly Button in or out?</b> In! And I have a feeling it's going to be in for a while. I have a SUPER deep belly button.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Happy or Moody most of the time: </b>Honestly, I've been pretty moody. *sigh* My sweet and patient husband has been very understanding. I don't really have a desire to do much or even smile. And I've got SO much to smile about. I've felt completely overwhelmed by my summer schedule and I've been feeling super sick. I think I caught a cold from some of the kiddos that I loved on last week, so on top of feeling queasy, I've been congested and had a sore throat. I didn't even go into work today. I'm ready to be back to my normal self! </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Looking forward to: </b>DEANNA'S WEDDING THIS WEEKEND! As overwhelmed as I am, I am SO excited that I'm going to get to watch my best friend get married! And stand by her side as the maid (matron?) of honor! This has been a day that has been LOOOONG coming and we've prayed about this since high school. God is SO good! I can't wait to share in Deanna and Kevin's BIG DAY!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Please pray for: </b>The summer. I know that's super vague, but I've been praying that God will transform lives this summer. The lives of my teens, the lives of our congregation... We have so much good stuff offered this summer and I'm praying that I will move out of the way and let HIM move!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I hope everyone has had a good week. I'm so blessed by so many things. This past week in Honduras was just GOOD. Thank you for all your prayers for this past week. I can't wait to go back (though it will be a while before I do go back with Nugget on the way). It will be a trip that I know I want Nugget to go on. Please pray for the community of Campamento. The people that we met there are so amazing! The US folks that are there are working so hard and are making such a blessed impact on the Hondurans there. Prayers all around!</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01887087103996755060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1425796610157808783.post-60523768261638125922013-06-11T20:48:00.001-07:002013-06-12T20:18:46.071-07:00Week 14: Honduras style!<div style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This week has already been crazy awesome. As you know (or can tell by the title) I'm in Honduras for 8 days. This update might look a little different than any other. I love this place and love the work we have been a part of. Even if it is a little different for me since I'm pregnant. Thankfully God has given me great strength and sustenance. I've had to modify things a little, but have been able to do much.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">A great little story: Sunday in class I was teaching my teens four different names of God. The final one we discussed was Jehovah Jirah which means "the God who provides." It was incredible how much that rang true to me just 24 hours away from traveling to a place where i was concerned I would struggle physically (I had trouble sleeping all last week because I was worrying about how I was going to make it on this trip). Jehovah Jirah has provided me exactly what I need- and continues to humble me in my unbelief!</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; "><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">How far along are you? </b><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">14 weeks!</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Baby’s size?</b> A large lemon or an apple depending on what website you visit.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Total weight gain/loss:</b> I'm not totally sure but it's still probably close to 10 pounds lost. I'm praying for some weight gain at my next appointment in a few weeks though! Hopefully this Honduran food will help get me there!</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Maternity clothes?</b> This week I'm living in scrub pants! Thank goodness for comfy pants!</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Stretch marks?</b> None.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Sleep: </b>It's been a little rocky this week. The stress of this trip to Honduras has woken and kept me up a few times this week. Plus waking up at 2:30am for a flight Monday didn't help. Thankfully, I have slept nicely since being in Honduras!</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Best moment this week: </b>Laying my head down Monday night. Y'all, it was the best thing ever to know that we all made it safely to Honduras and are ready to love on people. Absolute bliss.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Miss Anything?</b> At this moment it's Mr. Most of the team is in Tegucigalpa at the Honduras/Jamaica soccer match. We decided it was probably for the best that I stay here with two other women on our team. Love that guy!</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Movement: </b>Nope. But I read that if you press down on your abdomen, your baby has reflexes and will react to your pressing. Is it bad that I do that and think "I'm annoying my baby!"</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Food cravings:</b> Ice! It's hard to come by here in Honduras. Bobby has been keeping me stocked though!</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Anything making you queasy or sick: </b>Nothing specific. I'm working hard to not think too much about what I eat this week. Just shoving it down. We were at a dump in Tegucigalpa Monday afternoon and I was concerned the smell would really get to me. Thankfully, it wasn't too bad!</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Gender: </b>We will find out at the end of July (God willing!)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Labor Signs: </b>Not a one (and I'm so grateful for that right now)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Symptoms:</b> I've been tired and a little queasy so far this week. God has truly been providing since I've been on the trip because I definitely did not feel this way last week. Praise God for His victories!</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Belly Button in or out?</b> In.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Wedding rings on or off?</b> On. But the Honduran air has certainly made my hands swell!</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Happy or Moody most of the of the time? </b>Pretty happy so far this week! I will say that I have been super weepy though since getting to Honduras. I held a 6 day old baby Tuesday and oh my word! Tear city! She was just the sweetest thing! Her name was Luly. And I'm teary just thinking about it!</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Looking forward to? </b>More of Gods awesome work here in Honduras!</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Please be praying for: </b>The rest of our trip in Honduras. We have already all had amazing experiences of God's compassion. I can't tell you how blessed I am to be a part of this trip. And our team is so great- praise Him!!</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01887087103996755060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1425796610157808783.post-75911746270039358282013-06-06T17:12:00.001-07:002013-06-06T17:12:10.207-07:00Thankful Thursday I have been feeling terrible all week (last Friday seems so long ago...). But just because I'm feeling bad, doesn't mean that I'm not thankful for an awful lot! Continue to keep me and our team that's going to Honduras next week!<br />
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In no particular order, things I'm thankful for this week:<br />
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-This baby growing inside me. It's sucking the life out of me, but I can't believe that God is blessing me and Mr. with this child. I'm in awe. And I can't wait to be a mom. Gosh, I get teary just thinking about it.<br />
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-Mr. Ya'll, he's been awesome and SO understanding. He's taken super good care of me and makes sure that I eat, drink, take my medicine... even if I fight back tooth and nail, he makes sure that I'm taking care of my body and the baby.<br />
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-Sprite. And ice. Otherwise, I'd be in the hospital dehydrated.<br />
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-Our blooming garden! It's growing like crazy!<br />
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-My team to Honduras. I can't tell you how much I am looking forward to spending a week with these 13 folks. I'm so excited for the plans God has in store! Praise God for an awesome community of believers. I just love my church family and I'm ready to build and strengthen some relationships on this trip as well as work for a community of believers in Campamento.<br />
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Praise God for His many blessings!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01887087103996755060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1425796610157808783.post-3823785890174178332013-06-05T08:15:00.000-07:002013-06-05T08:15:41.365-07:0013 Weeks!So, I'm 13 weeks (as of Monday) and depending on what you read, I'm either already in the 2nd trimester, or I'll be in the 2nd trimester next week. In Lauren World, I'm in the 2nd trimester already. Cause I HATE LOATHE AND DESPISE the 1st trimester. I've got high hopes for the 2nd trimester and am fervently praying that it's better than the 1st.<br />
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I found a great template of questions to answer each week from <a href="http://www.myfoodnfitnessdiaries.com/" target="_blank">My Food and Fitness Diaries</a>. I found Ashley's website through ANOTHER blog I've been reading (<a href="http://cleaneatingchelsey.com/" target="_blank">Clean Eating Chelsey</a>). Love these great bloggers and their journey of pregnancy!<br />
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On with week 13:<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>How far along? </b>13 weeks- and just in case you missed the memo above, I'm considering myself in the 2nd trimester!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Baby’s size?</b> About the size of a peach.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Total weight gain/loss:</b> I've lost a total of 10 pounds. *sigh* Hopefully I'll get a normal appetite back soon. The 1st trimester has been really hard. I've been super nauseous (though I've only thrown up 3 times) and so it's been hard to eat anything. I told Mr. the other day that I'm probably getting all my calories through Gatorade and Sprite. Water gives me heartburn.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Maternity clothes?</b> I bought a pair of maternity jeans and a maternity skirt from Old Navy and OH. MY. STARS. I've been getting a little thicker around the waist and I think I'll wear elastic waist forever. If I wear my regular jeans, I won't keep them buttoned the entire day. TMI?</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Stretch marks?</b> Nope.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Sleep: </b>I've slept like a rock this past week. Typically I'll fall asleep around 11pm and while watching reruns of the Office or the Mr. watching McGyver (yay Netflix).</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Best moment this week: </b>Last Friday I felt absolutely AMAZING. Like I had a desire to go shopping (which hasn't happened in 2 and a half months). I ran errands, met Mr. for lunch, shopped for fun at Ulta (and found an awesome mascara for $3), and went and saw a movie with my sweet friend Meredith.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Miss Anything?</b> Drinking water. I can't tell you how much I dread drinking water. I've started to get big cups of ice and eating that. I make sure to drink 8 oz. a day, but that's usually all I can handle. And it has to be absolutely ice cold. Lukewarm anything aint going to cut it. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Movement: </b>Sometimes if I'm really really still I'll think I MIGHT feel something. But then I realize I'm just making it up in my head.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Food cravings:</b> Popsicles. Anything icy and really cold.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Anything making you queasy or sick: </b>Lukewarm water. The dogs' food (I hold my breath when I feed them). Most sweets sound terrible. Blech.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Gender: </b>We will find out at the end of July (God willing!)</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Labor Signs: </b>Not a one (and I'm so grateful for that right now)</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Symptoms:</b> Extreme exhaustion and nausea. A friend of mine and I were talking the other day about how NO ONE prepared us for the exhaustion of pregnancy. There have been days when I literally can't get out of bed and have had to call in to work (and I can't tell you how thankful I am for the amazing and understanding co-workers I have). There was a point at about 8 and 9 weeks that I was taking 2 one hour long naps a day. And then going to bed at like 9pm. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Nausea has been ridiculous. Like I said above, I've only thrown up a few times, but I've been completely unable to eat. To the point where Mr. and I have had arguments about me eating. My doctor put me on Zofran to try and help the nausea so I wouldn't continue to lose weight. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Belly Button in or out?</b> In.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Wedding rings on or off?</b> On. Though Mr. has had swollen hands the past few days... curious.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Happy or Moody most of the time: </b>It depends on the day and how nauseous I feel. If I am nauseous, I'm VERY mopey. To the point where Mr. has made it his personal mission to make me smile and I still won't. I have noticed that I cry a lot more and at the DROP OF A HAT. We're talking, I cried during BATTLESHIP. Yeah. Judge away.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Looking forward to: </b>Feeling better! Especially since I'm leading a team on a mission trip to Honduras next week!</span></div>
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<b>Please be praying for: </b>Our trip to Honduras! There are 14 of us traveling next Monday (the 10th) and we'll be getting back the following Monday (the 17th). Thankfully there are plenty of medical type people going (including the Mr.) so I know that Nugget (a nickname my sister gave the baby) will be well taken care of. I just hope that I'm feeling well enough to fully contribute. And even if I don't, my prayer is that God will use me exactly how I need to be used- whether I feel good or not. Please pray for safe travels and God's will be done in the town of Campamento.</div>
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