26 weeks

And now you're as long as "an English hothouse cucumber." Why not a French one? Or a Spanish one? I have no idea--apparently those English ones are just the right size!

26 weeks. 14 to go. 10 more weeks of work for me.

Yeah, I am now starting to count down the weeks until my maternity leave. My other pregnant co-worker went on leave on Friday... and all I could think was, "Me next!" I love my job, I really do--but lately it has been stressful. And I've been finding myself incredibly distracted by thoughts of, well, you.

This week has been an interesting one. I thoroughly enjoyed having 2 full days to myself, despite missing Daddy and Bebe terribly and suffering through some rather uncomfortable heat and traffic... but I wonder if going away made things worse when returning to work and life. I started not to feel well on Sunday evening, and although I'm typing this feeling better than I did then, I don't feel 100% better. I can't even explain what's going on--just that I feel very spacey and lethargic. A trip to the doctor yielded me no answers and so I am just trying to take it easy and have faith that all will be OK.

Well, notice I said trying to take it easy. Do you know what I did for an hour and a half last night? I built a dresser. Okay, technically, half of a dresser... I built the frame, and tonight I will build the drawers. And then when it is assembled, I will start filling it--half with your things and half with Bebe's. I know you're probably wondering, "Why not just have daddy build it?" You'll learn when you're older, though, that Daddy is Mr. Touch-It-And-Break-It, and I thoroughly enjoy being Mrs. Fix-It.

14 more weeks to go... 3 months and 1 week... unbelievable.

FINALLY!

Finally I uploaded and edited my belly pictures! I've stuck them in where the belong. The only bummer is that the font isn't consistent with the first 19 weeks, because of our computer crash (we lost the font file). Oh well, maybe I'll go back and edit those some time!

25 week belly picture

25 weeks

What's that? A rutabaga. Don't ask me anything about them, because I've never eaten one or seen one in my life, but apparently you weigh about the same as the average one (about 1.5 pounds).

You and I are off on an adventure this weekend!
OK, not really an adventure, but you might notice that things will be a LITTLE quieter and probably A LOT warmer.

I'm whisking you away for a weekend--just you and me, kid--so I can relax and try to decompress a bit. Between hormones and the normal goings-on of life I've just been very, very... "testy." And I'm hoping that a weekend to refocus will help me do just that. So we're off to Lake Elsinore--a place I've never been nor heard much about--for the sole reason of getting away for a while!

Bad Mommy!

I haven't been updating. Between our crashed computer, an overwhelming amount of work at work, and trying to find time to get ready for YOU, I have neglected blogging. I'm sorry! But I promise I'm going to try harder!

24 week belly picture

24 weeks

Today is sometimes referred to as V-Day. I'm not a fan of the term (it's short for "viability day")... yes, at 24 weeks you have a better chance of survival outside of my womb than you did at 23 weeks, but still... plenty of babies have been born at 24 or 25 or even more weeks and don't make it. So just forget about this V-Day nonsense and keep cooking in there, okay?

This morning at breakfast Bebe asked me how big you were now. I told her you were as long as an ear of corn... and that prompted her to run to the refrigerator and grab an ear of corn and say, "This big?!" Then she went off to find Daddy and told him, "Daddy, Dois is this big now!!"

On Tuesday I had a doctor's appointment. We listened to your heartbeat and talked about how much I've been feeling you move. Just as I thought, you're currently transverse (laying on your side instead of head down or feet down). It's no big deal, as Bebe was that way until 32 weeks... but it does make for some discomfort (especially when I fall into a deep sleep... if I sleep more than a few hours on the same side, the pressure from your head or feet makes me sore inside).

I am so excited about your arrival--I think I am already nesting! This past weekend I pulled things out of what will be your closet and started sorting clothes by size and taking an inventory of what we have and what we still need. It was fun looking through everything--and marveling once again at how tiny all the clothes and diapers are!

Saturday Daddy has to take the computer back in for another fixing, and then we should be DONE and I can get the pictures uploaded to show how much my belly has grown--it's amazing!

23 week belly picture

Um, yeah, it's easy to see you're transverse now, huh?

23 weeks

This last week, I will admit, has been a rough one. I've had a terrible time sleeping (just can't get comfortable, even with a body pillow), I've had a lot of heartburn/acid reflux, and I've had a lot of lower back aches and pains.

It got to the point where I said to your Daddy the other day, "I don't know how I will do 18 more weeks of this!"

I have not complained much AT ALL this pregnancy. I realize how very blessed I am to be carrying you inside of me, and so I have made it a point not to complain. But after a night of sleep that consisted of only 3 hours, I complained.

One day at a time, that's how I'll be taking it. One day at a time until you're here. I don't want you here now, or anytime soon... so I'll suffer while you're still "cooking"!

I love you so much.

(And hopefully will be able to post my belly pictures this weekend when we get our computer back!)