Baby Wisely #2: Week 25

How far along? 25 weeks, somewhere around two pounds

Best moment this week: Having the whole week off to relax and enjoy our time off with family and friends! My mom got to feel her kick for the first time on Thanksgiving, which was awesome. 

Confusing pregnancy symptom of the week? Disappearing and reappearing sciatica. Thought this was going to be a doozy for a few days, then quickly tapered off. Dear baby: whatever you were laying on, let's not do that again, okay? 

Movement: Definite appendages! It's really strange how differently both the girls have felt, especially based on their positioning. (All fall under the terms of, 'still the craziest and most amazing feeling in the entire world.') 

Food cravings:  Losing most of my appetite this week. Being home, I don't eat as much-- (there's not candy bowls and potlucks at every corner) but I've been generally full. Although.... pretty sure we've gone through three gallons of milk in the past week. (Who, me??)

Anything sounding disgusting? Nope! Happily alright with the world!

Sleep? Much better! Norah has been sleeping in until around 9:30 all week too, which is letting us both catch up. 

Clothing situation?  Such a happy surprise this week-- another buddy lent me a huge stash of her prego clothes, which should last me the rest of my time! (Thanks Meghan!!) 

I'm generally feeling: Very happy and excited-- although starting to feel the first tinglings of overwhelmment. That back room (and Norah's future big girl room) is getting messier rather than cleaner... I'm convinced stuff multiplies when you're not looking.)

Notable sibling moments: Again with the sibling potty training success!! Officially the only accidents (even little ones) are a past memory, and she's starting to tell us when she's wearing both pants and underpants. Huzzah! (I know this is a late post and I'm writing from 'week 26...' but today we had our first 'not at home, dry the whole outting, and went to the bathroom in a public restroom without a tiny potty' moment... hooray TMI posts of TINKLE HAPPINESS. YES.)

Looking forward to: Taking it easy and relaxing for a few more days before heading back to work (although I love my job, which is nice-- I'm certainly enjoying the sleep!!) Looking forward to some snuggles, binge-watching Jessica Jones and late night pumpkin pie. YES.

Baby Wisely #2: Week 24

How far along? 24 weeks, our little (little?!) cantaloupe!

Best moment this week: Having it really hit me that we will be meeting our new gal in a few short months! It's been a hormonal past few weeks, and finally this week I wrangled a bit of the pregnancy brain and really stewed in the fact that this is happening! (Despite being a bit nervous about Norah meeting Sprout!) 

Confusing pregnancy symptom of the week? Again with the supreme tiredness! I'll go through bouts of crazed, ADD-style energy-- very quickly followed by a puppy nap.  

Movement: I now know what it feels like to be drop kicked in the bladder. It's an odd feeling, I'm telling you.(Norah showed me how it felt to be punched in the lung... thanks, kids!) 

Food cravings:  Really just eating everything in sight. :/

Anything sounding disgusting? Narrowing down my coffee aversion to only the creamer... coffee with half and half sounds good now, slowly figuring things out! (I really hate being a picky eater. Not a normal thing for me.)

Sleep? Reaching the week of the, 'how many times are you up to pee per night this week?' the answer is one. One time a night so far.

Clothing situation?  Very, very neutral. Goodness it's funny to realize your entire wardrobe consists of black, gray, and ivories. I'm not ashamed! 

I'm generally feeling: Still yawning as I post this; (any time I post on Thursday rather than a Wednesday... it means I've fallen asleep on the couch and there's no waking me.)

Notable sibling moments: Proud of our gal! Moved up to--wait for it-- our first big girl underpants. Hello Kitty, in fact! Attempting to layer on one bit at a time over the nakedness that is the potty training success so far... she's been doing very well! 

Looking forward to: Getting out back room cleaned out! It's a bit odd having to find a place for all of our remaining things, but also exciting to have a place to start stashing baby things, and to have a larger place for Norah's bigger toys. We have a week vacation now--woohoo!-- over Thanksgiving, which we are all super stoked about. Sleeping ahoy!!

Baby Wisely #2: Week 23

How far along? 23 weeks

Best moment this week:  Having my big ol' belly meet Kelly's baby Moe-- Fingers crossed they are the best of friends growing up!

Confusing pregnancy symptom of the week?  A mix of being so sleepy by 6pm I'm little more than a basket of yawns, and my nose deciding it's not going to be stuffed, just not working at all. 

Movement: So much lower than Norah! I'm not sure if it's because she's where she should be, or the fact that my body is pretty much stretched out where it should be already-- but everything feels so low! All sorts of below waistband kicks. Makes it super awkward for people to feel. "Can I feel her kick?" Um... not quite yet.

Food cravings:  No specific cravings this week!

Anything sounding disgusting? Still coffee... 

Sleep? Sleeping wonderfully at night, but then again, still sleeping wonderfully during the day and every other time I'm unable to stay awake... (the change in light really affected me this year I think, plus working 10 hour days must be much more exhausting than I thought...)

Clothing situation?  Full of sweaters and maternity loveliness. 

I'm generally feeling: So. Dang. Tired!! Is it time for bed yet? I might go nap on husband. Poor guy. Even if he'd like to do things... he can't, because prego-wife is snoozing all over him on the couch.

Notable sibling moments: Meeting Moe this weekend was a bit of a challenge. I can tell it's going to be strange for her meeting baby Sprout for the first time. It seems that after a period of time she's a bit cooler with things... here's hoping all this cuddling with newborns before our baby arrives will be great practice!

Looking forward to: Not feeling so dang sleepy! 

Baby Wisely #2: 22 Weeks

How far along? 22 weeks

Best moment this week:  Having a great Halloween weekend with my family! (Princess Norah and fellow Ewok husband)

Confusing pregnancy symptom of the week?  Incredible amounts of sleepiness. Do pregnant women hibernate in the winter time?!

Movement: Getting more dropkicks than last week. What are you up to in there little sprout?

Food cravings:  Nothing really this week... then big cheez-its. My boss was wonderful and threw us a junk food party; six bags of chips and cheez-its later we were all in a wonderful sodium coma of happiness.

Anything sounding disgusting? The usual suspects (officially listed: coffee, mexican food, black olives. What the heck??)

Sleep?  Nap, wake, sleep, wake up too darn early. But sleeping great!

Clothing situation?  Realizing the winter is going to bring many more pants. Pants are a super hindrance; and dresses make you look like a tented beach ball smuggling type, so I try to wear pants/shirts every once in awhile to show that I'm actually carrying.... 

I'm generally feeling: I'm pretty much quoting same as last week here: Pretty dang awesome. Other than feeling like I've done way too many crunches all the time (it feels like my abs are sore from holding my weight over this new bulge in my belly) everything is feeling pretty dang good. Well, good and sleepy that is. Can I add to this though, 'SO EXCITED. Kelly is getting induced tomorrow, and she asked me to be there!! I am over the moon!! I can't wait to meet her little man!!

Notable sibling moments: Norah is potty training awesomely!! She has mastered the 'I'm not wearing pants so I can use the bathroom whenever I have to without any accidents." Now pants are going to be the next issue. Baggy pants are in our future.

Looking forward to: Tomorrow when I get to meet baby Moe!! 

And because it will never happen again, here's an obligatory belly shot of me and buddies from the last week! First one is Kelly, next is Meghan! I'm so lucky to be prego with some of my closest friends. This is absolutely wild.