27 weeks

How far along:  27 weeks  (9.27.12)

Total weight gain/loss: +19... a loss!  the travel anxiety pays off!  and lack of an appetite this week.

Maternity clothes:  i still need more maternity pants.  although i will admit that i'm surprisingly satisfied with my options for tops.  i still wear regular jeans (obviously, because i only have one pair of maternity pants) and just zip them up and wear them with a belt (leaving the top button undone).  it works super well although it gets me every time i do my belt that i'm wearing it on the next to last hole.  HA.

Sleep:  it's been really good.  i haven't taken any naps this week and it has made that moment at night when i crawl into bed just the best feeling ever.  i haven't been overly tired, i haven't needed bathroom breaks during the night, and i haven't had any crazy dreams (except last night.... chris decided to serve another mission so baby girl and i moved into this insanely huge mansion (i think it belonged to his old mission president or something and they were going on a mission and wouldn't need it) and i remember feeling awkward around my parents and my friends that we would be living in this multi-million dollar estate but then i was also concerned that chris would be without a paycheck for two years and at the end i got slightly annoyed when i realized he didn't even consult with me first before deciding to go on a mission.  and then there were a bunch of other random things.  bizarre doesn't even begin to describe it!) so all in all, i'd give this week a 10!

Best moment this week:  i think probably my friday lunch at the varsity with my parents.  or all the fun times baby girl and i have had with christopher now that we're back.  and every time someone tells me i look small and cute.  

Movement:  it's picked up again this week.  and it catches me off guard when i'm doing something on my computer and i see my stomach bumping all over the place.  it's amazing how visual it is from the outside!  also, big news is that several days ago i started consistently feeling movement even while i'm standing up and doing things.  and i'm still unsure if what i'm feeling throughout the day is contractions or just this little guy settling super low in my belly.  it's hard and uncomfortable like a contraction but it's not as hard above my bellybutton as it is below.  so since it's not equally tight then i'm inclined to think it's just weird positioning.  i'll have to ask about it at my appointment.

Food cravings:  i haven't loved food as much this week except sweets.  my typical egg breakfast isn't as delicious as it once was (although it's still good enough for me to think about it right before i go to sleep and right when i wake up!) but i still eat it every morning because it's still super tasty... it's just not a euphoric experience like it was before.  i haven't wanted to eat or cook since i got back in town.  not laziness, just that i'm not excited about any of the recipes i see.  when we had the missionaries over for dinner i had honey grill burgers because nothing sounded good enough to put effort into.  i also told my christopher on saturday that i wasn't going to meal plan or cook this week because i didn't feel like it.  he was totally fine with that so we've just been eating stuff out of the freezer.  or more like, my honey has.  i take soup (or whatever leftovers i have frozen) out of the freezer, bake a sweet potato, and then sit down with honey and baby girl while they eat.  on the other end though, i've been way too in the mood for mellowcreme pumpkins and candy corn and dark chocolate.  yesterday i wasn't paying attention and i snacked on candy corn for three hours and i didn't even notice how much i'd eaten until i literally felt sick to my stomach and had a bad headache.  i have a higher tolerance for sugar than most people i know but yikes how i was regretting that for sure!  straight sugar and artificial colors are not my friend.  i hate that i'm eating so much sugar this pregnancy but for some reason when i'm actually putting it in my mouth my rationale is off and it always seems totally worth it and not that bad.  i don't feel as bad about eating dark chocolate though and mmm that stuff hits the spot every time.  

Gender:  BOY!  my christopher and i have joked this week about naming him james so that we can have our own sweet baby james.  i won't lie, for lack of many others, i think that puts james in our top five names now.

What I miss:  baby girl fitting on my lap.  it is quickly disappearing and it makes me so sad that when she sits on my lap to read stories before nap/bed, i feel like she's six miles down the street.  so she tries to lean back with her head against my chest and it looks so terribly uncomfortable and awkward i don't even know whether to laugh or so cry.  other than that, i am so perfectly happy being pregnant.  it's wonderful.
Milestones:   hitting the third trimester!  that's a pretty huge deal!  this has been flying by so fast lately!  

Theme: the week of feeling great!  the weather has cooled down considerably here in colorado and it's helped significantly with the headaches, breathlessness, lightheadedness, and lack of energy.  the cooler weather even helps me not feel so big!  give me a cardigan and i feel cozy and cute.  
Extra:  i think this is the best i've felt so far in my pregnancy which gives me great hope since i'm entering the third trimester.  i love my bump, i like my clothes, i'm not extremely obsessed with or hating food, i'm not too tired, i'm close enough to the end to get excited but not too close that major anxiety has set in.  i'm just going to sit back and relish in this moment as long as i can!  also, i did the orange drink glucose test today.  once again... i think that stuff tastes good!  i didn't chug it like last time because i'd just eaten a big breakfast and was still full from that, but it still enjoyable!  and the lady that drew my blood was nice too.  i was so distracted talking to her (her little girl is super skinny too and she adds powdered milk to her kid's regular milk so it's twice as "beefed up" and i'm thinking i'll have to remember that because it sounds less painful than drinking a can of ensure everyday like i had to) and helping baby girl pick out a sticker that i barely even noticed anything else going on.  

taken 9.27.12 at 27 weeks

taken 9.27.12 at 27 weeks

at 27 weeks with abigail