25 weeks

How far along:  25 weeks  (2.19.15)

Total weight gain/loss: 17.5 lbs... this is mindblowing to me that i've gained this much in just ten weeks

Maternity clothes:  just maternity shirts and sweaters.

Sleep:  oh holy crap with the strange and bizarre dreams!  i can't even scratch the surface to tell you the weirdness of these dreams.  by far the weirdest dreams of my life... and on such a regular basis.  so so so weird.

Best moment this week:  moments of eating.  ; )  food has been tasting really good to me.  eggs, cereal, chocolate, pringles, apples... whatever i'm eating, it's normally really good.

Movement:  it's getting more and more frequent.  especially mornings and nights when i'm sitting in my bed.  i'm also feeling it more and more while i'm standing, walking, and moving around.  also, the duration is increasing.  so if i feel a lot of kicks and jabs, it'll continue for quite a while before things calm down again.  

Food cravings:  mmm, i've been really enjoying food this week.  i start each day with a bowl of cereal in bed.  we ran out of life, so lately it's been honey bunches of oats, captain crunch, peanut butter captain crunch, and frosted flakes.  for lunch every day, i have scrambled cheese eggs on toasted, buttered french bread and it is delightful.  and dinner is always something new because i'm trying to cook consistently each night.  my favorite thing this week was probably the french dip sandwiches (google it... our best bites) because they're always my favorite and they tasted especially heavenly with each and every bite.  for snacks, i've been loving apples.  and i've been eating a lot of chocolate (thank goodness for valentines day) and starbursts.  dark chocolate is the absolute very best and a handful of chocolate chips can work wonders in times of tragedy.

Symptoms: nausea at night (normally around dinner time and after), back pain (i've been having bad back pain for several months now, and it varies in severity, but the past few days, i've had considerable trouble standing up straight any time i go to stand up and bending over and walking have been difficult at times so i'm not sure if this is my usual back pain flaring up or if this is pregnancy related since i do remember having sciatic trouble during abigail's pregnancy), extra hunger, and depression.

Gender:  i'm excited that our kids so far will be alternating with the girl, boy, girl.  i know that abigail was super into thomas and trains long before she had a little brother, but i think she's more into cars and sports and "boy stuff" than what she would be if she didn't have a little brother that was into that stuff.  also, i know brady is way more into strawberry shortcake and dressup and pretend kitchen and "girl stuff" than what he would be if he didn't have a big sister that loved princesses and all things girly.  when i pull out a pink bowl and an orange bowl to put food in, i have two kids begging for the pink bowl... two kids begging for the purple crayon... two kids begging for a princess paper to color.  i love that and i hope that pattern continues that my kids will love and appreciate toys and activities designed for each gender.  brady looooves anything hockey related, but he also loves playing sports while he wears necklaces, bracelets, and abigail's silver sparkles shoes.  it's so precious, just like abigail always was when she played dressup with her thomas pj's and pink tutu and tiara and purse full of trains.  also, on a more superficial level... i was looking through old pictures of abigail and i'm so excited for this little girl to be able to wear all those dresses and cardigans and bows.  ; )

What I miss:  not feeling like my normal self and knowing that most every day will be a great day.

Milestones:  i really have no clue.
Theme: the week of pregnancy depression
What's different this time around:  i looked back at previous blog posts and i guess with abigail, this is around the time i started getting depressed, but when i was pregnant with brady, i was headed to atlanta (yeay for emmy's wedding!!!) and was just experiencing packing anxiety instead.  hooray that this week i've gotten to experience both!

Extra:  ehhh, i've got nothing.