31 weeks

How far along:  31 weeks  (4.2.14)

Total weight gain/loss: 24 lbs?  it was 22.5 or 23 all week but after texas roadhouse last night, i'm a solid +24...

Maternity clothes:  yes... i have one pair of maternity pants and a lot of maternity shirts that i wear... that's basically it though.  i'm normally wearing regular jeans, and my undershirts are normal tanks/shade shirts.  i try to wear some sort of cardigan every day to conceal my love handles and camouflage how wide i am from front to back.  that side view... it's alarming.  

Sleep:  not awesome.same as it has been.  crazy dreams.  and i know i toss and turn a lot especially in the am hours.  i try not to look at the time, but i've gotten pretty good at judging the time by if my honey is still sleeping, in bed looking at his phone, or already left for work.  sometimes i have to get out of bed in the early hours to go to the bathroom, but i can always go back to sleep so that's pretty good.

Best moment this week:  mom and dad coming into town!  they came tuesday morning and left today at noon.  it was a really great 24 hours.

Movement:  just what it has been.  i feel like the punching is declining, but i feel little fists and elbows rolling all over when i'm driving and sitting down.  also, like before, she's most active when i'm resting, especially in the morning and at night.

Food cravings:  i really don't get excited about food, but for the most part, if i don't let myself get too hungry, then i don't feel too sick.  it's pretty normal to feel somewhat sick after 4pm, but i can normally find something my stomach can handle so it doesn't escalate or really interfere with life.  i made butternut squash the other day and i was pretty excited about it.  but as it was cooking, i'd walk into the kitchen and get grossed out by the smell.  eventually, i locked myself in my room for the night and my honey took it out of the oven for me, let it cool, and put it in the fridge for me.  i haven't gotten it out yet, but i should probably try to heat that up and feed it to my kids soon.  especially since abigail was begging me for it the whole time it was cooking... i guess it seemed more appealing to her.  i'm still eating cereal for breakfast but it's not really hitting the spot... also, i'm becoming increasingly sensitive to how it gets soggy at the end.  i can't handle that.  and one day this week, i drank some chocolate milk and it was tasting good... fifteen minutes later, i drank some more and it tasted off... and has tasted off since.  ugh, pregnancy is so weird. 

Symptoms: nausea, big belly, headaches, backaches, fatigue and laziness, weird dreams and restless sleep.

Gender:  girl!  after my parents leave next week (they're stopping by again after conference), i'll hopefully get out and sort through the bins of girl clothes that i have and start to get some of that stuff out and probably hung up in the guest closet.  i'd rather tackle that now, while i semi have energy and motivation for it instead of leaving it for the end when i may have nothing left in me.  and brady ended up coming early, and i'd just barely done all the prep the week before so i kind of felt like i was cutting things a bit closer than i probably should have.

What I miss:  not too much.  it's so cool being pregnant.

Milestones:  i'm kind of freaking out... single digit weeks to go!
Theme: the week of experiencing it all and loving it.
What's different this time around:  i think as of right now... there are few differences between this pregnancy and my pregnancy with abigail... 

Extra:  when i woke up this morning, literally my first thought upon opening my eyes was "CRAP! it's thursday! i'm 31 weeks already!" followed by a few more crap crap, how did this happen, maybe i'm mistaken, crap i'm not.  so it's safe to say that i'm still freaking out about how fast pregnancy is going.  i'll be totally fine to go past my due date, but i'm planning for this baby to come at the end of may... just in case.  honey said he's not going to be traveling at all after may 13th or something... three weeks before my due date.  so i feel good about that, because brady was born 11 days early, and my honey was supposed to go out of town at 9 days before my due date... i think that trip ended up getting canceled or rescheduled or maybe he sent someone else instead.  anyways, i told him that this time around, we needed more of a buffer.  especially since my labor with brady was less than 3 hours.  even if he's in colorado... that's not necessarily enough time to get back for the actual birth.  which is another thought i've been stressing.  i wish i knew how long this labor would be lasting and how much time i'll have.  last time was a little close for comfort and i would really really like to have a hospital birth instead of some roadside delivery.  also, i know i need to start practicing some hypnobirthing breathing (and train my honey on how to coach me through breathing if i start hyperventilating again) but i'm still in denial/dragging my feet because i would just like to enjoy pregnancy more without having to worry about the whole baby part yet.  

anyways, it's all going well right now.  i'm enjoying pregnancy, despite the odd symptoms and inconveniences.  i was at old navy today and the cashier girl asked if i was having another girl (based on the clothes i was buying) and said something like "i think i saw you in here a few months ago and you were not showing nearly as much as you are now" or something like that that was phrased nicely but really meant "holy cow you've gotten really huge really fast!"  she probably remembers from when i went in in january after finding out this kid is a girl since that was the most recent time i was there.  anyways, i remember her because there's only two or three cashiers that i ever see working there.  but i'm sure she gets a million and one customers coming through. so now i'm just a little self conscious that i'm so memorable with my pregnant belly and two rambunctious children... ha.

4.8.15 at 31 weeks, 6 days

4.8.15 at 31 weeks, 6 days