19 Weeks

How far along? 19 weeks 5 days

Total weight gain/loss:  + 3 lbs.

Maternity clothes? Yes, pants for sure...been wearing those, now most shirts are too tight! So tshirts are my go to and the 3 maternity shirts my wonderful mom and grandma bought me. 

Im in work out shorts right now and those are a little tight...

Stretch marks? No! Not yet. I use Palmers Skin therapy oil and I guess that helps if anything my skin feels soft. 

Sleep: I tend to wake up about every three hours. which TOTALLY beats seeing every hour on the clock! I sleep better in the mornings but the dogs bark so much I dont sleep near as well as I would like. 

Best moment this week: I felt little man kick my hand just yesterday and then again a few times this morning. SO EXCITING!

Movement: Yes for sure. He moves around a lot. I feel him most on my bladder, but that doesnt bother me...yet.

Cravings: Today I was craving oranges. I had a lot and orange juice. I had a dream that I was back at Pine Cove with my family and we were in a buffet line and they had pez to buy and I grabbed as many as I could. One was even guacamole flavored lol. 

Gender: A little baby boy:)

Labor Signs: Before I know it I will!

Belly Button in or out? In.

What I am looking forward to: Im looking forward to getting his room ready and having Dustin feel him.

I sit here is mismatched pajamas and leftover mascara under my eyes. I feel too tired now to get up and wash my face and I think to myself how I'm going to feel in 21 weeks when our little man arrives. Ha the make up may never make it on in the first place and I may fall asleep in the clothes I wore around that day, if they weren't pajamas from the night before or the clothes I had in the day before that. I'm kidding but I do know life is going to change dramatically.
For one, Iove the job I have and the family I work with. I come home home telling funny stories everyday about what the 2 little boys did or said. J, the four year old keeps me rolling. He told me the other day, as I was eating peanut butter, that my stomach is getting so big because I eat so much 'butter' lol. I could barely keep a strait face.  He also calls the baby 'calooloo' and claims that's what Dustin and are naming him. He also tells me that his friend will come out soon, of course he heard that part from me.
His little brothers C, who is 18 months younger than J, is so funny too and is so different from J. It's amazing that two people can come from the same family and be so different.
A lot is going through my mind these days. I debated on having the baby with a midwife or even at home and now deciding, because it's my first, maybe just going through the hospital. I have rules though, I don't want to be induced, I don't want an epidural and I don't want forceps or a vacuum used on him. I don't want to be bothered and I don't want to have to be on a bed to deliver. Some people just squat and push. I know this may sound crazy to some people and I am aware of how I sound and that it's very possible that it won't go this way at all and at the end of the day I will have a healthy baby boy. (We pray for that!)
Just wanting my thoughts and ideas out there.
The most amazing through all of this has been Dustin. He's so supportive and logical! Im glad he thinks the way he does or it would look so different around us. I get so excited about something and have grand ideas which are not bad ideas necessarily but are not logical at the time or just wouldn't work if you really thought hard about it. Sometimes it's just as simple as. Ok babe great idea.. but that costs money. lol. I'm so thankful I have him in my life and be a rock for me.




Ok.. I realize its been a little while since my last update.. between bouts of morning sickness and and just not feeling up to it from working all day. BUT Here it is. Here is week 16 and 19 of my little baby bump!