Pregnancy: Week 29

A few days late, per usual. Meh, what can ya do?

But honestly. 29 weeks. Seriously? How did this happen? How did we get here??
Baby is the size of a squash. Which is fitting because all of my insides FEEL squashed. All five senses are fully functioning and the brain is going through major developments. I can definitely tell Little Dude's sleep and awake patterns. I really believe he sleeps through the night. When I wake up in the morning, I usually get one or two kicks/rolls/some sort of movement, and then he doesn't REALLY get going until I start school for the day. Then when I get home for the night and put my feet up, Little Dude doesn't stop moving at all! This is good, because I am a natural worrier and feeling him move a lot puts my mind at ease. I am becoming increasingly more uncomfortable, I pee every two hours at night, and I am in general exhausted. Oh, and did I mention my freaking food aversions are back? Yup. Several nights a week I eat cereal because I can't stomach what I made for C and the girls. And I am feeling Braxton-Hicks pretty regularly.

Check out this week's belly shot:
And to show the largeness of the bump:

Everyone keeps telling me I am still small. I suppose we shall see at my doctor's appointment on Friday! It is my last 4-weeker and then we move on to every two weeks!

Stay tuned! I will be posting more nursery pictures this week!!

Weekend Recap

It was a toss-up between being a productive and generally lazy weekend. So what did we accomplish here at the Control Freak homestead? Here is a recap!

Friday: We wanted to spend the evening with the girls, so our night consisted of ordering Alice in Wonderland from On Demand and getting Dairy Queen. Little Dude likes his Pumpkin Pie Blizzard. I soaked my feet because it had been so disgustingly hot that day and the previous few days. In bed early!

Saturday:

• Waited for the ATT Uverse guy again. Hopefully things are figured out and our main box will continue to work.
• Assembled the crib!
• Took J shopping for a dress for her Washington DC trip
• Went to my in-laws' for dinner and game night!

Sunday:

• Did some laundry
• Went to a friend's Partylite party (ordered my fall scents! Woot!)
• Did a half-assed grocery shopping. I hate not going to my normal store. I couldn't find anything and now have to go BACK this week.
• Made a delish pancake dinner and my parents stopped over to see the crib
• Worked on a DIY project for the nursery (stay tuned!)

I definitely was not as productive as I wanted to be and most of my cleaning did not get finished. The girls are at their mom's next weekend, so I plan on getting much accomplished!

How was your weekend? Do any major projects? Spend Sunday watching football? Let us know!

Menu Planning Monday

I feel like we are in a meal rut. Like I cook the same things every week. Of course, I am pretty sure that my lack of appetite/pregnancy is not helping matters. It is really difficult to grocery shop/meal plan when nothing sounds appealing except for ice cream. I feel bad for my family as well, because I am definitely not at the top of my cooking game lately.

Here is this week's menu:

Sunday: Pancake dinner
Monday: Chicken paprikash
Tuesday: Shepherd's pie
Wednesday: Grilled cheese and tomato soup. I have dinner plans!
Thursday: Crock pot roast with potatoes and carrots
Friday: Not sure. Taking the girls to their mom's so probably something on the go.
Saturday: Birthday party for a friend

What is on your menu this week? Visit OrgJunkie's website for lots of meal ideas!

Pregnancy: 28/82 and 3rd Tri

28 Weeks. 82 days until Little Dude makes his appearance. 3rd trimester. Seriously? Holy crap. In three months, live is going to forever change. It just seems to be hitting me more and more lately that soon I will be holding my son in my arms.

For the most part, I have been feeling great, aside from the occasional emotional breakdown and crying fit. Most of the time I can't wear my wedding and engagement rings because my fingers are slightly swollen. I feel more and more pregnant as the days go on. I find myself unbelievably exhausted after a day at work and just want to come home and nap. It is very reminiscent of my first trimester, so I am wondering if I am headed down that path once again.

Since I am exhausted, here are a few pictures:

27 Weeks:



and 28 Weeks:

How to Un-70's Our Home

There is no denying it. Our house rocks the 1970's harvest gold color in almost every room of the house. Including the outside.



It is as if they painted the outside and said, "You know what? Let's just coordinate the tile in BOTH bathrooms, the countertop and backsplash in the kitchen, and the linoleum floor to match!



Pretty much, we have the ugly house in the neighborhood. It is depressing. Next summer, our goal is to paint the outside of the house. The ONE THING I want is a red front door. And I really wanted a gray house.

Then C noticed our house has a really, really brown roof. And we both think that a gray house would look silly with a brown roof.

Then, I came across The NewlyWoodwards blog and I fell in love. This is their house:

Brown roof. Red door (and lots of fun red accessories). And LOVE the color.

I am hoping to use this as my inspiration next summer when the time comes to decorate our humble abode.

Because I love it.

This is the proof my mom sent me of my baby shower invitation!! It goes along with the zoo animals theme of our bedding and I adore it!

I did tell my mom that I wanted it to say Baby Boy and I also found a few missing commas (sue me, I am an English teacher). But seriously, it is adorable.

26 Weeks: Double Digits

Baby is now the size of an eggplant. He is soaking up antibodies to prepare himself for the outside world! Eyes are forming and he is practicing blinking. The nerves in his ears are developing and are more sensitive than before; he may be able to hear not only me but also whomever I am having a conversation with. He is inhaling and exhaling small amounts of amniotic fluid, which is essential in lung development. He is putting on baby fat and his testicles are starting to descent (WEIRD and EW, lol).Overall, this has been a miserable week for me. It was ridiculously hot and my classroom was a million degrees. I felt so bad for my students because at some points, I just wanted to put my head down and take a big nap. And my allergies...well, let's not even go there. I couldn't get through reading to my students because I thought my nose and eyes were going to run right off my face.

Tomorrow we have a bonus day off of school, so I am going in early for my glucose test. Blech. I have the world's weakest stomach so I am not looking forward to it at all.

I decided to be brave and post my entire face. Um, next time I will wear make-up, lol. I look exhausted and my hair is a disaster.
And to get an idea of what I am seeing, my "Mommy View" for this week:
I feel like we are making real progress on the nursery. I keep going in there and just standing there, looking around. And thinking how life is drastically going to change in a few months. Weird. I am having more and more emotional breakdowns and crying jags. My mom said she was going to light a candle and say an extra prayer for C.

How far along: 26 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 14 pounds. This doctor's appointment I was up 6 pounds. Yikes. But I attribute at least 2 of those pounds to the jeans I was wearing.
Maternity clothes: Mostly. Definitely pants/capris and most shirts. I can get away with some of my non-maternity dresses
Stretch marks?: Not yet
Sleep: A few days of decent sleep a week then a crappy night. But I am going to bed earlier and earlier.
Best moment this week: Hearing the heartbeat again on Friday and setting up our changing table
Movement: Oh yes. And time for the kick count sheet.
Food cravings: Anything sweet. It is crazy.
Gender: Boy!
What I miss: Sleep/sleeping in. Having normal taste buds.
Milestones: We entered double-digits on Saturday!

Nursery Update!

Our changing table arrived and we put it together on Saturday. I was so excited that I had to wash some clothes and put them in the drawers! I am trying not to buy TOO many clothes because I am pretty sure we will get quite a bit for our shower:
Newborn Santa hat for our Christmas baby:

Drawer container for socks and hats:


Onesies and pants, divided by size:

Love my closet dividers:
Small stash of clothing:

Hormonal

I must be entering some new phase in my pregnancy. One where I cry about seemingly everything under the blessed sun.

It is a million degrees in Cleveland. My classroom feels like 2 million degrees. My students are hot and the heat is making everyone lethargic in the classroom.

Adding to my misery is the fact that my allergies are the worst they have been in probably 5 years. Seriously? Why this summer?

My feet are swollen and I am in the beginning stages of cankles.

And apparently pregnancy has affected my ability to correctly balance the checkbook. I forgot to account for J's braces this month. I am awesome.

End of rant. I am going to take an ice cold shower and go to bed before I cry over something else.