The view from the cheap seats

How far along? 35 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: lost a pound over the last 3 weeks. Thank you stomach flu, I’m sure. So up 21
Maternity clothes? its a good mix, but the only summery clothes I have out of the attic are maternity, so all my shorts/capris/sleeveless stuff are mat.
Sleep: really well if I’m in bed early! I can’t seem to nap now :(
Best moment this week: being outside and going for bikerides when B goes running
Movement: just gentle rolling. She’s low but hasn’t dropped yet according to the dr
Food cravings: meh
What I am looking forward to: finishing her room
Milestones: not dialated yet, we’ll see next week!

31 weeks - Jan 31

How far along? 31 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: as of 2 weeks ago, 17lbs
Maternity clothes? half and half
Sleep: horrible. I need a nap to function
Best moment this week: dont remember lol
Movement: still a lot but I don’t need to keep referring to her as bruiser anymore
Food cravings: none
What I am looking forward to: my birthday
Milestones: I passed the 3 hr glucose test! She said my numbers were really low. Interesting

33 weeks - Feb 14

How far along? 33 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: as of last week’s appt, up 22. Ouch!
Maternity clothes? my jeans half the time. Mainly mat shirts
Sleep: bad. Taking a tylenol pm with my vitamin every night
Best moment this week: tomorrow is my birthday!
Movement: lots of rolling
Food cravings: none
What I am looking forward to: today is Valentines but we don’t celebrate it, so bday!
Milestones: made it through the stomach flu pregnant! I couldn’t even keep down water. I don’t know how people with morning sickness manage, that was horrible. Maybe I won’t have gained so much at my next appt though lol

How far along? 29 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: eek! 7 pounds in 2 weeks! Now my Christmas cookies show up. so that means 19 total gain
Maternity clothes? same.
Sleep: what is sleep?
Best moment this week: ??
Movement: lots and lots
Food cravings: none
What I am looking forward to: not looking forward to: glucose test! I failed the one hr, now I go in for the 3 hr. 
Milestones: Contractions! The braxton hicks (practice contractions) kind at least, they started around 27 weeks. And a lot of them. I dont remember them anywhere near this early last time. So I’ve been taking it easy in the evening. hence the weight gain?

forgive me. I’m trying to catch up!

25 weeks - Dec 20th

How far along? 25 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: up a total of 9 as of two weeks ago. Scared that I’m going to put on more over Christmas!!
Maternity clothes? same
Sleep: either really good or horrible
Best moment this week: seeing Christmas gifts for Morgan under my parent’s tree, how fun!
Movement: a lot and it hurts! She is huddled up under my ribs and inflicts pain. I decided to start calling her Bruiser
Food cravings: none
What I am looking forward to: Christmas!
Milestones: ??

27 weeks - Jan 3rd

How far along? 27 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: made it 4 weeks between appts (over Christmas) and only gained 3 pounds! I know I ate 3 pounds of cookies alone so this is shocking. So I’m up 12 now
Maternity clothes? same. halfish
Sleep: getting to be pretty rough
Best moment this week: Christmas was fun!
Movement: painful kicks!
Food cravings: none still
What I am looking forward to: ultrasound on Friday
Milestones: ??

I know most of you don’t care, but for Erin and anyone else who may:

on Black Friday when we were out shopping we randomly stumbled upon this bedding set that I LOVED! (note: I am NOT a pink person. Part of the reason I was scared to have a girl is b/c of the vomiting of pink baby goods that occurs!) I had decided to do the new baby’s room with lime green walls, and the bedding in orange, lime and turquoise. In the event of a girl, I would throw some hot pink in there too :) I was worried though, that we wouldn’t find fabric that I liked enough in those colors. And low and behold we did!

this is the comforter, so a quilt and maybe a valance

the quilt is reversible, this is the backside. Prob the bumper pads

sheets. Not sure what they will be yet

bed skirt. So future crib skirt lol

pillow shams. No clue

more sheets

So I’m pretty excited now! We just have to find a crib and furniture for Morgan’s room and things can start coming together!

I’m doing better people, I’m only one week behind!

How far along? 23 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: up a total of 9. Dr says to expect 1 1/2 lbs a week this trimester and I’m at 9 lbs in 10 weeks. So pretty good!
Maternity clothes? maternity pants wont stay on. So still mainly in my jeans.
Sleep: pretty good! rarely need a nap
Best moment this week: shopping for girl clothes. I’m still drawn to the boy stuff over the girls though lol
Movement: lots and lots
Food cravings: not really
What I am looking forward to: Christmas!
Milestones: ??

I feel like I am bigger than I look in those pics, and I took them a week ago today! Of course, some Christmas cookies have been made (and consumed) in the past week… oops :)

So we found out on the 23rd that this time around we are having a girl! I am all for waiting till the baby is born, but last time I picked that (and had a grouchy husband after every u/s) so this time it was his turn to pick. And now I am soooo tempted to buy clothes! But I’m being good. It was nice to know before Christmas though b/c I know some family wanted to buy the baby some gifts. And I guess I don’t have to refer to her as “the baby” anymore, she has a name!

meet Morgan McKinlee Owens!

I hope she’s cuter in color :)

I admit, I am bad at this. Garrett and I stay so busy that I don’t get a lot of time to sit here at the computer. And I am not complaining, I am so thankful to have this time at home with him. And he’s learning so much! He’s known where his belly is for months now, along with nose, although he rarely points at his noise, he’ll want to touch yours! And anyone near you. Funny to us, but strange when we are at the checkout line at Target and he wants to touch the nose of everyone in line lol. New this week though, he’s gotten down where his legs and feet are. And sometimes his toes. He’s learned to tell the dogs “no no no” and he even shakes his finger at them! He’s started running. He’s very much a climber, we are constantly telling him to stay on his bottom!

With me, I am 22 weeks along with this pregnancy as of today. It’s moving along really fast! I feel like we don’t acknowledge this baby as much as we did with Garrett, but then again we don’t have as much free time to just lay on the couch and feel the baby kick lol.

here are some belly pics and updates!

14 weeks!

I had an appt this week, and dr totally bummed me out! I asked her if I was starting to show and she laughed (but nicely!) and was like, oh no. None of that is baby yet. Thanks…

How far along? 14 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: down just a couple pounds
Maternity clothes? nada
Sleep: not so wonderful at night. but I still need a nap during the day. Better than I had been though when I needed 2 naps a day and was still ready to crash at 8:30 pm
Best moment this week: last week we had an u/s so we got to see the baby!
Movement: sometimes I think I feel flutters. But then I think I must be crazy b/c its too early
Food cravings: quite the opposite. I never want to eat
What I am looking forward to: our vacation!
Milestones: nothing really yet. genetic testing results came back good

these are from 12 weeks:

ok next up, 17 weeks! I know I skipped, they should be every 2 weeks, and I waited 3. Our vaca is going to throw off my dr’s appts so I skipped a week to keep things lined up. Plus I looked the same as the 14 week pic till now.

How far along? 17 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: still down just a couple pounds
Maternity clothes? if I’ll be sitting for long periods of time, esp in the car, I’ll wear mat jeans but they don’t stay up! All but my fave jeans still fit
Sleep: pretty good, don’t need a nap any more either!
Best moment this week: I really don’t remember anything specific
Movement: def feeling the baby. just internally though, no one would be able to feel anything by touching my belly
Food cravings: starting to get an appetite!
What I am looking forward to: our vacation! we leave in a few days
Milestones: movement :)

19 weeks!

How far along? 19 weeks (dr says I should be showing soon. so then what is this?)
Total weight gain/loss: up 5! guess road trips will do that to you lol
Maternity clothes? gave up on the mat jeans, too much trouble to keep them pulled up!
Sleep: amazing! I sleep hard and sometimes don’t even get woken up to pee!
Best moment this week: Brandt felt the baby kick!
Movement: a few times a day. Esp when I lay down at night
Food cravings: salty salty salty
What I am looking forward to: we are finding out the gender this time, should be this week, dr moved it to next week, but then insurance will screw up and we won’t actually find out for 2 weeks.
Milestones: B feeling the baby

21 weeks!

How far along? 21 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: no appt, so I’ll stick with up 5
Maternity clothes? not really. Some mat shirts so I don’t stretch out mine
Sleep: still amazing. So great, I’d been bragging. And when B went to the emergency room at work b/c he couldn’t stand up (kidney stones!) he didn’t even call me b/c he didn’t want to ruin my good sleep. He’s in trouble once he gets better.
Best moment this week: we will find out the gender!
Movement: lots! several times a day and it usually lasts awhile
Food cravings: I love to eat all of the sudden! And the saltier the better, and I tend to not be a fan of lots of salt
What I am looking forward to: finding out what our baby is tomorrow! For the record, I would still prefer to wait, but I’m on board with finding out
Milestones: passed the halfway point!

I totally haven’t mentioned that on my blog. As of today, 14 weeks. No belly pictures yet, my Dr says I’m not showing, it’s still bloat. But it is baby-belly shaped bloat, so I think I may just go ahead and start showing it off instead of hiding it, b/c I’m tired of tshirts and baggy stuff. Happy news, I haven’t gained any weight yet! I’m still 20 pounds below my pre-preg weight from when I found out I was pregnant with Garrett. I can’t believe I haven’t gained anything, but I guess running after him all day is helping :)

We had our second ultrasound 2 weeks ago, here are a few (labeled) pics for your viewing pleasure:

She could feel my uterus by squishing on my bloat (grr) today, and says it is moving up past my belly button and that I’ll be showing very soon. So belly pics to come soon!