HOW FAR ALONG: 24 weeks 4 days! SIZE OF BABY: An ear of corn! He is around a foot long and weighing more than a pound. WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO: Working on his nursery and doing some things around the house. We celebrated our 4 year anniversary and now I am counting down the days until Fall! I've never been more ready for fall, pumpkin spice, cooler weather, and my baby shower!! EXERCISE: Walking some throughout the week. BODY CHANGES: The bump is noticeable to anyone and everyone now. My belly itches and I have bumps all over my tummy, doctor said this is common due to increased progesterone. My hips and butt itch like crazy too! SLEEP: I can fall asleep the second I hit the pillow! But wake up throughout the night to go to the bathroom and I also can't sleep past 7 in the morning. BEST MOMENT OF THE WEEK: My family being able to see and feel Sawyer's movements from the outside. I am fascinated every time he moves and you can just watch him go from side to side on the outside of my stomach. Also hearing his heartbeat last week, which is going down, now 143 beats per minute. WORST MOMENT: A few days ago I was having trouble breathing, when I went to lay down in bed I literally lost my breath and couldn't take a deep breath without being in excruciating pain. The pain was in my upper left ribs. I had no idea where it came from and Bryan had to immediately pull me up from the bed. I sat up and still had the pain but was at least able to breathe. A few minutes later (when we were deciding what to do) we were just watching my stomach and all of the sudden you could see a round lump move from my ribs all the way down to the lower part of my stomach. I could immediately breathe and felt a sense of relief. My only guess is baby was nestled up in my rib cage for a period of time. It was crazy to see him completely move down my body. FOOD CRAVINGS: Sour candies. SYMPTOMS: Belly/butt/hip hitching from stretching skin, going to the girls room practically every 30 minutes, I can eat so much food and still be hungry (no joke more than Bryan). WHAT'S GOING ON WITH BABY: He is growing like crazy. His lungs are developing branches and hes practicing breathing inside the womb. His body is filling out proportionally and he is practicing facial expressions as his facial muscles are capable of movement. His brain is growing quickly now and his taste buds are continuing to develop. Baby boy can finally tell if he is upside down or not. NEXT APPOINTMENT: 27 weeks for my glucose test! Which I am super nervous about (mainly because I eat sweets all of the time and my mom developed diabetes while she was pregnant), prayers please! TOTAL WEIGHT GAIN: At my 23 week apt I had gained 14 pounds, which doctor said is right on target. MATERNITY CLOTHES? I can't fit into anything with a button. I had a little bit of a meltdown on Bryan yesterday because I went shopping and nothing fit. Except maternity jeans, which I refuse to buy because they are outrageous! DIET: My diet has been awful. I have really been slacking and I need to work on eating better (which I don't know how I'll do during fall and the holidays). MISS ANYTHING? Sleeping throughout the night. ANYTHING MAKE YOU QUEASY OR SICK? Nope! GENDER: Boy, I will hopefully be posting pictures of his nursery soon. HAPPY OR MOODY? Happy! I love love love being pregnant. It is so amazing what God allows the woman's body to go through. I don't understand how anyone could complain about this process. I would take the pain I had in my ribs a thousand times a day if that meant a baby was in there and well. I don't want to take any of this for granted! On Friday Bryan and I celebrated our 4 year anniversary. I was exactly 24 weeks on Friday so I have some pictures below from our outing. We drove to one of our favorite places (Beacon Heights) along the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway. Beacon Heights is a small hike with an outstanding view. The weather was perfect and I couldn't have asked for a better day. I gave Bryan and a couple other hikers a minor panic attack as I crept down the rock for a place to sit and take in the mountains. We also piddled around the outlets and down town area and stopped in for lunch at a place called Southern Comforts. This place had the best fried chicken I have ever had! Definitely worth a stop if you are ever in Blowing Rock, NC.
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Four years of marriage has gone by and I can without a doubt say this past year has by far been my favorite. I look back at our amazing wedding day and how absolutely beautiful it was but nothing has compared to these moments I have spent with you over the last few months. I think back to every doctors visit you attended with me and how much of a strong, supportive husband you were and can't help but thank God. I will never forget the look on your face when I told you we were expecting a little baby. It was the most genuine and sincere smile on your face that I had ever seen. I am incredibly thankful that God chose to bless us with this pregnancy on his time and not ours. We have grown so much in our faith and in our marriage this last year that I wouldn't trade one single moment. Even the not so good times have led us to be more patient and better people. God has given us a new life and a renewed marriage, one better than I could have ever hoped for. My favorite times with you are not the times we go out doing things (like they used to be), the moments I cherish most are the times we lay in bed at night and cuddle with our pup and feel our son kick. Another memory I'll never forget, the first time you felt Sawyer kick and how excited you were. I can't help but express my gratitude to God during these moments. Now every night has turned into getting in bed by 8, talking to our baby, waiting on him to kick like crazy, then going to sleep by 9. I never thought I would be excited about getting in bed at 8 and now that's what I look forward to most every night. It truly is the simple things. I know that we have so much more to look forward to this year and the many years to come. I am so thankful for you and how we've grown as husband and wife. You are the love of my life and my rock. I can't wait to see you become the best dad to our little man. I see you with Auggie and can only imagine how you are going to be with Sawyer. This love I have for you is indescribable, I love you, Happy 4 years of marriage my love! Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
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