21 Weeks

 Sweet photobomb courtesy of Mr. Mack. For some reason, whenever Wayne is taking my pictures, regardless of what room we take them in, he has to sit right infront of me. He just wanted to be included. Haha.

How far along: 21 weeks (July 14-July 20)

Gender Prediction: Changed this category to include my prediction instead! This week I was thinking Girl.

Weight gain: I think it was 12 lbs at my apt on July 17.

Maternity clothes: Maternity/nursing bras and underwear are a must! I did purchase maternity cami's, I wear a tank top under everything, so my old ones weren't cutting it any more!

Sleep: Sleeping good and hard this week.

Best moment this week:We went on a weekend vaca with our friends to the Hamptons. Ate some delicious food and saw some awesome sights!

Miss anything: A nice cold glass of pinot grigio on some of these hot summer evenings. 

Movement: Tons. Starting to see a few from the outside when I'm sitting still.
Symptoms: Very tired. Needing a coffee in the afternoon to get me through the evening. I don't have a coffee in the morning, and if I do have coffee it's half regular half decaf. I wake up generally feeling good and energized, but by lunch time or just after.. I'm sleeping with my eyes open!

Cravings: Chocolate chip cookies and donuts. 

Looking forward to: Cleaning house. We've got everything jotted down and a whole bunch of tasks to tackle! One room at a time.. we'll get there.. eventually. 

Here are a few photos from our weekend in the Hamptons.

This chipwich was absolutely delicious! The perfect afternoon snack. 

 

Hubby and I on the main street in Southhampton.

 

We stopped by the gorgeous Wolffer Estate Vineyard. Too bad I had to have water in a wineglass, but the whole property was breath taking. 

 

On the Ferry back to CT.

20 Weeks

How far along: 20 weeks (July 7-July 13) cannot believe we are halfway to meeting this sweet baby!

Gender: It's a Baby!

Weight gain: 8+ lbs.

Maternity clothes:A few shirts and tank tops, but still getting by with my own jeans. Wearing a ton of my maxi skirts and dresses as they are so flowy and comfy! Being pregnant in the summer has some perks for sure!

Sleep: Not so good this week. Tossing and turning a bunch.

Best moment this week: Getting to see our little munchkin at our anatomy scan! And also celebrating my brother and now sister in law's wedding! I seriously felt hungover the next day. Was so exhausted from the festivities, I needed my normal greasy go hangover cure, and it did the trick! Haha. A grilled cheese, diet coke, and side of fries. It was delicious!

Miss anything: Clear skin! Man, these hormones are no joke.

Movement: Becoming more and more frequent! Loving all those karate kicks!
Symptoms: Still super exhausted and feeling pulling and stretching.

Cravings: Sweets!

Looking forward to: Nursery progress. We've got a bunch of ideas narrowed down, now it's just all about finding time and getting to work! And some baby shower planning!

Look at that little nose! :)

I couldn't help myself from ordering these goodies from Burt's Bees Baby! Everything is so unbelievably soft. I'm obsessed!

Wayne and I at the wedding. 

My new sister in law! :) What a beautiful bride!

Nursery Inspiration

Let's talk a little nursery planning here! Since we aren't finding out the gender, we wanted to go with something that was neutral enough, and that we could just add a few pops of gender specific color, or gender specific items later on, and be all set. I love grey, and am not super themey as it is. So I would have never chosen an all baseball nursery, or an all pink nursery. I like how many different pieces with different themes and feels can come together and compliment a room nicely. Therefore, this first picture is really an ideal of what we want our nursery to look like! I love the grey and white!

I'm really trying to get this whole house organized and simplified! I love how simple and uncluttered this below room is! It looks so crisp and serene. I can totally picture rocking a sweet little babe in that chair.

Oh how I am obsessed with white furniture! But with a black lab, and a house full of dog hair, that will never work. Secretly wishing there was a pill I could give Mack to make him stop shedding! This room is gorgeous and so simple. I love the wooden pops.

This calm and quiet nook is so cute. I love the little baskets and the pouf. I would prefer a glider or rocker though.

This kind of has the feel of what we are working on creating as well! Minus the white chair/ottoman. I am obsessed with the pops of teal. I think teal works for both boys and girls. And will compliment pink or navy quite nicely!

I am really obsessed with this gallery wall. I love the different frames and pops of color. I can totally picture this in a play room.... now if only we had an addition in the works. One day!

(all images found via pinterest)

19 Weeks

How far along: 19 weeks(June 30-July 6)

Gender: It's a Baby!

Weight gain: 8+ lbs.

Maternity clothes: My zipper on my jeans no longer stays up with the hair tie trick. I must invest in maternity jeans, ASAP!

Sleep: Pretty good this week.

Best moment this week: Enjoying the 4th of July weekend, and watching some fireworks.

Worst moment this week: Running out of clothes to wear. 

Miss anything: A drink or two on the 4th.

Movement: Yes, mostly around certain times. About 9-10 am I feel tons of kicks, then again around 3pm, 7pm, and then about 9-10pm. Baby is already getting into a routine?
Symptoms: Feeling a ton of stretching in my stomach. It's kind of uncomfortable, like you just ate the biggest meal and your stomach is so full. It feels like of like that, and then some. Everything just stretching out!

Cravings: Chocolate chip cookies.

Looking forward to: Our anatomy ultrasound on the 7th! Our halfway mark, and finally picking out a glider for the nursery! We were so undecided, but have narrowed it down a bit.

18 weeks

How far along: 18 weeks(June 23-29)

Gender: It's a Baby!

Weight gain: 8+ lbs.

Maternity clothes: Clothes are really starting to fit differently now. My favorite white cami's are starting to roll up a bit. The hair tie trick is still scraping by, but I'm going to have to eye a pair of maternity jeans or two to wear to work. I've been rotating in some maxi skirts which are super comfortable so that's a plus!

Sleep: Still good, but tossing and turning a bit.

Best moment this week: Our best friends engagement party! It was such a beautiful party and tons of good food!

Worst moment this week: Experienced my first night of insomnia. It wasn't the entire night, but I was up for a few hours one night and just couldn't fall back asleep.

Miss anything: Stomach and back sleeping.

Movement: Yep! Tons of pops. Feels like popcorn popping.
Symptoms: Feeling pretty tired. I thought I was supposed to get more energy during the second trimester.. not so much.

Cravings: Blueberry waffles this week.

Looking forward to: 4th of July festivities coming up.

17 Weeks

How far along: 17 weeks(June 16-22)

Gender: It's a Baby!

Weight gain: 7 lbs at my last drs apt on the 16th.

Maternity clothes: Picked up a few things from Motherhood Maternity over the weekend. Maternity underwear, who heard of such a thing, and that you would need such a thing!

Sleep: A little tossing and turning, this whole sleeping on the side thing is not my favorite. Doing my best to stay off my back, but keep finding myself there.

Best moment this week: I went through all of our clothes in our house. The winter stuff, the summer stuff, the work stuff, all of it. And I'm getting rid of almost a full sized bed full of piles of old clothes, if that makes sense. I've held onto so many things for so long thinking "oh I'll wear this one day." and I never do. So, it was finally the perfect time to purge all of that stuff. The winter stuff is now up in the attic and I have officially moved over into the master closet.

Worst moment this week: Wayne hasn't been to the gym in a few weeks due to his back, and when he went Friday morning, his gym bag, and keys were stolen. So frustrating. Luckily I had taken the day off of work for some "me" time. We had to do a bunch of running around for new keys, new locks, and new work shoes! ugh.

Miss anything: Sleeping on my stomach. I still kind of can, but am trying not to.

Movement: Yes, still feeling more taps and pops!

Cravings: A hot fudge sundae. 
Symptoms: Not much this week.

Looking forward to: Getting some more progress going in the nursery.

16 Weeks

How far along: 16 weeks(June 9-15)

Gender: It's a Baby!

Weight gain: About 6 lbs?

Maternity clothes: Still wearing just the bras.

Sleep: Still going good.

Best moment this week: We registered! It almost started out bad. We arrived at Buy Buy Baby, got our handy dandy little scanner, went right back to the furniture section to just browse what they had, and the fire alarm goes off. So we handed in our scanner and went outside. We sat on a bench and waited for a little bit. Thankfully the alarm stopped and went back inside to keep on registering! 

Worst moment this week: From what I can remember, nothing really.

Miss anything: An iced cold beer, more like the Coors Light Summer Brew.

Movement: YES! I was eating a peanut butter cup on Thursday night (the 11th), and a minute or two after I had finished it, I felt a wave go across my lower tummy. I put my hand on my stomach and felt what I can describe as a few taps! So crazy!

Cravings: Chocolate and salad. What a good mix. haha. 

Looking forward to: Wayne's first fathers day weekend.