Months 5 and 6

  

How far along: 27 weeks and 1 day
Total weight gain: 22 lbs.
Maternity clothes:  I ordered a TON of clothes online this week and am anxiously awaiting on them to come. I need maternity work pants and jeans ASAP!
Stretch marks: Not yet
Sleep: Normal
Best moment of this week: Finding an awesome sale on baby clothes at baby gap with Amanda!

  Miss anything: Being able to breath out of my nose normally all the time.
Movement: Lots kicks and punches. I can see the baby when she moves now and it is kind of freaking, but mostly cool :)
Food cravings: Peanut Butter and chocolate anything. I don't give in to this graving often because its so unhealthy but I do really want it all the time. I also love sour/spicy/salty things more than normal. For example I prefer deli mustard to regular mustard, I want banana peppers on my salads, I love pita chips and popcorn. I try really hard to not eat the things I crave as often as I crave them though.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Driving Mikes car makes me sick. I can't stand the way it smells.
Have you started to show yet: Please!
Gender: Girl
Labor signs: Nope
Belly button in or out: in, but slowly changing

 Wedding rings on or off: I don't wear my wedding bands becasue they are to tight so I just wear my engagement ring.

Looking forward to: Snuggling our little girl and dressing her up in darling little clothes!

Week 27:

My thoughts on breast-feeding include giving it my best shot, being open to what is most realistic. I know it will be hard and I hope that my body will be able to produce enough milk for baby.

Some discomfort I'm having right now includes frequent stuffy noses.

The way I deal with it is wearing nose strips to bed and always having tissues handy.

For breakfast, I'm often in the mood for half a whole wheat beagle with natural peanut butter and a banana.

For lunch it is usually a salad or left overs

My favorite snacks are pita chips with string cheese, skinny pop popcorn, apples, grapes, peach applesauce, chobani yogurt and edemame.

For dinner I just eat smaller portions or I feel very uncomfortable. 

My perfect day includes no work, no class, no babysitting, baby clothes shopping with Amanda, a dinner date with Mike, being caught up with school work so I don't have to do homework, a clean organized house,a good work out and an episode of Scandal or Once Upon a Time.

Baby, about true love, I think its accepting someone the way that they are. Seeing past all their flaws and finding the good intentions of their heart. I don't think true love is meant for just husband and wife, but for family and close friends as well.

  

Week 26: 

This baby seems more real than ever.

The baby's room is coming along. Dresser is finished, bookcase is painted, brib put together... it's coming along.

My Birth plan includes trying to go natural and avoiding and epidural. And possibly a water birth, but I don't think my practice does that.

Worse case sceanari, I'm planning on just going with the flow and doing what feels right at that time.

Baby, when it comes to religion I want you to know, that I have a testimony of the church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints. I know you are only on loan to us while you are here on earth for you are a child of your Heavenly Father.

Week 25

My feelings towards my partner this wee are grateful, loving, emotional. But secretly I wish he would frequently acknowledge my sacrifice to bare his child :)

I never realized how much I loved peanut butter until I got pregnant.

During the day, I'm working hard and trying to stay organized. At night, I'm ready to crash, but my constant stuff nose can make this hard.

My perfect meal right now is almost anything I'd normally want with a chocolate peanut butter milkshake for dessert.

Baby, I think our most important decision for you will be all of the decisions we make as we try to decide which parenting methods will work best for your personality.

 

Week 24: 

When I'm on the move, I feel slower than normal (like when I was trying to keep up with Bryant at the OSU game) but I can still move quick if I need to. 

The temperature I need right now is cool with 0% humidity.

I'm wearing my belly abnd all the time these days.

I've started thinking about the birth. When I do, I'm most focused on hot to avoid the process in general. So far I have only been about to come up with the stork delivering the baby to me option. Some say that its to late for that.

Baby, when it comes to the important things in life, more than anything, I hope you choose to keep the Lord and your family close. 

Week 23:

Right now, exercise consists mostly of my normal workout which is only 35 min on the elliptical, 3-5 times a week.

Lately, I've been thinking that what makes someone a good mother is patience, understanding, desire to be a good mother and obviously unconditional love.

When I'm with other peoples kids, I notice nothing really. I don't see much of my friends with my current schedule. 

And having a flay stomach seems like forever ago to me.

Baby, when it comes to college someday I hope you go to a school that is affordable because I'm not paying for college :) J/K - kind of. I hope you take college seriously and excel. 

Week 22:

When people touch my belly, it's... no one is really touching my belly.

Stretch marks are still a non issue, give it time.

When people make comments about the size of my belly, my response is "Thanks, I sure don't feel as tiny or as great as you say." or I say nothing, because what do you say when someone tell you that you are getting big? lol.

Other than patience and compassion, my plan is come what may and love it.

Baby, I don't expect youo to be perfect, I'll support you by telling you how wonderful and loved you are. Encouraging you to do the things that make you happy and loving you even when you make mistakes. I will do my best to show love in all I do.

 

Week 21:

The Baby's movements feel like a swift kick in the bladder

I'm buying this baby not much yet. I should probably change that, even though I have no idea what I'm suppose to do with it all.

My parents are acting like everything is business as usual, and it makes me feel like they don't remember I'm having a baby. Then again, I hardly remember I'm having a baby.

The things I am most excited about this week is feeling her get stronger and stronger.

Baby, I'm not perfect. Something I'm working on becoming better for you is putting things into perspective and not being so stressed all the time.