All jokes aside I really do love being pregnant. I love feeling her kicks and movements (which have gotten really strong!!) Even though it's still hard for me to believe she's really in there sometimes, I love knowing that she is. She's the best part of my days and I already love her so so much. I can't wait to meet her and to have her in my arms. It's probably somewhat hormones but I get so emotional every time I think about her delivery day. I don't care how it goes and the way she comes out as long as she's healthy. These next three months are probably going to go so slow!! My belly is already getting pretty big. I'm not sure if it's because I'm short or what but it's really popping out there! Coconut oil has become my best friend being pregnant, I lather that stuff all over on the daily!!
It kind of makes me feel a little self conscious when people make comments about how big my belly is or when they say oh are you due in January?? And then I have to be like no I'm actually due at the beginning of March then people act like they feel sorry for me because I still have a long way to go! But I'm also kind of getting over everyone's comments. I've realized that every girl's body is different and how they carry babies is different too. I've wanted to be pregnant and have a baby basically my whole life so I'm focusing on being more positive and not letting people's comments get to me because having and carrying a baby is a pretty special thing.
24 Weeks Pregnant
25 Weeks Pregnant
A couple weeks ago I had a little scare with our baby. For three days I kept having pretty bad back pain that kept getting progressively worse. Then by the third day I started having really bad cramping in my lower stomach and it felt like it was getting super tight. I also had a little blood that third day and that's when I thought I better call my doctor because something wasn't right. My doctor got me in right away. I guess I had a bad bladder infection that led to a kidney infection which was causing cramping and contractions. My doctor put me on bed rest for a couple weeks and gave me antibiotics to get rid of the infections. That was kind of a scary day because she is too small to come right now, she still needs to cook for like 13 more weeks in there! Everything is fine now and she is doing great!
I had to go in early for that appointment which was at 24 weeks and Dr. Beck had to squeeze me in which made for a quick appointment. I was so bummed not to get pictures of her and to see her (My appointments are usually 3 weeks apart and I hang them all in a row so I can see how she is progressing and growing!) but luckily I get to see her an extra time this month in between my doctors appointments. Tomorrow we have the 3D/4D ultrasound tech coming to our house to do it there. I am so excited to see her and for our families to see her. Tomorrow is going to be such a fun day!
I've gotten and made way too many things for our baby but I'm all about being overly prepared than under. I still need a few necessities like a car seat and a stroller and probably a lot of other things too. We move at the beginning of January so I can't exactly set up her nursery until we do but I've definitely planned a lot of it! I think her room will be my favorite in our house which is probably good because I'll most likely be spending a lot of time with her in there haha
I'm pretty bummed but we decided not to make her crib and refurbish one instead. Wes could definitely build one and maybe we will for our next baby but it's so time consuming and with Wes having a new job and about a million other side things that he's doing, I'm just worried that it wouldn't be ready in time. You never really know when your baby will be due but my doctor is thinking about moving her birth date up and he thinks she is going to come early. So with all of that we are just going to sand one down that we bought and repaint it, it'll pretty much be like brand new!
I built a growth chart for her room and just to go in our home because I think it would be so fun to keep track of each child's growth starting from what they measure at the hospital. It will be something that I will treasure that I can take from home to home no matter where we go. I'm also building her something to keep all of her bows on. Wes and I built a huge frame, that I still need to sand and paint white, and then I'm going to put a couple of rows of string through it and then I can hang her bows with close pins or something cute! Her nursery is all in my head so far but I love it! I made a ribbon back drop for our wedding that I am going to hang behind her crib, it's the perfect colors for her room! And the last thing and my favorite part of her room so far is a painting that my friend did. It's beautiful and will go above her dresser/changing space.
This is the growth chart that I made!
This is a picture of part of the ribbon backdrop that I made for our wedding that will go behind her crib!
This is the frame that we built for all (or only some if all won't fit hahaha) of her bows. I still need to sand the whole thing and put a finishing coat of white paint on it. Then I'll hang a couple rows of string to hang the bows from.
This is my favorite part of her room. My friend made this floral watercolor painting that will hang above her dresser/changing space.
I am so excited to see all of it come together! I love planning her room and making it cute for her. I like that most of the things we have could also be used in a little girls room too, not just when she's a baby!
Thanksgiving Day!
This year was my first time not being with my family the whole day and it was my first year not playing in the Turkey Bowl that we have every year. But it was still an awesome Thanksgiving. We spent most of the day with the Clouse side. Ate a lot, rested a lot. Then we stopped by my parents for dessert later that day. We got to hang out and see my aunt's triplets, Daniel, Madison and Isabelle plus some of our other cousins. The day was long and we were exhausted from doing the pork roast sells, like we do every year! Later that night we went and saw the movie Arrival which I highly recommend, it was so good, made me cry, shocker!!! And then we went black friday shopping at Old Navy, We scored more baby clothes for super cheap (Old Navy is my favorite place to shop for her, super cute and super affordable!) and then we got Wes a few things!
