How far along? 18 weeks
How your baby's growing:
Head to rump, your baby is about 5 1/2 inches long (about the length of a bell pepper) and he weighs almost 7 ounces. He's busy flexing his arms and legs — movements that you'll start noticing more and more in the weeks ahead. His blood vessels are visible through his thin skin, and his ears are now in their final position, although they're still standing out from his head a bit. A protective covering of myelin is beginning to form around his nerves, a process that will continue for a year after he's born. If you're having a girl, her uterus and fallopian tubes are formed and in place. If you're having a boy, his genitals are noticeable now, but he may hide them from you during an ultrasound. www.babycenter.com Total Weight Gain: Think I'm going between 10-12. I feel like I get bigger every single day!
Maternity Clothes: My regular pants are officially going into retirement-temporarily. The buttons are digging way too far! Work out shorts and dresses are currently my BFF.
Stretch Marks: So far-so good. For some reason stretch marks like to accumulate on my lower back and tops of my legs. I've been lucky to keep them off my belly so far, but I've been lathering up the coconut oil!
Sleep: Daily naps are still a requirement. I have to stay on my feet or I am out!
Best moment of this week: Been a pretty good week!
Grace had her very first gymnastics class on Thursday and she absolutely loved it. I was bummed because we were about 10 minutes late-thanks Dallas traffic! When we got there, the teacher told me not to be surprised if Grace just wanted to stay right by my side and have nothing to do with anything. Well, she acted that way for about 10 seconds before she was overcome with excitement! We started with some bar and beam exercises-which she loved! She swung her legs like crazy. Then, we went to the floor and trampoline where she proceeded to get nice and sweaty. She didn't want to have anything to do with the teacher and she tended to completely ignore all structure they were trying to implement. Other than that, it was fabulous and we will definitely be signing up for good! Here's a few pics and I have a few videos on my youtube link ---------------->>>
Got to see my brother and his wife (<--weird saying that) graduate from Tech and it's always fun to visit God's country! Shout out!
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| Get your guns up people! More Raiders in the family! |
I had some amazingly disgusting chips at the Rangers game. Thanks Beall for the invite- always a good time. Even if they did lose 2-9.
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Strongly recommended concoction of chip heaven!- I suggest sharing! I thought about getting a Murphadilla or a Beltre Burger, but figured I didn't need to be that ridiculous! Also, last night, Mike went in to check on Grace and found her right inside the door. So funny..kinda sad..but funny! :) |
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| Grace snoozing on the floor: guess she wanted to be with all her babies! |
Miss Anything? Still missing my caffeine and have been really craving a nice cold beverage on the patio to enjoy these warm days.
Movement: Still feeling little flutters. Nothing major yet.
Food Craving: Still going strong with the cravings of the most unhealthy food there is. Ugh!
Anything making you queasy or sick? I figured out that 5 hours of graduation and 100 degree weather tends to wear on me. If I don't drink enough water throughout the day, I really feel the affects of dehydration. I don't really feel sick, but definitely light headed and queasiness comes and goes.
Gender Prediction: Very torn at this point. VERY READY to find out. Nurseries on pinterest are calling my name! ..and my new sister-in-law has introduced me to a nice little gem: www.projectnursery.com
Labor Signs: Thank goodness- no
Symptoms: The hair growth factor does not hit me as positively as I've heard from others. I hear all these stories about women's hair getting thick and shiny and growing long and beautiful. Um, no. My hair on my head seems to be getting rattier and fro-ier--while hair everywhere else is growing like crazy. Not to be gross or anything, but if you would like to get me an early birthday/Christmas/Valentine's Day, etc... present- I would really like laser hair removal for my entire body. Please and thanks!
Belly button in or out? Already starting to poke out :(
Wedding rings on or off? Starting to get snug. Probably moving only to the wedding band soon.
Happy or Moody most of the time: Feeling good. I'll definitely feel happier and less anxious when tornado season is over! There is nothing more stressful than having my family spread all over the place with a threat of a tornado. I can't even begin to imagine the extreme devastation families are facing in Moore and we had a big scare with the tornado in Granbury. My mom had a close call and I would say she's experiencing some PTSD after seeing that huge F4 sweep across Granbury. Can't blame her! Look at this hail she snatched up out of the yard the night of the storm! The tornado isn't the Granbury tornado, but it's a pic a friend of ours took from a nearby town that same night! Craziness!
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