Stretch Marks and Swollen Ankles

I just typed a whole post and somehow erased the whole thing and I'm completed irritated about it. So, here we go again, but it's gonna be a condensed version. The first pic, I think I'm 24 weeks, can't remember when I took it. The next is a pretty crappy picture of my swollen ankles, they're much worse in real life I swear. Tomorrow marks the third trimester! 28 weeks down, only 12 more to go. I feel like we have so much left to do and we're running out of time to do it. We have to get our house completely finished from the remodel we did last summer because I can guarantee we're not going to want to do it when the baby finally comes. We just have a little trim left to do and a couple of walls that need painted but I would swear we had a whole house to do given the amount of time we're taking to finish it. We also need to scrub the house top to bottom. We're a little late on the spring cleaning. I have some new found energy but by the time I get home from work everything below my knees is so swollen I swear my skin's just going to burst open. So, I find myself coming home and just propping up my feet to get the swelling down. We have our 28 week appointment on Tuesday so I'll ask the doctor about all the swelling but I'm sure he'll just tell me to keep doing what I'm doing. As long as my blood pressure's fine, I'm sure everything will be okay. I have some shopping to do so I'll post again after our appointment. Hope everyone has a nice holiday!

27 weeks

I'm almost into the third trimester and I can't believe how fast the time seems to be going. My stomach seems to be growing bigger and bigger everyday. I think I'm going to have to buy more maternity clothes because the ones I already got are getting a little tight. I haven't taken any belly pics lately and I need to. I no longer have ankles because they are swelling so bad. They look a little bit ridiculous. This pregnancy, believe it or not, still hasn't quite sunk in with me. It's still so hard for me to believe that we are going to have a baby in just thirteen weeks. We have literally bought almost every thing that we need to get started. Bottles, diapers, wipes, carseat, you name it, we pretty much got it. It's too hard to stop myself when I start shopping. I have my 28 week appointment next Tuesday. I am not looking forward to slurping down that extremely sugary drink, but you do what you gotta do. Well, I have to go now. Got to talk my husband into getting me a banana split. Sounds so yummy right now. ;)

Movement - 25 weeks

Yesterday, my husband finally felt Ms. Randi Lyrae kicking. I've been able to see her kicks and punches now on the outside for about a week but my husband could never see it when I tried to show him. Back to the name, Randi Lyrae is what we will be naming our baby girl. Randy is my dad's name and Lyrae is my middle name. We knew, boy or girl that the first name was going to be Randy, just spelled a little differently if it was a girl. I have such a special connection with my dad and I really wanted to be able to honor him in as big of a way as I know possible. I've gained up to just about 20 pounds already and the weight just keeps coming on. I really really really hope I can lose most of it afterwards, but it's doubtful. My metabolism just isn't what it used to be, or I'm just stuffing my face more than I used to. ;) I have just fifteen weeks left to go. A little less then four months left!!! Cannot believe how fast time is flying by! We keep buying more and more stuff for this little one that she almost has everything she needs already. We've had to save some items for the baby shower though which will be after the baby is born. Well, I hope everyone had a good weekend!

It's definitely a...

Girl! Okay, not a huge surprise considering we already had a pretty good idea of the gender from our last ultrasound. But it's definitely a sweet little girl! And let me tell you, I do not know how these little babies fit in our bellies?!? She was so scrunched up and I just wonder how that could be comfortable? She weighs 1.6 ounces and her heartrate was 147. Everything looks perfect and we couldn't be happier. My husband and I bought two little summer outfits for this little chica today. We're quite excited. Once he uploads the ultrasound pics to the computer I'll post those too. The pictures this time weren't as good as our last ones because, well, as she gets bigger it's harder and harder to get good pics because there's just no room in there. I have so many pics to post, one of these days I'll get to it. My next appointment I'll be 28 weeks and they'll do the glucose testing then. I can't believe I've come this far already. Next thing I know, I'll be holding this sweet little girl in my arms! We're just overjoyed.

21 weeks 1 day

Here I am, 21 weeks and 1 day along. It's not the best pic, my husband took it. ;) It may not look that big, but trust me, it's there and I feel gigantic. Not much going on, which is always a good thing. Sleeping is so uncomfortable and breathing has proved to be a huge task. Other than that, it's not too bad. I'm counting down the days till this little one decides to make her appearance. Can't wait!

Almost halfway there

Had another ob appointment yesterday. All is well. I have gained, what I believe to be a disgusting amount of weight, but my doc didn't even mention it so it must not be that bad. The heartrate was 144 which I thought was kind of slow but they were none concerned so therefore, neither am I. We have another appointment in 4 weeks where they will do an ultrasound. I thought from my last appointment that we would have one in a couple of weeks but I'm really not worried so I'll wait as instructed. I can't believe I'm almost 20 weeks already. It's still so unbelievable. Incredible and unbelievable.

M.I.A.

Sorry, I've been a little out of the loop lately. I still read all your blogs every day though. ;) I really don't have much to report which, no news is good new, right? Well, my belly is expanding although I still find it hard to notice. I'm in full-blown maternity pants, no shirts yet, just pants. I did, however, order some maternity shirts from Old.Navy and got some good deals on them. It is my goal not to look frumpy and dishevled while preggers, let's see if I can accomplish that. I swear I'm already having trouble breathing, my ribs feel like they're going to collapse at any second. Don't know if this is normal so early in the pregnancy but I'm sure stuff is just shifting all around in there. I check on the little gal from time to time and her heartbeat's still nice and strong. We bought and assembled a crib last weekend and I've got to tell you, the whole thing is just surreal. I cannot, cannot believe that we've come to this point in our lives finally. The whole reality that, God willing, I will be bringing home a healthy beautiful baby in just five months still has not sunk in. It feels like I'm living someone else's life because it was just a short while ago that I truly thought we would never have children of our own. I don't think it's fully going to sink in until we're in the delivery room. I haven't been as nauseated which is nice, but I find myself terribly irritable all the time. Oh, sweet hormones, what would we do without them?