week twenty-one

and here we are again, another week down.  i've been missing the mark on my weekly bump updates.  friday is the day i move into a new week, but for some reason i just can't seem to get it together to actually do a bump update on friday.  what's up with that?

how far along? 21 weeks, 4 days.  aapparently baby is now the size of a spaghetti squash and weighs about 1 lbs.

total weight gain: all in all at this point i'm up 18 lbs. this is totally awesome!!  when i was pregnant with liam my total weight gain was a whopping 55 lbs.  i do not plan on a repeat of that.  at the same time i'm completely of the mind that my body and baby will put on as much weight as necessary.  i'm just a lot more conscious of it this time round, not to mention i'm more active too. 

maternity clothes? heck yes.  although i'm still wearing many of my non-maternity cardigans and even a couple of my longer/flowy non-maternity tops.

stretch marks?  zero, i feel very lucky about this.

sleep:  horrible.  i think i'm just not going to get any decent sleep during this pregnancy.  baby girl is really active, and so is my bladder, at night.  i guess it doesn't help that i'm still recovering from a nasty ass cold that just won't realize it's over stayed it's welcome.  dear cold, piss off.

best moment this week: my weekend was pretty freakin' awesome.  it was all mommy and liam time.  rob had a stag party to go to all day/night on saturday, which meant liam and i could do whatever we wanted.  we had long naps, went for a haircut (liam was starting to look like he had a mullet), and a really long walk in the gorgeous sunshine.  sunday was left for running around in the backyard while i cleaned out the garden.  can't wait to actually start planting things.  so soon, so soon.

miss anything?  not this week, but as this weekend approaches i know i'll be missing some cocktails.  we're headed to vancouver island for a wedding and i know i'll miss having a glass of wine, or two, or five. 

movement:  holy cow she's crazy.  she's all over the place lately.  unfortunately my placenta is right out in front and rob hasn't felt her move yet.  we'll just keep trying.

food cravings:  this was all about everything sweet.  in particular chocolate chip cookies.  i made a batch on thursday and i think i've pretty much eaten them all.  also, i've been craving a lot of water.  i think i may not have been drinking enough and now it's all i want to drink.

anything making your queasy or sick:  nothing.

gender: girl

labour signs: nada

symptoms: so it turns out that the rash on my hand is not actually PUPPP.  thank goodness!!  it's just really really really really bad eczema.  it is starting to clear up a bit and hasn't been as itchy. 

belly button in or out? in

wedding rings on or off?  on

happy or moody most of the time?  i have been super moody lately.  rob has been running for the hills and is such a patient patient man (love him so much for it too).  not sure why, but the pregnancy hormones were a raging this week.  i had a few bawling sessions for no apparent reason other than i just needed to cry.  hurray for pregnancy!! 
looking forward to:  getting away with this weekend.  just the two of us.  i know we'll talk about liam the entire time we're gone, but i can't help but be excited at the idea of sleeping in passed 7 am.  i'm seriously excited about that!!  and the wedding of course.

liam has tons of kisses for his baby sister.  i just melt.