twenty two

we're back from a beautiful wedding and our "babymoon."  it was so nice to get away ... just the husband and i.  it's been two years since we've been away just the two of us.  for a whole weekend.  no we're not those type of parents who refuse to leave their children.  ever.  it's just never actually worked out that we could get babysitting and or have somewhere to actually go.  both rob and i have been away for a night or two on our own, but not together.  it was fantastic to re-connect.  "hey, i remember you." 

liam seemed to have had a good weekend too.  i'm sure he was super spoiled by two of his grandma's.  ice cream for breakfast, staying up late and playing the day away at the park.  because we arrived home around midnight last night i had to do the sneaky mommy thing and tip-toe my way into his room and watch him sleep.  i just couldn't wait until morning to see him.  i know it was only two days but by sunday afternoon i was missing him terribly.  both of us were.  but more on that later.  here's where we're at at week twenty-two with our baby girl.

how far along? 22 weeks, 3 days
total weight gain: up 2 lbs. 
maternity clothes? all the way baby.  i can still fit into my non-maternity yoga stuff, but otherwise it's all preggo-lady clothes.  and i've had to break out the pregnant bras.  um hello there giant rack.  

stretch marks?  zero!

sleep:  totally awesome while we were away.  during the week not so much really.  but who cares.  i got to sleep in passed 7:00 am on a weekend.  two days in a row!!  this has not happened since ......... i don't even remember it's been so long.  both rob and i were like "so this is what life used to be like."

best moment this week: watching our lovely friends, mike and kelly, says their vows on the beautiful west coast.  

miss anything?  i missed all the wine.  oh well.  plenty of time for that after baby girl arrives.  we even have a bottle of pink champagne waiting to be opened after she arrives.  

movement: holy hell this girl has moved onto my bladder.  i feel like i have to pee all the friggin' time.  even if i've just gone.  i think she might have it out for me.
food cravings:  a new cereal craving, frosted flakes.  still on the fruit, bananas, blueberries, strawberries, pineapple, you name the fruit and i'll most likely devour it.  unless liam gets to it first. 

anything making your queasy or sick: nope.  i even had fish while we were on the coast.  

gender: girl

labour signs: nada

symptoms:  the heartburn was really bad on the weekend, but otherwise it's been pretty good.  sciatic pain has been minimal over the last week or so.  it might have to do with the fact that i'm not carrying liam around as much.  he'd prefer to walk around himself.  double-edge sword that one is.  carry him and hurt or leave him and chase.
belly button in or out? in

wedding rings on or off?  on

happy or moody most of the time?  this week was definitely happy.  totally happy.  a vacation, even if it's a mini one, always brings a good mood.  too bad it had to end.
looking forward to: a photography course with one of my rad friends this coming sunday.  i'm looking to improve my use of our slr and figure out more of the manual functions.

i'm hoping to post more photos of our trip later in the week.  stay tuned.

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.  

friday's five

first i would just like to say a major thank you to all the great comments on monday's toddler post.  sometimes it's great to hear "i know exactly what you mean" and really know that someone else really really does.  i've started to wonder how we'll get through the tantrums when baby girl arrives.  we're actually thinking that rob takes a month of parental leave at the same time my maternity leave starts.  it would totally awesome to have him home and be a family of four for an entire month.

anyways ...

it's friday.  and although friday's five has been m.i.a. for awhile, there have been a few things that i've been loving.  not sure if it's going to come back full time, but i figured it should make sporatic appearances.  just every now and then.

this pregnancy article made me laugh out loud at some points

this fabric site is amazing!  found this fabric for baby girl's nursery in the new house

things i need to make sure i we do before baby girl arrives

i've started thinking about liam's second birthday party theme.  i just can't decide between this, this, or this one in a different colour, not diggin' the yellow and red

perhaps to satisfy my ice cream craving ... then again not


have a super happy weekend.  we're not doing anything too exciting, but it is supposed to wickedly nice so we'll be out and about enjoying the sun!