Weekly Bumpdate: 22!

How far along: 22 weeks! It's going by sooo fast. 

Total weight gain: 12 lbs.  

Maternity clothes: Fabulous. 

Stretch Marks: None!

Sleep: I wake up a lot now, but there hasn't been a reason. No pain and it's not her kicking, I just wake up about every hour for some reason.

Best moments of this week: Deciding that my friends mom will be doing the newborn photography! She's great and so we're super excited about it.

Miss anything: Fitting into my clothes.

Movement: Yes! :) Husband loves feeling them too whenever he gets the chance!

Food cravings: Subs. Actually, every kind of sandwich. I could eat them for every meal. 

Anything making you queasy or sick: nope!

Have you started to show yet: See for yourself in the photo above lol.

Gender: Girl!!!

Name picked out?: Lacey Jo :) We love it!

Labor signs: not for a while yet. Although my stomach has started getting really tight and hard as a rock at random times. I just assume this means I need to be drinking more. 

Belly button in or out: It's in but slowly making its way out. Not a fan. 

Wedding rings on or off: happily on.

Happy or moody most of the time: I'd say happy. But I think if you asked husband the same question, he would probably have a different answer... LOL.

Looking forward to: My next appointment in exactly a week :) i'm not sure if it will be another ultrasound or not because they didn't say but either way, I just love going and getting to hear her heartbeat!

Favorite thing said to me this week: Hmmm.. Probably all the times my friend would invasively move my coat or cardigan aside so that she can look at my belly. And then each time she does it she says how she loves how fat I am hahahah. It's funny and it makes me happy because I know the bigger I get the bigger Lacey gets! 

Nursery In Progress!

Today I thought I would share our nursery prep progress. The crib is up, the dresser has been altered and painted and were currently working on painting the rocking chair and the side table! Thanks to Home Depot, we have every thing we need! I'm pretty sure that they will know us by name pretty soon from all the trips we've had to take (we've already been twice today!).

We did the crib first since it was the easiest to do. I was 17 weeks at the time and clearly very impatient! How can I not want to set everything up?! This is such an exciting time!

The dresser photos were on the hubby's phone but he accidentally deleted them... So all I have is an in-process photo unfortunately. We did that at week 18 :)

It was a dark brown. You can kind of tell from the bottom where it isn't painted yet. And the nobs were brown as well. 

And Lastly, the rocking chair which was originally my moms, and the side table. The rocking chair is actually the one that my parents purchased when they found out she was pregnant with me! Which is why we knew we had to keep it instead of spending tons of money on a new one that didn't have any meaning behind it. These were taken today at 21 weeks :)

And there ya have it! I'm not planning on posting what they look like in the nursery since it's not complete yet but I'll get to that eventually... 

Question: Any nursery item suggestions? I actually got some great advice over the last two days from some family and friends who have gone through this all before but would love more input! 

Weekly Bumpdate: Week 20!

So this weeks bumpdate is a little late. We found out the gender a day after the 20 week mark and with all the excitement, I just never got around to putting it up. This is a photo that my sissy took of me at the gender reveal party that we had the day after the ultrasound. I'm actually really diggin' the maternity dress that I am wearing in the photo and so I think I will continue to wear it for my weekly photos. Plus, it's pink and I'm having a girl so it only makes sense ;) 

  

How far along: 20 Weeks! HALFWAY

Total weight gain: Still 9 lbs. 

Maternity clothes: I started buying some and it makes a world of a difference. No more tummy peeking out!

Stretch Marks: Still don't see any! PTL

Sleep: A little better, finally. 

Best moments of this week: Having the 20 week ultrasound. I've never been so happy in my entire life. 

Miss anything: Lunch meat! I've been staying away since the possibility of getting Listeria is higher..

Movement: YES. The most wonderful feeling in the world. I look forward to feeling her kicks throughout the entire day. They are still pretty weak but I have noticed a few that were a lot stronger! 

Food cravings: Bagels. Thankfully I haven't taken to anything weird.

Anything making you queasy or sick: nope!

Have you started to show yet: Oh yeah. I've even been told that I look big for this stage, but I love it!

Gender: ITS A GIRL!!!! Gosh, I'm so happy. It's incredible. 

Name picked out?: Lacey. As of now, her middle name is Jo, although I am still trying to decide if this is the right one. I want to love it as much as I love the name Lacey. Hubs seems to like it though so I think we may keep it :)

Labor signs: not for a while yet.

Belly button in or out: still in but its definitely looking swollen!

Wedding rings on or off: happily on.

Happy or moody most of the time: So unbelievably happy. Nothing can rain on my baby parade right now. 

Looking forward to: The bedding and mattress to come in! We ordered them both this week and are just anxiously awaiting their arrival. 

Favorite thing said to me this week: "I can't wait to buy stuff for Lacey!!"  Not going to lie, I love the enthusiasm people have about buying my sweet baby girl some cute clothes and such.