Saturday, January 21, 2012

Week 32

Dear Baby,

This week I wanted to document what you seem to like. I've already mentioned that you love sweets...fruity candy, chocolate, muffins, cakes, pies, banana bread and ice cream. Yum! I also love salads from restaurants. There is something about having salad made for you that makes it taste better. The other thing is navel oranges. I eat a massive amount of them! I eat at least one a day, but most of the time it's two or three! What I found fascinating was when I mentioned to my mom, she told me that she ate them all the time with me too!

So what does all these craving mean for me? So far a 28 pound weight gain. Not horrible, but not the best. I started at 127 and come in at 155 this week. I guess if it really bothered me, I would exercise more. I am told it will come off when I have you if I am successful at breast feeding. So I'll worry about it when the time comes and enjoy having a reason to be so fat! lol I do plan to stay under 50 pounds, though. We'll see how that works out for me.

So in honor of my cravings, here is my pic for the week.



Love,
Mommy

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Week 31

Dear Baby,

It has been a relatively uneventful week. The major notable was the skin acne going on. It's everywhere and spreading! It especially itched horribly this week. I lost several nights' sleep. I finally figured out what was making it itch so badly that I couldn't sleep. It was the dry air. I need even more moisturizing lotion. Let me tell you, that is not easy to apply to your back all by yourself! Your daddy is still in Virginia, so I had to make do. Since I want to document everything about this journey, I'm adding a pic of my back where the acne is the worst. I think this symptom of pregnancy is probably the worst for me to deal with. Everything else, I can get used to. But I feel so ugly a lot of the time because the blemishes never go away. I have tried several routines with safe products, but because the hormones are what is causing it, nothing works. Apparently the only solution will be to evict you! But since you're so comfy, I'll let you stay for awhile. ;)



I'm happy to report no stretch marks yet. I kind of think you are pretty little...yay for me! We are getting ready for your baby shower. Dawn got the invitations done. They are so pretty! I'll have to take a picture and post it. I've also started preparing for maternity pics. I've picked out some poses and Brittany will take the professional pics. I'm excited! There is only so much I can do to make my own maternity pics special. 

Love,
Mommy

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Week 30

Dear Baby,

Happy New Year! It's been quite a year already! Daddy came a couple of days after Christmas and got to visit for a week. It was so nice to have him home. We got to relax, put away Christmas decorations, and watch the entire season 6 of Bones. It's one of our favorite shows. :)

We also scheduled a 3D ultrasound to see you a little bit better. You were not cooperative! You burrowed in a corner and stretched your neck so you could hide your face towards my back. We didn't get one pic of your face! We did confirm, once again, that you are indeed a girl. :)
We went back a few days later to try again. We were able to get a few pics of part of your face this time. You are beautiful and so sweet looking! My heart melted. We couldn't decide who you look like. We can't wait until you get here, so we can see you in person! You still love to hide in that same corner, though. You are truly my shrinking violet! We will have to change that when you get here, because your mamma loves to use a camera!











Love,
Mommy