To my third baby,
This has been a pretty uneventful week, which is a good thing. Outside of the typical chaos of our house, I spent my time anticipating the warm weather we are on the verge of. I don’t think I’ve ever been more ready for warm weather, and this winter wasn’t even bad. I think I’m just excited to be outside with Lexi and William as they are a year older this year, which means they will be that much more capable of doing more activities. Also, that means we’re that much closer to meeting you!
Size of baby: According to the app, you now weigh about 1 lbs. Your vision, hearing and sense of touch are getting stronger. You can hear my voice, heartbeat and all those nice digestion noises.
The Bump: It feels bigger than it looks. It feels heavy and like I’m 36 weeks along, which is a scary thought because I have a long ways to go until I’m there. I think I’ve had a couple of Braxton Hicks contractions, but still too early to tell.
Cravings/Aversions: No real cravings, but nothing really sounds good either. Still get pretty full after lunch and don’t eat a whole lot more after that. I usually want a soda most days BUT I’m sustaining some will power on this one, especially because I usually can’t finish it. I typically just want a couple sips and then I’m good.
What I’m loving: I really love knowing your gender. I have my eye on this adorable little dress for you to wear to your auntie Becca’s wedding this summer and just have fun daydreaming about what kind of personality will you have. Will you be more of a tomboy or will you be really girly? Will you love pink or will you really dislike it. Lexi is really into princesses right now, but was never a big baby or dolly kid and William for sure wasn’t, will you?
What I’m anticipating: Warm weather so much! I can’t wait to leave the house regularly without jackets and be able to walk outside in my bare feet and wear shorts and tank tops! Also, Daddy made some good progress on putting together a bedroom plan for the big kids so I’m really looking forward to getting that project started!
Miss anything? Not really.
Worries? not really!
Differences between pregnancies? No post for Lexi this week and with William, we were STILL in Hawaii. At this point, I wasn’t able to sleep on my stomach and starting to feel lots of movement.
How I’m feeling: Pretty good! My patience is paper thin but physically, I’m feeling pretty good.
Sleep: Pretty good. Still able to sleep on my stomach/side and fall asleep pretty quickly and stay sleeping most of the night. However, I am waking up on my own around 5:45 to 6:00 most mornings. I feel like this is my body’s way of saying get your butt out of bed and go work out, but I haven’t acted on that yet.
Movement: Lots! You are the first baby where I’ve woken up in the middle of the night because of your movement. Also Lexi was able to feel your little dancing moves for the first time. Here eyes got wide and then she ran over to daddy and said, ‘Daddy, I just felt me little sister kick. Isn’t that silly?’
Boy or Girl: Sweet baby GIRL!!!!
Milestones: We made the official decision on which preschool Lexi will be going to next year. Feels good to have something set in stone!
Sibling Talk: Lexi is just so excited for you! She loves to tell everyone that she is going to be a big sister and her mommy has a baby in her tummy. She told the Dr. when we were in for well check appointments, she told the man bagging our groceries an the person where we were registering for preschool.
We also talked about how you are ‘swimming’ inside my belly, which sparked lots of questions: Can she float? How does she breath? Does she know how to do scoop and kicks like me?
Love,
Mama
Peanut Smiles 