25 Weeks

Well nothing really new this week. Just preparing for the big move. Only 11 more days and I will be in New York. Mark found us s great place to live and I'm excited to set up everything and get ready for Emma's arrival.

I leave in two days for St. Louis. Mark will be meeting me there. It should be a great weekend. I know the people throwing me this shower have worked really hard and I can't wait to see everything. :)

Cravings: Nothing out of the ordinary. Just sweets.

Mood: Nervous! A lot going on right now.

Wedding Ring: Still fits

Sickness: none

Pains: Lots of leg cramps. My back usually hurts at the end of the day. I have also had a lot of headaches lately. It might be stress related, not sure.

Miss anything: Other than a uninterrupted sleep.......

Weight gain/loss: 7 pounds gained! I think that's pretty good. I hope to only gain 15-20lbs total. We shall see.

Object Comparison: Emma is the size of a eggplant. Weighing in at 2lbs, she is getting big!

Movement: It's amazing how strong she is. She is constantly on the move. Seeing my belly jump is really cool. Mark hasn't had the pleasure of seeing this yet because he has been out of town for almost 2 weeks. I think he will be surprised to see how often it happens.

Belly Button: In

Names: Emma Lynn

Medical concerns: I can feel my blood pressure raised sometimes. Most of this is due to stress I think.

Looking Forward To: My shower and the move to New York.

And now the bumpdate!!!!!!

24 Weeks/viability!!

We made it!! I am beyond excited that we have reached viability. Now I know that if for any reason Emma decides to make an early entrance doctors would try to save her. This is a huge milestone! I can't believe I'm 6 months already. Seems like yesterday I was doing our egg transfer. It's been a long road to get here but I would do it all over again for this sweet baby!

Baby Emma is moving all the time now. In fact I don't think she sleeps! There is constant movement going on in there. If i eat a lot of sweets she goes nuts in there with some ninja type moves. Most the time it doesn't hurt but when she starts kicking my bladder and belly button..... It is very painful. I can now see my belly move when she does. It's a strange thing to look at for sure but I love it.

I had my doctor appointment on Friday. Everything went well for the most part. I will go back one more time before the move to do my diabetes test. I still need to find a new doctor in New York. Until I have our exact address though I don't want to look for one. Hopefully mark will finish all that up in the next few days.

Mark left for New York again on Saturday. He will meet me in St. Louis for my baby shower on the 2nd. That's 2 weeks not seeing my hubby! :( It's hard not having anyone to talk to in the evenings but I make due. My pups keep me entertained for the most part. After my baby shower in St. Louis we come back home to San Diego for a few days and then we make our move to the big apple! I'm super nervous about the whole thing to tell you the truth. It's all happening so fast. I'm ready to just get it all over with though. I'm most excited to get started on the baby room. I want to nest so badly. Right now I have everything stacked up in the extra bedroom in a cluster mess. It's driving me totally crazy! Only a few more weeks....

Over the weekend my neighbors were nice enough to invite me to go to the zoo with them. They know that Mark is gone and try to keep me company :) We had lots of fun. She is 36 weeks pregnant so we relate on that front. Hope she doesn't mind me posting the picture of us together! Lol

That's all for now folks. See ya at 25 weeks!

Cravings: this week it's pretzels with cheese and snow cones :)

Mood: A little stressed with the upcoming move.

Wedding Ring: Still fits

Sickness and Pains: mostly lower back pain.

Miss anything: surprise surprise.... Sleep!

Weight gain/loss: still at the 5lb mark.

Object Comparison: At the end of the week our Emma will be the size of an eggplant. Suck a big girl!

Movement: Yes, lots! She moves a lot.

Belly Button: In

Names: Emma Lynn

Medical concerns: None

Looking Forward To: My baby shower in St. Louis and our move to New York on the 10th

23 weeks

First off its my hubby's birthday today! Love you honey. He is 31 today!

Second off, my prayers go out to the victims and their families of the Boston marathon tragedy. I pray they find who did this and punish them greatly!

We are 23 weeks today! Only one more week to viability. Some days it's hard to believe I have a little person growing inside me. It's really an amazing thing.

Cravings: Strawberries and snow cones. I actually went to target and bought a snow cone machine. Yep I'm crazy I know. But it was so worth it! Yum

Mood: Good most of the time. I get very cranky when I get hungry.

Wedding Ring: Still fits

Sickness and Pains: I have a feeling my hips are starting to spread. I'm not sure though. I just know my butt area hurts like hell.

Miss anything: I feel like a broken record because each week I say sleep. But it's true. I just want to sleep through the night. And I don't think I will get that again for a long time because once baby Emma gets here, Ill struggle with the same.

Weight gain/loss: I have gained 5 pounds. I feel like I've gained like 20 though.

Object Comparison: At the end of the week our Emma will be the size of an ear of corn. Getting big!!

Movement: Yes, lots! She moves a lot. I have even seen my belly move a few times. It's an amazing feeling and makes all the pains and no sleep worth it.

Belly Button: In

Names: Emma Lynn

Medical concerns: None

Looking Forward To: My baby shower in St. Louis

22 Weeks

Today marks 22 weeks! Only 2 more weeks until we hit viability. When we hit that I will feel a lot more at ease.

Not much has happened this past week really. I have been here by myself since getting back from my trip to St. Louis. Mark is in New York. He comes home tonight though :) 2 weeks without seeing him is far to long. Only a few more hours!!!!!!

We were finally assigned a real estate agent for New York. So we are starting to look for a place to live now. Hopefully we find our new home soon.

Cravings: Strawberries and anything sweet!

Mood: Good but very lonely. I'm missing human contact.

Wedding Ring: Still fits

Sickness: none

Pains: I have been having a lot of back pain the last few days. I think it's sciatic nerve pain, not sure though. My feet and legs have been hurting more than normal to this week. I just can't stand for to long

Miss anything: Sleeping! I feel like all I do is lay there. When I am asleep it's a really light sleep. Any movement or noise from the pups I am awake!

Weight gain/loss: I have gained 5 pounds! I really should lay off all the sweets. Cause I was doing really well not gaining before my trip to St. Louis. I think all that home cooking and sweets triggered my "eat everything in sight" attitude.

Object Comparison: At the end of the week our Emma will be as big as a Papaya.

Movement: Yes, lots!!!!!! I can't wait for mark to get home and feel her punching and kicking. She is so much stronger and bigger since the last time he was home.

Belly Button: In

Names: Emma Lynn

Medical concerns: None

Looking Forward To: My baby shower in a few weeks!

Easter and 21 weeks

Yesterday marked 21 weeks. I was on a plane most of the day, talk about a back ache! I feel pretty good these days. Emma is moving a lot more and every time she does it brings a smile to my face.

I spent this last week in St. Louis visiting family for Easter and to have a get together for my grandma that passed. She didn't want a funeral, she wanted us to all go out to dinner and enjoy some good food and then go home and relax. So that's what we did. It was nice seeing everyone but it was hard because she wasn't there in person with us. All in all the dinner was nice and my grandma would have been happy with it. Love you forever Grandma!

On Easter everyone came over to my moms house. It has always been at my grandmas so this was different but it turned out great. I had no idea how much goes into hosting a Holliday!!! We were cooking all day long! My feet swelled for the first time. I had to take a time out a few times. I made these cute little nest things thanks to Pinterest! All it was was Rice Krispies treats shaped like nests and some mini chocolate eggs inside. Super cute! Hope all of you had a great Holliday!

My sister was able to make it in town as well! She brought the girls and I can't tell you how much fun they are at this age! They are 6 months and soooooo adorable! So much has happened since I last saw them at 3 months. On Friday we took them to see the Easter bunny at the mall. They didn't cry once at that bunny! I was surprised. They just say there. Love them so much! My sister brought me a TON of baby clothes for Emma! I am so thankful for this. They are so cute. I think my favorite thing she brought was the little snow/winter suit ! There is two and ohhhh my gosh are they to die for!!!!! It's going to be a cold winter in NY so I'm sure they will get used like crazy! Thanks again sis!

My husband and I joke all the time and say "this is why we can't have nice things" because we are both clumsy and tend to ruin things. Well, I proved this theory right again last night. On the way home from the airport I got in a tiny accident! I looked down for half a second and rear ended the car in front of me. We were at a red light and it turned green so we started to go and then he stopped because he didn't want to block the intersection ( there were a lot of cars in front of him). I looked down and BOOM! I have a scratched bumper now but that's a lot better than a cracked one. And as long as no one was hurt I'm thankful. My little izzy was in the car though and she flew forward. Not sure if she hit the dash or not :-/ but she's fine. Just a little shaken up. So again, this is why we can't have nice things! Lol

That's all the news I have for now. Still waiting on the final word to start moving. Until then.... We wait!