My belly, my belly, my belly

Every day on BabyBump some woman posts a picture of her naked belly. Now I have faithfully taken belly shots WITH my clothes on to cherish the moments but I have been apprehensive about naked belly shots. This is only because my naked belly looks deformed in my opinion. It's not cute at all and it's shaped kind of funny. It kind of looks as if it contains a tumor instead of a baby and so I just did not want to take any pics. Well I wanted to but I didn't. Does that make sense?

So one day Paige is acting a fool and I whip out my camera to record her. Of course she stopped as soon as I started recording....she throws so much shade *sighs* but I figured hey my belly is out, my camera is out, let's take some pics.

I don't really think my bump is huge per se but after seeing the pics I may need new glasses. This thing looks gigantic. I look at the picture all of the time because within that huge bump sits my Paige-E-Poo...how awesome is that :). So world here is my naked bump. Don't laugh. I'm like Erykah Badu...I'm sensitive about my ish :)

30 weeks!!!

Finally reached 30 weeks. Lord knows I shed so many tears when the clock struck 12 and it became official. This has been an eventful pregnancy but I'm still trucking along. I don't think a week goes by that I don't have a nervous breakdown brought on by stressing about if everything is going to be set by the time Paige gets here, how things are going to change and the big one ... CAN I DO THIS?!?!?

I have 10 weeks left and despite alll of the tears and fears lol I can't wait to meet my little munchkin. I have a feeling she can't wait to meet me either. She is tired of my uterus lol

Progress:

How far along: 30 weeks


Total weight gain: 16 lbs


Size of the baby: Lettuce (18 inches 3.2 lbs)


Sex: Girl (Definitely!!!!)


Maternity clothes: Only jeans....still rocking my pre-maternity maxi dresses!


Sleep: It is getting better. I find myself propped on my back or *gasp* on my belly


Movement: YES!!! Lots of it.


Food cravings: Fruit especially apples, Mexican food and hot salty fries! Yum!


Food aversions: Milk


Morning sickness: all day every day. Wishing it will end soon! But Ginger Ale is helping.


Symptoms: tired, sick, swollen feet, backaches, jacked up nipples :/


Labor signs: Nope


Belly button in or out: In but gradually coming out


What I miss: Energy, sleep and MY HIGH HEELS!


What I'm looking forward to: Baby shower AND getting Paige's nursery furniture


Milestones: turned 30 weeks!!!

The 4D Ultrasound Experience

                        

At first I was a little apprehensive about getting a 4D ultrasound. The price along in some places had me shaking my head. But then I came across an ad for 4D Picture Perfect down in Fort Lauderdale and thought why not. I scheduled the appointment and anxiously awaited seeing my little princess. I wondered for weeks just who she would look like and finally Saturday arrived.

My dad, son, mother in law and I all journeyed down to Fort Lauderdale. The place was pretty easy to find...the directions were spot on. Once we entered I saw a handful of other pregnant women with the same look of anticipation on their face. After paperwork and payment I was called to the back and that is when the REAL fun began. As soon as the technician put the gel on my belly, I saw Paige and she had the hiccups. First of all, Paige is HUGE! Oh gosh! The little girl still has 11 more weeks to bake but she is looking as if she's ready to enter the world now. Her hiccups were so cute. She looked so real..... I mean I know she's real but I could actually see her going through her day to day movements so it felt realer (is that even a word?) to me. Anyhoo after the hiccups went away, she yawned and stretched (She was just waking up) and then came the mommy faces.

 I call them the mommy faces because I promise my little princess was making the SAME faces that I make. She scrunched up her face and nose as if she really did not want to participate. But Paige KNOWS her mom. She knows I dont play with a full deck at times so she obliged and sucked her fingers, opened her eyes, smiled, yawned....ya know...gave me my picture worthy moments before she went straight DIVA on me and said "I"M DONE!"

Yep once the diva came out I knew it was over and so did the technician. Paige put her feet on her head and refused to move them. All of the poking and shifting in the world would not and DID NOT change this little girl's mind. Those feet stay on her head and then her umbilical cord moved in front of her face and folks, it was a wrap!

What I learned from this experience is that Paige definitely has her mom's personality AND attiude...she has her dad's lips....she has BIG feet from her dad's side....she has peach fuzz hair....she sucks her thumb.....she crosses her hands as if she's praying already(the child already knows that she's going to need prayer...how smart is she lol) and when she does NOT want to be bothered, she does NOT want to be bothered.

Her dad's lips for sure!

Overall it was a good experience. Seeing her definitely made it more "real" for me. I now stare and stare at her pictures for hours at a time....I'm sure that 's not very good. I'm excited about meeting her.  11 more weeks and she will be here \o/

Sucking on her fingers

Sticking her tongue out

Opening her eyes!

29 weeks!

How far along: 29 weeks

Total weight gain: 13 lbs

Size of the baby: Butternut squahs (17 inches 3.1 lbs)

Sex: Girl (Definitely!!!!)

Maternity clothes: Only jeans....still rocking my pre-maternity maxi dresses!

Sleep: Having to switch sides a lot! Hips hurt during the night

Movement: YES!!! Lots of it.

Food cravings: Fruit especially apples, Mexican food and sweets

Food aversions: Milk

Morning sickness: all day every day. Wishing it will end soon! But Ginger Ale is helping.

Symptoms: tired, sick, swollen feet, backaches

Labor signs: Nope

Belly button in or out: In but gradually coming out

What I miss: Energy, sleep and MY HIGH HEELS!

What I'm looking forward to: Baby shower AND getting Paige's nursery furniture

Milestones: Had my 4D ultrasound!

28 weeks

How far along: 28 weeks

Total weight gain: 13 lbs

Size of the baby: Cabbage  17 inches 2.9 lbs

Sex: Girl

Maternity clothes: Only jeans....still rocking my pre-maternity maxi dresses!

Sleep: It's getting better!

Movement: YES!!! Lots of it.

Food cravings: Fruit especially apples

Food aversions: Chipotle

Morning sickness: all day every day. Wishing it will end soon! But Ginger Ale is helping.

Symptoms: tired, sick, swollen feet, backaches

Labor signs: Nope

Belly button in or out: In but gradually coming out

What I miss: Energy, sleep and MY HIGH HEELS!

What I'm looking forward to: hitting the 70's mark AND getting Paige's nursery furniture

Milestones: Passed my glucose test!

Progress Report

27 weeks!

I saw this on another baby blog and thought it was a neat idea!

How far along: 27 Weeks 2 Days

Total weight gain: 9 lbs

Size of the baby: Cauliflower  16 inches  2.5 lbs

Sex: Girl

Maternity clothes: Only jeans....still rocking my pre-maternity maxi dresses!

Sleep: ha! I toss and turn all night

Movement: YES!!! Lots of it.

Food cravings: Sweets

Food aversions: Chipotle

Morning sickness: all day every day. Wishing it will end soon! But Ginger Ale is helping.

Symptoms: tired, sick, swollen feet

Labor signs: Nope

Belly button in or out: In  but gradually coming out

What I miss: Energy, sleep and MY HIGH HEELS!

What I'm looking forward to: My baby shower on the 20th of October and Paige's arrival on the 1st of December

Milestones: Entering my third trimester :)

Godparents.....Check!

Choosing godparents for a child is such a tough job.  I really wanted Paige to have great godparents.  The problem with godparents is you dont usually know if they will be good or bad until you've given them the job.  So I thought long and hard about it. I thought about which qualities I would like for Paige's godparents to have and then I came up with a list.  Next was the hard part....actually asking.  I dont know why but I was so nervous about asking if they would be Paige's godparents.  I have known them for over 10 years and view them as family(one actually is family) so I dont understand where the fear came from.  Anyhoo I asked and all were honored to accept the responsibility and job as Paige's godparents.  So I can place a check by godparents.  We have them now. :) Paige has 3 lovely godmothers and 1 godfather.

Next task....

Hey 3rd trimester!!!!

So it's finally here! The moment that I have been waiting for. I officially entered my third trimester. *throws confetti* I look back on this pregnancy and I have come a long way. Now I'm down to two digits on my number count and am anxiously awaiting the arrival of Miss Paige! I enter this trimester nearly in tears. My feet are swollen and sleeping is now a task that I dread. I wake up feeling as if I've been in a major fight and I didnt win. Everything hurts....back, legs, hips. I wake up without any energy. I look forward to visiting my dad and stepmom so that I can actually sleep and be comfortable in their Lazy-E-Boy. I knew I should've invested in a recliner lol Anyhoo I have 3 months left and a lot of stuff to do to make sure that the everything is ready for my Paige. It's time to GRIND! ;)