Oh Baby Baby - Week 40

 

How Far Along? 40 weeks…Today is the BIG day!!! Lily's little head would not drop so we are having her via c section today at noon! 

Size of Baby?  Baby is the size of a jackfruit and now weighs about 6.2 to 9.2 pounds and is about 18.9 to 20.19 inches long. Per my sono yesterday, Lily is estimated to weigh 7 lbs 9 oz

Maternity Clothes? Hopefully these are a thing of the past.

Weight Gain? Official weigh in yesterday was 21 lbs. 

Gender? Girl! Liliana Adele.

Sleep? Sleep is great. The past few nights I woke up really early in the morning but was able to fall back asleep after 30 minutes or so. I think it was just excitement!

Food Cravings? Still just fruit and sweet treats! I am pretty sure I have eaten at least one serving of ice cream everyday this past week.

What I Miss? Nothing!

Symptoms?  Balls of my feet were still hurting me pretty badly this week. Other than that nothing out of the ordinary. I have to admit that I am kind of bummed that I won't get to experience the symptoms of going into labor on my own. As much as I would have liked to avoid a c section I know that my plans are not always His plans and I know just how lucky I am to be given the gift of a baby. I know it is a privilege that not everyone is granted so all I can do is smile and go with it!

Belly Button? Out

Best Moment of the Week? I am pretty sure I will be having the best moment of the week today at noon! 


 Here is a little video I put together last week to get everyone ready to meet our sweet girl!

 

Stay Cool

Oh Baby Baby - Week 39

 

How Far Along? 39 weeks…only 1 week to go (7 days). Woohoo!!!!

Size of Baby?  Baby is the size of a watermelon and now weighs about 6.2 to 9.2 pounds and is about 18.9 to 20.9 inches long. I for sure feel like I am carrying a watermelon in there!

Maternity Clothes?  Still just using the few maternity items I have. Almost all tops and dresses are still my pre preggo stuff. Tomorrow is my last day of work so I won't have to worry about wearing office appropriate clothes anymore. It will probably be yoga pants and tank tops from here on out!

Weight Gain? I was up to 21 lbs at my last doctors appointment.

Gender? Girl! Liliana Adele.

Sleep? Sleep is still really good.

Food Cravings? Still just fruit and sweet treats!

What I Miss? Being able to bend over easily, not bumping into things with my belly and being able to get out of bed easily.

Symptoms?  This week I am still feeling pressure down low when I go from sitting to standing and getting a little crampy sometimes.The balls of my feet also hurt pretty badly when I first wake up in the morning and start walking around.

Belly Button? Out

Best Moment of the Week?  Hmmmm, every day just gets more and more exciting since we are one day closer to meeting Lily! This weekend was pretty fun because we got to see most of our besties (Saturday night at a wedding shower and then Sunday night at a fish fry). 

Lily's Nursery

With Lily's due date being 8 days away I figured it was probably time to get some pictures of her nursery up on the blog!

I think I have said it before, but when I found out I was pregnant I immediately thought we were having a girl so I would look at girl stuff all the time. I saw this rug on the Anthropologie website and knew this is what I wanted the nursery to be based around if the baby did end up being a girl.

Lucky for me my intuition was right and I literally ordered this rug the minute I got back to work after the appointment when we found out that we were in fact having a baby girl!

I think all the bright and fun colors drew me to the rug and it really worked out perfectly because Lily's zodiac sign will be Leo, which is a lion, so she will fit in perfectly as the queen of her little jungle! I wasn't really planning on the animals in the rug being part of the theme of her room (I was more focused on the colors) but we did end up having a few special elephant items in the room.

Enough talking! Here are the pictures!

It was to hard to get the whole room in one picture so I tried to do a little panoramic and then a few close up shots!

 

  

  

   

Now all we need to make the room complete is our little Lily girl! 

Natural Shower Cleaner

Almost one year ago I wrote this post on making my own cleaning products. I am happy to report that a year later I still using my homemade cleaning products and loving them!

In my original post I mentioned that I still needed to change out the hardwood floor cleaner, febreeze, dusting spray and shower cleaner. I stopped using the febreeze all together so that isn't an issue anymore, I got a Shark steam mop to clean the floors so I was able to get rid of the hardwood floor cleaner, the Pledge dusting spray is apparently 99% natural so I have not gotten around to changing that out but this weekend I finally got around to tackling the shower cleaner issue. I loved my kaboom. It was like magic but we finally ran out and it was time to make the switch.

I was looking around on Pinterest to see what I could find for a natural shower cleaner and came across a pin that linked here. This is my kind of cleaning recipe! Only two ingredients (white vinegar and dawn dish soap), and it worked! I just sprayed it on, let it sit for a few minutes and then wiped  it away!

This is such an easy recipe if you are just getting into making your own cleaning products. You may love it so much that you decide to change out all your cleaning products!

Happy cleaning!

Oh Baby Baby - week 38

How Far Along? 38 weeks…only 2 weeks to go (14 days). I have no idea how it is possible to only have 14 days to go!!! Ahhh!!!

Size of Baby?  Baby is the size of a pumpkin and now weighs about 6.2 to 9.2 pounds and is about 18.9 to 20.9 inches long.

Maternity Clothes?  Still just using the few maternity items I have. Almost all tops and dresses are still my pre preggo stuff.  Thank goodness I only have 2 weeks to go because I am running out of tops that fit!

Weight Gain? I was up to 20 lbs at my last doctors appointment.

Gender? Girl! Liliana Adele.

Sleep? Sleep is still really good. My problem is I am so cozy in bed that I don’t want to get up in the mornings!

Food Cravings? Still just fruit and sweet treats!

What I Miss? Being able to bend over easily, not bumping into things with my belly and being able to get out of bed easily.

Symptoms?  I actually still feel really great. I am starting to feel a lot more pressure down low when I go from sitting to standing and I get a little crampy sometimes. One of my more disgusting symptoms in the past couple of weeks has been gas. My stomach makes all kinds of noises all day long at work. When I get home and “let it all out” it is so stinky that even my husband is grossed out! I always blame the stinky gas on being pregnant so I hope it goes away once Lily is born. If not, I guess I can always blame the stinky smells on the baby. I have also been getting a shooting pain in my inner thigh depending on the way I am standing. I learned today that it is called "lightning crotch" (awesome name). Apparently, the baby is sitting so low in my pelvis that she is pushing on nerves. Haha, lightning crotch, so funny!

Belly Button? Out

Best Moment of the Week? Just knowing that we are so close to meeting this little lady! We even put the car seat bases in the car so we are ready for Lily to come at any time!

Things my Husband Says

Location: Our house

Time: Last night while we were getting ready for bed

While we were getting ready for bed we started talking about how this pregnancy is so close to being over, yada, yada, yada. I said something along the lines of "Were you really worried that I was going to be a crazy pregnant lady?",  Danny said "Yeah, kinda.", Then I started asking him if he thought I was high maintenance before I got pregnant and he said "Well, I don't think you are high maintenance but you are the most demanding roommate I have ever had. " Thanks babe, while I am happy to know that you don't consider me high maintenance I am not sure how I feel about you calling me your roommate!

Maternity Pics

Oh maternity pictures. Some people love them and some people hate them. Some are really beautiful and some are so totally cheesy. Danny thinks they are all totally cheesy but I still wanted to have some pictures of us looking happy during this exciting time! Well, lucky for me, I have an awesome best friend who is also an awesome photographer!

Ash was coming up to Dallas for the baby shower a few weeks ago (she was one of the hostesses) and I asked her if she thought we would have time to squeeze in a quick photo session while she was here!

I knew Danny would get antsy if it was too much of a production and took too long, so we kept it casual at a park near our house and did a quick 30 minute session.  I just love how they turned out! Here are some of my favorites.



 

 Thanks so much to my beautiful best friend for taking such beautiful pictures of such an exciting time in our lives. We can't thank you enough Ashley!

Oh Baby Baby - Week 37

How Far Along? 37 weeks…only 3 weeks to go (21 days). Lily is officially considered full term!

Size of Baby?  Baby is the size of a winter melon and now weighs about 6.2 to 9.2 pounds and is about 18.9 to 20.9 inches long.

Maternity Clothes?  Still just using the few maternity items I have. Almost all tops and dresses are still my pre preggo stuff.  

Weight Gain? I was up 20 lbs at my doctors appt today. I went to the doctor last Friday and my weight gain was still at 18 so I guess all the food I ate this weekend (I had family in town) stuck to my bones! Whoops!

Gender? Girl! Liliana Adele.

Sleep? I am still sleeping great. I have been staying up a little later at night but I am still falling asleep right away and usually only getting up once for a trip to the bathroom.

Food Cravings? Still just fruit and sweet treats!

What I Miss? Well bending over is getting pretty hard to do and is accompanied by a few grunts so I guess I miss being able to bend over without sounding like a caveman.

Symptoms?  This week I feel like the nesting instinct hit me. I have had Danny on the go for months now doing things around the house and I had already washed most of Lily’s things which I thought was my nesting instinct but then Danny brought something over from his parents house and left it sitting on our back porch and I seriously almost cried! Just knowing that something was out of place and in my opinion “junking” up the porch got me all worked up! Maybe I was just hormonal, who knows! I even told Danny last night that we had to make sure the house was clean and neat at all times in case Lily decided to come early because I don’t want to bring her home from the hospital to a messy house!

Belly Button? Out

Best Moment of the Week? This week was great! Some of my moms best friends from college came to Dallas this weekend and had a little lunch shower for Lily and I. One of my aunts and grandma also made the trip up so I got to spend the weekend with them which I loved!

Oh Baby Baby - Week 36

How Far Along? 36 weeks…only 4 weeks to go (28 days).

Size of Baby?  Baby is the size of a honeydew and now weighs about 4.2 to 5.8 pounds and is about 17.2 to 18.7 inches long.

Maternity Clothes?  Still just using the few maternity items I have. Almost all tops and dresses are still my pre preggo stuff.  

Weight Gain? Holding steady at 18 lbs.

Gender? Girl! Liliana Adele.

Sleep? Still no problems in this department thankfully!

Food Cravings? Fruit and sweets. Last night I ate about 5 homemade rice krispie treats!

What I Miss? Shopping for clothes in my regular size. There are so many cute things online that I have been drooling over but I know I need to be patient! I already told Danny that once I get back to my pre baby weight I am going on a shopping spree! That will be some good motivation for me to start working out ASAP!

Symptoms?  I had a little bit of heartburn a couple of days this week and Lily is still occasionally punching me down low which is uncomfortable.

Belly Button? Out

Best Moment of the Week? Getting all the big to do’s around the house scratched off my list! One of the main things I wanted to get done was have the carpets cleaned. The carpet cleaners came out last Friday and now Lily’s room looks so fresh and clean! Our dogs have since been banned from her room because I just know those rascals will get it dirty and I am just not ready for that yet! Now we can hopefully relax the next few weekends before Lily gets here!