18 Weeks

How far along? 18 Weeks

Maternity clothes? yessssssss Thank goodness for stretchy jeans ;)

Stretch marks? none

Best moment this week: On Friday night, we were laying in bed. I told Nate to stop tickling my stomach and he said he wasn't. I felt little flutters!!! I didn't believe he wasn't doing it so I made him out his hands in the air. Felt more flutters!!! HOw exciting!

Miss anything? Kinda been missing my appetite lately. I go to eat and don't want anything really.

Movement:fLuTtErS!

Food cravings: Absence of cravings for sure!

Anything making you queasy or sick: Smoothies and sugary fruits. I had a banana the other day, my favorite food, and my whole body was shaking and sweating for a good 45 minutes.

Labor signs: Nope

Symptoms: Growing...growing...GROWING :D

Belly button in or out? In!

Wedding rings on or off? On.

Happy or moody most of the time: Happy :D

Looking forward to: More movement!

Work on Baby V's nursery began this week! Nate and Pearl worked hard painting :)

Here is the before!

We also started decorating for Christmas this week! We got a real tree, of course, and decorated (even though it was super hot outside!).

I also got a little nervous this week because I had not felt anything yet. A friend of mine was super awesome and let me borrow her doppler. We sat down and quietly searched for Baby V's heartbeat. Pearl loved how it sounded!

She kept turning her head to the side in awe of the little wooshes coming out of the speaker

17 WeEkS

17 Weeks

How far along? 17 Weeks

Maternity clothes? Still in denial about running shorts :(

Stretch marks? nope

Best moment this week: Thanksgiving Day with my family

Miss anything? Nope

Movement: Not yet

Food cravings: Still nothing wild! I almost wish I did!

Anything making you queasy or sick: Smoothies and sugary fruits

Labor signs: Nope

Symptoms: Let's just say Baby V has a very bubbly personality!

Belly button in or out? In!

Wedding rings on or off? On.

Happy or moody most of the time: Been kinda sad lately...hopefully it goes away soon!

Looking forward to: Starting to decorate the nursery

 This week Baby V is the size of an ONION

(Pearl likes to get in on the action!)

This was Thanksgiving week and boy do I have a lot to be thankful for! The Tuesday before Thanksgiving, we went to our running workout as normal with our running group, The Speedsters. After the sweaty workout we all walked over to a local restaurant, Ford's Garage, and had our annual holiday party. It was nice and we had over 60 people in attendance! Good thing the restaurant was quite slow that night. We had a great time and got to see many faces that we have missed! 

Next came Thanksgiving morning. It was a fluke weather morning where the weather decided to drop drastically! No one was really prepared for it but it made for a festive day. This picture is one for the memory books! It is the start of the race, 2,500 people facing the start line and my big ole' belly parading right across the front of everyone! It was even on the front page of a section of the newspaper...blown up for all to see. Hysterical...I think...

Other than that, the week was a nice one. We had a few days off for the Thanksgiving holiday and decided to start getting odds and ends for Baby V's nursery. This mobile had my heart instantly and the elephant was something I have wanted for quite a while! So happy we got some time to spend thinking about the future and imagining what will be!