30 Week Bumpdate/ Halloween!

I promise, I totally have a good reason for being so behind on my posts. MIDTERMS. Ugh, just a few more weeks until I'm done with my Bachelor's Degree. Just gotta keep on keepin on. I really cannot wait to be done because it brings me so much closer to meeting my cute little guy! And then I get to be a stay at home momma and don't have to worry about school until I find out where/if I've been accepted to grad school. Don't even get me started on that because it brings my stress to a whole other level. Oh and how about this- I had to pay $200 to take the GRE, which is fast approaching. (Fingers crossed that I do as well as I'd like.) I think they should be paying me to take the test haha but whatever gets me closer to being a Speech-Pathologist!

Anyway, let's get onto the 30 week bumpdate. So I turned 30 weeks on Halloween. And for the longest time leading up to Halloween, I was trying to find Tay and I the perfect costume. I know there's a big trend for pregnant ladies to paint their stomachs on Halloween, but I decided that I wanted to try and look for a cute costume for me and Tay- and I think I succeeded! We went as the 50's housewife and the milkman. And the best part was that we had everything we needed for the costumes already. Simple. :) Well, here's the 30 week bumpdate plus some pictures of our Halloween costumes. Hope you enjoy!

How far along? 30 weeks! 75% of the way done!

Baby size? size of a large cabbage

Trimester? 3rd and final, ladies and gents!

Due date? January 9th

Gender? baby boy :)

Cravings? rocky road ice cream, vanilla coke, pizza, still anything chocolate- so that is very much welcomed if you feel so inclined :) haha

Movement? This little guy is so active! Up until this point his favorite times to kick momma have been right when she's trying to sleep haha but he's been moving a lot more throughout the day. Sometimes it seriously feels like he's playing the xylophone on my ribs, but I love feeling him move. :)

How I'm feeling? I have been so blessed with this pregnancy. I didn't get nauseous and wasn't throwing up throughout the first two trimesters. And this trimester, all I have to complain about is some acid reflux- which is usually only bad at night. And all it takes is some tums to make me feel better. You better believe I carry those with me wherever I go haha.

I have been feeling rather large lately, but that was bound to come at some point. It's weird not being able to do things that I would normally be able to do- like put on my own shoes. I still can, it's just a lot harder for me to bend down, so it's a lot easier to just have the husby help me out. But the good news? I haven't started waddling yet, which is a definite plus in my book! haha

Nursery? It's a work in progress. Hoping to be done with it in the next few weeks :) I'm really excited about seeing all of my ideas come together for it though, a vintage cars theme is every little boys (and my husbands) dream.

Belly button in or out? Still in, but it's getting closer to being out.

Weight gain? 20 pounds. I'm hoping to stay under 35! Fingers crossed haha

--Until next time :)

26 week bumpdate!

The moment I have been waiting for has finally arrived. I am officially in my 3rd trimester as of yesterday! (27 weeks) I feel like that's such a huge milestone. 2/3 of the way done. In just 13 short weeks I get to meet my cute baby boy :) And I know it's not a good thing to wish my days away, but I seriously am so anxious to meet him already! I spend all of my time thinking about if he's gonna look more like Taylor or more like me, what his personality will be like, the qualities he'll inherit from me and those from Taylor, etc. I have my hunches that he's gonna be a miniature version of Taylor, but I'm hoping he at least gets some things from me! Like my love for reading :) Anyways, here's my 26 week (last week's) bumpdate! :)

How far along? 26 weeks

Baby size? A head of lettuce

Total weight gain? 16 pounds! Doctor says I'm right on track with my weight gain during pregnancy. I'm just hoping I stay within the normal 25-35 pound range! haha

Maternity Clothes? I'm pretty much always in maternity pants because they're so comfy haha since it's fall, my sweaters and cardigans still fit, but I still occasionally wear some maternity tops.

Due date? January 9th!

Gender: little boy :)

Name: We have a few picked out, but we want to wait to decide on one for sure until we meet our little guy :)

Symptoms: Lately at night, I've been getting some acid reflux. Definitely not fun. I'm also having a harder time bending down to put on my shoes.

Cravings: BYU creamery's mint chocolate brownies!, arby's melts, ginger ale.

Aversions: The smell of taco bell makes me a little nauseous but other than that, nothing!

Sleep: I've had a harder time getting to sleep, mostly because of the acid reflux. This might sound weird, but there was one day this week where I was awake at like 6 am when Taylor was getting ready to get up for work and I totally couldn't remember if I'd even fallen asleep to that point. Weird right?

Pregnancy Story/ 24 Week Bumpdate!

Wanna know something crazy? I'm 24 weeks pregnant. Which means that I only have 16 weeks left! And I'm already so anxious to meet my little man that I can barely stand it!

Since I haven't blogged in forevs, I figure that I should probably start by telling you the story of how I found out I was pregnant....

The day before Mother's Day, Taylor and I went shopping with his parents and his sister. Everything was great and I was feeling good and obviously the new clothes helped with that (shopaholic right hurr). Then we decided that we were going to go to the cheap theaters, but first we stopped at a grocery store. That's when I started to feel sick, and not the kind of sick where I felt like going and sitting through a movie would help it to go away or at least make it a little better. I was nauseous and all I wanted to do was curl up in a ball and lay down. So, Taylor and I decided to ixnay on the movie and go home instead.

The first thing that Taylor said when we were in the car and out of earshot from his parents was, "What if you're pregnant!?" Right you are, Harry. (Please tell me that you guys know that Harry Potter reference!?) Immediately I got really excited because we had just recently started trying to get pregnant. About a week or two earlier, I totally jumped the gun and took a test too early and was heartbroken to find out that I wasn't pregnant. So, as soon as I got home, I went straight to the bathroom and took a test. Guys, longest 3 minutes of my life. I was sitting on my kitchen floor and Taylor was standing above me and I was kind of trying to block the test from him because I didn't want it to say no. But then it said yes. Before Taylor even knew what was going on, I started crying and jumped up and hugged him. I think that's when he put it together. Such a happy moment for us. But just in case, I took one more pregnancy test and the results were the same: I was gonna be a mom! I couldn't even think of anything else except for the little bub growing inside of me for the rest of the night. (PS. I was born on Father's Day and I found out I was going to be a mommy on Mother's Day so I feel like that's pretty cool)

Mother's Day the next day was so much more meaningful to me than it had been in the past.We decided to wait to tell everybody other than immediate family (and one of my closest friends) until I had my first Doctor's appointment. I was too excited to wait until the first trimester was over to keep this a secret anyway!  My mom texted me that morning to tell me Happy Mother's Day and said that someday I was going to be a great mother. My reply was "Someday might be a lot sooner than you think :)" And I sent her the picture of the pregnancy test.

While we were at church, the speakers were obviously giving talks about their mothers and it made me so excited to know that by that time next year, I would be a momma to a cute little bub. I couldn't stop smiling all throughout church.

 Later that night, we went to eat dinner at Taylor's parents house. Taylor had this whole plan of how he was gonna tell them, but it kind of fell apart when the first question Taylor's mom asked was if I was feeling better. I said yes. She knew that we had been trying to get pregnant, so she asked if I took a pregnancy test. I said yes once again. Then she asked if I was pregnant, and I couldn't help it, I had to say yes and ditch Taylor's plan. haha Man she was good, a mother's instinct, am i right? :)

Picture of how we announced our pregnancy :)

Now onto the bumpdate!

So, as some of you probably know, I'm finishing up my last semester of school at BYU right now. I've been a little bit worried lately because I finish finals on December 19th and baby boy is due January 9th. So I'm cutting it a little bit close. I'm just hoping that if baby boy decides to make an early arrival, he at least waits until my finals are done. haha I also worry about how my third trimester is going to be. I have pretty much had smooth sailing up to this point. My first trimester I didn't have any morning sickness (other than a little bit of nausea the day I found out I was pregnant. Weird right?) and was feeling pretty good. The only thing that has been hard has been how tired I've gotten. I'm just hoping that my third trimester is the same as my first two trimesters have been so far because I'll already be stressed and uncomfortable waddling around campus while I'm eight months pregnant, without having to worry about being sick and missing a bunch of class too. But anyways, here's a little update on my 24th week of pregnancy :)

How far along? 24 weeks

How big is baby? As big as an ear of corn :)

Maternity clothes? So far, just the maternity pants. But I'm definitely going to need some dresses soon!

Total weight gain? At my last doctor's appointment, I had a total weight gain of 12 pounds.

Sleep: Have been sleeping pretty good. I've started sleeping with a body pillow, which is more comfortable. Taylor recently started going to work earlier though, so sometimes it's hard for me to fall back asleep after he leaves.

Best moment this week? Last night we put some music on my phone and put it up to my tummy and the baby started moving a little bit :)

Miss anything? Since I've been pregnant, I've pretty much been off of caffeine. (Occasionally I'll have a sip of Taylor's Dr. Pepper, but only a sip.) This week, I've really been missing Dr. Pepper. Especially with 3 tests coming up this week. Missing my study aid. haha

Movement: Some throughout the day, but this little guy moves a lot at night!

Food Cravings: Chipotle burritos, apples with caramel, pineapple, and here's a weird one...pizza flavored combos.

Gender: little boy :)

Symptoms: peeing more frequently, sometimes get out of breath walking around campus, and the baby's movement :)

Belly button in or out? In

Usually happy or moody? Usually happy! Taylor might disagree with me on this one though haha

Looking forward to: We're going to a Blake Shelton concert on Friday! Baby will totally be jammin out! (bought the tickets before I found out I was pregnant)

And of course here are my weekly baby pictures!

P.S. Does anybody know where to get some cute maternity clothes? Specifically dresses? The only places I've seen that are cute and less expensive are pinkblushmaternity.com and asos.com! HELP!