22 Weeks

How many weeks: 22 Weeks!
Touch your toes? Yes but this basketball is getting in the way.
Stretch marks? maybe? I don't know.
Sleep: It's been rough this week.
Best moment this week: Seeing the overwelming love and support for the G Family
Miss Anything? sleep, margaritas
Movement: lots, she moves when she's hungry :-)
Food cravings: nothing inparticular
Anything making you queasy or sick: nope
Gender:  It's a GIRL!
Labor Signs: no

Symptoms: Carpal Tunnel in my wrists, some leg cramps in the middle of the night and occasional swelling in my feet.
Belly Button in or out? in

Wedding rings on or off? on!
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy

Looking forward to: hopefully having Josh feel the baby move very soon.  And hearing the heartbeat <3

Life

We have been so blessed lately for all the happiness surrounded by our little baby. Unfortunately with life comes the happy and sad times.  And this week we are dealing with some saddness in our family. A great man passed away, one who was loved by many many many.  Josh's Dad passed away early this week.
We will miss him so much, and so will the Pennsylvania Lottery.

Today we celebrated the great life he lead, with all his friends and family.  We were all overwelmed by the packed house for the service, all those that took the time to pay their respect, and many who spent lunch with us.
We will miss you Bobby G, but we know you are at peace and will happily be spending your 49th Wedding Anniversary with the love of your life.

It's a Girl!

When the hubs and I announced we were pregnant to our families we wanted to tell everyone at the same time and do something special.  So I got little chinese take out boxes at Michaels and in each one I wrote, "You're going to be an Aunt" or "Grandma".  So of course we had to do something special when we found out the sex of the baby.
We invited everyone one over for dinner the night we had the ultrasound. Luckily baby girl was cooporative for the ultrasound tech and we did indeed have something to announce.  We asked everyone to wear blue or pink, depending on if they thought baby g was a boy or a girl.

Unfortunatley Josh's Dad was in the hospital this day so we went straight to him and told him first.
We didn't make everyone wait too long, with pink balloons we announced it was a girl!

And then we celebrated with tacos and cupcakes, with pink frosting on the inside of course ;-)

Noah is especially excited for his cousin to arrive.



YAY! It's a girl!



21 Weeks

You know you are pregnant when you come home and your husband has made a smiley face with your pregnancy pillow and wrist guards:

Okay now back to our regular weekly pic:

How many weeks: 21 Weeks!
Total weight gain: 22lbs    I have the authority to eliminate any questions. HA!
Touch your toes? YES! Still good but getting there.
Stretch marks? I don't think so, but I know they are on their way.
Sleep: I'm just going to come to terms with the fact sleep sucks and will never be the same.
Best moment this week: Spending an entire day with my hubby at the Phillies game!
Miss Anything? sleep
Movement: love her little flips <3
Food cravings: nothing inparticular
Anything making you queasy or sick: nope
Gender:  It's a GIRL!  Mama was right!
Labor Signs: no

Symptoms: Carpal Tunnel in my wrists, and occasional swelling in my feet.
Belly Button in or out? in

Wedding rings on or off? on!
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy

Looking forward to: more kicks! and buying cute little baby girl clothes!

20 Weeks!

Hola! Can you believe we are 20 weeks?! Half way there! Let's all do a little dance!! Whoop whoop work it! YEA!

So this week baby is as long as a banana and about the size of a small cantaloupe or butternut squash this week and weighs in at around 10 1/2 ounces!   I think we can get definite measurements tomorrow at the ultrasound.

How far along? 20 Weeks

Total weight gain: 22lbs  
Maternity clothes? I'm replacing this question with : Touch your toes? YES! I can still touch my toes!
Stretch marks? No....that I can see, I can't really see the underside of my belly, there may be some lurking there.
Sleep: numbness and back pain still are keeping US up.
Best moment this week: felt the baby kick on the outside!
Miss Anything? sleep
Movement: yes! everyday, a few nights ago I felt it from the outside, Josh hasn't gotten so lucky yet.
Food cravings: pasta salad, blt's are a few of my favorite things
Anything making you queasy or sick: feeling pretty good this week.
Gender:girl prediction we find out TOMORROW!!!!
Labor Signs: no dear God I better not yet

Symptoms: Carpal Tunnel is bugging me at night and during the day. I have found that $8 wrist guards do help.
Belly Button in or out? in

Wedding rings on or off? on!
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy Happy Joy Joy

Looking forward to: Can NOT wait to see our little bean tomorrow and to find out if we are having a boy or girl! and to share the excitement with our family at dinner tomorrow.  Maybe we'll even celebrate with some balloons or cupcakes!

19 Weeks

This week the little beaner is the size of a heirloom tomato. Or mango depending on what baby site you look at.

courtesy of one of the grandpas to be

I had a Dr. appointment yesterday and for some reason they didn't even mention my massive weight gain.  Phew!  Maybe it's the baby that weighs 10lbs now?  Haha anyway I will just keep walking and eating healthy:-) No worries my friends.  Besides the weight all is good with the baby and that's all that matters.  Heartrate is in the 150's and I'm measuring right on track.

How far along? 19 Weeks

Total weight gain: 21lbs yikes...again...!!!   I'm thinking that was one major growth spurt hopefully we slow down a bit
Maternity clothes?

Stretch marks? No

Sleep: morning sickness and bathroom breaks have now been replaced by numbness in my fingers.
Best moment this week: Hearing the heartbeat <3  This week it was in the 150's
Miss Anything? sleep sleep sleep
Movement: yes! little by little it's becoming more consistent
Food cravings: all food is fair game
Anything making you queasy or sick: Feeling queasy at random times, not getting sick though so that is good :-)
Gender:girl prediction only 8 more days till we find out!!!

Labor Signs: no

Symptoms: hip, back and now wrist pain/numbness! Hello Carpal Tunnel!

Belly Button in or out? in
Wedding rings on or off? on!
Happy or Moody most of the time: Josh says happy.  And added I'm less moody than when I'm not pregnant. Thanks...I think
Looking forward to: 8 more days till we have our next ultrasound and find out if Baby G is a boy or girl!  What do you think? Boy or Girl?

18 weeks

Wow only 2 more weeks til we are half way there, that is just crazy to believe. And also very scary.  I guess we need to start tackling that list of stuff to get done before the baby gets here.

Other than major hip and back pain that landed me on the DL for the MS Walk on Sunday and the couch on Saturday, I ate horribly last week.  My body just does not like what I did to it last week, this weekend I just felt sick from all the crap I ate.  So lesson learned, everything in moderation.  I think I was eating more because I haven't gained in the past few weeks, well I gained 4 weeks worth of weight this week, I'd say I'm back on track.  Now back to a more balanced diet, since I don't think cookies and fries will make my baby big and strong.

The baby is the size of a green bell pepper this week.  For those who are more visual learners my Dad concocted an example of what the baby looks like now.

And here is my weekly picture.

How far along? 18 Weeks

Total weight gain: 17lbs yikes!!! gained those pounds that haven't been adding on in the past few weeks. I guess those cookies and french fries are catching up. Time to get more fruits and veggies in my diet :-)
Maternity clothes? belly bands and mostly maternity clothes
Stretch marks? No
Sleep: the bathroom breaks have been reduced to usually 1 or 2, down significantly from 5 or more.
Best moment this week: spending some time with my Biznit at the walk on Sunday :-)
Miss Anything? not really, I guess the normal, sleep and being pain free
Movement: yes! just a little, some days I go without feeling anything and I get worried.
Food cravings: cookies, chips and other not soo healthy options, hence the 4 lb weight gain this week.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Even cleaning the shower drain didn't make me puke but eating an entire box of Kraft Mac and Cheese did the morning after :-)
Gender:girl prediction
Labor Signs: no
Symptoms: lots of lower back and hip pain this week, baby is growing! and mama is hurting!
Belly Button in or out? in but it's turning all sorts of shades of purple. gaaaaarooossss!
Wedding rings on or off? on!
Happy or Moody most of the time: I've been a little moody this week, sorry Josh.
Looking forward to: Dr. appointment on Monday to hear the heart beat <3 and 15 more days till we have our next ultrasound and find out if Baby G is a boy or girl!  Any guesses?