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Tonight I decided to go to school with Brad. I worked a night shift last night and I wanted to spend time with him, so here I sit in his 3 hour long Essentials of Investments class. All I can say is I am so glad I went to Nursing school. I thought that was hard but seriously this is like trying to learn Chinese from someone who only speaks German. And I have no desire to learn either of those.

How far along? 24 1/2 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: ummmm not sure, I get scared to look at the scale haha
Maternity clothes? None yet, I need some cute shorts!
Stretch marks? Nope :)
Sleep: ok, I wake up a lot and move around a lot.
Best moment this week: Feeling baby girl move all the time!
Miss Anything? Really really hot showers and cold turkey sandwiches
Movement: She moves all the time! She is really active first thing in the morning, around 6 or 7 am. and at night around 9 and 10 pn. It is so much fun!
Food cravings: Cold turkey sandwiches...only 16 more weeks until I can have one!
Anything making you queasy or sick: No, I have been so lucky and haven't been sick at all!
Have you started to show yet: I sure have! :)
Labor Signs: No, thank goodness!
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy :) :)
Looking forward to: Our ultrasound on the 16th!

Baby this week is a foot long, the same size as an ear of corn. She weighs 1.7 pounds, about as much as an eggplant. Her lungs are continuing to develop and she will gain about 6 ounces each week. She can hear everything we can although it is much quieter for her.

This week marks a big week for me. Being a NICU nurse and having lots of friends in Labor and Delivery I know that making it to 24 weeks is a huge deal! Now if something were to happen and I were to go into pre-term labor they would resuscitate Baby Girl. It is totally morbid that I think that way but when you're in that environment all the time it becomes a natural way to think. Hopefully I will only have to be in the NICU for work and not visiting my baby there.

May Activities

My brother and sister in law and their cute kids were in town over Mother's Day. We got everyone together and had a party to celebrate my sweet mom and also celebrate my Melinda's birthday. It was such a fun day and I am so glad we had almost the whole family together. (we were just missing Jeff and Holli)

Our nieces ADORE Brad. They always want to play with him! Brad is pretty cute with them and he was totally meant to have a little girl. He is going to spoil Baby Girl more than anyone. He says he won't, but judging from these photos he has a real big soft spot for little girls :)

This photo is priceless. I just love everything about it. :) Minda is favorite aunt for sure!

The girls

 

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A few weeks ago we went to Zion National Park with some friends. It was just another short trip but so fun and totally worth it. We slept in the back of Brad's truck and we went hiking, rock climbing (at 6 months pregnant I opted not to climb) we played games, had campfires and just relaxed. It was a nice break from school for Brad. That poor guy only got 2 weeks off and is  now back in school for the summer semester. He works so hard!

Brad rescued this little guy from the middle of the road! I wanted to keep him, but that idea got shut down real quick.

 

 

 

Projects for Baby Girl

I have been having the best time making stuff for our little girl! I saw both of these crafts on pinterest and I just had to make them. I love how they turned out and they were both super easy and super cheap.

Burp cloths! They are just a strip of fabric sewn onto a cloth diaper...easy and very absorbent!

Fabric alphabet letters! Any fabric of your choice with some felt fabric in the middle to make them thicker. I printed letters off the computer, but you could free hand it too.

St. George

Over the weekend Brad, Liz, and I headed down to St. George for some warm weather, rock climbing, visiting with family and friends and lots of fun! We left friday night and got home sunday night. It was just a short trip but exactly what we needed.

 

 

Top 5 of this week

1. Last night as we were going to sleep, Brad leaned over and kissed me goodnight and said I love you, then put his hand on my stomach and said I love you Paisley. Melted my heart! :)
2. I am so thankful for a husband who works so hard for our family. He is putting in a whole basement apartment (a TON of work) just so I can work less when baby girl gets here. He takes such good care of me, I am so lucky!
3. We are going to St. George in 2 days! Wahoooo!!
4. I got baby girl's room all painted and her furniture is almost complete...we are going with Grandma Nancy to pick up her crib tonight!
5. I am 20 weeks along and people at work still don't think I look pregnant! :)

At this current moment life is great!

20 weeks, halfway there!

Here I am at 20 weeks. I was barely showing and then I hit 5 months and she decided it was time to make her appearance. I think I have felt her move a few times but its so hard to tell for sure. The ultrasound tech said my placenta is anterior so it might be hard for me to be 100% sure until she gets bigger and stronger since she has to kick through it for me to feel it. Her heartbeat is steady at 160 and everything is looking good. I still feel really great. I haven't started wearing maternity clothes yet but I feel it might be in my near future. I told my manager that I was expecting and she had nothing but happy things to say, which was such a relief! I can't believe we will be parents in 20 weeks! These last 20 have gone by so quickly and I hope the next 20 go just as fast! :)