Bumpdates: Week 27 - 29

~ Week 27 - 29 ~

HOW FAR ALONG: 27 weeks

BABY IS AS BIG AS: Cucumber

GENDER: Boy

SLEEP: Meh. 

BEST MOMENT THIS WEEK: Mommy got the job she has dreamed up for years. It's like deja vu' since when I was about this far along with Eloise I got a new job as well. 

MISS ANYTHING? No. 

MOVEMENT? Yes. 

FOOD CRAVINGS/AVERSIONS? Chocolate Chip cookies. 

LABOR SIGNS? No.

SYMPTOMS: Dry Skin. 

LOOKING FORWARD TO: Trip to Container Store for the closet system for the nursery.  Organizational nerd alert!

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HOW FAR ALONG: 28 weeks - 3rd Trimester!

BABY IS AS BIG AS: Eggplant

GENDER: Boy

SLEEP: As good as it can get with trips to the potty

BEST MOMENT THIS WEEK: Eloise asking to hub "baby brother" by hugging my stomach. 

MISS ANYTHING? No. 

MOVEMENT? Yes. 

FOOD CRAVINGS/AVERSIONS? Pizza. 

LABOR SIGNS? No.

SYMPTOMS: Braxton Hicks, my old friend. 

LOOKING FORWARD TO: It's the 3rd trimester!

BIG SISTER ELOISE SAYS:

"I hug baby brother."

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HOW FAR ALONG: 29 weeks

BABY IS AS BIG AS: Butternut squash

GENDER: Boy

SLEEP: More, please.

BEST MOMENT THIS WEEK: Doctor's appointment and ultrasound. 

MISS ANYTHING? Deli sandwiches. 

MOVEMENT? Yes. 

FOOD CRAVINGS/AVERSIONS? I really want a Diet Pepsi. 

LABOR SIGNS? No. 

SYMPTOMS: Reptile-like dry skin & hard-to-bend over-itis

LOOKING FORWARD TO: Maternity photo shoot & baby shower for Stephenie

BIG SISTER ELOISE SAYS:

Tells all the moms with strollers at school that those are for "baby brother in mommy's belly."

Bumpdates: Week 24 - 26

~ Week 24 - 26 ~

HOW FAR ALONG: 24 weeks

BABY IS AS BIG AS: Ear of Corn

GENDER: Boy

SLEEP: Fabulous - vacation all week long!

BEST MOMENT THIS WEEK: Everything about our Disney Cruise

MISS ANYTHING? Sushi

MOVEMENT? Yes. 

FOOD CRAVINGS/AVERSIONS? Ice cream. 

LABOR SIGNS? No. 

SYMPTOMS: Horrendous sea sickness during the 1st night of cruise.  Nothing a little medicine and magnetic bracelets couldn't fix.  

LOOKING FORWARD TO: Next Dr. Appointment.

BIG SISTER ELOISE SAYS:

"We went on 'cation!"

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HOW FAR ALONG: 25 weeks 

BABY IS AS BIG AS: Rutabaga

GENDER: Boy

SLEEP: 5:30am wake ups - back to reality

BEST MOMENT THIS WEEK: Doctor's appointment.  Always nice to get a good report on baby boy. 

MISS ANYTHING? No.

MOVEMENT? Yes. 

FOOD CRAVINGS/AVERSIONS? Donuts.  

LABOR SIGNS? No. 

SYMPTOMS: Dry Skin - ouch! As Eloise says, "I have scratchy skin."

LOOKING FORWARD TO: Finishing Gallery Wall in Nursery. 

BIG SISTER ELOISE SAYS:

"I wanna see baby brother." 

(Mommy promptly lifts up her shirt to appease the demanding toddler.)

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HOW FAR ALONG: 26  Weeks

BABY IS AS BIG AS: Eggplant

GENDER: Boy

SLEEP: Everyone is coughing and sick this week.  Sleep evades me. 

BEST MOMENT THIS WEEK: Dinner with fellow expecting mama Stephenie

MISS ANYTHING? No.

MOVEMENT? Yes. 

FOOD CRAVINGS/AVERSIONS? Donuts.  The struggle is real people.  I had a dream about one. 

LABOR SIGNS? No. 

SYMPTOMS: Getting harder to bend over to do my normal mommy-toddler wrangling.

LOOKING FORWARD TO: Shopping for some nursery items - dresser and closet system. 

BIG SISTER ELOISE SAYS:

As she sticks her finger in my belly button, "I tickle baby brother!"

We are approaching the end of the 2nd trimester.  Wow!  Time flies when you are chasing a toddler, cruising the Bahamas, and growing a baby boy.