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.