22 Week Bumpdate!

Happy 22 Weeks Little Lerma #3!!!

How Big is Baby: The size of a spaghetti squash

Weight Gain: +1/2 in the last 2 weeks, so +6.5 overall.

Workouts: Week 20 I did absolutely nothing. Week 21 I did one prenatal yoga. That's what working extra will do to me. 

Maternity Clothes: I can still wear my regular "fat jeans" but they are definitely getting more snug, so I stick with my two stretchy maternity jeans. Otherwise wearing regular shirts and dresses still. 

Belly Button: Still innie but getting more shallow!

Sleep: Overall well, but daylight savings stinks! Going to sleep around 8:45 or 9 most nights, and waking up once usually to pee around 3 or 4. Some nights I have a hard time falling back asleep for about an hour. Other nights I go right back to sleep, until about 6:30 am or so. 

Cravings: Sushi. Lox, cream cheese and caper breakfast sandwich or bagel. Mac n cheese. Kombucha. Sparkling water. Ice cream. Chocolate. 

Aversions: Nothing I absolutely won't eat. 

What I Missed: Margarita with our mexican sunday dinner. Still craving (but not consuming) ice cold beer!

Symptoms: Very sporadic, very mild nausea. Sore, full boobs. Tiredness but getting much better. Peeing a lot more frequently. Lower back pain. 

Movement: More and more every week! Love it!

Gender: It's a BOY!

Best Moment this Week: Getting through working full time hours two weeks in a row. Three 12's in a row used to be standard, but I'm not cut out for that at my age, at 22 weeks pregnant, and with two little ones at home anymore! Whew, exhausting!

Worst Moment this Week: Probably being in the midst of the above : )

What I am Looking Forward to: Warmer spring weather and getting outside more. Just want to be active with the girls outside and not feel obligated to squeeze in an official workout, when I don't feel like there is enough time during the day!

Aubrey 27 Months

This past month has been a blur! I'm not even sure why entirely. Perhaps it's because it has been cold and rainy and kind of dreary. Or perhaps because it's just a short month (thank you February for not even holding my child's monthly birthdate : ). Either way...

Happy 27 Months Aubrey Lynn!

27 Month Highlights: 

-You are a little monkey and love to climb on us, or wrap your arms and legs around our legs for a ride. It cracks us up and you just giggle away!

-You are my little errand buddy when Isabella is in school. We go grocery shopping, just for fun shopping, to parks, and occasionally out to lunch which you of course love. 

-You LOVE wrestling with your sister or Daddy and inevitably most times despite being smaller, you end up on top! 

-By far the biggest highlight of the month was a family vacation to Navarre Beach, FL. You got croup the day we left, and the entire family ended up getting sick at some point on the trip, but it was a great vacation overall with warm, sunny weather, lots of time spent on our own beach, and a great house! You and Isabella shared a room which meant you kept her up way more than she's used to not sleeping, but overall you both did great. You are OBSESSED with the beach and loved everything about it. You love building sand castles, running in and out of the water, and finding seashells. You ask almost daily when we are going back. My little beach baby!

Poor sick baby, you actually slept 45 minutes in the car on the way down to the beach. About 45 more minutes than I thought you'd sleep!

You played hard, you slept hard!

Sleeping: Bedtime is taking longer these days and/or we go up a bit later so it's usually around 8pm when we leave your room. You play in bed with your stuffed animals or read some books (AKA rip them all apart...urgh!) until about 9 on most nights, and then you tuck yourself in and sleep until 6 or 7 am. The days you wake up at 6 you usually go back to sleep from 6:30 til a little after 7. Then you play quietly (or not so quietly sometimes) in your room til your clock wakes up at 8am. 

You nap around 1:30 or 2pm, anywhere from 1 to 2.5 hours. Most days it's on the shorter side, but twice a week you will give us a good long nap.  

Eating: You are still picky but you are going through a major growth spurt and say "I'm hungies" ALL.THE.TIME. You still spit out every single vegetable I make you try (which is pretty much every single day). You will dip carrots in hummus to lick the hummus off, but there isn't much carrot consumption there. 

Favorite foods: Yogurt squeezies or plain greek yogurt with jelly, fruit squeezies (but you are VERY picky about flavors), cheddar bunnies or rockets, cheerios and bran flakes for breakfast, oatmeal with berries, pancakes, mac-n-cheese, hot dogs, pasta with parmesean cheese, runny eggies with turkey bacon and toast (which you have almost daily for second breakfast!), & ham and cheese.

Aubrey Loves:
-Being outside, running around, scooters, playing with a ball

-Playing at the park, especially swings

-Bubbles

-Reading

-Her baby and stroller

-Coloring

-Play dough

-Bathtime

-Playing with her doll house

-Having tea parties

-THE BEACH! She's asks daily when we can go back!

-Her seashell she found at the beach...she carries it around everywhere

Aubrey Hates:

 -Being told no by anyone other than Mama or Daddy, she immediately cries!

-Not being able to do something independently or what Bella is doing

27 Month Stats:

Height: 34 in (approx 30th percentile)

Weight: 25 lbs (approx 15th percentile)

Wearing 24 month and 2T clothes, 2T panties. Size 3 diapers with sleep. Size 4 or 4.5 shoes. 

20 Week Bumpdate!

We are officially past the halfway mark, and I can confidently say past it because my scheduled c-section will likely be near 39 weeks. Either way, I'm grateful to be here and feeling great! Loving this part of pregnancy!

How Big is Baby: The size of a banana, approximately 10 inches long, and 10 oz!

Weight Gain: +3.5 lbs in the last 2 weeks, thank you vacation over-eating! Puts me at +6 lbs overall.

Workouts: Week 18 I didn't get a single work out in other than a bunch of walking and stair climbing at work, because we were just crazy busy. Week 19 I got a nasty cold that knocked me out for several days, so I just got in a 3 mile walk/run and a 40 minute kayaking session while on vacation. 

Maternity Clothes: Loving my maternity stretch jeans and otherwise regular clothes.

Belly Button: Innie

Sleep: Overall sleeping well, and usually getting about 8 hours a night. Not quite as exhausted as I was several weeks ago, but bedtime is still around 9 or 9:30 most nights. 

Cravings: Aside from eating anything and everything unhealthy while on vacation, not having strong cravings. Although I really have been wanting some good Indian food, but that's probably because it's been almost a year since we've had any! Still on the search for a place near our new home town!

Aversions: Some things don't sound great at times, mostly meat and chicken, but I eat them if they are being served and it's fine. Nothing that I totally can't be around. 

What I Missed: Margaritas on the beach, white wine on the balcony in the evenings on vacation, and an ice cold beer after kayaking!

Symptoms: Occasional bouts of nausea that aren't that bad, and usually don't last long. Definitely more tired than non-pregnant self, but getting my energy back. Really sore boobs. Insanely dry eyes where I can't wear my contacts at night anymore, and have to wear glasses during the day once or twice a week. 

Movement: Definitely feeling it more and more which is amazing! He's definitely not as active as Aubrey was, so perhaps that's a sign he will be a bit more chill than her!? Or is that just wishful thinking!? Also, both girls were most active at night when I laid in bed, but this one is so super chill then. He's most active in the morning, or mid-day. 

Gender: BOY!

Best Moment this Week: Being on vacation with the family

Worst Moment this Week: All of us being sick on vacation. BIG bummer!

What I am Looking Forward to: We get our 20 week anatomy scan this week which I'm really looking forward to, and have another high risk appointment at the end of next week which usually involves another US. Love seeing this little guy!