Shower this Weekend!

I can't believe my shower is this weekend! I am so excited to see everyone and have some fantastic food. We will be eating like queens. John and my dad and his dad will be there...good sports! They will have a chance to hang out at a pub next to the Champion's Club where the girls will be having the shower. I am registered at BRU, Target, and Walmart. I can't wait! I am helping my sister and mom with the decorations, and my MIL has done an AMAZING job planning the menu and day.

I can't wait for the cupcakes! We're having dessert served but the cupcakes are for the guests to take home.

Excellent Ultrasound!

We had an ultrasound today and everything looks great! The peri said she's 99.9% sure it's a girl still. Whew! Last time it was 95% but you just never know! I saw the three lines on the screen. I counted her toes---5 on each foot! Her position is head down already but the peri said she could flip at any time (which I hope doesn't happen since she's about 15" or so...) She is 2 lbs, 10oz. and is perfectly on schedule for myself being 28w4d pregnant.

We had a quick dinner at a cafe in Neenah called Zuppas, took a walk, and am now having a small bowl of ice cream. Did you know that Blue Bunny makes a fat free sugar free caramel ice cream? It's awesome.

Heartburn Diet Working!

...I have slept fairly well in the past two days...well besides having to go potty 4 times a night, and Koko wanting to take a bath (cleaning herself) right next to my head.

I am restricting food after about 6:30 PM and also restricting water and only taking in a little milk to take my medications and it's been sooo helpful!

New Haircut!

Yep, I cut off 6 inches! It's so super easy and cute. I love it!

Chicken strips are the devil

So John decides to finally take me to a "sports bar" since that's what I've been craving for 7+ months. No, not to drink, but I have this tremendous urge to "pretend I'm not pregnant for an hour or too". We sat outdoors at a beach called Waverly Beach and sipped Diet Coke and indulged in some chicken strips. (Okay, and a few fries too.)

Everything went great, water was beautiful, low 80's for temps, partly sunny, gorgegous. Sat right near the new tiki bar so we felt like we were in Mexico.

1 AM rolls around and I am in pain from...who guessed it...more heartburn.

WHERE IS THIS COMING FROM?! I had a terrible time sleeping but some more milk and Tums Smoothies helped. Keep in mind I'm on Rx Protonix AND maximum strength Pepcid.

Chicken strips are the devil. I downloaded a "menu" or DIET of things pg women who suffer from heartburn can eat. I am sticking to that for now....

Say goodbye marinara sauce for 12 more weeks.

Maternity Pictures!

Yeah! I am so excited to get our proofs back. Lindsey did an amazing job. We are going to have a very hard time choosing!

Maternity Pictures Taken!

I had so much fun yesterday with John while we had our maternity pictures taken. The images are going to be sooo fun to look at, I cannot wait! I brought a lot of really neat black and white outfits as well as a teal outfit too. I left the session pretty tired as I had to bend and lie down and do all these things to my belly to make it look good. Hard to explain but once I have the proofs you'll know what I mean. The photographer told me I was a natural for the camera--ha ha!! I didn't blink once! John doesn't like getting his picture taken but he was a really good sport.

...No wonder why I haven't been feeling myself--I just put a tape measure around my belly and I gained 2 inches! Two inches in a week! Ha ha!!! This is the only time in a woman's life where she can eat and not feel guilty about waist size...and eating I've done. I woke up at 1 AM last night and HAD to eat a Snickers Protein Barn (low glycemic index...high protein so good for Little Lamb.) I went back to bed, started tossing and turning, and then went to the kitchen and had a glass of milk and an apple at 2AM. I was famished! My body is doing some amazing things!

The final dress fitting for the wedding went great. The dress looks very good on and I'm excited to wear it. The good thing is that it's black so it's very classic and simple.

I started the prescription PPI (heartburn medication) since the Prilosec COMBINED with the Pepcid Extra Strength was not cutting it anymore. I am on day 3 and feeling good so far.

We are continuing to walk after dinner and I love the time that we spend peeking at all of the new houses in our neighborhood. We are also spying on new landscape ideas too as we just started with the front of our house but we have a long ways to go.

Full

Today I felt like crap. I have been having some bathroom issues (sorry TMI!) and I feel really bloated and yucky. I just took a very nice long walk and now feel better. There's soo much pressure in my stomach and to think I have three months left! This hot weather is not so easy to deal with.

This weekend I am in a friend's wedding and I'm very excited! I just saw the forecast and it should be less humid. Whew! The last thing we need is a hot and swelling Little D and Little Lamb. That would make for a crabby evening.

Last week of 2nd Tri!

I should have started writing this back in February when J and I found out we were pregnant. I can't believe that this is the last week of our 2nd trimester! It's been pretty good so far, some bumps along the way, but for the most part, we have been enjoying this special time have been having a blast getting everything ready for Little Lamb.

This week we are taking our maternity photos. Yes, it IS a little early but I am so excited about it! I want to remember cute belly photos--not ones where it looks like a beached whale is about to give birth. Ha ha...we want to have them on display at our baby shower the first week of August so now is the time. We are really excited to work with a new photographer...our wedding photographer was simply out of our price range for portrait work. Check out lindseyvanroy.com for our maternity photographer!

The nursery is pretty much ready but we need to add a mirror to the room. John needs to sand it down, prime it, and paint it an antique white to match the rest of the furniture.