33 weeks

Baby is the size of a pineapple. Not to alarm anyone, but that's BIG. She weighs about 4lbs 6oz and refuses to show her face in sonograms anymore. (Is this really my child? I post a TON of photos of myself...) And good news - the 4.5 lbs went away. Crisis averted. I'm now on bellybutton watch - i.e. when will it become an outtie - I feel like it's being stretched to its limits at the moment.

Baby shower was so lovely - so many sweet friends who are basically family came and my mom made my cry (what else is new). Have a work shower on December 1 and then it's hopefully smooth sailing until January. Unless GCS decides to come early. Finished packing my hospital bag just in case...

Weight a second

So I somehow gained 4.5 pounds since yesterday. Which has rocketed me into a new set of numbers on the scale that I am not exactly comfortable with. (Still makes my total weight gain around 23 pounds, but STILL.) You can't gain 4.5 pounds overnight, right?? RIGHT????

Week 30 (almost 31)

Well, it's officially obvious. I look like I shoved a basketball under my shirt. Haven't had a stranger touch my stomach yet (yay), but people at work have. Went to my now bi-monthly doctor's appointments yesterday (yes, two back-to-back), and she weighs almost 4 pounds. She was being very uncooperative, though - back turned and head facing away. Someone is not a morning person. That will have to change, since I am...

Also found a daycare, thank goodness. Will be starting her there around 6 months unless my mom realizes caring for an infant is ridiculously hard; then it will be earlier. :)

Cravings. Paging cravings.

10.5 weeks to go, and I still feel nauseous most of the time. Plus the burping and hiccupping - I'm a delight to be around! But seriously with the morning sickness. Enough already. I never feel hungry - just force myself to eat because I know I have to - and I guess I won't be getting cravings at all. Which kind of sucks - was looking forward to a 6-piece chicken mcnugget or something. But no. This could explain why I've only gained 15 pounds I guess. So thanks for that, Georgie?

Lip service

So in all honesty I want this baby to be healthy. But also semi-cute. And for some reason her top lip looks weird to me in all the sonograms (not a cleft palate, but it's just really big). See her latest pic, taken yesterday at 28weeks 5 days:

I mean she's cute, but is there a bottom lip??

But then I compared it side by side to a pic of me as a baby:

Annnnnd twins. I clearly have an upper lip situation happening as well. Yay?

Stretchy pants FTW

It's finally cool enough to wear jeans (although it will be 90 again by Friday, but let's not spoil the pumpkin spice vibe just yet), so I am rocking maternity jeans for the first time. And They. Are. Glorious. I mean you just pull them on like sweatpants. I could 100% see me wearing these for life. You're welcome, boys.

Extra! Extra!

So this came out yesterday...

A friend of mine is friends with the editor of DFW Child, a free publication that you can find in doctors' offices, and they were looking for first-time moms. Enter Sarah. Plus I don't think they spotlight single moms very often, so enter Sarah again. The photoshoot at my house was awkward and the interview got a little more personal than I remembered - plus the baby's name is now out there for all to see (although I'm calling her Georgie, which they failed to mention) - but I guess there's no shame in this game. Plus a friend who is a professional baby photographer offered to do a newborn shoot for free, so #winning!