Baby #2 Bumpdate: 34 Weeks

I can't believe I only have 6 weeks left! The even numbered weeks always feel like such big milestones to me for some reason. And we are now in September, yay! That means it has got to be cooler than August, right??

How Far Along:  34 Weeks

Baby's Size:  Cantaloupe

Maternity Clothes: It is slim pickins these days. Many maternity shirts are too short. But I don't want to buy anything new since I only have 6 weeks left. I just wear the same things over and over. Benefits of being a SAHM :)

Movement: Constant. This girl likes to move around and poke me with all her limbs.

Sleep: Good, just hard to flip from one side to the other.

Symptoms: Feeling big and heavy. I also get worn out so easily. I took Cambry on a walk early this morning and I had to go so slow and couldn't go far at all. I get lots of Braxton hicks throughout the day. I also had very low blood pressure again so I am trying to drink more water. I know I don't drink enough.

Food Aversions/Cravings:  Nothing new really.

Best Moment this Week: Spending time in Waco with Greg's family this past weekend. Also the HMB Launch party and a girls outing afterwards.

What I miss: Being able to move about easily, breathe easily, feel normal.

What I am Looking Forward to: Finishing up Lainey's room. I think we can do it in the next 2 weeks. The bedding should be mailed to me this week.

Goals: A lot got accomplished this past week. We have all the stuff we need now for the newborn photos. I signed aIl my pre-registration papers at the hospital. I also finished the mobile and am happy with how it turned out. When I get it hung I will post pictures. I have started washing baby stuff and I think I have done about 6 loads already and still need to do more. Clothes, blankets, burp cloths, car seat cover, baby slings/carriers, play mat, socks, hats, you name it. My goals for this week are to finish washing all baby items, hang the mobile, and call about donating cord blood.

Baby #2 Bumpdate: 33 Weeks

How Far Along:  33 Weeks

Baby's Size:  Pineapple

Maternity Clothes: I have reached the point where my maternity shirts are getting too short. And this drives me crazy. Why couldn't they just add a couple extra inches onto the shirt??? I hate tugging on shirts all day. Sometimes I am just tempted to let my belly hang out there. Hey I can't really see anything below my belly button, so who cares. Out of sight out of mind :)

Movement: It seems likes she flips and squirms and rolls around all day long. Poor thing is probably running out of room. I think we are both feeling a little cramped.

Sleep: Good. The number of bathroom trips is on the rise though. Sometimes up to 4. It feels like a forklift is practically necessary in order for me to flip sides these days. 

Symptoms: I haven't been feeling the best lately. I have been feeling pretty uncomfortable. I hate to complain about it but I want to accurately record how I am feeling. And I hate the thought of wishing away time or wanting to hurry through seasons. But I feel like I am just in countdown mode and ready to have this baby and be able to breathe again. Especially by the end of the day I just feel super uncomfortable. But I know pregnancy is a blessing and a joy and I want to treasure this time and enjoy the miracle of having a life inside of me. It is a hard balance.

Food Aversions/Cravings:  Nothing new really.

Best Moment this Week: Date night this past weekend and then dinner with neighbors yesterday. They gave us this adorable cupcake hat for Lainey and a sweet pink blanket.

What I miss: Being able to move about easily, breathe easily, feel normal.

What I am Looking Forward to: Having the baby, ha!

Goals: Well I haven't been doing great at goals lately. We did finally get the crib storage this past weekend. I made a lot of progress on organizing Lainey's room too. I haven't gotten around to working on the mobile. I did buy most of the things needed for newborn pictures. I bought some fur type fabric from JoAnn's and with a coupon it was under $5! It seems like all newborn pictures I see the baby is laying in some type of soft fur-filled basket. I also ordered one of those cheese cloth wrap things on Etsy for $5. And of course I had to buy cute matching headbands for Lainey and Cambry to do a sibling pose. Not sure how easy it will be getting a good shot of a 22 month old and a newborn, but we have to at least try. The only other thing I want to get is a cute basket, which I plan to look for at Garden Ridge. Ok, so this week's goals still include working on the mobile and buying a basket.

Like Father Like Daughter

I have mentioned before that Cambry has recently become concerned about cleanliness. She doesn't like food getting on her hands. Sometimes she doesn't like her tray to get messy either. This definitely comes from Greg. He is extremely neat. Definitely neater than me. And I very much appreciate this about him. It is just funny to see it in Cambry. This morning she was having banana and peanut butter and did not like the peanut butter getting on her tray. I mean, look how tiny those drops of peanut butter are! And her concerned face cracks me up. So I handed her wipes and she proceeded to wipe up her tray and hands and face. Well awesome. There goes my job.

Our Weekend

Here are some things we did this weekend...

1. Date night!

We went to Del Friscos for Houston Restaurant week. It was delicious! Our reservations were at 6:15 because we are just awesome like that :) Super romantic when it is broad daylight outside. But we wanted to catch a movie afterward without falling asleep. Even with our early dinner we still didn't get home until almost 11. WHOA watch out people we are pretty wild and crazy.

Speaking of wild and crazy - I had to document this because it will NEVER happen again. We had drinks and a popcorn at the movies. Greg said he was pretty sure this was his first time to ever have a drink and popcorn at a movie. This only happened because we had coupons to get it all free. You didn't think Mr. Frugal McCheapy would pay for this, did you? But really, who can blame him - a small soda was FIVE DOLLARS.

2. We got this climber for Cambry. For free. Woo hoo. When we were driving home from our date it was just sitting out on the curb of a house down the street from us. Score. We haven't cleaned it off yet or showed it to Cambry. Need to inspect it to make sure nothing is majorly wrong with it.

3. We went to a friend's 3 year old birthday party. Cambry had a blast. But she did not want to play in the splash pad. She insisted on playing on the playground where it was approximately 2000 degrees. Thankfully Greg supervised her while I rested my belly.

4. I got a lot of organizing done in Lainey's room. You know how things have to get worse before they get better? Well this is them getting worse.

Thankfully it is already looking better. We moved Cambry's changing table in there and moved a chest of drawers into her room. Then we switched a bunch of stuff between the 2 closets and organized a lot of clothes. I still have more work to do but I feel a lot better about the progress.

I also think I doubled in size this week. Ok not really, but I just feel so uncomfortable. Sometimes I find myself googling "is it possible to discover twins at 32 1/2 weeks pregnant?".

And that's a wrap for our weekend.

Baby #2 Bumpdate: 32 Weeks

How Far Along:  32 Weeks

Baby's Size:  A large jicama. What is that? Let's just say 3 3/4 lbs. and almost 17 in. long

Maternity Clothes: Yep! Loving all things stretchy :)

Movement: Lots of movement. My doctor said she was still head down. I love seeing the movement from the outside. She is quite active.

Sleep: Great. Usually a couple bathroom trips a night. It is hard to flip sides these days.

Symptoms: Good overall. My belly does feel huge and heavy though. I have to sit down a lot. I get braxton hicks throughout the day.

Food Aversions/Cravings:  Nothing new really.

Best Moment this Week: Day trip to Austin on Saturday.

What I miss: Being able to move about easily. I think I may stop taking my Lift workout class. I went today and I could barely do anything even with lots and lots of modifications. I just felt like I had no energy and I needed to sit down. Maybe it was just an off day. We'll see. Hopefully I can at least continue to walk or do something active.

What I am Looking Forward to: Date night on Friday. Trying to squeeze in lots of these before Lainey comes. We may even go to the movies if we can find something decent in theatres. Last time we saw a movie together (in theatres) was circa 2011. Yep.

Goals: I have not been doing great on my goals lately. I haven't been able to find under crib storage that is short enough to fit under there. I haven't bought any photo props yet although I have saved all my favorites on Etsy. My goal for this week is to work on Lainey's crib mobile. I am trying to make it similar to this Pottery Barn Kids mobile (no longer available). It won't have flowers, but it will have different types of white ribbons. So far I have just been trying out how to get 2 different sized metal rings attached with fishing line to hang evenly. This is a feat of physics. The whole thing could be a disaster. We'll see.

My Bio

For Houston Moms Blog we are supposed to write up a short bio for ourselves. This will be shown on the blog next to our pictures. I told Greg the other night that I was trying to work on my bio. He said he could write it for me no problem. I go into the bathroom to get ready for bed and 5 minutes later this is what he texts me.

Jana is about 5 foot eight and friendly. She loves crafts. She likes a few other things but she really loves crafts. She's married to Greg who is quite charming. She has made one baby girl who was delivered via natural birth. She became pregnant again on March 28 around 9 PM and expects to have another girl soon. She is nice and can make you any craft. Stay tuned for more blog updates from her.

I was cracking up at this. Oh and by the way when he says natural birth he means non-Cesarean. I absolutely had an epidural :)

So there you have it. That is me.

Girly Girl

This weekend we went to Austin to celebrate my Dad's Aunt Thelma's 90th Birthday. Can you believe 90th? Even at 90 she is super sharp and looking and dressing beautifully. She LOVES Steinmart and always has nice clothes and fun jewelry and purses. We had good food, cake, and she got lots of fun gifts.

We left in the morning and Cambry got a nap in, then we drove back around bed time so she slept the whole way home. I told Greg that traveling will never be this easy again :) Once we throw another little one into the mix things could get tricky.

We had a lot of fun seeing so many family members. I have no idea how we are all related, I think they are all some type of cousins, once, twice, 15 times removed. Who knows. But somehow we are all connected on the family tree and it was fun to see everyone.

Cambry had the time of her life. There were so many kids there. She wore herself out running around, playing dress up, having tea parties, doing arts and crafts, swinging, playing in the play house, and trying to keep up with the big kids.

Playing dress up seemed to come naturally for her. She started twirling when she had her sparkly dress on. I love how girly she is and that she will have a sister to play dress up with. Looking forward to lots more of this in our future!

This little girl put on a "concert" for us and sang every word to a Taylor Swift song. It was adorable.

What a fun weekend!