21 Weeks

How far along? 20 Weeks

Total weight gain: up 8.5+ lbs (I have been just doing my weight at the Doc)

Maternity clothes? yep

Stretch marks? nope

Sleep: Not too bad
 Best moment this week: The week was pretty hectic...so actually sitting here Friday night and not having to do anything :)

Miss Anything? I try to stay away from soda...which interestingly I didn't really drink much before getting pregnant, but now I get urges to drink it
Movement: oh yes :)

Food cravings: Been eating a lot of Eggo waffles lately...I actually had them for dinner the last three nights
Anything making you queasy or sick: Not really lately

Gender: It's a Girl!

Labor Signs: Nope.
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy :) although I tend to get moody with my students, but they like to push my buttons!

Looking forward to: Still waiting for Tim to be able to feel the baby 

Half Way There :)

How far along? 20 Weeks

Total weight gain: up 8.5 lbs

Maternity clothes? yep

Stretch marks? nope...hoping the coconut oil lotion a friend gave me helps this to stay the case

Sleep: Been better...just have to get up for the bathroom a lot :(
 Best moment this week: Getti

Miss Anything? I try to stay away from soda...which interestingly I didn't really drink much before getting pregnant, but now I get urges to drink it
Movement: oh yes :)

Food cravings: peanut butter sandwiches with chocolate chips and mac & cheese (w/ ketchup)...for some reason ketchup smells and tastes really good to me...also have been craving Chicken&Bisquit Crackers Yum :)
Anything making you queasy or sick:greasy food still not settling too well

Gender: It's a Girl!

Labor Signs: Nope.
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy! but still very tired

Looking forward to: Still waiting for Tim to be able to feel the baby

19 Weeks

How far along? 19 Weeks

Total weight gain: up 7.5 lbs

Maternity clothes? yep

Stretch marks? nope...hoping the coconut oil lotion a friend gave me helps this to stay the case

Sleep: Starting to get used to not sleeping on my stomach/back...been a bit better lately
 Best moment this week: Getting to do our anatomy ultrasound and seeing Lila move around like crazy

Miss Anything? not really...at least nothing that is so important that I can think of it
Movement: she's a mover :)

Food cravings: peanut butter sandwiches with chocolate chips and mac & cheese (w/ ketchup)
Anything making you queasy or sick:greasy food

Gender: It's a Girl!

Labor Signs: Nope.
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy! but still very tired

Looking forward to: Tim being able to feel this little lady moving all around :)

17 weeks

How far along? 17 Weeks

Total weight gain: up 2.4 lbs.

Maternity clothes? yep

Stretch marks? nope

Sleep: a little rough. I can't get comfortable, and it doesn't help that I'm a stomach or back sleeper, got to break myself of it.
Best moment this week: Finding out we're having a little girl!

Miss Anything? My appetite...it keeps coming and going
Movement: Not yet

Food cravings: peanut butter sandwiches with chocolate chips, mac & cheese and green bean casserole
Anything making you queasy or sick:greasy food

Gender: It's a Girl!

Labor Signs: Nope.
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy! but still very tired

Looking forward to: feeling the baby moving :)

It's a...

GIRL! Found out yesterday that we will have a daughter, Lila Grace, come September. We're very excited...Tim of course is convince that it's a boy...he'll give in eventually :)

16 Weeks

How far along? 16 Weeks

Total weight gain: up 2 lbs.

Maternity clothes? yep...some of my regular pants work as long as no one can see what they look like at the top :)

Stretch marks? nope

Sleep: been a little rough...can't get comfortable and my fibromyalgia doesn't help :(
Best moment this week: Getting my appetite back...haven't been sick at all so far, but this is the first week I've had any type of appetite.

Miss Anything? Nothing so far...just been making due
Movement: Not sure...I think I've been feeling flutters, but I'm not quite sure

Food cravings: sweets (surprise!) and bagels
Anything making you queasy or sick:greasy food

Gender Prediction: Girl, but Tim is convinced boy...should find out very soon...hopefully this next Tuesday :)

Labor Signs: Nope.
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy! but very tired

Looking forward to: Still looking forward to finding out what we're having!

Nursery in Progress

 This is what we have so far with furniture in place for the most part. All the pieces will be painted to match the crib. The only furniture not pictured is a dresser/changing table, which we are still looking for. It will go where the mattress is on the right side.

 This was a really fun project. I created the tree entirely out of paper towel rolls. Definitely wouldn't have guessed that :) It's much sturdier than you'd think too. I was planning on painting it, but I am leaning more towards leaning it as it is. I have fabric birds in coordinating fabric with the room that are going to be in the tree as well.

 The overall decor theme for the room is buttons and the colors here. One of my favorite color pallets and we wanted to go neutral with decor. I created the mobile by stringing buttons on fishing line and stringing it on a quilting hoop. I then glued buttons on the outside edge of the hoop. I covered the canvases with fabric that I found that ended up being my inspiration for the room. I then glued buttons onto the canvases in the ABCD shapes. Just a simple addition that I think adds a lot.

 Looking for simple and inexpensive accent items led me to create these bottles. I used old wine bottles and wrapped them with yarn. I then added button accents to them in flower shapes. I got the jar on the left for $3 at Hobby Lobby (it was 1/2 price at the time).  I have put extra buttons in it for decoration as well as storage for right now.

 You can sort of see some of the birds that I created for the tree in this picture. As far as the glider goes I am going to be using it, but will be changing the look almost entirely to look much sleeker and less like the country glider it is now. I will post a picture with the transformation.