32 weeks

How far along? 32 weeks

Total weight gain: 22 lbs
Maternity clothes? yup. lots of skirts & then yoga pants and basketball shorts when i'm home :)
Stretch marks? not yet
Sleep: good until last night. allergies + asthma + baby squishing my lungs + broken a/c + really loud fan.. haha.. not a good night sleep for either of us.
Best moment this week: nick's face yesterday in sacrament meeting. i was looking down at my stomach and told him gray was going crazy. he looked down just in time to see gray ripple across my stomach. totally freaked him out... we both started laughing really hard, but had to be quiet since it was sacrament. we're not very reverent :)
Miss Anything? the air conditioning :) i'm scantily clad (gross, huh?) and carrying a glass of crushed ice around the house with me. 
Movement: yeah, he's been going crazy lately. especially late at night... uh-oh!
Food cravings: just food in general :) fruit, especially, and anything salty.
Anything making you queasy or sick: nope!
Labor Signs: not yet!
Symptoms: really intense allergies, heart burn and lack of movement :) so pretty much the norm, right?
Belly Button in or out? it's not sure. the top of it has flipped out, the rest of it is in. just a matter of time until it's completely gone.
Wedding ring on or off? on.
Happy or Moody most of the time: happy, but hot :)
Looking forward to: celebrating our 3 year anniversary on saturday. technically it's on monday, but we both work on monday, so we're taking all day saturday to ourselves. probably the last saturday to ourselves we will have... for a while! :)


we are almost done with gray's room.. just doing some touch-up painting & nick has to finish fixing the ceiling. then we're assembling the crib and making it look like a baby's room. yay! photos to come :)

31 weeks

How far along? 31 weeks

Total weight gain: 23 lbs... ah!
Maternity clothes? still mostly regular clothes, but definitely maternity jeans and lots of skirts
Stretch marks? nope!
Sleep: i try not to nap during the day, so that i'm exhausted by the time night rolls around. otherwise i'm up thinking and planning and feeling graysen move.
Best moment this week: meeting my new niece (3 week old bree) and my new nephew (3 day old noah)... so cute and they made me SO excited to meet my little guy. it's also nice to have things moving on gray's room. i know i talk about it all the time, but aside from work and editing, working on our house is ALL we do. monday we got the cans in, and the room is painted, except for the chevron stripes, which i'll do sometime this week with erin. photos below :)
Miss Anything? just being more mobile, and maybe having more energy. i know it'll only get worse, but i'm tired alll the time. luckily i have a very understanding husband who tells me all the time i'm entitled to be tired.
Movement: almost all the time. sometimes i wish i could see what he's doing in there. my stomach literally moves from all sides, sometimes at the same time. spaz!
Food cravings: last week was chocolate chip cookies (nick loves me and got lots... my coworkers appreciated it). lately it's granola again. with fruit, yogurt, cereal, anything.
Anything making you queasy or sick: not so much. i even ate fish today! look at me go!
Labor Signs: nope... i keep getting warned about braxton hicks, but nothing yet.
Symptoms: acid reflux/heartburn? no chest burning, just that nasty throat feeling. tums is my best friend. i also have sore ribs, but that's just from our crazy little ninja doing his thing.
Belly Button in or out? still in, but wanting to be flat. i hate looking at my belly button, haha. i don't know why.
Wedding ring on or off? on. i'm pretty sure it will stay on the whole time... i'm a little swollen, but i can still slide it on and off.
Happy or Moody most of the time: very happy :)
Looking forward to: painting chevron stripes & maybe setting up gray's crib. haha. that sounds really lame, but that's really it for this week. and hanging out with nick, of course. we're watching downton abbey, and we have one episode left, so i'm also excited for that. 


we live such a glamorous life ;)


here are some photos from our most recent home projects:

gray's room before we painted it. the cookie-monster-blue was tough to cover up! 

priming!

pokey giving us his opinion...

...and then proceeding to eat me.

nick measuring for the cans (i promise i do help... i just take photos first!)

my precious little shadow in idaho :)

where nick framed in for our projector

garn being super helpful w/ the cans!

maya helping me watch a movie ;)

nick wayyyy up high!

pokey, supervisor extraordinaire 

29 & 30 weeks

oops... i haven't posted for a while. i have lots of photos this week, so i'll try to start adding more of those :)

how far along? 30 weeks
total weight gain/loss: lots :)
maternity clothes? just pants. i don't know if i'll really wear many maternity shirts. i just get bigger shirts and they work fine :)
stretch marks?: not yet! knock on wood...
sleep?: lovely! i think i'm used to getting up several times to go to the bathroom now.
best moment this week?: working on gray's room :) so excited to meet my little boy. doing yard work (i LOVE weeding, i don't know what's wrong with me). doing projects with nick. being able to bend over, haha. being called "tiny" several times today when we visited our old ward. nick's eyes getting huge every time he feels gray give a hard kick.
miss anything?: being more agile, haha. i'm super clumsy and have a really hard time doing things like putting on shoes :)
movement?: always! lately he likes to be nestled under the right side of my ribcage, so sometimes i'm mean and push a little bit so i can feel him moving around. that's when nick felt a big giant kick today at church. we're mean parents :)
food cravings?: i just crave food in general :)
anything making you queasy or sick?: not so much. or everything? downing tums like they're nobody's business
labor signs?: nope! not looking forward to getting contractions :) but i've still got a while, i think.
belly button, in or out?: it's undecided, haha. it's not flat yet, but at night it starts looking kind of warped.
wedding ring, on or off?: on.
happy or moody?: super happy! i love being able to get stuff done. i love my job. love my family. and i have the best husband in the WHOLE world.
looking forward to: going to idaho to meet my sweet new niece this weekend :) and hopefully getting some more done in gray's room this week. this week's goals for gray's room: add the first layer of white paint (maybe the second, too, if we're feeling ambitious) & finish installing the canned lighting & dimmer switch.

28 weeks

how far along? 28 weeks.
total weight gain/loss: 14 pounds up.
maternity clothes? yep... again, wearing lots of skirts. all my shirts still fit, but i usually go for gym shorts and nick's shirts :)
stretch marks?: not yet!
sleep?: pretty good, up until the past couple of days.
best moment this week?: ugh, this week has been tough, going to the hospital to find out what's going on w/ my back and cramping. luckily, everything is normal and good, i'm just still hurting big time.
as far as the "best moment" goes, though, it was definitely nick taking care of me (so lots of moments, i guess). saturday night and sunday i could barely even walk, let alone get myself dressed or sit down or get up. nick has been superman all weekend and has done everything he could to make me feel better. i have the best husband ever :)
also, listening to gray for two hours at the hospital was fun. he tried to kick that thing off like nobody's business, and actually hearing his kicks was funny.
on a side note, getting a catheter was definitely NOT the best part of my week. ouch!!!
miss anything?: not being handicapped ;) when i can bend over without wanting to cry, i'll feel amazing!
movement?: yep, all the time. it's fun getting to know what bugs him and watching things on my stomach bounce around. he kicked nick in the head last night :)
food cravings?: hmmm... not so much. just loving food in general. ate a million strawberries tonight.
anything making you queasy or sick?: at first the acid reflux was just in response to peanut butter. now i get it for almost everything i eat. luckily tums are amazing!
labor signs?: nope, thank goodness! the doctors thought there were, but i was fairly confident i wasn't yet.
belly button, in or out?: still in.
wedding ring, on or off?: on.
happy or moody?: happy, for the most part. after i got over my stubbornness of not being able to do much myself, i did much better.
looking forward to: turning twenty-four! :) okay not really, but it'll be fun to have an excuse to keep nick to myself all weekend.


and here's a photo from friday, i think. don't mind the messy bathroom :)

27 weeks

how far along? 27 weeks.
total weight gain/loss: 13 pounds up.
maternity clothes? still just jeans. i wear skirts a lot to work, which is nice.
stretch marks?: nope, not yet.
sleep?: splendid, as long as i keep cool! and get up frequently to go to the bathroom.
best moment this week?: getting over being sick! and my two senior photo shoots, which were fabulous. oh, and hanging out with nick, of course. i'm a big fan of him.
miss anything?: peanut butter :)
movement?: all the time. especially when we're on trax... the shaking probably bugs him, because he kicks like crazy. he also kicks if i start to slouch at all... bless his little heart!
food cravings?: limes, haha. for some reason they sounded really good last week, i cut them up and ate them like orange slices. totally weird, but SO good! and salty foods, always. especially the unhealthy ones.
anything making you queasy or sick?: peanut butter :( i still haven't had heartburn, but i get acid reflux if i eat peanut butter. SO lame.
labor signs?: haha, no.
belly button, in or out?: still in.
wedding ring, on or off?: on.
happy or moody?: happy!
looking forward to: hanging out with nick, getting yardwork done. this weekend. maybe a nap or two, if i'm lucky :)

today's discoveries

- peanut butter = acid reflux = sad :(


- the ultrasound lady told me graysen has a big brain, haha.


- he kept reaching his hand out to put it against the monitor... it was cute :) i love him.


- i love my job.


- tomorrow i'm going to brave trax/uta... here's to hoping i don't get lost!

26 weeks

how far along? 26 weeks.
total weight gain/loss: i'm up 13 pounds from my pre-pregnancy weight.
maternity clothes? just pants, although i'm still wearing my normal pants with a rubberband.
stretch marks?: nope, not yet.
sleep?: again, with the fan running and a window or two open, i sleep like a dream :)
best moment this week?: starting my new job. hanging out with my brothers. getting to hear gray's heartbeat (we didn't get an ultrasound, because my tire blew out... so that'll be tomorrow). seeing my family yesterday :)
miss anything?: running without feeling awkward :) it's still nice to get out there and run... hopefully i can do that/walk throughout my pregnancy.
movement?: just lots of kicking, especially if i start to encroach on his space. i could feel his little hands today, too, while he was kicking. i love my baby :)
food cravings?: nothing specific this week. i've eaten a lot of cereal and toast.. those always sound good, though. oh, and yellow mustard on my sandwiches... normally i'm not a huge fan, but now it's delicious.
anything making you queasy or sick?: nope. as long as i stay hydrated and snacking, i'm good.
labor signs?: haha, no.
belly button, in or out?: in, but probably not for much longer. it looks weird :S
wedding ring, on or off?: on.
happy or moody?: happy!
looking forward to: my ultrasound tomorrow. working more (i love my job). working on our yard with nick.. we've been spending lots of time out there & i love it!