Pregnancy Highlights: January 1, 2011.  That’s weird.

How Far Along: 35 weeks.

Size of Baby:  She is a honeydew melon now.  She is supposed to be running out of space since she’s 5.25 lbs and over 18 inches long, but I don’t think she’s listening.  She seems to still think she has a lot of room and is taking full advantage of it.

Total Weight Gain/Loss:  I think the same.  Guess we’ll see what the doctor says on Tuesday!

Maternity Clothes:  I wore my one maternity dress when we went to dinner on our anniversary & I felt like I looked super-pregnant!

Gender:  Baby Girl!

Movement:  She must read this.  As soon as I wrote that she wasn’t kicking as much last week, just wiggling, she turned into crazy kicking baby.  She’s trying to punch & kick her way out this week.  I think she was thinking, “Hmm, maybe Daddy wants a tax break for 2010…eh, never mind.”

Sleep:  Decent-ish.  If you ignore the fact that (a) it’s uncomfortable, (b) crazy dreams (of the genres of crazy pregnancy dreams listed in What to Expect When You’re Expecting, I have had multiple dreams from all of them except one), and (c) every day I close at work, I am woken up by a call from the opener with questions!

Symptoms:  My back still hurts, and it won’t crack.  Who wants to get me a prenatal massage for…Epiphany?

What I Miss:  Sleeping comfortably, being able to sit comfortably in the car, etc.  And I have decided I’m not doing fitting rooms or go-backs at work anymore.  I now drop clothes & keys whenever I try, so why bother?!

Cravings:  None.

Best Moment of the Week:  Christmas!  I guess that was a week ago now, but you know…  It was our 5th anniversary on Tuesday.  That morning, after my meeting at work, I got a pedicure (birthday gift from my other managers!), and I didn’t realize how sore my feet & legs really were until then!  We celebrated by taking a nap after David got home from work, then going out to dinner.  I also made some wall art for the Baby’s room.  It’s not 100% done:  still awaiting a picture of her & her name across the top.  For those who are wondering, she *probably* has a name, but who knows?  It might not fit when she comes, so we’ll see.  I’ve tried to get her to kick in response to one or the other, but she’s being uncooperative in that regard.

What I’m Looking Forward To:  Baby shower #1 next Saturday!  (If you’d like to come, talk to Kristen!)

Due to Christmas, I’m combining weeks 33 & 34 in one post…that’s late.  Oops.  Oh well.

Pregnancy Highlights: December 25, 2010.

How Far Along: 34 weeks.

Size of Baby:  Last week, Baby was a pineapple.  Now she is a cantaloupe.  She’s gaining about 1/2 lb. per week, so she weighs about 4.75 pounds now!

Total Weight Gain/Loss:  Thanks to a strict McDonalds/Starbucks/Chipotle diet last Monday & Tuesday, I was able to gain some weight!  I have now officially gained 4 lbs since the week before Thanksgiving!  I think I’m up to +21 lbs (according to the doctor) total.

Maternity Clothes:  I got my maternity jeans last week!  I like the no-button-to-dig-into-Baby.  They’re a size smaller than my “normal” size, and I could have actually gone down another size.  Who does that?!

Gender:  Baby Girl!

Movement:  I think she’s getting bored.  She likes Christmas cookies & Thanksgiving food, and she gets excited about those.  Beyond that, she’s wiggly, but not as kicky except at night.

Sleep:  Still not incredibly comfortable + wacky dreams.  And I need my back to crack, but it won’t.  Ugh!

Symptoms:  No change.

What I Miss:  Picking things up comfortably (again).

Cravings:  None.

Best Moment of the Week:  Christmas!

What I’m Looking Forward To:  Getting more things ready for Baby!  We got our travel system for Christmas (Thanks Grandpa & Grandma Helfinstine!), and I’m going to work on her room some more on my days off this week (wall decorations!).  AND Tuesday (December 28) is our 5th anniversary!!

Pregnancy Highlights: December 11, 2010.  (Not actually that date anymore, but we’ll talk about my blizzard experience in another post!)

How Far Along: 32 weeks.

Size of Baby:  Baby is now a jicama, weighing in at 3.75 lbs.  She’s around the same length:  about 18 inches (depending on what website you look at, she’s anywhere from 16.7-19 inches this week!).

Total Weight Gain/Loss:  My scale at home shows that I’ve gained a total of 23 lbs, but it starts at 3 lbs instead of 0, so I guess that means a total of 20?  I don’t really know.  I think I’ll stick with the story that Baby is eating all my food, so regardless of how much I eat, she takes it all.

Maternity Clothes:  Still the same…I’m sticking with my regular clothes.  Oh, I guess I am buying more size medium shirts now as opposed to small, if that counts.  We pre-registered online last night for the hospital and were entertained by the list of what to bring to the hospital:  I’m supposed to bring clothes that fit when I was about 5 months pregnant.  That would be different from my clothes now, how?

Gender:  Baby Girl!

Movement:  She is still crazy.  When she is not entertained by whatever I’m doing, she goes really low and stretches out.  I think it’s because she knows it’s not incredibly comfortable for me.  At work we have…fantastic entertainment outside our store some days, when miscellaneous bands, singers, and/or musicians play in the Sears court.  Baby is not a fan of those, especially the loud bands.  She moves to whatever side of me is furthest from the door and kicks!

Sleep:  Not incredibly comfortable + wacky dreams.

Symptoms:  No change.

What I Miss:  Hmm, can’t really think of anything for this week.  I guess just not having to remember my stomach takes up more space when trying to get through narrow spaces!

Cravings:  None.

Best Moment of the Week:  Blizzard!  OR…not so much.  We did get a good chunk of our Christmas shopping taken care of, so that’s good!

What I’m Looking Forward To:  Christmas!  Also, I’m still trying to teach Baby to kick on command.  I want her to kick Bones!  She’s done it several times, but Bones either doesn’t notice or doesn’t care.  Bones does enjoy snuggling with Baby though, see??