*read our journey here + how it happened here*
Dear John Henry,
I can’t believe that next week you gradate to the size of a butternut squash… that’s 3.1 pounds and 17 inches in length (wow!). Just crazy to believe, my little man! Exactly one year ago we went through our third and what we thought would be our final round of fertility treatments at REACH. Little did we know that months later, you would be the one making all of our dreams come true. Even though we haven’t met (officially!), I still can’t imagine a day in our life without you in it. You truly have turned our world around in the best way possible and we are counting down the days until you’re in our arms.
I love you so much, little fella.
More love than you’ll ever know,
Mommy
Size of babe: A cabbage! Say whaaaa? 17 inches and 2.9lbs! That’s huge!
Weight gain: Glad you asked…. shooot! I DIDN’T gain a pound this week… and I had 5 bake and break cookies and 10 candy pumpkins last night! How did this happen? Explain! According to my scale I’m up 28lbs, but according to the doctors scale I’ve gained 26lbs. Take that you skinny, B’s! 😉
Maternity clothes: Purchased my first pair of preggo yoga pants and they are like heaven… why did I wait so long to snag these?
Gender: I think we both agree, we like the sound of John Henry, but we’ll probably go with Henry for the sake of making it easy!
Nursery: I swear I’m going to post this!
Movement: Lots of sweet baby kicks, jabs, elbow rolls, and hiccups! I love feeling his movement… it’s crazy, I’ll wake up several times to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night and the minute I get back in bed, he starts moving! I think he’s a pretty light sleeper. In the mornings when Daddy 😉 cuddles with us, the second he lays his hand across my belly, Henry starts going nuts. It’s sweet.
Sleep: It’s getting harder to get comfortable, I’m not going to lie. This belly it’s a hard accessory to get comfy with… I’ve been sleeping on my left side wrapped around that body pillow. Thank GOD I got that at week 12. I’m up at least 2 times in the middle of the night to use the bathroom and the little man likes to wake me up here and there to tell me he loves me… love taps!
What I miss: I’ll keep the trend going… my thighs and arms! Let me tell you, these hips don’t lie either. Whew, those puppies have expanded. Now that it’s fall and the weather is changing… a good glass a red wine sounds sooooo good! Oh and getting up from tying my shoes… if I don’t have my hubby there then it can be a challenge.
Best moment this week: Passing my glucose test and seeing my little man on the ultrasound screen! I’m spoiled in the fact that my doctor does ultrasounds at every appointment.
Other than that, honestly… hummmm… there wasn’t an A-HA moment this week. I’ve been crazy busy… Friday, Saturday weddings and then my weeks have been filled with 3-4 girls per day. Which is AWESOME, so thankful to be busy, but it’s also keeping me from living the wild life with these “crazy/ best moments of the week”.
Looking forward to: Holding this baby in my arms (tear!) and the following:
- Mountain trip with friends in a month
- Celebrating our 4 year anniversary with my hubby (where did the time go?)
- John’s family is throwing us a baby shower (BBQ!) in Atlanta on 9/29
- Eating more candy corn pumpkins
- Delivery of our little boy!!!!!!!!
Cravings: PUMPKIN CANDY CORN. True story (I have no willpower and I will eat candy corn pumpkins until I’m sick!), John has to take the bags of candy pumpkins to work… each day he surprises me with some… most days he’ll come home with 10 (300 calories to be exact, btw they are made with honey). I’m not allowed to have these at home. Bad, bad, very bad things happen. I can’t even walk past them in the grocery store.
Other than that… egg salad (been a fav for awhile + extra pickles). Back on this cucumber, tomato, olive (extra olives), feta with balsamic salads. And… of course pumpkin EVERYTHING. I’ve been getting mistos from SB’s (decaf coffee, skim milk, 2 pumps of pumpkin spice)!
Last night I ate 5 chocolate chip + white chocolate chip bake and break cookies. Leading up to last night I’ve been eating 2 of those cookies (warm!) with vanilla ice cream on top.
STOP JUDGING ME! 😉 and now y’all understand why I workout so much!
Symptoms: Cellulite! Thigh rubbage!
Workouts: Six different 5-6 mile walks (starting to slow down) and the baby’s head is bouncing on my bladder and 2 Group Power Classes.
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