Category: Pregnancy


31 Weeks

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April 3, 2013

Week 31

How far along: 31 weeks
Baby’s size: 4 Oranges – Your baby now weighs as much as four naval oranges. (Length: over 16 inches, head to heel)
Sleep: Sleep has been fabulous lately! I have been sleeping through the night and only once in the last week have I had to get up for the bathroom.
Maternity Clothes: Definitely. Some of the clothes I have for maternity are getting to small.
Food Cravings: I have been kind of craving Clam Chowder, but I think that is more because we are here in Seattle more than a pregnancy craving.
Food Aversions: Still no spicy. 🙁 I tried some pepper oil at a pizza place (it’s like red pepper flakes but in oil form) and it was too spicy for me. I miss slightly spicy.
Symptoms I have: I cannot bend over to tie my shoes now. I tried yesterday and got them tied, but was squished and out of breath after every shoe.
Doctor’s Appointment: 4/10 – first appointment with Seattle Midwife.
Movement: All the time. Sometimes I can see my belly move and sometimes Darrell can feel it.
Belly Button: The upper half is starting to stick out a little bit.
Gender: Boy! Edward Julian
What I’m looking forward to: Nesting and hearing EJ’s heartbeat next week.
What I miss: Fitting in a restaurant booth. I love booth’s and the booth today was too small. I barely fit so no more booths for me.

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Sprout has a name!

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March 30, 2013

So, for those of you who aren’t friends with us on facebook, we have let the cat out of the bag and have shared Sprouts name and gender.

Darrell and I found out what gender Sprout was during our ultrasound on January 2. We have tried to keep it a secret since then and it was really hard. Some friends have informed us that we had let the gender slip while talking about Sprout by using pronouns.

It took us about 3 weeks to come up with a name for Sprout that we both agreed on and we are completely happy with our choice. We did tell some people Sprout’s initials after we decided and many thought that that was even meaner than keeping the gender a secret. 🙂

So… without further ado… Our little Sprout has grown up and is now Edward Julian Ross. We are having our second boy. So far all of the ultrasounds have said the same thing, so hopefully he doesn’t surprise us after delivery. 🙂

We have been referring to him as baby EJ for now and it will most likely stick for awhile as we really don’t like the nickname Eddie.

Baby EJ is still kicking up a storm and is now older than his brother Pixel. I love feeling him move so that I know he is still alive in there. We have just over 9 weeks to go to meet this little man and are totally excited for it.

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30 Weeks

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March 30, 2013

I had this update filled out on Tuesday when I really was 30 weeks. I had to wait until I could get online and post it. I will post a picture to accompany it once we get our new place and a better internet connection.

Week 30

Weekly Updates:

How far along: 30 weeks – 75% of the way there!

Baby’s size: Large Cabbage – Your baby rival a good-size cabbage in weight, tipping the scales this week at 3 pounds. (Length: about 15.75 inches, head to heel.)

Sleep: It has been rough because of the traveling and what not, but hoping it gets better once we stop traveling.

Maternity Clothes:  Yeppers. They are still just larger size. Nothing is Maternity specific yet.

Food Cravings: I have been craving hamburgers lately. I think it is just because of the traveling and I haven’t been eating the protein I am use to.

Food Aversions: Still having a hard time with spicy things.

Symptoms I have: The hemorrhoids have almost gone away. I have been watching my fiber intake and taking stool softeners and laxatives.

Doctor’s Appointment: Waiting until we get into Seattle to schedule one, so none on the address book yet.

Movement:  Feeling Sprout daily. Darrell feels the kicks every now and then.

Belly Button: Level.

Gender: Team Yellow!

What I’m looking forward to:  Getting situated in Seattle and nesting a little bit.

What I miss: Doing things without running out of breath. I am starting to have a hard time putting on my shoes and socks.

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Baby Shower/Going Away Party

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March 19, 2013

Our neighbor (also our real estate agent) was kind enough to throw us a baby shower/going away party. We invited almost everyone we knew here in town and many came out for a few minutes or longer. It was nice having a flow of people most of the day. We are really going to miss everyone here and are thankful that we got to know many of them (even though it was only a short time). We got some nice stuff for Sprout from everyone even though many of them gave us a bunch of their hand-me-downs. Once again, we were so busy having fun, we forgot to take pictures. We gave Charlene’s little girl the camera, so we have a lot of shots from a 3-year-old’s perspective. 🙂

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We had a blast and it was a nice ending weekend to our time in Abilene. Definitely different than the first weekend we were here. 🙂

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29 Weeks

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March 19, 2013

Week 29

Weekly Updates:

How far along: 29 weeks

Baby’s size: Butternut Squash – Your baby is as big as a butternut squash, weight wise — about 2.5 pounds. Length: a tad over 15 inches, head to heel.)

Sleep: I have been sweating like crazy the last few days. No matter what the temperature inside is, I wake up in a full on pile of sweat.

Maternity Clothes: Yep.

Food Cravings: I haven’t had any actual cravings again. Nothing seems to sound appealing, so I am finding it hard to eat even though I am hungry almost every 2 hours.

Food Aversions: Still no spicy.

Symptoms I have: (Maybe TMI for some) I have been having the sweating (see sleep), and I also got one of the pregnancy symptoms no one wants. With all of the packing to move and baby sitting low, I got hemorrhoids. *sigh* At least I caught it early on and it has mostly gone away with me relaxing on what I am doing and the fact that baby flipped. Now I just have to keep a really close eye on things for the rest of the pregnancy. Oh the joys they don’t always tell you about!

Doctor’s Appointment: We had our last appointment in Abilene this morning. We have to schedule an appointment at the birth center in Seattle once we get up there. We are hoping sometime in the next 3 weeks as that would be when our next doctors appointment would be here.

Movement: Very regular. The other day, Sprout felt like a little starfish with all the limbs all over the place. I wasn’t sure exactly was going on, but found out today that it most likely was when Sprout flipped from Breech to head down. So yay!

Belly Button: Level.

Gender: Team Yellow!

What I’m looking forward to: Tomorrow being over. It is our last really busy day as we are loading the truck tomorrow. Then we just finish the little stuff by Friday!

What I miss: Being comfortable when laying down. I can’t seem to get comfortable on one side or the other, so I am constantly flipping over. I think it drives Darrell a little batty! 😛

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