The Lite of Our Lives: July 2015

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

32 weeks | july 28, 2015 | littlest lite

How far along? 32 weeks

Baby is the size of: a squash
Total weight gain: gain of 0.8 { 139.8 to 140.6 } - total gain 30.6

Stretch marks? nothing new to report

Sleep: same, not wonderful at all

Best moment this week: liv doing a great job in her big girl bed, loving it. AND seeing our sweet babe's face!!!!

Anything making you queasy or sick: nothing too much

Labor Signs: still contracting but doc still says it is what it is and isn't worried. she said 32 weeks is a milestone and babe is measuring perfect 31.5cm. HR 150s. she was moving SO much it was hard for doc to get a good HR cuz she kept kicking the monitor!
Symptoms: heartburn! weird crotch pain. weird sensation like i have something dripping down my leg. exhaustion. hard to breath and catch my breath. legs get super tired after a little walking or a few stairs! feets hurt from this extra 30lbs!!! line is showing up...all same stuff

Belly Button in or out? out for most part. it shows it shirts now.
Wedding rings on or off? on for now but tight-ish
Feelings: more relaxed. things are coming along and we've been able to enjoy some summer time with liv finally, now that the weather has been a bit nicer.

Looking forward to: being done with work!!! and finishing up some of these projects for elle's room. i went to look at fabrics and ribbons and stuff this weekend and the mom's are helping me with the sewing projects since i can't sew (yet). :)

i fell in love with this cute little corner cabinet at ikea! and got this sign at the 3d ultrasound place.

loving these colors! can't wait to see how everything turns out!

Sunday, July 26, 2015

family pics + elle bump

Saturday, July 25, 2015

sweet elle belle's face

Today we got to see our second sweet girl's face. Liv loved seeing her sister and so did we! It made us even more excited to meet her!

We got to see her blinking, sucking her thumb, stick her tongue out, yawn, extending her head back and turning her head. she has chubby wrist rolls and beautiful lips. she's definitely still a girl too! :)

liv's photo taking skills :)

Liv kept saying i had an elephant in my belly! we finally noticed the trunk looking thing in the picture! but that sweet face tho... <3

kisses for sissy

chunky chins :)

eyes open

sucking thumb... we couldn't get her hands out of the way!

and the tongue is out

I just love that face!!!!

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

week 31 | july 21, 2015 | littlest lite

How far along? 31 weeks

Baby is the size of: a pineapple
Total weight gain: gain of 2.6 { 137.2 to 139.8 } - total gain 29.8

Stretch marks? noticed a few on my hips... i think they were there from high school but i haven't seen them in a while so i was a little frightened!

Sleep: yah, no good. tossing and turning, which is difficult in itself. getting up to pee lots. hip pain some nights. i wake up with bags... i've resorted to using my cedarwood oil and it's helping. oh how i miss using that undiluted every night and sleeping like a baby.

Best moment this week: there's two. we started piecing together elle's room on Friday night so that was fun to see it come to life! and helps my nerves a little. and we put together liv's big girl bed (sniffle) and she slept in it Sunday night and loved it. it's super exciting but also sad for me. my wittle baby is growing up. :(

Anything making you queasy or sick: livs lunch meat

Labor Signs: contracting here and there still, some days are worse than others. lost some more plug yesterday. ugh.
Symptoms: heartburn! weird crotch pain. weird sensation like i have something dripping down my leg. exhaustion. hard to breath and catch my breath. legs get super tired after a little walking or a few stairs! feets hurt from this extra 30lbs!!! line is showing up...

Belly Button in or out? flat and comes out sometimes
Wedding rings on or off? on for now but tight-ish
Feelings: good about the progress we've been making but feeling overwhelmed with Liv's bday party at the end of August, medical bills, our basement still a mess...

Looking forward to: seeing our baby girl's beautiful face in 3D on saturday. i can't wait!!!! and i can't wait to see liv's reaction to seeing her sissy... my heart. <3

out tree came down... the start of our messy project

the cup!

bru wouldn't kiss it

me and the girl who was there when they won it!

kay kay's adorable twins!

summer means ice cream every night!

sissy's room got put together somewhat... and liv loves it. she thinks is "sooooo cute!"

summer time livvin!

she just wants to be so close some times! i wonder if she senses that she's going to have to share me soon... :(

but she does love her sissy... and says she's her best friend :)

big girl bed is all set up and she thinks she's so cool!

it took everything to get her to take a pic... she was hiding under her covers having quite a great time. lol

after day 1 of work

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

week 30 | july 14, 2015 | littlest lite

How far along? 30 weeks! i can't believe I'm 7 away from full term already!

Baby is the size of: a cucumber
Total weight gain: gain of .2 { 137 to 137.2 } - total gain 27.2

Stretch marks? nope

Sleep: still not wonderful since i still have this cold lingering

Best moment this week: doing fun stuff with liv...we took her to see her first movie - inside out! and she did great considering she didn't feel good. we took her to see minion mania at the mcd restaurant by my office, took her to a couple parks and played outside some. i think she had a fun time with us... bru was off too which was wonderful luck!

Anything making you queasy or sick: nah

Labor Signs: contracting here and there still, some days are worse than others
Symptoms: heartburn! weird crotch pain. weird sensation like i have something dripping down my leg. exhaustion. hard to breath and catch my breath. legs get super tired after a little walking or a few stairs! feets hurt from this extra 30lbs!!! line is showing up...

Belly Button in or out? flat
Wedding rings on or off? on for now
Feelings: having anxiety about how bringing this new little love into our lives is going to affect my first little love. it's just so hard to wrap my head around how we've already been thru this with liv... and we're going to go thru it again and how i want to be the same because it was magically wonderful, but i also don't want to replace liv. its really hard to put into words how im feeling but im worrying if this will change my perfect little sweetie into a jealous or insecure person. liv is such a special, empathetic, loving person that i deep down think this will only make her into a better person, but there's still that hint of worry i have because i don't want anything to change. and i know change is just inevitable at this point, but i just pray it's all for the good. im worry about our stability as a family and adjusting to adding more responsibility, more division of time, yadda yadda. i just feel like, i don't want to take anything away from liv and don't want to share myself, but that's terrible too because this little baby girl is just as deserving of all my love as liv was and is... but if i have to love elle too, will there still be the same amount for liv? gosh im a mental mess right now!

Looking forward to: feeling 100%, well 100% for being big and pregnant. but still have this little bit of cold lingering... might just be this crazy ass weather fluctuating. i dunno, i just want to feel better, feel more like myself and get shit done so i can stop stressing about it as we approach her birth. i also want to sleep again! fingers crossed elle will allow that! :)

I had my 30 week appt a day early...
140.8lbs (where i was at 36 weeks with liv!!!! holy crap!)
HR was 140's and increasing i guess... she was she was VERY active - she could see her jumping around in there and hear her kicking the monitor! she's been a crazy lady lately!
BEST NEWS - - - - SHE ISN'T BREECH ANYMORE!!! :)))