26 Weeks...And growing like crazy!

So, apparently I've hit a serious growth spurt because I've had more than a few comments in the last week about how much bigger I look.  Not my favorite comment to get, but I certainly cannot complain considering I'm 6.5 months pregnant and just now looking really pregnant.  But man, have I been feeling big lately!  Breathing is getting a bit difficult, lower back pain is kicking in a bit, and I've been really tired the last week.  All out pregnant at this point!!  Enjoy the update!  (sorry the pics a bit blurry)

How far along? 26 Weeks

Total weight gain: 20 lbs - whoa, major jump in the last couple weeks! and I have no idea where that 20lbs is! kinda scary!
Maternity clothes? Yes, mam!  I am loving maxi dresses right now.  I found some great buys at Gap Maternity (by far my fav place to shop).  I'm pretty much living in vnecks and tanks right now.  
Stretch marks? not yet
Sleep: Sleeping good.  I wake up on my back in the middle of the night and freak out, but that's about it.  I sleep with a pillow in between my legs every night, and it helps a ton.
Best moment this week: Finally decided on my baby bedding.  That's been the hardest part!  Now comes the fun part of finishing furniture and accent decor.  
Miss Anything? Really miss the ability to have a hard, intense workout.  Would love any high intensity workout at this point.  AND I really miss enjoying food.  Just don't enjoy eating at all anymore.  
Movement: ALL the time, but especially at night.  She is such a wiggle worm!  She wakes me up pretty early moving around as well.  I'm lucky to get to sleep in til 7:00 these days.  
Food cravings:  I've kinda been on a pancake kick lately.  At least a few times a week the last couple weeks.  Watermelon is super delicious these days, but always ends up making me feel sick for some reason.  Sooo weird!
Anything making you queasy or sick:  The usual: chicken, eggs, mexican...Travis is going crazy.
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: Round ligament pain is pretty uncomfortable these days.. assuming that is only going to get way worse. Heartburn lingers ALL day long no matter what I eat... cereal & milk for breakfast? Boom! Heartburn. Fantastic.
Belly Button in or out? halfway in
Wedding rings on or off? on
Happy or Moody most of the time: Feeling happy!  Kinda overwhelmed sometimes at all I feel I need to do.
Looking forward to:  Visiting our family in Tennessee next weekend!  Haven't seen them since Cam and Katie's wedding.  Also excited to get my bedding in and start painting!

Some preggo rants

I know I'm waaay behind on my weekly belly pics/update.  I always seem to forget to take a pic when I actually take a shower and look cute.  Might have to just toss that lofty notion in the trash, and take the pic how I look most often: workout clothes, no makeup, and on day 3 of my non-washed hair.   Hot, I know. But I hated washing my hair pre pregnancy, so no shock there I hate it even more now.  Which brings me to my first rant...

Where is this whole "glowing" complexion and amazing lustrous hair everyone always talks about while pregnant.  There is no glow on this girl, AND my hair is anything but lustrous.  I think it's drier than ever!  Horrible to be exact.  I suppose my hair catastrophe from a couple months ago didn't' help, but still.  I'm popping these pre-natals everyday, you'd think I get a little benefit from them!  But sadly, no.  A big fat no at that.

I miss working out.  And no that does not make me psycho or obsessive.  I'm a firm believer people give you the "obsessive" label because they're on the "lazy" side.  Yes I said it, LAAAZY.  Just because I like working out most days of the week and actually like eating right does not qualify me as obsessive.  It's called a healthy lifestyle.  You should try it.

I understand I have a somewhat rude awakening when our sweet little girl comes.  But honestly, I'm really curious to see what that really will look like for us.  I remember before I was pregnant EVERYONE would tell me, "Oh just wait til you have a baby.  Once your pregnant you'll get huge, and you'll never be the same."  Well, so far so good.  I'm not saying I'm the picture of perfection for preggo bodies, BUT I'm not going crazy either.  I feel I'm at a very healthy, realistic size for 26 weeks pregnant.  And as far as after baby, well, we still have to see how that goes.  I just love that my clients will have one less excuse to throw at me as to why they just cannot lose the "baby" weight.

Hard work, dedication, and discipline are words I wish I could wear everyday I train someone.  It's the big picture.  It's not just that one hour you got yourself to that bootcamp, training session, run/walk, or class.  It is choices you make every  hour of every day.  That one hour is a GREAT start, but will not change everything.  What you put in your mouth is what you really should be paying attention to.  Remember:

1.  You cannot achieve goals without discipline.
2. A huge part about losing weight is realizing it CANNOT, WILL NOT happen overnight.
3. Fad diets may change your weight, but WILL NOT change your body.
4. You cannot out-train a bad diet.  Period.  End of story.
5. You are not a dog, so stop rewarding yourself with food!
6. Stop comparing yourself to others.  That viscous cycle never ends.  Love YOU!
7. The only bad workout is the one that did not happen.
8. Stop using your family and kids as an excuse.  Be an example of healthy living for them. They need you healthy!
9. SOMEONE WHO IS BUSIER THAN YOU IS RUNNING RIGHT NOW!

Ok, done.  Those are some of my fav quotes right now.  So good.  Thanks for listening.  I feel better now. ;-)  Remember, you CAN do it.

23 Weeks

How far along? 23 Weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 14 lbs. +
Maternity clothes? Not really.   Spring/Summer is great for drawstring linen pants and dresses!  And the rubber band trick for the pants are a lifesaver!
Stretch marks? Nope
Sleep: Sleeping pretty good.  Still peeing at least once a night.  Dreams are CA-Razy
Best moment this week:  Hit the jackpot for the nursery.  Cannot wait to show you what I'm getting for the nursery and how much we DIDN'T spend on it!  LOVE finding cheap perfect furniture!
Miss Anything? Being able to eat what I wanted.  This little girl is picky!   
Movement: She is most active at night in bed and when waking up.  She wakes me up most mornings moving and hungry!!
Food cravings: Well, happy to report I might be on the last leg of the burger obsession (thankfully).  Eating was harder this week.  I HATE protein right now.  Have to force it down.  Loving watermelon, mango, and dark chocolate chips!
Anything making you queasy or sick: Chicken, eggs, turkey, pretty much any lean meat is out of the question.
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: Nope
Symptoms: Round ligament pain like crazy!  Pretty bad this last week.  That and having nausea back a little bit.
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: HAPPY
Looking forward to: Continuing to decorate the nursery.  Canton weekend is coming, and mom and I are going to go crazy!  

All things pink, frilly, and fun!

It's a GIRL!!

We are so super excited! Travis, a little scared, and already saving to buy his gun, of course. ;-)  I'm saving too, but I'm saving for all the ridiculously cute clothes I'm going to be buying for her!!  Endless fun.  Now, on to names...oh the pressure!!

Preggo Fashion

SO, I'm pregnant.  Pregnant and growing each day.  Getting dressed is not super fun these days.  I HATE the idea of going to buy clothes with each stage, so my options are dwindling by the day.  I'll give in eventually, but for now I'm making my way through my current options.  I'm finding the word "maternity" is like the word "wedding."  Add that "M" word to anything and it jacks the price up instantly!  Annoying.

To appease my pregnancy fashion needs, I've turned to pinterest.  Pinterest then led me to Sydney's blog.  I'm mildly obsessed with this chicks blog.  Not that I actually know her, BUT after reading her blog for awhile now I would totally be her friend if i DID know her.  She is SO amazing with fashion, and she's funny.  I will be replicating her throughout my pregnancy.  Well, as much as possible...financially that is!  Check her out http://www.thedaybookblog.com/

19 Weeks

So, we're almost to the half way point, and I can hardly believe it!  It's going by so fast!  Nothing too crazy or funny happening these days. The food thing is still baffling and annoying.  I feel my food choices are so bizarre and out of character!  Emotions are pretty fun.  (Well, maybe not as much for Travis ;-) )  Crying is the worst.  Not that I'm crying all the time, but once those flood gates are open, they are OPEN.   

On another note, I'm back to working out.  Sooo nice being able to somewhat take care of my body again!  I also am getting back to work this week.  Teaching cycle once a week, starting a bootcamp next week, and training a new client!  Really looking forward to engaging in real life again.  I always thought I would LOVE the housewife lifestyle, but I am already going crazy.  Looking forward to training again.  And if you're in the Arlington/Mansfield area and want to join the bootcamp, let me know!  

I'll leave you with my latest preggo update!

How far along? 19 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: 7lbs gained
Maternity clothes? For the first time I did have to go buy shorts; not maternity shorts, but stretchy shorts in a size up.   My hips are getting wider!  Not quite a freak out moment, but crazy realization I am getting bigger!  So no maternity clothes yet, but we're close!
Stretch marks? Nope
Sleep: Sleeping ok.  Up every night at 3:30 like clockwork.
Best moment this week: feeling our baby kicking, like really kicking. Definitely knew it wasn't gas. ;-)
Miss Anything? I've really missed laying on my belly!  Would loved to have a big deli sandwich NOT heated.  So weird because I can't remember the last time I had a cold sandwich.  So random!
Movement: feeling more and more.  seems most active at night
Food cravings: Cantaloupe. Love it.  Mint chocolate chip ice cream is still going strong...everyday.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Still not loving coffee or chicken.
Have you started to show yet: Yep.  Just hoping I'm lucky enough to get one of those cute round bellies!
Gender: don't know yet
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy most of the time, but have been pretty emotional lastely. See one sad tv show and it's all over!
Looking forward to: Finding out if it's a boy or girl!!

12 weeks...to 19!  Almost half way there!

 

Camalama's Wedding

Soooo, this past weekend my brother, Cameron, married his best friend, Miss Katie.  It was a beautiful wedding, and so great to see family members I didn't get to spend much time with at our wedding in September.  I drove away and forgot our camera, so I wasn't able to get a ton of pictures.  Sad, I know.  But I was able to snag a few from others.  Travis was a groomsmen, so I had the pleasure of attending the wedding with a few fun, lovely ladies.  Nancy, Rhonda, and my new friend Gina were my wedding buddies. Very happy to announce we made it on time, WITHOUT getting lost!  They were the perfect wedding dates (besides being able to take my wonderful husband of course).   Travis got to be the lone ranger and chauffeur the 5 of us around all weekend.  I know he considers himself the luckiest man out there!  Another side note, the baby bump became a baby bump over the weekend. So crazy!  Gut one day, bump the next!

The bride and groom were too cute.  Katie looked beautiful, and Cam looked so grown up. When did that happen?!?!  It was fun to sit back and reminisce memories of our little Cameron.  And now, he's married!!  Time flies...

Next on the horizon is the much anticipated wedding of Leah and Bo!  I'm sad we have to wait until next July to celebrate, BUT it was soooo fun hanging out and getting to know Leah more!  Such a sweet beautiful person inside and out!  Here's a fun pic from the night.  Next time, I have to remember hand on hip!  So missed that memo! BUT, I did remember to show the baby bump!

16 Weeks!

Between packing, finishing up our Austin clients by myself, moving, and unpacking, the blog has kinda suffered.  I couldn't believe my last preggo update was 4 weeks ago!  I really intended to do weekly updates/pics, but that just wasn't high on the priority list.  I'm going to try and redeem myself here in the next week.  


I can hardly believe I'm at 16 weeks now!  I'm feeling a TON better now, and pretty much any annoyance at this point is NOTHING compared to the daily puking I was enduring the first 13.5 weeks.  In fact,  my first week with no vomitting kinda freaked me out.  All I've known is sickness, so to not be sick felt odd to me.  Not that I missed it, but my preggo mind immediately started getting paranoid like something was wrong.   Sad, I know.  BUT, I've embraced the non-puling phase, and embraced the "does she have a gut or is she pregnant" phase.  I know all you moms know what I'm tailing about.  First time I really had to get dressed for something was not the funnest experience.  I was definitely rocking the gut, not cute pregnant girl look.  I was just telling a friend I have to tell myself over and over "it's not a gut. it's not a gut."


Anyways, here's week 16 update.  Hope you're all doing well!

How far along? 16 Weeks
Total weight gain/loss: Still in a loss from the start, but I've put on about 1.5lbs
Maternity clothes? Nope
Stretch marks? No
Sleep: Sleeping pretty good.  The dreams are ridiculous!
Best moment this week: Working out this week!!
Miss Anything?  I was REALLY craving a nice, big glass of wine this week!
Movement: Not really.  This morning had a little movement, but not really sure it was baby or gas?
Food cravings:  Finally done with hot dogs and Doritos (thankfully), now I'm on to grapes, strawberries, orange juice still pretty big, cereal, and little bout with mint chocolate chip ice cream.
Anything making you queasy or sick:  Coffee for sure
Have you started to show yet: getting a little bump, but honestly feel it's more gas than anything else ;-)
Gender prediction:  Still thinking boy, but who knows!
Labor Signs: Not even a little
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Doing much, much, MUCH better!!
Looking forward to: Feeling more movement, and finally being able to do some shopping!

14 Weeks...Sorry, no picture!

How far along? 14 weeks

Total weight gain: gained back 1/2 lb last week! 
Maternity clothes? nope
Stretch marks? none yet
Sleep:  pretty good.  peeing several times a night makes deep sleep hard...that and the crazy dreams!
Best moment this week: Travis surprised me and came home this weekend! nice to have some help this weekend!Miss Anything? I still miss eating.  It's getting better, but still not fantastic
Food cravings: I have been obsessed with hot dogs, dioritos, and orange juice
Anything making you queasy or sick: still can't eat chicken.  anytime after 4:00 pm is hard to eat anything
Gender predictions: i'm thinking boy, but don't know anything official yet 
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms : slight cramping now and then.  think my body is expanding more and more these days
Belly Button in or out? in
Wedding rings on or off? on
Happy or Moody most of the time: lots of emotions. crying at virtually anything!
Looking forward to: still looking forward to being able to eat normal again.  or at least eat some decent food.  feel all i can stomach is crap food!

12 Weeks

Happy Valentine's Day!

My growing Valentine update...

How far along? 12 Weeks and some change

Total weight gain: Lost 5lbs
Maternity clothes? nope,  not yet
Stretch marks? nope
Sleep:  the nausea is worst in the evening, so going to bed hungry often. makes it harder to go to sleep, but definitely getting my 10 hours!
Best moment this week: definitely actually being able to go on a date with my husband Friday night.  it was a good day!
Miss Anything? oh my gosh, where do i start?!?!  i miss eating, eating, and eating.  
Movement: not yet
Food cravings: not a one.  HATE food at this point
Anything making you queasy or sick: yes. everything
Gender: i've been thinking boy, but now i'm kinda going the other way 
Labor Signs:  not even close
Symptoms:  just tons of nausea, BUT at least not vomiting everyday anymore
Belly Button in or out? in
Wedding rings on or off? on
Happy or Moody most of the time: reeeeaaally want to say happy, but pretty miserable
Looking forward to: not feeling sick everyday all day!