366: Week 17

Week 22 Wrap Up

How far along? 22 weeks. Baby Girl is as big as a small doll. 

Total weight gain: 14lbs.

Maternity clothes? Yes.

Stretch marks?  Blame it on the genes...

Sleep:  Flip, flop, side to side

Best moment this week:  Our crib was ordered!

Miss Anything? No.

Movement: Yes. 

Food cravings: Cold Milk & Little Caesar's Hot n Ready Pepperoni Pizza - not necessarily together. 

Anything making you queasy or sick:  No. 

Gender:  Girl.

Labor Signs: No.

Symptoms:  Back aches

Belly Button in or out? In. 

Wedding rings on or off? On.

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy.

Looking forward to:  Seeing some old friends this weekend. 

Confessions of a Pregnant Gal

I find myself making "confessions" to other pregnant women about all the weird things that I do and figured that other people may get a kick out of them as well....

1. Sometimes I eat or drink something sugary with the hope that I will get a little "thank you" kick from the baby.  It works about half of the time.

2.  I clean weird things.  And by weird I mean things like the kitchen garbage can inside & out or all the light switches in the master bathroom.

3.  I obsessively check my registry to make sure that I haven't forgotten any key items...or accidently deleted something.

4.  I sit in the nursery and rock in the glider looking at the walls and planning where I'm going to put things.  I change my mind pretty much every time I go in there.

5.  I freak out that some celebrity (ahem, Snookie or Kim Zolciak) is going to steal my baby name in the next few months.  Thankfully Jessica Simpson is planning to name her baby after a feminine product - Maxi!

366: Week 16

Week 21 Wrap Up

How far along? 21 weeks. Baby Girl is as big as a Spaghetti Squash. 

Total weight gain: 11-12 lbs.

Maternity clothes?  Yes. Addicted to shopping...collection is growing just like the bump. 

Stretch marks? Whatever.

Sleep: Trying to sleep on my left side as much as I can.  Paranoid about sleep. 

Best moment this week: Hearing the heartbeat & getting lots of well wishes at VFC.

Miss Anything? No. 

Movement: Yes!

Food cravings: Chocolate & Peanut Butter anyway, Hot dogs - Chicago style. 

Anything making you queasy or sick: No. 

Gender: Girl.

Labor Signs: No. 

Symptoms:  No.

Belly Button in or out? In. 

Wedding rings on or off? On. 

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy. 

Looking forward to: Putting nursery together. 

Bathroom Redo: Before, After, & Inspiration

Over the past week, we have been revamping the guest/baby's bathroom.  The nursery is still a work in progress but look forward to post about that too!

Bathroom Before

Inspiration for the Bathroom - a gift bag from Target!

Vista Tree Shower Curtain & matching shower hooks from Target

Cut up the gift bag & placed it a simple white frame with a mat from Kohl's.

After...Voila!!

366: Week 15

Week 20 Wrap Up

How far along? 20 weeks.  Baby Girl is as big as a banana.

Total weight gain: 10lbs

Maternity clothes? Yes. I'm obsessed with this one pair of maternity jeans that are straight leg & dark wash from Kohl's.

Stretch marks? Next...

Sleep: Ridiculous dreams.  The real doozy this week was dreaming that Sarah texted she was in labor. 

Best moment this week: Feeling the baby move - for real. 

Miss Anything? Nope.

Movement: Yes

Food cravings: I'm starving all the time. 

Anything making you queasy or sick: Riding shot gun.  Feels better to be the driver. 

Gender: Girl

Labor Signs:  No.

Symptoms: Back pain

Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy

Looking forward to:  Seeing family & friends at Volleyball For Charity this weekend

366: Week 14

 

Week 19 Wrap Up

How far along? 19 Weeks.  Baby is as big as an Heirloom Tomato

Total weight gain: 8-10 lbs

Maternity clothes? Yes. 

Stretch marks? Fail.

Sleep: Toss & Turn

Best moment this week: Gender Reveal Party

Miss Anything? Not really

Movement: I'm not sure...Maybe

Food cravings: Nothing crazy this week

Anything making you queasy or sick: Cleaning supplies

Gender: Girl

Labor Signs: No.

Symptoms: Back aches & dry skin

Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy

Looking forward to: Registering for our baby girl & setting up the nursery

Gender Reveal Party

Ever since we broke the news to our families that we were expecting, we couldn't wait to find out the gender of Baby Kalins.  In fact, Brad pretty much asked at every appointment if they could tell the gender.  Over the past year or so, I kept reading about people doing gender reveal parties with family and friends and I used to think they were over the top.  It didn't take me long to change my mind about these parties once I was the one expecting.  We invited our families to come over the evening of our 20 week ultrasound dressed in blue for boy or pink for girl.  It was a memorable night for everyone.  

Here are a few highlights:

With the exception of Brad's mom, everyone was dressed in Blue - thinking Baby Kalins was a boy. 

 We filled this box with a bunch of pink balloons for the big reveal. 

 Special cake filled with pink or blue filling for another fun reveal

 Our niece Alex helped Uncle Brad open the special box

 Everyone was surprised to see that the box was filled with Pink balloons and not blue!

Baby Kalins is a GIRL!!!