16 Weeks ~ 4 Months!

Total weight gain: None

How big is baby?: The size of an avocado! Yum!

Maternity clothes?: yes. stretchy jeans are made by angels and no jeans should ever have buttons or zippers.

Stretch marks?: Nope

Symptoms? I haven't napped lately, but I'm still tired. My face is clearing up. Oh! My nails are amazing. I think I finally popped as far as belly showage, people are patting it and saying it's a bump, so it's a bump! I've had a wicked headache all day, and I've heard that I have 25-30% more blood in my body, and let me tell you, I can tell.

Sleep?: I'm having weird dreams a lot. Like, between my snooze alarms, weird dreams. I yawn a lot... I could most likely use a nap, but I'm not a zombie without one like I used to be.

Best moment this week?: Seeing Matt's family for Memorial Day Weekend!

Movement?: YES! I laid on my belly on the beach, and I felt bubbly swimmy feelings really low in my belly for about 15 seconds. I felt something similar a few days a go and wasn't sure, but today, I'm pretty positive it was Baby B.

How far along?: 16 weeks, 4 month mark!

Food cravings?: I'm gonna be honest, I eat a lot normally, and I like a lot of things all the time, so this all still feels normal. I did ask Matt if pickles and peanut butter would be gross... he obviously said yes, but that's because he doesn't like pickles....

Labor signs?: No!

Belly button in or out?: In

What I miss: caffeine today. I had some coke because I thought that was the cause of my massive headache... it might have worked for a little bit, but it's back...

What I'm nervous about: I haven't bought a single thing yet... but there's plenty of time for that...

What I am looking forward to: My mom getting a paycheck and getting the heck out of my house... so I can clean Baby B's room... AND my 16 week appointment on friday!!

Milestone: Felt mah baby wigglin'!

15 Weeks

Total weight gain: None

How big is baby?: The size of an orange, 4 inches long!?

Maternity clothes?: I got a few more bags from ladies at work, but I'm just wearing yoga pants every day at the moment.

Stretch marks?: Nope

Symptoms? I'm still taking naps, but again, I did that last year after work too.

Sleep?: I slept like crud the other night, but I made up for it last night by sleeping from 9-5:45 only waking up to pee once!

Best moment this week?: went to the beach yesterday, it was lovely.

Movement?: I'm not sure what's going on, maybe it's baby, maybe it's dinner... who knows really? I'm not going to know for sure until this kid high kicks my bladder.

How far along?: 15 weeks

Food cravings?: I really wanted candy yesterday, so I've been all about the Airheads and Sweetarts. I still love anything that can be eaten with katchup.

Labor signs?: No!

Belly button in or out?: In, but I was looking at it the other day, and it's looking a little flatter than usual...

What I miss: running! I haven't gone in a while, the air has been bad due to a brush fire across the bridge, and my gym buddy has been busy lately.

What I'm nervous about: I'm kind of nervous about my eating habbits lately, but everyone has been telling me that's what prenatals are for, which I make sure to take everyday, so I feel better about it.

What I am looking forward to: napping in a few minutes... memorial day weekend money starting to roll in this week!

Milestone: Don't think we hit any this week!

Mixtape Monday

Making a comeback of my weekly posts with a random playlist entitled:

Songs That Are Amazing... and Make You Feel Great

"Pricetag" - Jessie J
"I Do" - Colbie Callait
"Uncharted" - Sara Bareilles
"Best Love Song" - T-Payne ft. Chris Brown
"Give A Little" - Hanson (I know, right? but listen to it, it's real catchy)
"Written In The Stars" - Tinie Tempah
"Next 2 You" - Chris Brown ft. Justin Bieber
"Love Like Woe" - The Ready Set
"Good Life" - One Republic
"Rumour Has It" - Adele
"Jack Sparrow" - The Lonely Island (hilarious)

Download. Listen. Enjoy. :)

14 Weeks

Total weight gain: So went to the doctors and found out I have actually LOST 2 pounds since my first visit 4 weeks ago. Whaaat?

How big is baby?: The size of a lemon!

Maternity clothes?: I went out with a friend to find some, but we ended up getting some great tops at TJMaxx that would work before and after my belly! I'm still searching for some jeans, since I'm almost not fitting well into my fat jeans... yikes!

Stretch marks?: Nope

Symptoms? Still napping like a crazy person... washing my face twice a day... other than that, I'm a viking.

Sleep?: not too bad, just regular I guess

Best moment this week?: We heard the heartbeat again at our appointment. She held it on there for a minute and it was so lovely to hear. There was a big swoosh and she said it was the baby kicking or moving! Oh my gosh. Cutest kick in the world.

Movement?: Not that I can feel, but I know we're moving a lot in there. Soon enough!

How far along?: 14 weeks

Food cravings?: Fruits and veggies!! I really wanted link sausage at work the other day, and I still want some homefries with onions and cheese... maybe tomorrow...

Labor signs?: No!

Belly button in or out?: In... but I had to look to make sure...

What I miss: to be honest here folks, I'm gonna say doing it... and only because my mother has been living with us due to an impromptu eviction... *rolls eyes* so I finally get some (read SOME not a lot) energy back, and she shares a wall with us... awesome...

What I'm nervous about: I don't think I'm nervous about much this week. After hearing the heartbeat again, I'm feeling really good.

What I am looking forward to: sleeping in on wednesday for starters... and feeling the little baby swooshes from the inside!

Milestone: We met our Midwife whom I freaking LOVE. She is amazing. I really pray she will be able to be around for my delivery. (aaahhh, delivery!!)

13 Weeks

Total weight gain: I'm really bloated, but we'll see on Friday how much weight I'm really packing on,

How big is baby?: The size of a peach, 3 inches long!

Maternity clothes?: none yet, but I've stopped wearing my regular jeans because I don't like squishing into them. I think Amber's taking me to Kohl's to get some jeans for my birthday!

Stretch marks?: None yet. And I asked my mom if she got them and she said no! So we're looking good as far as genes go.

Symptoms? My face still hates me... I'm really bloaty (like, look a few more months pregnant than I really am, bloaty). I still like to nap, but that could be because I wake up at 5:15...

Sleep?: sucked yesterday because I drank organic black tea (caffienated), but other than that, not too bad.

Best moment this week?: We told our moms!! Their Mother's Day cards were Grandmother cards with the sonogram inside. Matt's mom is overwhelmed with joy. She had to facebook about it because everyone else already knew before her.

Movement?: Not that I can feel, but I know it will be soon enough!

How far along?: 13 weeks

Food cravings?: I've really loved salad and fruit lately (and I've loved that I'm loving it). I finally had my egg yolks in the form of deviled eggs yesterday, so that took care of that.

Labor signs?: Nope.

Belly button in or out?: In.

What I miss: caffeine this week, the restaurant has been so slow, that I'm like falling asleep standing up. Most people would drink coffee... but alas...

What I'm nervous about: I'm nervous and excited about the same thing this week. Our doctors appointment on Friday. It's the tests for genetic diseases, so that's really nerve wracking,

What I am looking forward to: seeing our baby again on Friday! Also, my birthday is on Thursday and I get to pick where we're eating for lunch. Yay!

Milestone: First unofficial Mother's Day!

Wontons II: Spinach and Cream Cheese

Ok, so we all remember the amazing meaty wontons I posted about...if you don't, well, remind yourself and then behold the (slightly) healthier vegetarian brother of the meaty wontons:





Spinach and Cream Cheese wontons!
8 oz of cooked spinach (pat dry)
10 oz cream cheese (maybe soften it a little)
1 green onion (minced, we slap chopped ours)
1/2 tsp minced garlic (we used the kind from the jar)

Put them in a bowl like this:



Do we remember how to wrap them into little armies of wontons? They will look like this:


We also made the meat kind too for variety. If there's too much meat (sometimes you might start out making small meatballs, thinking there are too many wrappers) you can always use the extra meat and fry them just like that! They are delicious.



Now with the veggie wontons, since you don't have to worry about cooking any meat all the way through, you can turn up the heat from around 3-4 to 5 and get those bad boys a cooking good and fast!



The amazing finished product. We kind of made this one up, but it turned out pretty amazingly. Again, feel free to dip in soy sauce or just pop those suckers right from the bowl.

I haven't done much of anything besides pregnancy posts, so I'm going to try to put some other things in here too.

12 Weeks

Total weight gain: I have no idea, if I have, its in my boobs. We'll see at the doctors appointment next Friday

How big is baby?: The size of a plum, half an ounce, 2 inches long. wow.

Maternity clothes?: none yet still, not really showing yet, but within the month maybe

Stretch marks?: None yet.

Symptoms? I'm slowly getting less tired, and I'm feeling a cleaning frenzy coming on today. My sniffer might be getting stronger too...

Sleep?: took a 15 minute nap yesterday after work... and went to bed early, but we had a busy weekend, so I was making up for lost time

Best moment this week?: We told everyone in Maryland that we love! I was really happy that everyone was excited. Shocked and some thought we were joking, but it feels more real now that people know!

Movement?: Not that I can feel, but I read that if I could poke at the baby, it would flail back in response!

How far along?: 12 weeks

Food cravings?: Fruit thank goodness! And coffee, but I got some amazing decaf (Starbucks Verona- what up!)OH MAN. AND pizza flavored gold fish. I finally bought some last night and it was like heaven in my mouth.

Labor signs?: Nope.

Belly button in or out?: In.

What I miss: well my dad had a huge bar at his BBQ, and we went to Chevy's the night before, and I couldn't drink any of it! So Lame.

What I'm nervous about: well, the restaurant knows, so it's only a matter of time before the boss man knows... and how he will react is anyone's guess...

What I am looking forward to: MOTHERS DAY ON SUNDAY!! Not only is it my first unofficial Mother's Day, it's the day we tell our Moms and then the whole world is free to talk about it!

Milestone: Unofficial end of the first trimester (40 divided in 3 is 13.3, so next week, on my birthday, it will be official, but everyone says 12 weeks is the mark.)