HDBD: 25 Weeks

*How far along?: 25 Weeks

*Total weight gain: Probably about 10lbs

*How big is baby?: The size of a rutabaga

*Sleep?: I wake up every morning with a sore back :(.  Not quite sure how to fix that, I'm already maxed out on pillows.

*Best moment this week?: Feeling him move above my belly button.  I can't believe how big he is!

*Movement?: Yep. A lot.

*Food cravings?: Juice... STILL.  And Spicy Italian anything

*Labor signs?: Nope.

*Belly button in or out?:  Still in!

*What I miss:  Not aching

*What I'm looking forward to:  Crap! Every week I see this question and realize how far behind I am on EVERYTHING.  ugh.

My Kid Just Called Me Hairy

And she cant even talk. ::sigh:: She pointed to my arm and gave me a questionable look. So I said "that's mommy's arm" Then I tapped her arm and said "that's Lily's arm" And then she patted her head and played with her hair.... which is her sign for "hair." yes, mommy is hairy. thanks for noticing. Sarah

HDBD:24 Weeks

*How far along?: 24 Weeks

*Total weight gain: who knows!  I don't know if I've gained much this week.

*How big is baby?: The size of an ear of corn

*Sleep?: Sleep is still good with the exception of getting up to pee several times a night.

*Best moment this week?: realizing the baby is so big I can feel him on both sides of my belly stretching and kicking.  Crazy!

*Movement?: Yep.  A lot.

*Food cravings?:  Juice.  I'm not usually a juice drinker, but lately I'm all about it.

*Labor signs?: Nope. Nada.  Not even braxton hicks.

*Belly button in or out?: In, but shallow.

*What I miss:  The ease of being on my feet without getting tired quickly.

*What I'm looking forward to:  Doing the newborn laundry!  Itty bitty clothes!

HDBD: 23 Weeks

*How far along?: 23 Weeks

*Total weight gain: 7lbs

*How big is baby?: The size of papaya!

*Sleep?: I'm sleeping, but it's good some nights and not so good other nights.  Overall I can't complain.

*Best moment this week?: Lillian taking her first step!

*Movement?: Yes! I can see my belly moving now.  And some nights he moves so much I can't get to sleep.

*Food cravings?:  chocolate.

*Labor signs?: Nope. Nada.  My back is getting sore though and my hips ache.

*Belly button in or out?: In, but definitely getting shallow.

*What I miss: Being able to stand up past 5pm without an aching back/hips

*What I'm looking forward to:  Hopefully another ultrasound soon!

Sarah

Latest Happenings

You know how they say when your baby is working on motor skills, the speech skills take a back seat, or vise versa?  Well, leave it to Lillian to NOT do things that way.

Lately her new skills are:

Point to her mouth, ears, hair, belly
Cruise around all the furniture including around corners and from one piece of furniture to another
Point in a book to a dog, car, shoes, fish, cat
Sign dog, more, eat, milk, please
Walk up to 22 steps holding onto both my hands
Take one step independently
Say mama and no (usually it's just Ma, but she's starting to actually add the second syllable)

So clearly she's had a boost in her motor and speech.  She's already 18 months old *tear* so I know this isn't amazing to most people, but it's major major progress for us.  I'm very happy for her and really hope that we don't hit any plateaus while we're on this milestone kick.

Sarah