17 weeks!

Totally slacking recently on updates and chalkboards! I originally planned to do one every week, but nobody warns you that when you are pregnant there is a whole new meaning to the word tired/exhaustion! I knew and heard "you will be tired" but I didn't exactly know what kind of tired they meant!

Anyway, on top of just being exhausted I've been so busy it seems! With working and the holidays coming up its going to fly by and it will be March before we know it! While I can't wait to meet miss Lakelyn I also want to cherish this time with just Tyler and our fur babies!

 

I mean this face melts my heart!

and this one was just so happy I let her lay with me on the couch! She never gets to get on the furniture!

 

How far along: 17 weeks, 6 days
Baby Growth: Lakelyn is about 5 inches and weighs about 5 ounces!

My Symptoms: I'm exhausted all the time! I mean I was told second trimester you would get all this energy back! Someone lied to me! I do have a little more energy than first trimester, but I still want to fall asleep by lunchtime and after work! I need like two naps a day!

 

I also have been getting heartburn. Well at least I suspect its heartburn. Its a burning sensation in my throat that lasts like 2 minutes and usually goes away. It comes and goes randomly and hasn't been anything all that bad.

 

Lower back soreness has definitely kicked in this week for sure! I feel like I need it cracked several times a day. I hate to see what it will be like when I'm really big!

Gender:  Little Girl!

Weight gain:  At my appointment on 9/29 I had gained my first 3 pounds! In TWO weeks! That was a lot harder to swallow than I had anticipated.

Maternity clothes: A pair of jeans every now and then, but mostly regular jeans with a hairband to keep them buttoned so it doesn't put much pressure on my belly. Leggings, sweats, pjs are my life!

Stretch marks: No

Belly button in or out: In

Sleep: It has been hit and miss. The headaches have been better and I haven't has quite as many, but some back soreness will have me tossing and turning some nights. I've also had a lot on my mind lately so that tends to be on my mind continuously which doesn't help.

Best moment this week: The couple of days of cold weather were amazing!

Worst moment this week: The ridiculously hot weather we've had today!

Miss anything:  Can't say that I do.

Movement: Still nothing. I mean I think I have felt baby girl roll a couple of times here and there, but I can't be sure that is what it was.

Cravings: Can't say that I have really had any. I mean I've been eating a lot more and my appetite has been pretty good lately, but I haven't had really any "OMG I NEED THAT RIGHT NOW" episodes. I have wanted some frootloops with marshmellows cereal, slimjims, Dr. Pepper, chocolate milkshakes, but I probably would have been ok if I didn't get it. OH there is one thing that I can say I really, really want, but I don't know if I'd classify it as a craving considering I want them ALLL the time even when I'm not pregnant and that is crablegs!! yumm!

Queasy or sick: Been feeling pretty good!

Wedding rings on or off: On

Looking forward to:  Our next ultrasound in 2 weeks!

Belly Pictures:  No chalkboard again this week..

 

Happy Hump Day!