31 weeks

With all of the holidays and then my baby shower I really don't remember the last weekly update I did. There hasn't been much going on or anything really new to report either.

However we are about 60 days away from having a really cute little girl so I need to step up my game as I plan to have this blog to also keep up with all of her milestones and whatnot!

So here we go.. week 31!
How far along: 31 weeks!
Baby Growth: Lakelyn is about 16 inches long and weighs about 3 1/2 pounds!
My Symptoms: I am tired a lot of the time! I can barely breath it seems like and I get out of breath so easily it is scary! I walk and move pretty slow and have to basically roll to get up from sitting or laying down!

 

Heartburn is still a killer! This little girl better have some hair!

 

Boobs are still huge and I still hate them.

 

Back pain is an everyday, all day thing. I can't even remember life without back pain. 

 

Sleeping at night basically doesn't exist it seems like. I toss and turn all night from left side to right side. I have to sleep with a heating pad because of the back pain and also hip pain from laying on one side.

Gender: Girl!

Weight gain:  I can't remember exactly what my weight gain was at my doctors appointment the other day, but I believe I have gained somewhere around 25 pounds!! HOLY COW! Literally! I still have 9 weeks to go if I only gain 1 pound a week like they say (and not more) then i'll be at almost 35 pounds total weight gain! That seems like too much? I need to lay off the sweets!

Maternity clothes: basically nothing other than maternity clothes fit!

Stretch marks: No, I don't think so, but there are a couple of spots on my sides above my hips that I'm concerned about!

Belly button in or out: In/flat still, but the right side of my belly button seems to want to poke out..

Sleep: It is usually not very good these days. I do a lot of tossing and turning.

Best moment this week: My baby shower of course! I loved all of my gifts and I had some stuff to return to target as well and I scored BIG time with all of their clearance to finish out my registry basically! It was awesome! I spent no money at all!

Worst moment this week: nothing other than the typical pains and exhaustion.

Miss anything:  not having back pain, heartburn and sleeping on my belly

Movement: She moves a kicks a little more now that she is bigger, but she still doesn't move around a whole lot! She must love her sleep like her momma does!

Cravings: I wouldn't say I have cravings, but I've been eating wayyy too many sweets. Not typically me at all. I did pass my glucose test though so that is a relief!

Queasy or sick: had a few nausea spells but I think it had to do with the chocolate poptarts I ate.

Wedding rings on or off: On

Looking forward to:  Having our baby girl! We also get an ultrasound at 36 weeks to see how big she is. That is kind of exciting!

Belly Pictures: 

Nursery Revealed!

 

My original plans for the nursery changed shortly after painting the room purple. It was just too hard to match the color to anything and it just wasn't right. So I thought it over and decided to repaint her room at about 30 weeks pregnant! I love the grey and just feel like its very classy and elegant. I love it.

The first few pictures are right after we painted it. We didn't have the other stuff hung on the walls yet so I had to take other pictures of just those details. There are a few other things we still have to do, but for the most part it is finished. We have the clear crystal knobs coming for the dresser, the chandelier (pictured below) has to be put up, we have a knew curtain rod holder to match the crystal dresser knobs, some canvas prints to go on the wall beside the crib and dresser and also a white framed mirror to go above her dresser.

My mom (who bought the crib) also went ahead and let me have the crib mattress and crib sheet this past Sunday so that I could one have the room as finished as possible and two so I didn't have to worry about loading it with all the other gifts from the baby shower this Sunday. I did not get a picture of the mattress and sheet, but it is a light purple and white chevron sheet.

I'm not thrilled about the glider because, to me, it does not match. If it were white it would look better, but I just do not have the time or energy to sand it and paint it. I did register for a white one, but if I don't get it its no biggie. I'm sure this chair will be out of the room in no time so she can have space to play.

The monogram initials I purchased from here and did spray paint myself. I love them. They turned out great and were shipped super fast. I also bought the shelves for the books (which truth be told- I don't believe they are for books) and spray painted them white as well. They started off black, but did not match everything else that was white. They wont hold too many books at one time, but its a good way to switch them out so they don't get old, left behind, tore up or colored in (hopefully).

The baskets and little things they are sitting on (have no clue what they are called) came from lowes. I originally wanted wire baskets to hand with nails or something, but we saw these and I thought they were adorable and would also match my plans that I have for her mobile that I am making! I needed somewhere to store diapers, wipes and lotions/creams and there is just not enough room on the dresser so the baskets work perfect. They are kind of low, but I'm not all that tall so I had to make sure I could reach them. I'm sure Tyler wouldn't appreciate me calling him in there every hour to get something out the basket for me.

The jars on her dresser have pacifiers in one and bows in the other. They came from TJ Maxx and they are actually kitchen canisters, but I thought they worked perfect for her room! Plus they were so much cheaper than buying the glass vases with the glass lids and I'm able to fit my hands in these a lot better than the vases. 

The green chevron box was a Christmas present to me from my sister in law, but I love it for her room to put some keepsakes in. Like right now all of her ultrasound pictures are in there, but as she gets older I'm sure other things will be added. The chevron laundry basket came from walmart and instead of actually putting her dirty laundry in there which I'm sure I'd never do I rolled up all her blankets and put them in there. I have a really cute blanket holder, but her room is so small that there is just not enough room to add that in there too, so the laundry basket works great!

The white rug is one of my favorite parts of her room! I got it from Ross and even the dogs love it its so soft.

I will hopefully have a quilt made sometime between now and the time she gets too big to use it instead of the pink blanket. I just threw that on there because.. well just because.

My baby shower is this weekend and I'm so completely excited for it! I can't wait to get everything and start putting it together and washing all of her stuff. Soon my house is going to be running over with baby gear everywhere!

 

 

 

Chrismas Maternity pictures!