Abounding in the work of the Lord: March 2015

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

23 Week Bump Update

Baby is the size of a GRAPEFRUIT!

Mom is feeling...

Great! My friend Rachel gave me some essential oils for my heartburn and it really helps. It's also so much fun to feel Nora kick so often now! Her usually times are: 745am, 1pm, 4pm, 6pm, and 9pm.

Food cravings/aversions:

Cheddar Chips! I've been eating a lot of those lately....I also still crave carbs- pasta, pizza, bread, etc. I don't want anything to do with meat or mexican food still, which is sad.

Bump update:

My belly button gets smaller and smaller by the day. It's almost folded completely now. The top part sticks out a little bit when I'm full.

Looking forward to...

Our appointment tomorrow! We don't have a sonogram but we get to hear the heartbeat. Austin said we can get a 4d sonogram in April for my birthday!!! I'm looking forward to that, too!

Monday, March 16, 2015

22 Week Bump Update

Nora is the size of a Spaghetti Squash!

Mom is feeling...

HEARTBURN! It's getting worse! I woke up several times last night having to sit up :(

Food cravings/aversions:

Ice cream!!!! And carbs....probably the two worst foods to crave! Also I started craving cheddar chips the other day and literally wanted them at midnight. Austin wouldn't go get some....So I had them twice the next day!

Bump update:

It's definitely there! Also, my belly button is starting to close up. It is now more like a slit! This just happened yesterday.

Looking forward to...

Finishing her dresser! We started painting the dresser we bought. All of the furniture is going to be white, the walls are a light beige, and I want some gold and antique-white accents. The dresser will be the pink accent, tied in with some pink in the bedding. The color paint we got is a light pink-coral. I love it! We found the dresser on Craigslist for $20 after searching for months. It's PERFECT. It has that antique look and really cool drawer pulls!

Friday, March 13, 2015

19/20/21 Week Bump Update

Nora is the size of a banana!

I really dropped the ball updating this! The last two weeks have been SO EXCITING! We found out baby is a GIRL! Nora Hope Minor. I love her already!

She usually only kicks after lunch, around 6, and around 9 or 10 pm. Maybe this means she'll be a good sleeper? :) mayyyyybe not.

The last few weeks have been CRAZY though! We had 2 snow days in a row on the day I was supposed to get my gender sonogram! We ended up showing up at the doctor's office the next day when they had a "late opening" and asking to be squeezed in between all the pregnant people that were there that had their appointments canceled, too, and they let us in! I was SO relieved! We got to see sweet baby Nora for the first time since 8 weeks and she was SO BEAUTIFUL! We still didn't know she was a girl, and I actually turned to Austin and said that based on the picture I think it's a boy! He said "aw man, really? I was really hoping for a girl." Little did we know.....

We had the ultrasound nurse put the gender in an envelope, and brought the envelope to one of my cousin's friends to make cupcakes with pink or blue filling.

2 days later we had a gender reveal party at Lindsay and David's house. It was a BLAST! My parents, Austin's parents, and Lindsay, David, and Meredith (Austin's sister), and my cousins Monica and Marcie came! Our plan was to open the envelope NOT in front of everyone, but when everyone was there it was so exciting and we decided to break open a cupcake in front of them. My reaction was SHOCK when I saw pink! I was SO excited!