BUMPDATE // BABY #2 // 34 Weeks

written on 3/27 HOW FAR ALONG// 34 weeks

No chalkboard bumpdate picture for this week. Boo.

BABY SIZE// About the size of a canteloupe

MY SYMPTOMS//
I have had some major insomnia continue. Saturday night I broke down and bought some unisom and it made me feel very weird. I think I even slept texted and read messages because the next day, I had people messaging me again and I vaguely remembered reading and sending text messages.  I haven't taken it since. Waste of $11. This is going to sound crazy but I slept almost sideways in our bed last night and I think it made a difference in my sleep. I had pillows all around me and just felt like I was in a new bed. And I took a Tylenol before bed for my lower back. It just constantly throbs. I have even been wearing a belly band for support. I have a ton more pressure. It's getting very uncomfortable to carry Finley around and just adds to it but I'm trying really hard to keep going. Some days I just lose it and I feel really bad and lousy about myself when I do... the struggle is real. I probably need to quit work but I just have a hard time with that too. Hot mess I tell ya! I flip flop from left to right side and I think I'd be OK on my left but that pinched nerve feeling is so uncomfortable and almost painful sometimes. I'm getting up probably 30 times to pee during the night.  My eyes are still really dry when I wake up and feel like sandpaper but my new contact trials that I got the week before have been really great! I'm still loving my new glasses too and I've gotten used to them even more. I have a ton more spider veins. Praying some go away that are new. If not, I'll just look like finley drew on me with a blue magic marker.
MATERNITY CLOTHES//
Yes! Shane's tshirts and gym pants. I put on my maternity jean shorts yesterday because it's so hot here in Georgia and they were very snug in the thighs. Boo. 
SLEEP//
Insomnia but did sleep better Sunday night and Monday night.
MOVEMENT//
All over the place! I do love it but it's very uncomfortable when she moves even further down and hits my bladder. Whew! It will make you stop in your tracks!
CRAVINGS//
Beef nachos and Dr Pepper. I've got to kick the habit. I craved sweet tea today but didn't do it.
GENDER// girl!
WHAT I MISS//
Being able to move comfortably. I want my body back and to wear normal clothes.
WORKOUTS//
I tried t25 once and had to stop about halfway thru. It just wasn't comfortable. Since its been warmer outside me and Finley have walked the yard and I've pulled her in her wagon. Although, it just about made me pass out the other day. LOL. We had to come inside and sit down for a few minutes.
EMOTIONS//
I've cried the nights I couldn't sleep. There have been moments of frustration and irritation. I think I"ve been too busy to even think about delivery and FSH being here. I am looking forward to the new baby smell that I've seemed to forgotten what that's like. I am looking forward to seeing her face and seeing how Finley reacts with her. I'm praying all with go smoothly. I'm also praying that I will be able to successfully breastfeed, that delivery will go as smooth as Finley's with no tearing this time, and that my nerves will be calm adjusting to having a 2 year old and a newborn. We still haven't started on the back porch but Shane told me tonight that it shouldn't take a couple weeks for La La's husband to get it done. That he had a few things he had to take care of first before he could start. Praying that gets done too before we bring FSH home.
DREAMS//
I haven't slept enough to dream anything.
HUBBY'S THOUGHTS//
He's busy with baseball.. he's been talking to my belly more and feeling her kick a lot.. he's been working in the yard and helping a ton with Finley.
3 AMIGAS THOUGHTS//
Well, Mara keeps rolling in something dead.. Sox won't stay out of horse poop so her new home this week has been the back porch. I know she misses being inside but Shane is over giving her a bath and I certainly can't do it so maybe she will learn. Ha! Kyli just barks at everything and I cannot wait to get her a bark collar!
BEST PREGNANCY MOMENT THIS WEEK//
We had our last ultrasound (3/27) and everything was perfect! FSH had her hand on her forehead.. it was so cute! She opened her mouth a little at times and kicked several times as well. Her head is down and she's weighing in at 5 lbs and 10 oz. Her bottom is laying to my right side which finley was always on my left. Her foot was up high in what should be my ribs it seems like but I have never felt either one of my kids in my ribs. Just more so very low and to the left or right. My right side where her bottom or a knee constantly jabs is very bruised to the touch. The NP told me they score the babies on a BBP or BPP test and FSH made an 8.. the highest you can get.
The Dr said my weight, and BP were great. BP was 110/64. I will go for one more 2 week visit and then we will start going every week. Just can't believe how quickly its gone by!
I recorded her heart beat and we even got more pictures. Which were very blurry to me. I guess because it's so hard at this point to see because they are bigger. The ultrasound tech also told us the heart beat was 128 today but then the doppler said it was 140. I thought that was odd. She had her hand on her forehead, like, "oh its so exhausting being in here"! Too cute!
The salon also gave us a little sprinkle Saturday! It was great and I had a wonderful time. I just wished I hadn't been so sleep deprived. I was a walking zombie. On top of that, I had to wake Finley up to leave and she has been teething something horrible so it just wasn't our day Saturday. I feel so bad for her. She is so miserable and I even think the pollen is getting to her bad. I've given her some natural allergy meds and been coating her gums with Clove. The last couple times I've put it on her she hasn't even fought me. She even passed out on the couch with me Monday night between 8 and 830 and she never does that! I know she was exhausted! 

BUMPDATE // BABY #2 // 32 - 33 Weeks

HOW FAR ALONG// Officially 33 Weeks

BABY SIZE// About the size of a pineapple MY SYMPTOMS// My days and weeks have been running together. I am trying to keep up with these posts and I said I wasn't going to get behind but Y'all see that I am. I even have drafts saved that consist of Christmas, baby dedication and our Gym Dawgs meet and haven't finished those either. Boo. I have some pretty intense insomnia going on these days and I have NO clue how I've been able to function AT. ALL. I slept for the first night in 6 days on Sunday night and it was wonderful. I forgot what sleep actually felt like.  FSH head is down and I can feel her on my bladder. There is SO much pressure! And some positions she gets into makes me curl up in a ball and sometimes I cannot even stand up straight. Too embarrass myself, I have totally been peeing on myself at times and that means lots of clothes changing and laundry. I don't even mean to! Little girl just moves the right way and there it happens!! My lower back is in shambles and at times its so hard for me to get going in the mornings. About 1130 or 12 my body seems to wake up and I'm much better. Sometimes it takes even longer than that, especially not sleeping at night.
I had a DR appt on Thursday March 16th. All was great! I did feel like I was getting a bladder infection or something and sure enough it was. The Dr gave me meds for it and I feel much better in that department. My BP was great, I did ask what it was but I don't remember. FSH put on a show for Dr Elder moving around so much and he just went on about how he could see her having a fun in my belly! If I remember correctly, her heartbeat was in the 130's. I need to start writing this down! I didn't ask what my weight was... I seriously step on the scale backwards and tell them I don't want to know numbers. I guess I haven't made anymore big jumps because they haven't said anything in quite some time and just say, "bp is good, weight its good, any questions?" I did ask Dr Elder this time why my date was moved over a week out and he said because my first ultrasound showed a more accurate reading than when my last period was. He says everytime that I'm right on track. I do have our last ultrasound on Monday and he said we would know the weight of the baby and go from there.
My left breast has been really bothering me and I want it to be checked at my next visit. It almost feels like a stabbing burning pain only in once place and its just really starting to concern me.
I feel like I have a ton of pressure on my tailbone, too. Man I sound like I'm complaining and I'm trying not to and embrace it.. I think I may just be too old to carry babies! ha!
MATERNITY CLOTHES//
Yes. I never got anymore 'cute' maternity clothes so I am contstanlty on repeat. My compression tights are a life saver but I am so irritated because these ripped just like my other ones did this week. So now I have a new pair with a huge whole in the thigh area. I've been thinking about calling the company and letting them know this is my second pair that's done this! I have been wearing Shane's pajama pants but one pair that I was wearing has gotten tight around the belly. Yikes.

SLEEP//
So little!! 
MOVEMENT//
OH yes! All the time! I try to catch her on video but still every time I put the camera on her, she stops. The same thing with Finley!
CRAVINGS//
I saw Cinnamon Toast Crunch in Ingles this week and thought I was going to buy the whole section of cereal. LOL. I opted for Kashi cinnamon Harvest or something like that. It's been SOOOO good!! I fed Finley green beans the other day and took a bite myself and ended up eating a whole can by myself.. anything healthy besides fruit has been disgusting to me but I guess I forgot how great they were!
GENDER// girl!
WHAT I MISS//
Sleep, sleep, and more sleep. Being comfortable and wearing normal clothes.
WORKOUTS//
I've done T25 a couple times with hand weights for my arms. I was very uncomfortable again the last time I did it and I truly think I'm just going to have to start walking at this point. I still want to do hand weights too. 
EMOTIONS//
I did start crying the other when Shane was hugging on me one night. I feel like we haven't done that in so long and we have lost our togetherness because we are just getting wrapped up in work, Finley, and just going thru the motions. It felt absolutley wonderful to have that moment with him .. I guess I'd forgotten what that felt like and it was nice to have it back for a little bit. Thoughts of delivery are already coming into my mind and I really don't want to do that part. but I know its the inevitable. I'm praying that it's another smooth delivery, I don't tear this time and it's a quick recovery faster than when I had Finley. 
DREAMS//
I don't think I've slept enough to dream!
HUBBY'S THOUGHTS//
Baseball.
3 AMIGAS THOUGHTS//
They are probably starving for attention and they are driving me nuts! Mara has now found something dead and keeps rolling in it and Kyli won't stop barking at everything. Can't even take it.
BEST PREGNANCY MOMENT THIS WEEK//
Hearing FSH heartbeat.  Getting my new glasses! FINALLY! I know they are big and I'll probably get laughs from some people but I'm loving them!!

BUMPDATE // BABY #2 // 30 - 31 Weeks

HOW FAR ALONG// 31 Weeks

BABY SIZE// About the size of a Coconut
MY SYMPTOMS//
I feel like I am definitley slowing down. I worked A LOT this week and I can feel it. Right now I feel like I did before I delivered Finley and I still have quite a few weeks to go. I hope I make it. My lower back is screaming at me and my abs around my belly button feel like they have completely shredded apart. I cannot wait to have my body back and I pray that I can get back to where I was. I was feeling fantastic when I found out I was pregnant. I'm not sure if I'm seeing old stretch marks and their color more because my skin is stretched out or if these are new ones. I think I have a small batch of new ones more towards the front and I cried like a baby when I saw them. I've been lathering up with Frankinsence and Geranium and I've ordered more Frankensince and Lavendar and just going to continue to grease up my belly. The past few days I've felt like I was getting a bladder infection or something along those lines, but I've started drinking Cran Grape juice and I feel so much better! I don't know if that is a myth but the feeling I was having like I was getting a UTI has left the building.
My nose is still pretty messed up and I'm having a hard time breathing at night.
We had an ultrasound on February 27th and ALL was PERFECT! This baby girl's pictures look just like Finley's! I can't believe how similar they were to each others. The only difference is they were facing opposite directions. The ultra sound tech said she had never seen a baby cooperate as much as this one did. I was so thankful that she did! She said that she weighed about 4lb and 2oz but we would know for sure about 34 weeks. 
I also had a checkup that day and Everything else was good... they didn't say anything about my weight and said my BP was good and from here on out I go every 2 weeks. Can. Not. Believe it.
MATERNITY CLOTHES//
Yes! I think I rotate the same 4 outfits.
SLEEP// 
I have some wonderful nights and I'm peeing more too but always seem to fall back asleep. I've been napping quite a good bit whenever I can. There are so many times when I just cannot keep going.
MOVEMENT//
Lots and lots of movement! I'm bruised on my right side where a knee or elbow or something always finds this one exact spot every time.
CRAVINGS//
Tacos. And this week I was at the grocery store and spotted some Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Bought me some Kashi instead. It was absolutely delicious!
GENDER// 
GIRL!
WHAT I MISS//
Extreme workouts and sleeping on my back.
WORKOUTS//
I've done T25 a couple times and weights on my arms. This last time I did T25, I tried doing a certain move I've been doing and it was VERY uncomfortable. I'm wondering if I should just try and start walking and do weights.
EMOTIONS// 
I've cried several times this week and even felt depressed.
DREAMS//
I know I've had some but nothing has stuck with me.
HUBBY'S THOUGHTS//
He's into baseball!
3 AMIGAS THOUGHTS//
They've been good the past couple weeks and Kyli has been such a snuggler!
BEST PREGNANCY MOMENT THIS WEEK//
Seeing Baby #2 face!!

Finley was dedicated on March 5th...

AND, I also FINALLY made it to my 1st Gym Dawgs meet with this little one in tow! We had such a great time! Although I'm pretty sure we missed half of it because we got started down the road late and traffic. We met Whitney and Brynn and even tho we were late we still had a great time!