26 Weeks!!

26 Weeks

Due date: July 11, 2014
Countdown: 13 weeks and 2 days or 3 months and 1 day away! CRAZY!!!

Size of the baby: About the size of a cucumber!

Maternity clothes: All day, errday.

Gender: BOY! Mason Richard!

Movement: A lot! Especially around 3:00 in the afternoon. I look down at my stomach and can see him kicking/punching me. He's so sweet :)

Sleep: Starting to get less and less... and yes, I know it's just God's way of preparing me for when Mason arrives. No sleep in my future. Cool.

What I miss: Not really missing anything this week :)

Cravings: Sweets, sweets, and more sweets. Coke Icees. And still milk! Which is so weird to me.

Symptoms: Big belly. Back ache. Restless leg syndrome. Ya know...just being pregnant.

Best moment this week:  Getting to have Huddle this week. (Huddle is a small group of women from church..it's our disciple/fellowship time). I love having a core group of women I can share my life with and I always leave feeling encouraged!

What I'm looking forward to in the next week: Going to Arkansas for a couple of days! Yay!

Here are some other random facts that I haven't been mentioning in the updates:
Food aversions: BBQ! This entire pregnancy, I have not been able to stand BBQ. At. All. Ick.
Nursery Colors: The walls in his room will be gray, so we are doing navy blue, white & gray. And yes, I realize those are Dallas Cowboys colors. That may or may not have been intentional. You're welcome, Brandon.
Caffeine: Yes, I've still been consuming caffeine. I did some research right when we found out we were pregnant to try and figure out how much is a safe amount. I stay way under the safe amount. A lot of people have been surprised that I did not give this up. But having raging hormones and trying to quit Diet Coke is just NOT a good combo! This may be something I try and quit before having Baby #2 though :)
Breastfeeding or no?: Such a controversial topic these days. Yes, I will be breastfeeding for as long as I can. Meaning, if I get to stay home with Mason & not have to return to work, this will be his primary source of nutrients. If I have to return to work, we will be switching over to formula. So that's that.

100 days and counting...

25 weeks. Only 14 weeks and 2 days until Mason's due date. 3 months and 8 days until his due date. 100 DAYS LEFT until his due date! HOLY MOLY! The closer and closer his due date gets, the more anxiety/overwhelmed I get! I know, I know. "Don't stress! It's not good for the baby!" But I think any mom out there knows exactly what I'm feeling.

We have registered for 5 (yes, 5) classes at the hospital we are delivering at. Newborn care, breastfeeding, an orientation class, and a class called "Happiest Baby on the Block" with soothing techniques. I called Brandon and told him I registered for all of these classes, told him he would be going with me, and sent him Google calendar invites straight to his email so he would remember all of them. He said "Ok, that's fine! Whatever you want me to do!" Those words are like heaven to a pregnant woman's years. Heck, to any woman's ears!

Let me pause for a second and just remind myself and everyone reading this how AWESOME Brandon has been throughout this pregnancy. I have huge hormonal rage outbursts (all of which have been taken out on him) and he just looks at me (by this point, I'm usually bawling my eyes out) and says "I love you. Everything is going to be ok." Gosh, I love him.

We also found out recently that we won't be able to move in our house (the house we are renting from a sweet couple @ our church) until after Mason gets here. Probably August/September. (Which actually is when our lease is up anyway!) We will not be looking for another house. I know this is the house God has intended for us to live in. At first, this made me very nervous. I have said this whole time we would not be bringing Mason home to a tiny apartment with two messy, loud dogs. Isn't it funny how God's plans and our plans rarely match up together? :) And to be honest, this is actually the least of my worries now. We will have to do some extra cleaning/rearranging in our apartment to be prepped to bring Mason home, but we can do that. Especially since we've already started!

So with all that said, you can see my anxiety level has been higher than usual lately. I know God is in control. I know God has a plan specifically for me, Brandon, and Mason. I know He will provide for us. I have faith in Him. And I believe He created Kate at The Small Things Blog if for any reason, to post this blog post today. (I realize how dramatic that sounds. I'm pregnant. Give me a break.) Yall, these were the EXACT words I needed to hear. And I know it was no coincidence that He led me to that blog for me to read them.

Let him have all your worries and cares,

for he is always thinking about you

and watching everything that concerns you.

1 Peter 5:7

Repeating these words over and over and over...

Side note: I re-read all of this before publishing it. How blessed am I? Seriously. I am so blessed to be pregnant, to be expecting a son, a precious baby boy. I am so blessed to have the problems that I have. For in trials and tests of trust, that's when I grow closest to Him. Thank you Lord for your blessings and for the trials you put in my way. I pray I never take this pregnancy for granted. I pray I never take Mason or Brandon for granted. Thank you for giving me even more purpose on this earth: being a mother. If there's something I've told myself this entire pregnancy, it's that it could always be worse. When I start feeling tired, sick, or just exhausted, or start thinking about having to live in an apartment with a baby - I think to myself "It could always be worse." I've been so thankful to have a great pregnancy thus far and I know God's got it all under control.



25 Weeks

Due date: July 11, 2014

Size of the baby: About the size of an eggplant!

Maternity clothes: Yep!

Gender: BOY! Mason Richard!

Movement: He's moving around more and more every day. He likes when I eat sweets and listen to the song "Happy" by Pharrell. Mainly because it makes his Momma happy and I start dancing around! lol

Sleep: Good nights & bad nights.

What I miss: Laying on my stomach! Ohhh I miss that.

Cravings: Sweets! and I've actually been craving milk lately!

Symptoms: Back & leg pain/cramps.

Best moment this week: Attending our first class Thursday night!

What I'm looking forward to in the next week: Being one week closer to meeting our baby boy!

I had an awesome weekend with my girls last weekend! They threw a small shower for me and surprised me with a prenatal massage! Heck yeah! It was awesome! We had lots of laughter, good food, and great memories! So grateful for them!

Awesome decorations & a cute fruit pizza!

Megan, Kate, Brooke, Sara, Bethany & Sam!

I Promise I Didn't Forget... [24 Weeks]

Sooo apparently I'm continually getting worse at blogging! Surprise, surprise. I promise I did not forget I was pregnant! haha I am now 24 weeks and 3 days pregnant! Holy cow! That means only 15 weeks and 4 more days (and counting). It becomes more and more real to me that:

1. There's a tiny human inside my body....like...what?
2. I am about to be a mommy. Real life.
3. Our pesky dogs are going to be the least of worries oh so soon.
4. My stomach is only going to get larger.
5. My back is only going to hurt worse.
6. My life as I know it is going to change dramatically.

I hope you didn't read those as complaints. I am thrilled, blessed, excited, anxious, and humbled to have these realizations. I thank God daily for blessing us with Mason. I pray daily that I am a good mother to him. Thankfully, I have so many awesome examples of good mothers around me! God has blessed me with fabulous family & friends that can give me all kinds of tips, hints, and also just be there to listen to me when I'm crying that Mason won't stop crying. (Because we ALL know that's going to happen. So prepare yourself.)

I celebrated my birthday last week! Also celebrated my sis & bro's birthdays as well at the Annual Wentz Kid Birthday Celebration. I also had two sis-in-love's have birthdays and my mother-in-love's birthday is tomorrow! LOTS of birthdays! Today would have been my PawPaw Cash's birthday. He would have been 89. Gosh, I miss him! Think of him all the time!



Party Like It's 1988! Dawn's Bday Celebration

 

My sweet pups :)

Me, MeMe, and some of my nieces & nephews!

Little Amy :)

Annual Wentz Kid Bday Celebration

24 Weeks

Due date: July 11, 2014

Size of the baby: About the size of an eggplant!

Maternity clothes: yes, yes yes.

Gender: BOY! Mason Richard!

Movement: LOTS! It's not painful yet though.. just feeling him do cartwheels and summersaults :)

Sleep: Ehh, so-so. I have good nights & bad nights.

What I miss: SLEEP. This question is always be answered with sleep.

Cravings: SWEETS. in the worst way. Ice cream, girl scout cookies, Little Debbie Nutty Bars, candy.

Symptoms: Back & leg pain. Pretty sure I have symptoms of RLS every now & then.

Best moment this week: Hearing Mason's sweet heartbeat yesterday at my doc appt. Didn't get to see him in an ultrasound (and I cried) but at least I got to hear his heart beating!! Also my GIRLS WEEKEND coming up with my besties! Can't wait!

What I'm looking forward to in the next week: Hopefully life will slow down just a littleeee bit. Hopefully?