30 weeks!


30 Weeks! 10 to go :)

Since I worked yesterday, had to take my own picture this week :-) 

I can't believe that we only have 10 weeks, give or take, until we get to meet our beautiful baby girl! <3 I feel like I really should be more prepared for her arrival because realistically she could come at any time lol but there is still lots to do! However, we are slowly but surely getting there. Plus, we have a few baby showers coming up in August and September so I'm sure I'll feel more prepared after those as well. 

Size:  Your belly’s increasing size is a definite clue that your baby is getting bigger every day, weighing in at over three pounds now (she’ll be packing on the weight at a rate of half a pound per week for the next seven weeks). Also growing daily is her brain, which is actually starting to look like the real thing with those characteristic grooves and wrinkles. And now that your little genius can regulate her own body temperature and turn up the heat, she'll start shedding lanugo, the downy body hair that's been keeping her warm up until now.
(http://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/week-by-week/week-30.aspx)

Total weight gain/loss: I have gained a total of 21 pounds so far.

Maternity clothes: Things are reallllly starting to get tight. Even the things that I thought would last me all the way through are hitting their limit unfortunately. I have definitely been dressing very casually lately. :-) 

Gender: Girl, Harper Patrica <3  

Movement: She is for sure a very active little one. :)  I am going to have my hands full!

 Sleep: I am getting a good amount of sleep but I have been so tired lately!!! That second trimester energy has left me. :( I have some nights where I just can not get comfortable in any position so those next days are usually the hardest to get through, but somehow I manage. ;) 

 What I miss: Energy! lol I have been dragging for sure. 

Cravings: Cinnamon rolls, Mac and cheese, chicken wings, and fruit. So random haha

 Symptoms: Tiredness. I also get really bad back aches depending on what I have been up to that day. Thankfully hubby gives Ah-mazing back rubs and that usually takes care of the problem! Thanks babe  for being so awesome!

Best moment this week: We got to go visit our friends, Kristin and James, in their beautiful new home this weekend. :) It was lots of fun! The area of Richmond that they live in now is so cool and everything just goes so well there. I think they must have building codes or something there because even the gas stations and fast food restaurants fit in so well! I am so excited for the McClures and I can't wait to go visit again soon! Enjoy this new chapter in your life! <3
I also had to work this Sunday, so I brought the girls over to my parents house. Grace loves playing in the gardens there and she especially loves all the kitties. :) I figured it may be the last time I'll have a chance to bring them there before Harper's arrival and before I am no longer working. :( So we had a good time! We ended the night with wonderfully messy smores! 













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