22 weeks

Pregnancy Highlights

How far along? 22 weeks

Baby Size: She's about the size of a spaghetti squash; In normal terms, she's somewhere around a foot long and weighs about a pound!

Total weight gain: About 5-7 pounds.

Maternity clothes? Not a one!

Stretch marks? Not so far!

Sleep:  I've been sleeping all the time lately. I'm not sure if it's because I've been so busy or just because I'm on Christmas break and have the opportunity to do so. Either way, I'll take the extra hours I've been blessed with haha

Best moment this week:  Well we had quite a few best moments this week. We finally decided on Harper's middle name. Her official name is going to be Harper Londyn Holt (: We also ordered her furniture and baby bedding!

Miss Anything? Not having indigestion after everything I eat!

Movement: She's quite the wiggle worm...especially at night time (:

Food cravings: A cold glass of Coke!

Anything making you queasy or sick: Not really though sometimes my indigestion is so bad that I feel like I'm going to be sick.  Though I'm guessing you would actually say that's acid reflux. 

Gender: It's a girl!

Labor Signs:  It's too early for that!

Symptoms: Indegestion

Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off?  On

Mood: Excited

Looking forward to: Harper's furniture and bedding to get here so that the decorating can begin!

2012 Recap

2012 has been an amazing and exciting year for both me and Kevin!

We started the year off with a UNC Tarheels basketball game.

We went to the circus for the first time together.

We went to Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, TN with Kev's family. It was the first time we've all taken a trip to the mountains together and we had so much fun we decided to make it an annual tradition.

I celebrated my 22nd birthday. 

I finished my first year of teaching! 

(sorry no picture!)

We celebrated our first wedding anniversary. 

We went to the beach for a week this summer with Kevin's family. 

In fact, we went to the beach in June, July, & November!

We found out we were having a baby!

& that she was a girl!

All in all, it's been a fantastic year and I can't wait to see what 2013 has in store for us and our newest addition to the family (:

21 Weeks

Pregnancy Highlights

How far along? 21 weeks

Baby Size: She's about the size of a banana

Total weight gain: Still somewhere between 3-5 pounds

Maternity clothes? Still no but I did go buy more jeans last weekend and broke down and bought a bigger size so I could wear them longer 

Stretch marks? No but I'm still relying on the cocoa butter

Sleep:  Thanks to being a teacher that's out on Christmas break... my sleep is amazing! haha

Best moment this week:  Celebrating Christmas with the family knowing that next year is going to be so very different

Miss Anything? Nope, I'm perfectly content with how things are 

Movement: She squirms around all the time! 

Food cravings: Lucky Charms and milk (:

Anything making you queasy or sick: Well for the first time during this pregnancy, I really thought I was going to be sick. It happened Christmas morning and I chalk it up to the fact that in a period of twenty minutes, I'd drank two glasses of orange juice, a large glass of homemade hot chocolate, and ate a cinnamon roll. I'll chalk it up to the sugar I practically inhaled that my body is very unused to!

Gender: A girl!

Labor Signs:  None

Symptoms: Still just indegestion

Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off?  On

Mood: Happy as usual!

Looking forward to: Beginning to decorate Harper's nursery! We've finally picked out her bedding after the original bedding we had picked out was out of stock everywhere! 

20 Weeks

Pregnancy Highlights

How far along? 20 weeks

Baby Size: She's about the size of a small cantaloupe

Total weight gain: Two weeks ago I'd gained 3 pounds, so I'm guessing somewhere between 3 and 5. 

Maternity clothes? Not yet. 

Stretch marks? Nope but I've been applying cocoa butter more often since my belly seems to be growing each night!

Sleep:  I've been exhausted lately due to my low iron levels so I've been getting lots of sleep. By lots, I mean anywhere from 10-12 hours a night :P

Best moment this week:  Feeling Harper squirm around in there!

Miss Anything? Being able to take medicine that actually worked! 

Movement: I can feel her squirming whenever I'm laying down!  It's the most amazing feeling in the world! 

Food cravings: Nothing particular but I've found my love for sweet tea again!

Anything making you queasy or sick: Just this awful headache I've had for three days! 

Gender: A girl!

Labor Signs:  None

Symptoms: Indigestion and exhaustion

Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off?  On

Mood: Happy as usual!

Looking forward to: Going to see Harper again on Thursday. We're having to have another ultrasound because two weeks ago, she wouldn't let the doctors see her face! She's gonna be just like her daddy...stubborn as all get out when it comes to her picture being taken!

Week 19

Pregnancy Highlights

How far along? 19 weeks

Baby Size: Baby Holt weights 0.7 oz according to our last ultrasound! She's about the size of a mango according to all of my pregnancy apps on my phone. 

Total weight gain: Sure enough I've gained 3 pounds (: It's amazing how three weeks out of the gym will put the pounds on you! haha

Maternity clothes? Still none!

Stretch marks? Not yet! 

Sleep:  Back to sleeping like a baby!

Best moment this week:  Finding out that Baby Holt is a healthy baby girl!

Miss Anything? I miss being skinny haha 

Movement: Just a few flutters. 

Food cravings: All things fried! 

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nah

Gender: A girl!

Labor Signs:  None

Symptoms: Still indegestion!

Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off?  On

Mood:  Happy as can be (:

Looking forward to: Decorating the nursery!