How far along? 25 weeks, 1 day
Total weight gain/loss: +12 pounds {“Beautiful weight gain”…to quote my OB}
Stretch marks? Nada
Maternity Clothes: All in on the maternity pants, though some of my regular jeans have made an appearance here and there with the help of my BellaBand. And I’m about 50/50 on tops.
Sleep: Somewhat restless lately.
Best moment this month: Rylee has decided it’s fun to kiss my belly/her baby sister. And, yep, it’s just as cute and sweet as it sounds!
Movement: So.Much.Movement. And pretty much all the time. A few times has been so hard it’s nearly doubled me over!
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: Nope
Food Cravings: I have had a MAJOR sweet tooth lately. It’s bad…really, really bad…like, get that oreo no-bake cheesecake out of my refrigerator bad.
Belly Button in or out? It’s just almost flat. And it looks about as attractive as it sounds.
What I miss: Oh man, with everything we had going on this past month, I missed wine! I really could’ve used a drink with all that water drama we had going on. And a mimosa sounds really nice on Easter.
What I am looking forward to: Continuing a healthy pregnancy. Maybe a name?
Baby Milestones: Baby’s eyes are starting to open. Baby weighs close to 2 pounds at this point and is about 10 inches long.
Other Goodness: Dr. B sent me on my way with papers for my glucose screening test and the nasty flat soda…I get to do that test in about 3 weeks.

Yesterday I scheduled a hospital tour that’s done especially for “expecting siblings”.

My next appointment is May 15! After my next appointment we start the every other week appointments…how the HELL is that even possible!? Didn’t I just find out I was pregnant like, 3 weeks ago?

Be on the lookout for a post delving into the world of baby naming!

At 30 weeks I’m going to do a side by side comparison of this pregnancy and Rylee’s!

Rylee turns 4 in about a month…to help celebrate, I’m going to share her birth story!

Is this not the sweetest thing ever?

I can feel it coming on already, and this baby is still in the oven.

I find myself focusing so much on Rylee not feeling “left out” that I’m almost kind of…meh…about this little girl I’m growing inside me. Don’t get me wrong, I am already so in love with this girl tap-dancing on my intestines and I’m excited to hold a fresh baked baby in my arms in just a few months but when it comes to things like…baby bedding…nursery decorating…and oh I don’t know…HER NAME, I find myself getting totally overwhelmed and resorting to that tried & true “ignore” tactic in order to cope. I mean, we’ve got 4 more months to figure this stuff out, right?

RIGHT!?

Maybe once Ry’s room is all set up and moved at the end of this month I can will start focusing on the nursery. But, then again, that’s what I said to myself about choosing a name once we knew if the baby was a boy or a girl and that’s clearly worked out so far…

Ha.

Hahahah.

{I may or may not have just wet my pants a little bit from laughing so hard.}

Seriously though…this little girl growing inside of me is very much her own person. She’s already proven this to me by the sheer difference in my 2 pregnancies. Sure there will be hand-me-downs and I’m more than stoked we aren’t going to have to buy all new clothes and car seats and jumperoos and such, but this girl is like no one else. She deserves her own stuff, a space of her own.

She’s not just going to be “Rylee’s little sister” she’s going to be…well, we’re still working on that but we have at least decided that her name won’t be Rylee, just spelled Riley.

So we’re at least making progress.

Um has it been a month already!? And yeesh, I look like ass in some of these photos. And I particularly love that I’ve got a complete outfit repeat in week 18 & 21…right down to the flannel PJ pants. I’m so classy it hurts.

How far along? 21 weeks, 2 days
Total weight gain/loss: +6
Stretch marks? Nada
Maternity Clothes: Wearing maternity pants. Still wearing regular tops. Well, I’ve worn a maternity top once so far.
Sleep: Meh, fine. Never seem to get enough though!
Best moment this month: Rylee felt the baby move at 19 weeks! Ever since she’ll randomly ask if her little sister is kicking me, or if I tell her the baby is kicking she will stop whatever she’s doing to come put her hand on my belly. Also? Passing the halfway point!!
Movement: So.Much.Movement. And already so strong. Andy wasn’t able to feel Rylee kick until at least week 26 and already he & Ry have both felt her moving.
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: Nope
Food Cravings: Umm, pretty much anything and everything I can get my hands on. I am so hungry lately!
Belly Button in or out? In.
What I miss: Being able to bend forward without a belly getting in the way.
What I am looking forward to: We’re moving Ry into her new room at the end of this month. I’ve started perusing crib bedding sets for the little one…waiting for something to jump out at me.
Baby Milestones: Baby is about the size of a banana these days. She has eyebrows now.
Other Goodness: My blood pressure is as close to perfect as possible…127/76! Dr. B said I’m the portrait of the perfect pregnancy. Have I mention how much I like my doctor!?

My next appointment is April 10!

So before I get started on all the belly stats, last night after we all got home, Andy and I told Rylee the news! First we went through all the ultrasound photos we got and explained them all to her. She retorted with all sorts of high-pitched “Awws” and “How Tyouts (cute)”. Then we told her that she is going to have a little sister. It took her about 3 seconds for it to sink in, then she replied with and very excited (and loud) “THAT’S WHAT I WANTED!!!! I WANTED A LITTLE SISTER! I KNEW I WAS GOING TO HAVE  A BABY SISTER!” That girl was beaming. She is so jazzed.

Pretty sure my heart doubled in size in those few moments.

Ok, well so much for better photos…maybe next month? Ha.

Hahahahaha.

{And for the record, I am so type-A that the fact that one of the photos I am facing the other direction is driving me crazy}

How far along? 17 weeks, 2 days
Total weight gain/loss: +1 {woot!}
Stretch marks? Nada
Maternity Clothes: While it’s completely debatable as to whether or not I actually need to be wearing maternity pants, I am wearing them for the first time today. Oh how I forgot how good elastic waisted pants feel!
Sleep: Meh, fine.
Best moment this month: Top three: 1. Feeling the baby move! 2. Finding out we’re having a girl! 3. Rylee’s reaction to finding out she was having a sister.
Movement: YES! Started feeling it at 15 weeks…been getting stronger since. I love it!
Gender: Girl!
Labor Signs: Nada.
Food Cravings: Nothing lately. Pretty much back to feeling normal…and wanting to eat anything and everything that crosses my path. MOAR FUD!
Belly Button in or out? In.
What I miss: My skin and my hair. They’re all sorts of jacked up from the raging hormones.
What I am looking forward to: Getting Rylee’s “big girl” room all ready for her! Hopefully finding a name for this poor girl…at the rate we’re going she may end up nameless!
Baby Milestones: Baby is practice breathing and swallowing. According to the ultrasound, baby weighs about 7 oz.
Other Goodness: Baby’s heartbeat was 169 beats/minute. And more ultrasound photos…

Next month I will try and dig out one of my belly photos from when I was pregnant with Ry for a little comparison.