25 WEEKS

It is hard to believe that there is only 100 days left before our baby will be here! Weeks and months sound longer but 100 days sounds like I don't have enough time left! :) 

How far along: 25 weeks

Total weight gain: I am finally gaining some weight now, not really sure but at least 5-10 pounds

Sleep:  I sleep pretty good just getting up several times a night for bathroom trips.

Movement: Our baby is a party animal!! He moves a few times a day but when he does he is really making some movement! I usually feel him in the morning and late afternoon and maybe a couple of times throughout the day. His major movements are in the morning and late afternoon though.

Food cravings:  Still LOVE my cereal. I could just live on cereal and be happy. No weird cravings though, just like to eat, that's nothing new though! :)

What I miss:  Now that its spring time, the weather is nice and it is just so pretty outside, I sure miss having a drink on a patio!!

Symptoms:  I do not have very many complaints of bad symptoms at this point. Tailbone still sore, this is because I never sit up straight, never. I will pay for this in the end, I have a feeling it will get worse. After the kidney stone though I really don't think anything could be worse!

Gender: Still a BOY :)

Belly button innie or outie?: Hmm...it is in between haha half is in and half is trying to make its way out!


And my rings no longer fit :(

Just some photos, well LOTS of photos

Here are some before and after pictures of the nursery so far and just random pics of all the stuff Baby M already has! Sorry I just went picture CRAZY! :) It was fun going back through everything. I just can't wait for him to be here so he can wear some of his adorable clothes!!!

Before ... 

And after ... 

We have carpet! :)

Baby M will love this when he starts crawling and trying to walk! 

Crib :) I can NOT wait to order his bedding!! 

Tons of stuff we have already collected! 

Buttons just hanging out :)

Here are a few of the gifts he has gotten :)

Are those shorts not the cutest??

Dara got this very early on when we were still hoping for a girl :) but pigs are pink so there is no reason for Baby M not to be able to enjoy him :) and hes soooo soft!!

We have a serious addiction to buying clothes!! We can't help it, everywhere we go we buy several outfits :) We will be keeping the tags on everything I am worried there are a few things he might not ever even fit in if he keeps growing like he has been! :) (Sorry I told you I went crazy with the pics)

Monkey butt, monkey feet :)

Rickys mom stocked up on old navy onsies!

Gotta love amazon :)

I love Gymboree too! That's where I found these cute Dino things :) I love that jacket!!

We LOVE Carter's. Just found out they have an outlet in Tunica. I can't wait to go :) We will go crazy there for sure!!!

Most owl stuff is too girly looking so I was excited to find this bag! :) 

How cute :))

I LOVE the little socks that look like shoes!

I LOVE this diaper bag!! This was a must-have for mama :)

20 weeks photo

Well since my pregnancy was not very fun the first 20 weeks I had no desire to take any photos or do anything really! Now that I am feeling better I hope to start getting a little more creative and documenting the remainder of the pregnancy. We will see if I can at least do this every hmmm 5 weeks :) I already know theres no way I would be able to keep up every week. Anyway here is the baby bump from 20 weeks.
(I was not about to put on makeup just for a pic!) 

Kidney Stone - 24 weeks

Baby M is growing a lot these days! He is over 1 pound now and I am feeling him move more and more each day. I started feeling him a few weeks ago. It is the strangest thing in the world. It took me a while to realize that was him in there :) 

It has been 4 weeks since my last post and I would like to say that nothing eventful happened but we all know that this pregnancy does NOT work that way! :) One Sunday I woke up and had a pain in my side, it wasn't really that bad but with everything I have been through so far, pain has not been an issue so I was concerned and we went to the labor and delivery dept at the hospital where Baby M will be born. They got us back pretty quick and the pain still was not that bad at this point. While we were waiting on the ultrasound tech to come down the pain suddenly went from not bad to extremely painful!! I could not get comfortable so I cried and tossed and turned for about 30 mins straight and then they pain just kind of went away. The doctor told me that this was just ligament pains from my belly stretching and sent us home. Wednesday night the pain came back and thinking I was just the biggest baby on Earth, I laid in bed and cried myself to sleep. Thursday I was laying in the floor at work around 2. Still thinking this is ligament pains we got a belly brace and I tried that and I was going to go to therapy to learn some stretches but I could not get out of the floor to do anything!! I went home and soaked in a hot bath and the pain just kept getting worse, by 6 I was on the phone with a nurse from my doctors office and decided I was heading back to the hospital. I do not remember much more from this night just bits and pieces. I remember thinking I would DIE before we got there. I remember being so hot I was fanning myself but when we got there they told me I was freezing. Once we got back in a room I was shaking from the pain. This is when they decide this is not ligament pains, I have a KIDNEY STONE!! I have heard about stones and heard they were bad but never in my life have I experienced pain like that before. I don't know how people deal with these frequently. This was my first hospital experience ever, first IV and all. With the pain I was going through I did not mind anything that they were doing to me. I did not get pain meds until after they worked me up and sent me down for an xray to confirm the stone. Once I got back to the room they finally drugged me and I had almost immediate relief! I was a happy girl finally. Throughout all this it never crossed my mind that this was kind of a big deal and then they told me that the doctor would come see me in the morning! I was staying overnight in a hospital for the first time. I was so worn out from 5 or more hours of constant pain that I really did not care at this point. Oh yea and just in case I would have to have surgery I could not have any food or even water! I did not get to have anything til 1 the next day!! They took us upstairs and got us settled in our room and I tried to get some sleep. I was so sick at this point from the pain meds I just wanted to sleep. Poor Ricky was supposed to go to work Friday morning but I did not allow him to get much sleep. It is hard to go to the bathroom alone, in a hospital gown, with an IV hooked up to you. I had to wake him up each time I had to get up. Friday I did not have anymore pain but I was so scared that it would come back so we decided to stay another night so I could get more fluids and hope that I could pass the stone. By Saturday morning I was ready to get home to my babies, my bath, and my bed!! We went home and Saturday night I ended up having to take 4 pain pills. I do NOT do pain pills, they make me sick and if I can avoid them I do but not a chance with that pain!! By Monday afternoon I was really having some different pains but not near as bad as before and after several trips to the bathroom I am pretty sure I finally passed it!!!!!! I hope that I never EVER get another kidney stone for as long as I live. That was the worst thing I have ever been through. I have decided after that labor should be no problem at all. However, I am still going for the c-section. I am not taking any chances of having a horrible labor after the pregnancy I have had so far. Sorry this was a long post but I wanted this whole experience documented so one day I can go back and read this and know that I survived the kidney stone. :)

Poor Daddy, he was tired!!

Yes, Bill and Earl REALLY were my nurses at night haha :) They did not have a plan tho and Dad took care of that for me :) Funny how they all write the same! 

Baby M was just fine everytime we checked on him. Mom has decided his middle name should be Stone after his evil twin brother! Hahahahaha. It would be a good story and I like meaning behind things :)
(and cool number dates)
We had lots of company while we were stuck at the hospital and I got some pretty flowers :) Thanks Dara! :)