Bumpdate- 32 and 33 Weeks

Growth: 

At 33 weeks, Liz Bit is the size of a honeydew melon. She now keeps her eyes open when she is awake and closes them when she sleeps. Apparently she is now starting to run out of room since she is getting bigger and I am supposed to feel her less, but actually I think I feel her more! She seems to constantly be moving and taping her feet on my ribs. The past couple of days when I lay down in bed at night my ribs are sore from the pressure of her pressing on them all day.

How I'm Feeling:

In my last blog post I was bragging on how I haven't swelled, well that changed this week! Even on the night we drove for NOLA to GA I noticed my toes were a little bit sausage looking. Since being here I have had to take my wedding rings off and I feel like my face has gotten plumper. I feel great, but just think I have started to retain water. I am blaming it on the different altitude adjustment and all the salty, good foods everyone has been spoiling us with this week. I'm hoping that as we get into a routine and start eating more normal, it will get better. 

Favorite Moments:

Although is has been just a week since we moved to our new place, it seems like we have jammed a month's worth of activity! We are pretty much all unpacked and making the house feel like our home. My most favorite part has been loving getting doted on by our family this week!! I have realized just how much I have missed them all over the past three years. Little things like my mother in law making us an extra meat loaf to take and cook at our place, my daddy just deciding to pop on over after work to help cut a hole out for our dishwasher, Nana making us dinner and fried pies, calling Papa to come over to deal with the weirdos that were sitting by the street, and riding on over to our cousin's house for no real reason but 'just because.' Gosh we have missed out, and are sooo enjoying getting back used to having help and not having to rely on just ourselves. Blessed, doesn't even begin to describe it!

Most Looking Forward To:

I am ready for this next week and am hoping to settle down a little bit into a routine. Our first week back has been so busy, that we just need life to slow down a little bit. Working non-stop and going non-stop begins to take its toll both mentally and physically. I love the bussle but am ready to get to enjoy laying on a float in the lake, getting Little Bit's nursery ready by putting together her crib and furniture, and enjoying some time spent getting back used to living in the area!

Bumpdate- 27,28,29,30,31 Weeks!

So I got a little bit behind...

Growth: We are in the third trimester and feeling good! At 31 weeks all her senses are intact, meaning she can see, hear, touch, smell, and taste. Elizabeth is close to the size of a big head of lettuce and is weighing at about 3 and 1/2 pounds. She flip flops around a lot but I can tell she is starting to go into the head down and feet up position a lot, especially during the day. At night she will flip or rotate so she is sideways with her head on my right hip and her feet kicking my left hip. On Friday at work she had both of her feet on the middle of the bottom of my ribs and would stretch and push up. I felt like my ribs were being pulled up out of my skin. It was kinda uncomfortable:) Liz also still does this thing where she will get shy. She will be dancing and then Chris or myself will start rubbing or poking my belly and she will stop. I imagine she is just trying to figure out what we are doing to her. 

How I'm Feeling: I doing really good. No complaints about anything. Just trying to survive the last week of school and making the move back to GA. Chris is really handling all the moving details, which I really appreciate. He won't let me help pack anything and I have been just trying to stay out of his way. My wedding rings still fit and my feet don't really swell. I do feel like I am starting to get puffy in my face. I feel very proud of my weight gain, although I would die before I told anyone other than my mother the exact amount, I am right smack dab in the normal/recommended range for my BMI for this point in my pregnancy.

With moving, especially while in your third trimester, comes a lot of complicated things we had to figure out: ie. new doctors, new insurance. Everything has fallen into place very easily. I am super excited and can't wait to meet my new doctor, which is Dr. Lambert at North Point Obgyn. I have only heard amazing things about him and this doctor office! 
 
Favorite Moments: 

I feel like a roly poly bug and while trying to paint my nails my sweet husband offered to. Yes he offered:) Definitely a keeper, and is doing to make such a good girl daddy. 

GRADUATION!! Chris graduated last weekend. It was a such a happy moment. So proud of Chris and all the hard work he has and is devoting to following his calling. Seminary is not for the faint of heart and takes dedication. For the past 3 years I have had the privilege of watching him change everyday to being closer and closer to God, an amazing experience to watch anyone you love go through. 

I started to bawl my eyes out when he left me that morning to go line up. He didn't know I snapped the above picture, but I should have videoed it. He was walking with a purpose, a pride strut, and just so excited that he made it. 

Most Looking Forward to: Moving! We are in our last week in Nola, my next bumpdate picture will be taken in Georgia! Now if only the next 6 days will zoom by, so we can start our next adventure!

Bumpdate- 24, 25, and 26 Weeks

(fyi this post is not updated. I am currently 27 Weeks, but my hubby is in GA this weekend and I don't have anyone to take my 27 week picture. boo hoo :)

Growth: 26 weeks means she is about the size of a whole head of lettuce! Elizabeth is also about 14 inches long and this week I feel like I actually look pregnant. Infact most friends are now commenting to me that they can see my bump now. I wear such baggy clothing most of the time that it had just looked like I had eaten a too many cupcakes:)  

How I'm Feeling: I'm doing great! Little Bit likes to kick and punch at the same time which is a pretty weird sensation. I tease and say she has a great left hook punch. She will get on a roll and one time I started counting after a couple of kicks and chops in and I got up to past 20! Such an active little thing, and I swear she already has personality. She will be showing off her moves for me, and I'll call Chris over and the second he puts his hand on my stomach she will stop. Then he will leave and she'll go right back at it. She knows how to put on a good front:)



Favorite Moments: My sweet coworkers threw me a baby shower after school! It was actually a joined shower because my 4th grade teammate, Maria, is getting married in June, so they just threw one for the both of us.

We racked up on giftcards and also received some precious baby outfits, bumbo seat, and our bounce around exersaucer!

Maria is going to kill me for this picture, but it's the only one I got! We both teach 4th grade and I have had the wonderful privilege of working with her. She is a wonderful teacher and is going to be a gorgeous bride! I was so glad that we got to have a joined shower because I get super embarrassed and tend to act-a-fool in front of not only adults, but especially in front of my peers!

Everything tastes better in Nola, I assure you it is not just a pregnancy thing, even their normal cakes are just better. It was delicious and I may have eaten a piece that was the size of my hand... maybe my arm... I don't know, but I ate probably way too much. It was just good:)

I wanted to show off my new maternity top! I was super excited I got to wear this to my shower, and I assure you it is going to be worn out by the time summer is over.

Most Looking Forward to: EASTER BREAK!!! Ahhh... it has been hard the past couple of weeks to see my GA peeps enjoying their Spring Break and posting all over facebook about it, but finally ours has arrived! We got Good Friday off and then the whole week after. I love how in New Orleans it is referred to as Easter (or Easta as my cajun kiddoes say) Break. It is always the week after Easter which probably has something to do with lent and all the Catholics. They even put Easter Break on school calendars, to me it's all about the little religious things here and there that they still allow us to do in schools that makes me appreciate it even more:)

This week I've been busy crossing things off our to do list! I've got our maternity/newborn pictures scheduled, insurance information completed, sorted and threw out a bunch of junk we had collected the past 3 years, packed up some boxes, and taken a couple of naps:)