30 Weeks

Baby Girl is the length of an English cucumber!  She is about 16 inches from head to feet and weighs about 3 lbs!
Baby can open and close her eyelids, but keeps them closed for most of the day (however, she can track light).
She's now strong enough to grasp a finger!

How far along?The big 30!

Check out the difference from 5 weeks to 30 weeks!  whoa belly!

Maternity clothes? Pants are officially uncomfortable.  And dresses are getting too small.  Looks like I'm going to need to get another round of big belly clothes.

Stretch marks? nope

Sleep: Sleep has been a little better this week.  I am still exhausted though.  However I found a new sleep position that lets me sleep for 4-5 hours at a time.  Woohoo!  It involves 3 pillows under my head/back and at least 2 under my knees.

Best moment this week:
The crib skirt is done!  It is so adorable and I can't wait until the nursery is complete and I can show it off :)
Someone had the hiccups a couple of times this week.  And this was the first week that I could actually feel them.  It's like feeling your heartbeat because it's so rhythmic.  

Miss Anything? Sleeping through the night and not having the burning pain under my right ribs.

Movement: She's been bouncing around all week!  I no longer have to be sitting down to see or feel her kick, move, and punch.  She does it when I'm standing up or walking too.  She has also started responding to Andrew's voice when he talks to her and gets her all riled up.
And hiccups this week!

Food cravings: carrots and hummus, Mike&Ikes (although I really wanted to 1lb bag of Skittles, but I refrained.  Will power people)

Exercise:
Lots of walking this week.  The burning pain on my stomach has made any other exercise, like strength training, really difficult.
The girls and I walk a little more than 4 miles every morning and we've been trying to go out for another mile later in the morning/afternoon before it gets too hot.

Anything making you queasy or sick: nope

Gender: Pretty little lady!  

 Labor Signs: nope

Symptoms: burning/numbing under my ribs (it is awful at night) and back pain, braxton hicks starting up again, exhaustion/no sleep

Belly Button in or out? still in

Wedding rings on or off? on

Happy or Moody most of the time: I've been trying to be super positive this week.  I was pretty happy to discover that Netflix put up season 9 of Grey's Anatomy!  I'm literally just exhausted all the time because I don't get any sleep.  This usually leads to sobbing by the time that Andrew gets home from work because I'm just so tired.  It has been fun seeing baby girl bounce around more and respond to Andrew when he talks to her. 
It's no surprise that I've had a hard time adjusting to the weight gain and big belly.  Trying on my maternity clothes to figure out what to wear to the baby shower was not exactly awesome either since everything is getting too tight and we still have 2 months to go.  It's probably a good thing that I'm not teaching anymore because I don't know what I would wear everyday!  But I try not to dwell on how much weight I've gained and how much I have to lose (even thought I still think about it all the time).

Looking forward to:
Baby shower in Lacrosse is/was Saturday, Sept. 7th.
Hanging out with the Koskas next weekend.
Week 30 doctor's appointment on Tuesday
My Arbonne launch parties coming up in a few weeks :)


Baby Girl,

You have been quite the little gymnast this week!  You bounce around all the time and have started kicking me in the my ribs.  I can feel your little feet jabbing me a lot.  Your daddy likes to rile you up just like with your big sisters and you usually respond to his voice by bouncing around a lot.  He thinks it's hilarious and usually taps my belly button and tells you to hit it (so that it will pop out soon) and you usually do.

You've also started getting the hiccups more this past week.  

There's not much new to add this week.  I look forward to posting pictures of your Loeffler baby shower.  You are a very well-loved baby girl. 

We start our baby classes this next week for the next six weeks.  I have a feeling these next few weeks are going to fly by and you will be here before we know it!  While we are SO excited to meet you, we still need some time to get everything ready for you. 

Love you,
your mama