{5.30.10}

week: twenty-four

more pains and more aches this week. blah-dee blah blah blah-dee. this stretch of the pregnancy is a little too slow and boring for my liking. 

to pass the time I've been working on my 101 list. #101 was to start a journal of quotes. initially it was envisioned to hold all my favorites but as the pages filled I felt this journal was meant to be handed down to our baby silvie one day. therefore completing #24 on the list.

 

silvie's size:

• a foot-long sub sandwich

silvie looks like:

{5.23.10}

week: twenty-three

silvie's lung development is a big thing right now, since babies born around 24 weeks gestation can often survive outside the womb -- fascinating and a little creepy at the same time right?! her fat production is in overdrive this week, and will basically double in weight over the next four weeks. let's hope the same doesn't apply to me!

the diaper inventory continues to increase (someone please stop me), as does the garter (aka headband) collection.

food cravings:

• milk + graham crackers

silvie's size:

• bag of coffee beans - yummmm

silvie looks like:

{5.16.10}

week: twenty-two

a recent blackberry messenger conservation:

adam: the bump says... that you will be out of breath a lot.

me: yep. true.

adam: and also that pretty soon your belly button is going to freak out!

me: i love you. 

**as of yet, my "unfreaked" belly button has remained flat like it did with brenner!**

 

silvie's size:

• papaya 

silvie looks like:

{5.9.10}

week: twenty-one

silvie is like, kicking for serious now, and her movements cannot only be felt from the outside, they can now be seen. a-m-a-z-i-n-g!

i'm feeling surprisingly awesome this week - not as achy and supercharged to crazy clean, organize, cook (yes, i said it, cook!) and walk 1.5 miles almost daily on my treadmill.

oh, and, i've started buying a few diapers.

just a few.

 

 food cravings:

• cheeeeeeeeeeeese!

food aversions:

• swanson chicken broth - smells like perm solution

silvie's size:

• banana

silvie looks like:

{5.2.10}

week: twenty

we're over halfway there with only 19 weeks to go (yes, that only adds up to 39 weeks but going 41 weeks with brenner i believe i deserve a scheduled c-section a week early don't ya think?!). silvie is growing bigger and bigger by the day as my stomach aches with growing pains. wowzie! and call it a coincidence but every time I put a piece of orbit gum in my mouth she goes karate crazy on my uterus.

this week we spent a lot of time decorating silvie's room and checking the many to-do items off our list. we're hoping to get baby-ready by late spring so we can enjoy and spend as much time outside and traveling this summer. not that i can announce yet...but there are some amazing changes about to unfold for our family in the next few weeks that has me giddy excited!

food cravings:

• peanut butter + banana+ swiss cheese sandwiches

silvie's size:

• cantaloupe

silvie looks like: