36 weeks

How far along?: 36 weeks

Total weight gain: 21 pounds! 

How big is baby?: The size of romaine lettuce (about 18.5 inches, almost 6 pounds)

Maternity clothes?: yes. And lots of stretchy dresses

Movement: It's at the alien stage

Stretch marks?: I'm fairly certain I have some around my belly button. They're white marks so it's a little hard to tell

Sleep?: I'm falling asleep easier, but still need a nap almost every day

Symptoms?: The heartburn is becoming less, but I'm having back pain.

Food cravings: Orange Juice

What I miss: Not having a rock hard belly. It's so hard to bend even slightly

What I'm looking forward to: Christmas! Duh! So many fun activities and family get-togethers coming up!

32 weeks

How far along?: 32 weeks

Total weight gain: 17 pounds! 

How big is baby?: The size of a squash (about 16.6 inches, about 3.75 pounds)

Maternity clothes?: yes, or just sweatpants

Movement: dare I say too much? It's starting to get to painful stage 

Stretch marks?: maybe around my belly button. I can't tell yet. 

Sleep?: Still always tired, and still having a hard time taking a nap :(

Symptoms?: heartburn almost every night

Food cravings: anything

What I miss: being able to bend over without getting winded

What I'm looking forward to: my parents are coming into town for Thanksgiving! 

27 weeks

How far along?: 27 weeks

Total weight gain: 13 pounds! Only 1 pound more since last month. I'm glad things are slowing down a little...for now

How big is baby?: The size of lettuce (about 14.4 inches, about 1.93 pounds)

Maternity clothes?: yes on tops, but maternity bottoms are still too loose 

Movement: lots of kicking and pushing

Stretch marks?: not yet

Sleep?: I'm usually always tired, whether pregnant or not. But lately I haven't been able to fall asleep for nap time (yes, nap time is for me too). I haven't been feeling too tired because of it though, but it's always hard to get up in the morning.  

Symptoms?: A little heartburn

Food cravings: Just everything

What I miss: Wearing my regular clothes. None of my maternity clothes are cute

What I'm looking forward to: Halloween! We have lots of fun Halloween/Fall activities coming up this month. Now if only the weather would get with the program.

22 weeks

I'm a few weeks late on this post. My goal is to post every time I have a prenatal appointment. I'm 19 weeks along right now, but I'm going to write this post as if it were right after my appointment. 

How far along?: 22 weeks

Total weight gain: 12 pounds! Yikes!

How big is baby?: The size of a spaghetti squash (about 11 inches, about 1 pound)

Maternity clothes?: I've started wearing a few maternity tops

Movement: lots of flutters

Stretch marks?: no

Sleep?: I've been getting some good sleep. I'm trying not to nap as much so I can actually fall asleep at a decent hour. It's like a never ending cycle though. I go to bed late, so I need a nap, and then I'm not tired so I don't go to bed til midnight, and so on and so forth. 

Symptoms?: Heartburn is starting already :(

Food cravings: Nothing specific really 

What I miss: Being thinner. With every pregnancy I get bigger, faster.

What I'm looking forward to: School starts this week! Summer break was harder than I thought it would be. Savannah has a lot of energy and when she gets crazy, the boys follow suit. Things were much more mellow last year while she was in school so I'm hoping that happens again. Sterling is also starting preschool 2 days a week!

16 weeks

I'm a few weeks late on this post. My goal is to post every time I have a prenatal appointment. I'm 19 weeks along right now, but I'm going to write this post as if it were right after my appointment. 

How far along?: 16 weeks 5 days 

Total weight gain: 3 pounds

How big is baby?: The size of an avocado (about 4.5 inches, about 3.5 ounces)

Maternity clothes?: Not yet

Movement: lots of flutters

Stretch marks?: no

Sleep?: I've been insanely tired all the time!

Symptoms?: Heartburn is starting already :(

Food cravings: Orange juice

What I miss: Being able to do anything. I'm so exhausted; I'm completely useless

What I'm looking forward to: We're going to the river next week! I'm so looking forward to a much needed vacation.

Magic number 4

Well, I'm pregnant with baby #4! The kids (well, Savannah and Sterling) are so excited. They both want to have a baby girl, but they know that we don't get to pick. I had my first appointment yesterday and it was a little bit of a nightmare just because the boys were wreaking havoc in the room. And I'm not much of a disciplinarian when I have no pants on...

Other than that, the baby looks good and the heartbeat sounds great! I can still remember Savannah being terrified of the sound of Sterling's heartbeat. She would cry every time we heard it. 

How far along?: 11 weeks 3 days

Total weight gain: -1 pound

How big is baby?: The size of a fig (about 1.6 inches, about .25 ounces)

Maternity clothes?: Not yet

Movement: Absolutely nothing

Stretch marks?: no

Sleep?: I've been insanely tired all the time!

Symptoms?: A tiny bit of nausea

Food cravings: Orange juice

What I miss: Being able to do anything. I'm so exhausted; I'm completely useless

What I'm looking forward to: We are moving into a house next week, July 1. I hate the stress leading up to the move, but I can't wait to be in a bigger place. Right now we have all 3 kids in 1 bedroom and Savannah is really excited to have her own room.