Week 31

Life has been insanely busy the last few weeks. Hence why I haven't gotten around to updating the blog sooner. Sorry to all of you who have been looking for updates! But here you go. Also check out our medical update post going up after this one later tonight!

How far along: 31 weeks

Due date: January 7th, 2015

Maternity clothes: I've had to pick up a few new tops as I continue to grow. My pre-pregnancy tops just weren't cutting it. And I've realized something that I think someone needs to monopolize on … Maternity shoes. I seriously have one pair that I can comfortably wear at this point … and on a really good day I can usually squeeze into a second pair. 

Sleep: This has become a fun challenge. There is no more tossing and turning at night. I wake up in the same position I fell asleep in but I think this is because I can unconsciously roll over anymore. It's quite an effort if I want to switch sides ha. 

Best moment of this week: It has been fun to notice how excited our sweet little girl gets when she realizes that her daddy is nearby. When I get home from work and the minute Sam touches my belly or gets close enough for her to hear she goes crazy. Melts my heart every single time!

Miss anything: Wearing more than one pair of shoes ...

Movement: Things are definitely getting tight in there. It's funny to see her trying to stretch things out at night when we are sitting in bed. 

Food cravings: Homemade bread or rolls. I have always, always been a carb-aholic but that seemed to be put at bay a little with this pregnancy.  But I'd venture to say it's back in full force now… but in a different way. The only stuff I really crave is homemade breads, store bought just doesn't cut it. I don't even have an interest in it. Which I suppose is a good thing right? Okay, so maybe I'm not back up to carb-aholic status … maybe I'm just a homemade-carb-aholic, which is definitely safer as I don't really have the time or energy to be baking any bread right now. Ha!

Anything making you queasy or sick: Last week we went to Red Lobster for our anniversary and lets just say we will not be having seafood in this house for a while. 

Gender: We are so, so, so excited to be welcoming a little girl into this world. Our sweet little Evangeline. 

Pregnancy signs: I've started to experience Braxton Hicks. They aren't painful or anything like that, but it is kind of exciting that we are getting to the point where my body is preparing and practicing for Evie's and my big day!

Belly button in or out: Inny but we are so, so, so close to being an outty.

Wedding ring on or off: Unfortunately this week the ring had to come off.  

Happy or moody most of the time: Happy? But in the last week there were definitely more tears than there has been in a good while. And over silly things mostly… like I was watching this week's episode of Biggest Loser and someone gave their phone call home to someone on another team who didn't get to call home. Or last week when things got stressful at work and someone else from a different department came over and yelled at one of my co-workers and was blaming our team for something. Or tears of frustration at myself for not being able to do something I use to be able to. Lets just say this is not my favorite change ha.