Week 21

We are in full baby-prepping swing here at Casa Harrington! For anyone who has two or more kids, I'm not sure if this happened to you, but Little Baby H has thrown our house in full organization mode. When Rory came along he just seemed to slip into the natural order of the house. But with the second it's not just the nursery we need to get in order. The need for a nursery has caused a domino effect with all the rooms upstairs. Rory is currently using the crib mattress with his toddler bed and his dresser is not techniquically his. It's a family piece of furniture that all Harrington babies use. So he will be passing those items on to the baby and now his room needs to be upgraded from a toddler's room to a big boy's room. Wow! Rory is now a kid! But because Rory is still pretty young and he isn't going to have much of a say in his new room decor, we decided to hold off on buying him all new furniture. He will get a new twin bed, but we decided until we have a better idea of how much dresser space he needs we're going to wait on investing in a dresser and nightstand. Instead he is going to get our current dresser and nightstands. Which means... we are going to get new furniture for our bedroom!!! And these are the rooms that we haven't even started on. For the past month or so we've been working on the office. The nursery was Randy's music room and it's been quite a project moving his stuff into the office and reorganizing it to accommodate both of us. Step 1 of the domino reorganizing process.

This week my pesky hacking cough and congestion have come back. Keeping my fingers crossed that these aren't signs of a looming sinus infection! And my heartburn is edging its way to the top of the list of annoying pregnancy symptoms. I was expecting this though. When I was pregnant with Rory my heartburn was much worse. And at the very short birthing class we took, the instructor told us that the heartburn would be there until the moment the baby was born. And she was absolutely right. So I know I have 4+ months of heartburn ahead of me. It absolutely sucks, but I'll survive. I'm trying to stay away from any sort of medication, even my doctor-approved over-the-counter ones, so milk (with oreo cookies :) ) and cups of ice have been my go-to remedies.

How far along? 21 Weeks & 4 Days
Total weight gain/loss: 14 lbs (those darn oreo cookies!)
Maternity clothes? a couple of pairs of maternity leggings and some maternity tops. I finally bought a pair of maternity jeans and a few more tops.
Stretch marks? No and I've become a little more obsessive about applying lotions and creams on my growing bump.
Sleep: Pregnancy: Still good! Mommy of a 3-year-old: Not so great
Best moment this week: Shopping for maternity clothes with Rory. It's really funny when he approves or disapproves of something I've pulled from the rack. Needless to say that I didn't get anything he said no to.   
Have you told family and friends: Yes!
Miss Anything? I STILL miss my Subway sandwich. I have the urge to call my doctor and ask if one sandwich is OK. But I know that if she says yes, one sandwich will turn into a one-a-day sandwich. I rather not open that can.
Movement: Yes, more and more. And it's the little butterfly-like feeling movement. No sharp kicks or jabs just yet. Maybe I have a little ballerina in my belly
Food cravings: homemade chili, my homemade vegetable noodle soup, homemade salsa, banana laffy taffy and my Subway sandwich

Anything making you queasy or sick: fast food
Have you started to show yet: Oh yeah! 

Gender prediction: Still think the baby is a girl. 
Labor Signs: Nope!
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On and still loose. 
Happy or Moody most of the time: mostly happy!
Looking forward to: Valentine's Day! I know this isn't baby related, but this is the first Valentine's Day Rory will be at school and I'm really excited to create help him create his valentines for his friends.