Week 24

Thanks for all the great responses to last week's post. It was a lot of fun reminiscing about my pregnancy with Rory and digging through the old photos (haha old photos?!? From four years ago!) Someone suggested that I include what Rory's up to as well as what's going on with the baby (thanks Tia Jackie :0) ). So now I'm going to include a section on Rory.

Rory

The weather here has been a little weird, some days it's nice out and others it's way too windy to go outside. But we are trying to visit the park more and take advantage of the sunny days and take a break from all the baby prepping that's going on in the house.

At the park

That face says it all!

And I have to share this story with you. Over the weekend I had a massive breakout on my cheek (yup, another one due to my pregnancy!). Rory came into our bathroom and pointed to my cheek and said "Mama, it's pink". I told him, "Yeah, Mama has an ouwie". So he leaves the room only to return a few minutes later with the neosporan and a cars bandaid. He then takes the cap off the neosporan and tells me to put some on my cheek. And as I'm doing so, he opens the cars bandaid and places it on my cheek and finishes by saying, "there Mama". I was so touched by how sweet he was that I started to cry.

(No make up Saturday morning!)

Here are a few of the "pieces of art" that Rory created at school recently...

a chick

triangle man

a turtle

Now on to the pregnancy...

I've decided to add a symptom line because I'm starting to experience more and more symptoms. 

How far along? 24 Weeks & 1 Day
Total weight gain/loss: 17 lbs (1/2 a pound of baby, 1/2 a pound of oreos :0))
Maternity clothes? Still rockin' a mixture of both non-maternity and maternity clothes
Stretch marks? Still keeping my fingers crossed! And I bought the best smelling mango-scented body butter cream yesterday. It may be my new obsession.
Sleep: Great, when the baby's not moving around. But I've started to get leg cramps late at night/early morning that wake me from my sleep. Such a bummer, they are annoying!
Best moment this week: My doctor's appointment yesterday where I heard the baby's heartbeat. I knew the baby was fine because she's (or he's) been moving like crazy, but hearing the heartbeat is always a great reassurance that the baby is strong.
Have you told family and friends: Yes!
Miss Anything? My Subway sandwich :0(
Movement: OH YEAH! It use to be only at night when I was settling down for the night. But the last few days the baby has been moving at all hours of the night and it's making it hard to fall asleep. And I felt the baby pretty much all day yesterday. 
Food cravings: my Subway sandwich. The cravings have settled down a lot lately. Although I made turkey meatballs the other night and I've been eating them as if they're candy. They are so good!!!

Anything making you queasy or sick: fast food <----- Still
Symptoms: Leg and feet cramps almost every night. And I was hoping this was a myth, but I'm afraid not... grey hair!!! Yikes! I've discovered three of those little stinkers in the last month or so. Hmmm... no bueno!

Have you started to show yet: Um, 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 really loose. 
Happy or Moody most of the time: HAPPY!
Looking forward to: Just continuing all the baby prepping. I'll post pics when it's all done. But the nursery is going to be last on the list, so it's gonna be a couple more months before it's done.