baby ole :: week 29

this week started with a little bit of black friday shopping with mom. but we do it later style. :) we left bloomer about 8 am and were in eau claire for 2 hours, then we came back and made our own turkey dinner mostly just for the left overs :) we hit menards, target and penney's (tried kohls but the line, as always, was way too long). we got baby ole a 9 cube shelf at menards for a good deal so we put that together and al carried up the changing table before he went to work. it feels good to have his room a little more put together; now just have to make up my mind on the crib.

saturday and sunday were pretty relaxing (i didn't even open my backpack...). i put up some of our (my) outdoor christmas lights but need some more and some longer extension cords. monday was back to work and school with hurting hips. but i got a 94% on my test!! we also got some snow this week, starting on monday. and happy birthday uncle-to-be tyler!!

both sunday and monday night i woke up in the middle of the night (when al got home) and was wide awake for several hours. monday night from midnight-3a. not good for this sleeper; i need my sleep, but during this time i felt baby's hiccups for the first time! tuesday i had another midwife appointment and asked about the sleep. she said it's likely pregnancy insomnia by way of the body preparing itself to wake up every couple hours with a newborn... :(

baby ole is measuring 2 weeks bigger (well the belly is anyhow) and he has a great, steady heartbeat! will start appointments every 2 weeks now.

 29w4d

i need to remember to take my pictures during the daylight

because this room has very little light.

here's an above shot of the belly while waiting for the midwife.

it looks a lot bigger from above.

candy cane belly & new boots :)

How big is baby: size of an acorn squash (thebump.com's sizes are kind of throwing us off so i'll list my app's sizes as well) or butternut squash

Weight gain/loss: 18-23 pounds (thanksgiving meals did not help this...)

Stretch marks: none, although my belly button is starting to stretch out

Sleep: sleeping ok when i'm asleep, but wake up for hours at a time in the middle of the night. flip flopping a lot, uncomfortable by morning.

Diet/Cravings/Aversions: nothing really, still loving my apple a day

Movement: feeling movement daily

What I'm loving: looking forward to the end of school and christmas

Symptoms: heartburn or reflux, and hip aches

What I'm looking forward to: al has a 5 day weekend starting this wednesday until sunday! this includes the brown christmas (dad's side), cookie making with mom, time with shane & jodi, and christmas card pictures on sunday (hopefully i get them in time and then out on time)

Best moment of the week:  4 day, pretty relaxing weekend

How I'm feeling: monday i was over everything: school, work, being pregnant, but i remind myself that i'm lucky and this time will be over before i know it. the end of the week was better but thursday was bitter cold, with the windchill, so walking to school was terrible.