Almost half way

I am little late posting my 19 week blog.  It is also time to do my 20 week one.  July has been crazy.  I also think baby Helland is having a growing spurt.  It takes me three days to recover from the weekends.  This last week we were at Country Jam.  It was a great time seeing all of our friends.  I think next time that I am pregnant and we have to go to Jam I might only go for two days.  The third day took a toll on me.  I was pretty tired out from the lack of sleep, water, and good food.  I still loved seeing Jason aldean, Luke Bryan, and Justin Moore on Saturday.  Once we got back from Jam we had a softball game on Sunday night.  Monday we had Volleyball and Tuesday and Wednesday Travis had softball. We also took time to pick some veggies from our garden.   It is wonderful having a garden.  I am very lucky that my husband weeds because I am not a fan.  But here is what has been up with my pregnancy. 

19 weeks

How far along?  19 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: 2.5 pounds

Maternity clothes? No maternity clothes yet, trying to hold off as long as possible. 

Stretch Marks? No stretch marks as of yet.  I have been using cream a couple nights a week and lots of lotion after showering. 

Best Moment: I felt the baby moveJ   Hopefully I feel it more.  Also, we got to see our great friends from Washington for the weekend.  OHHH and seeing Justin Moore, Luke Bryan, and Jason Aldean wasn’t too bad;)   

Miss Anything? As bad as this sounds, I miss not taking care of myself.  Working out as hard as I want, or eating whatever and whenever I want.  All worth it in the end though!!!!  

Movement: Pretty sure I felt baby Helland move. I can’t wait to feel him/her move more often. 

Food cravings: No cravings this week, but have been eating more.   

Anything making you queasy or sick:  None, feeling betterJ

Have you started to show yet? Well it just looks like I put on a few pounds around the waist line.  Looks like I am getting a little thicker.  No official baby bump yet, only when I eat or drink water.  I think I will pop any day.  In addition, I have been having some stretching pains.  GOODBYE ABSL

Gender: Not sure.  We had lots of guesses this weekend by our friends.  Two think it’s a girl and one thinks it is a boy.      

Labor Signs: No labor signs yet. 

Belly button in or out? Belly button still in. There are no changes yet to it. 

Wedding ring on or off? My wedding ring is still on.  

Happy or Moody most of the time: This week I have been sleepy, I think from being in the heat.  Otherwise I have been pretty happy.    

Looking forward to:  I am still looking forward to the ultrasound in two weeks.  Also, tomorrow our great friends fly in from Washington.  We are headed to their parents house for a bbq.  Then on Thursday is Travis’s birthday and country jam starts.  Pretty excited to see LUKE BRYAN and JASON ALDEAN.  Should be a fun filled weekend with some great country music and some great friends.  On Sunday, Travis and I plan to hit up the St. Croix County fair on the way home.  

Here are also some pictures of our veggies we got from our garden (that I am very excited about)     

Moving on up- 18 Weeks

18 weeks- getting thicker

It is amazing how fast summer goes by.  Weeks during the summer just fly by.  During the winter I swear the days drag on and months go on forever.  It’s hard to believe we are almost through July.  It makes me sad that summer will have come and gone in a blink of an eye.  This has been a very busy week.  Trav’s friends came into town for a softball tourney, so we were at the ball field, grilled out, played lawn games, and got lots of sun. I have been trying to rest up for another festive weekend.  

How far along?  18 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: 1 pound

Maternity clothes? No maternity clothes yet, but a couple pair of my shorts definitely don’t fit.

Stretch Marks? No stretch marks as of yet.  I have been using cream a couple nights a week. 

Best Moment: Travis played in a softball tournament with my cousin’s husband and his friends.  They ended up winning the tournament so that was pretty excited.  Other great news we had an unexpected visit to the doctors’ office and got to hear the baby’s heartbeat. 

Miss Anything? I miss drinking coffee and now tomatoes, spicy food, jalapeño peppers, and pizza.  My stomach has taken a turn and I have to cut out high fatty foods and anything spicy.   This is going to be tuff.  

Movement: I believe I may have felt something, but I am not saying its official. 

Food cravings: No cravings this week. 

Anything making you queasy or sick:  As of right now, I can’t eat much food because my upper stomach gets sharp pains when I eat.   Most food gives me cramps.    

Have you started to show yet? This is a yes.  Now after I drink water my baby belly doesn’t get very much smaller it stays pretty round. 

Gender: Not sure.  At first I thought it was a girl, but I have no idea.    

Labor Signs: No labor signs yet. 

Belly button in or out? Belly button still in. There are no changes yet to it. 

Wedding rind on or off? My wedding ring is still on.  

Happy or Moody most of the time: This week I have been sleepy, I think from being in the heat.  Otherwise I have been pretty happy.    

Looking forward to:  I am still looking forward to the ultrasound in two weeks.  Also, tomorrow our great friends fly in from Washington.  We are headed to their parent’s house for a bbq.  Then on Thursday is Travis’s birthday and country jam starts.  Pretty excited to see LUKE BRYAN and JASON ALDEAN.  Should be a fun filled weekend with some great country music and some great friends.  On Sunday, Travis and I plan to hit up the St. Croix County fair on the way home.  

17 Weeks

Welcome to 17 weeks. The bump is coming a little everyday.  You can see a little rounding of the tummy.  I am definitely getting thicker in the waist.  I also tried to wear a tighter shirt so you could see the difference. 

It’s hard to believe we are in the middle of July.  I have had a week and a half off of work and I haven’t accomplished anything.   We have been very busy.  Busy with all good things, so I can’t complain.  Today we went to some garage sales to look for some baby items.  We got so many great dealsJ    We bought tons of clothes, a high chair, a warm fuzzy thing for the car seat (since we will have a little winter baby), a bunch a toys (football, basketball hoop, and some books).  We also found a weight set and elliptical for very cheap.  So we are going to just have our own little gym at our house which will be very nice this winter when I don’t want to venture out to go to the gym.   We also had Volleyball, and three softball games this week like usual.  It has been another pretty hot week.  Today feels a little better with the breeze, but wufta it is one hot July.  As for being pregnant it has been going good. Trying to find a name we like.  We want something different, but nothing to crazy or hard to say.  If you have any ideas, please feel free to comment.  We need all the help we can get. 

How far along?  17 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: 1 pound

Maternity clothes? I have not had to wear any maternity clothes yet.  I looked at some this last weekend and it’s hard to believe that I will grow that much. 

Stretch Marks? No stretch marks as of yet.  I heard that they are hereditary and my mom and both my sisters got them.  So I am thinking I might get them. 

Sleep: I have been sleeping greatJ

Best Moment: What a week.  Travis had to work this last weekend, but I went to my cousins wedding and went shopping for my friends wedding which is coming up in three weeksJ  When my husband came back we went golfing and got ice cream. 

Miss Anything? Drinking coffee and I worry all the time that I am doing to much outdoors in the sun.  I try to take breaks and drink lots of water. 

Movement: I don’t think I have felt anything yet.  At church I thought that I may have felt something like bubbles, but then I think it was just from the breakfast I ate lol. 

Food cravings: I have wanted cheesy bread sticks with sauce, but I haven’t given in yet.  Maybe this weekend I will have to stop and get some.  I also seem to want to eat anything I smell when I am really hungry.  I stopped in at the grocery store and they were making fried chicken and I hadn’t ate lunch yet and was like mmmm fried chicken, but I think that was just because I hadn’t ate anything for three hours.  I usually have to eat every three hours.  Baby Helland must be growing. 

Anything making you queasy or sick: I now get car sick sometimes.  Not really sick or anything, but not comfortable if I am in the back and the driver is driving like crazy.   

Have you started to show yet? I think little baby Helland is starting to make an appearance.  I see a little bump.  When I eat a lot of drink water it gets really big. 

Gender: Not sure.  It will be crazy not knowing until we have the little baby, but it will be very exciting. 

Labor Signs: No labor signs yet. 

Belly button in or out? Belly button still in. There are no changes yet to it. 

Wedding rind on or off? My wedding ring is still on.  

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy most of the time, unless it is really late at night and I am hungry and then I get moody. 

Looking forward to: I am looking forward to the month of July.  We have so many fun things going on.  This week is my dad’s birthday, and it is fun fest weekend (Travis is playing in a softball tournament so that should be lots of fun).  It is also our towns summer festival so there are lots of good bands this weekend. 

Goodbye June, Hello HOT July

Holy smokes where has June gone.  It makes me sad to think how fast summer is going by.  My summer break just started on Friday.  I finished up summer school and couldn't be happier.  Now I have all of July to relax and then August is back to work in my new classroom to get ready for my kiddos.  Our life has been crazy busy as always. Friday through Monday we went camping with some of my family.  With the start of July also came the start of wicked hot humid weather.  Mid to upper 90's everyday with humidity.  I am starting to believe that a person can melt.  Maybe the witch from Wizard of Oz wasn't crazy.  Besides the heat camping was a ton of fun.   On Monday my best friend and her boyfriend met us at the campground and we went sat in a waterfall at the campground to cool off from the heat.  After we packed up we went back to our cool ac house.  I think I am turning into a baby because I LOVE MY AC.  My friend and her boyfriend stayed with us played cards, went down to Stillwater to get some frozen yogurt and enjoyed the short evening together and then just like that they are gone the next day.  It was so great to see them, I am trying to convince them to move within a 50 mile radius of us so that we can see them more.  As for the today, we had a doctors appointment this morning:) WhOO HOOO.  We got to hear the heartbeat (151) It is slowly dropping from its original (171) heartbeat.  Maybe little baby Helland was napping.  Later today we are headed up to my husbands parents cabin to play out on the pontoon and do a little swimming and fishing. Then I have my uncles 50th birthday party on Friday, Cousins wedding on Saturday, and church and softball on Sunday. WUFTA.  The best part of all is that I dont have to go back to work on MONDAY:)  So that will give me lots of time to start looking for ideas for the baby room:) I cant wait. Here is all little about what's happening in my pregnancy world. 

16 Weeks

  

How far along?  16 weeks 

Total weight gain/loss: 1 pound

Maternity clothes? Still wearing all of my normal clothes. Hopefully, I can wear them for as long as possible.  Cross my fingers that I make it through the summer so that I only have to buy one season of maternity clothes. 

Stretch Marks? None so far that I have spotted

Sleep: My sleep this week has not been the best.  I was camping in 90 some degree heat and had some itchy skin problems which lead to very little sleep.     

Best Moment: So many great things this week.  Travis and I went camping with some of my family (mini golf, swimming, ice cream, jeep rides, and croquet), my best friend and her boyfriend came into town for the night and we had a doctor’s appointmentJ 

Miss Anything? Caffeine, this might be a weekly thing.  I just love drinking cold iced coffees in the summer and then warm coffee with pumpkin spice creamer in the fall. Mmmmm   

Movement: Not so far, the doctor said I should start to feel something in the next couple weeks and I am soooo excited. 

Food cravings: Don’t really have any food cravings.  I am just starting to get hungrier.  I think my husband is having some weird pregnancy cravings.  He came into the living room with marshmallows in his fruit punch juice.  Lol, I think he is getting all the weird cravings for me. 

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nothing so far. I have been very lucky. 

Have you started to show yet?  I think there is a little bump trying to make its way through.  When I drink lots of water or eat lots of food I look pregnant. 

Gender: We’re not going to find out, but according to the Chinese chart it is a girl lol. 

Labor Signs:  Hopefully, Staying clear of those for a good 5 months or so. 

Belly button in or out? Belly Button in

Wedding ring on or off? Still onJ

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy this week lots of wonderful things going on for the 4^th of July. 

Looking forward to: To having our ULTRASOUND at the next appointment.  I can’t believe we get to see our little baby in four weeksJ Also, I can’t wait to feel little baby Helland move.  I am surprised I haven’t felt it yet.  If it is anything like its parents I am sure it’s moving like crazy in there. I am also looking forward to watching fireworks on the Fourth of July and my cousins wedding this coming weekendJ