weekly wonder: twenty-one

weekly olive: twenty-one

Sometime in between the multiple 12 hour car rides Olive became an expert roller.  I guess she dreamt a LOT about rolling.  She can roll from back to belly, belly to back and back again.  She does seem to get really really mad when she ends up on her belly for too long.  I don't know why she doesn't just roll onto her back again.  She really just likes the drama.

Her bubbly personality has also really been growing and she even shares smiles and giggles with her brother now.  Watching them interact with one another makes my heart melt into a puddle of mush on the floor.

I cannot wait to see what other huge leaps she will make in this 4th month!

nugget: twenty-one weeks

Pregnancy Highlights

How Far Along: 21 weeks!

Size of Baby: about the size of a pomegranate.  

Total Weight Gain: I felt as though I had gained a ton of weight recently and sure enough I was up 6lbs total at my doctors appointment today! I know that's actually really good, but I felt huge (and ashamed) at that moment.

Maternity Clothes: I can still wear my regular clothes, but it has been HOT in LA which made me think that I might need to buy some summer appropriate maternity clothing... so I have been trying out a few pieces here and there and although everything is pretty baggy it's been nice to not have anything tight in this heat.

Gender: girlie!!!

Movement: Little lady loves to move low low low and make feel as though I have to per suddenly. She is a jumping jack for sure.

Sleep: still really tired ALL DAY LONG and then finding myself unable to sleep at night.  Hoping the insomnia doesn't continue the whole pregnancy.

What I Miss: eating crazy food.  My appetite still isn't quite what it has always been and of course I am avoiding weird foods to make the event of food poisoning less likely.  Rice and tofu are getting kind of boring. lol

Cravings: spicy things and lots of veggies.

Best Moment this Week: just getting to feel this girl move all around throughout the day... It's so reassuring.  Also getting to see her stretch and jump at my doctors appointment during the ultrasound. She seems like she is going to have LONG legs compared to her brothers (and mother and father).

Blood Pressure: My blood pressure was ok at my doctors appointment but it was a little higher than I would like it at almost 22 weeks. In my mind I should have had a major dip and be getting readings around 110/60 but instead it was 122/76. My doctor assured me it was still really good, but I really don't like the idea of my numbers creeping so I guess I'm going to have to take measures into my own hands at home (not like I'm not already super self conscious about salt intake, but now I will be even more diet obsessed).

He said little lady was measuring a week and a half ahead. That she was looking perfect. This measurement was really just of her head though and both Noah and Mason always had huge heads in utero but normal/small bodies. Ha! So whenever I go to see my maternal fetal specialist in a few weeks we will get real details.

weekly wonder: twenty-one

Jonathan was out of town most of the week, so I was itching to find a new activity that we could participate in as a family.  Thankfully, with the Fourth of July holiday just around the corner, we had tons to choose from.  We decided to attend Celebrate America which was being put on by Santa Monica College.  Supposedly, this celebration has been noted for being "the biggest, most sensational patriotic community event on the Westside!"

Who can resist all that fun?

Well, a lot of people probably could, actually, but we really enjoyed it!  We definitely shouldn't have showed up four hours early because Noah (and Jonathan) were super bored for the last 2 hours before the fireworks started, but I was SO worried that we wouldn't get a good spot and that we would have a hard time getting a parking spot and blah blah blah.  Basically, I did not want anything getting in the way of our family time.

Jonathan was sweet enough to cook delicious curry chicken salad to take so that we could have a picnic in the stadium.  The weather was sunny and cheerful and we had some lovely little lawn chairs that were pretty comfy.  Basically, we had the best set-up for our fireworks viewing!  I even got to have a little funnel cake from one of the stadium venders which totally made my day!

Around the time the fireworks were about to begin, I started getting nervous about how Noah might react to all the noise since last year we were too far away to hear anything.  When the stadium lights finally went dark, I could tell he was getting pretty antsy and excited for whatever was going to happen next.  And then... he just relaxed and enjoyed the show.  THANK GOODNESS!

Even though he was up an hour and a half past his bedtime by the time we got home, Noah was exhausted and went right to sleep... not making a peep until Sunday morning.  Basically, the day was win win win and now we cannot wait for our next fireworks show!

weekly noah: twenty one

21 weeks

Pregnancy Highlights

How Far Along: 21 weeks