weekly wonder: twenty-five

weekly olive: twenty-five

What a big girl Miss Olive is starting to be.  She has started rocking on her hands and knees in sort of a pre-crawling motion and she launches herself all over the living room rug which is where I mostly set her down to play.  She is just having so much fun with her new found sense of independence.  We also finally got out the little car she got for Christmas.  That has been a great source of entertainment for her.  Just put it in front of a mirror and she is entertained for at least 15-20 minutes.

She is really starting to become interested in food, but can't quite figure out how to swallow it.  We gave her some more tastes first of butternut squash and then rice.  She couldn't even swallow the puree.  I think we can safely hold off until she actually swallows.  I will keep allowing tastes but I am not going to prepare full on meals for her just yet.  

She has also decided that she LOVES to blow raspberries and squeal in a high pitched fashion.  I told Noah she was doing it for him.  He seems pretty pumped that Olive would make noises and kisses for him.  

She is really such a happy and smiley baby.  Even on her worst day she smiles through her troubles. What a way to live life, right?  I love her so much.  

nugget: twenty-five weeks

Pregnancy Highlights

How Far Along: 25 weeks!

Size of Baby: about the size of a cauliflower!

Total Weight Gain: 12lbs...I have decided to call this girl "Big Bertha" because I feel like I had a HUGE jump in my belly growth in between weeks 22 and 25.  It's looks like I swallowed a watermelon or something.

Maternity Clothes: yes! Went shopping (again) and bought another sun dress and some tank tops since it's been hot and we traveled to Dallas and Baltimore. I can't go the WHOLE summer in the same two outfits, plus a lot of the clothes will double has nursing/recovery clothing so yay!

Gender: GIRL GIRL GIRL

Movement: Every day she is getting wilder and wilder. She is definitely practicing tap dancing or something in there!

Sleep: I have been extra tired, but I have been actually sleeping when I finally get the chance to lay down! It's been so nice.  We were in Dallas and Baltimore over the last week which totally threw me for a sleep curve ball, but I just made sure I went to bed extra early several nights in a row and now I feel all right.

What I Miss: nothing really!

Cravings: queso and spicy things!  I ate so much potbelly and queso in Texas.  I seriously thought I would have gained an extra 25lbs, but thankfully I must have worked all those calories off while chasing Noah.

Best Moment this Week: Just feeling this little lady stretch around and having other people be able to see my belly move and see her move.  Also, seeing her on the ultrasound screen at my doctors appointment.  I love watching that little baby and can't wait to see her again at the end of the week!

Blood Pressure: 120s/70s... It was looking like it was creeping a bit, but at my doctors appointment today it was actually kind of low like 109/69.  I am not complaining at all! If I have more readings like that I will be jumping for joy!

I had my glucose intolerance test today which tests for gestational diabetes.  I totally felt like crap after chugging that nasty flat soda and even had some backfire a little before I had to go into my doctors appointment, but once it was done, I had my breakfast and went on with my day as usual.  Guess that's better than the last two times I did the test.

I am feeling more and more excited about this little girl.  I even made my first big purchase for her.  I bought matching Stokke high chairs for little sister and Noah off craigslist.  I really like these chairs because they don't look like typical high chairs and she and Noah can use them from birth onwards. They even made pretty comfortable guest chairs when the kids aren't using them which is great for space saving.

I am so thankful to be feeling better these days and to be in seemingly good health.  Just praying it all continues and we can have another full term baby! 

weekly wonder: twenty-five

My parents came in for a visit and just left this afternoon.  It was an amazing visit and it is so much more fun to show off California in the summer and fall.  The weather is warm and perfect and there are lots of things to do and places to see!

I took my parents for our usual Santa Monica and Venice Beach hand out and of course we visited the Santa Monica Promenade for a little shopping.  We also went to visit a new place.  The Malibu Sport Fishing Pier.  While this pier is not nearly as commercialized and popular as the Venice and Santa Monica Pier, it has a lot to offer and is really beautiful.  Just 10 minutes North of our home, down the Pacific Coast Highway is a small pier with lots of fishing action.  There is also a lot of surfing, swimming and paddle boarding.

Once we parked at the pier we decided that it would be fun to check out the beach first, even though we did not bring our swimsuits.  Well, it wasn't necessarily the smartest idea because this past weekend Los Angeles had been under large wave and high tide advisory.  Everything seemed fine and dandy at first.  We played on the rocks and walked on the sand and enjoyed the calm.  Being the smart mom that I am, I told my dad that he should dangle Noah's feet in the water while waves came through on the beach. Well it was right then that the tide started coming through and rushed up on all of us.  Where our toes and ankles had once been barely covered in water it was now up to our knees and moving up the coast fast. HAH! Thankfully we didn't have any gear with us, so we all just ran up the steps quickly to higher ground.  A little later the tide washed out and there were lots of people on the beach.  From what I felt in just that brush with the water (66 degrees)... it was a little too cold for my taste! BRRR!

Anyways, since walking along the beach hadn't worked out too well, we decided to go check out the pier.  It was cool to see lots of active fishermen working their fishing poles and we could also get a really great view of both North and South of Malibu and we could view the mountains and the coastline. We could even see the swarms of surfers (newbie and pro) paddling in and out of the water.  It was really fun.

We decided to walk around a bit from there and went up to a fun shopping center called the Malibu Country Mart.  We had lunch, played at the playground with Noah and did a little shopping.  It was really pleasant.  After all of that it was time to take Noah home for a good long nap since he had been having so much fun and really couldn't settle down while we were out.

It was an absolutely fabulous adventure! Hoping we can check other parts of Malibu really soon!

weekly noah: twenty-five

25 weeks

Pregnancy Highlights

How Far Along: 25 weeks