Bumpdate: Baby 2: Week 24

How Far Along:
24 Weeks

Size of baby:
A Cantaloupe (with vicious appendages) 

Total Weight Gain:
5 lbs

Stretch Marks: 

Nothing that wasn't Addison induced

Maternity Clothes:
Pants for sure, still rocking mostly normal shirts, I'm probably reaching the limit of my medium scrub tops though, not much breathing room left!

Gender:
It's a BOY!

Movement:
Yeppers, kicking the shit out me.

Sleep:
a little harder to get comfy but not losing any sleep over it...yet.

What I miss:
I'm starting to feel like a T-Rex when I reach across something.  As in, the larger my belly gets the shorter my arms feel...  Go-Go-Gadget Arms is muttered almost daily at work.  I miss not being a T-Rex.

Food Cravings:   

All food, in my belly.

Food Aversions: 
Nothing, if it looks like food, I eats it.

Symptoms:
kicking, jabs, movement, a little heartburn and some incredibly fast growing fingernails

Best Moment This Week:

Trick or Treating last Thursday, Addison had a blast and repeatedly told people after they tossed a candy in her basket that "my mom would like one too"  thanks kid!  At least she's looking out for me!

What I’m looking forward to: 

This five day work week being over, I hate working overtime.  BLAH!

Addison:
Currently tells me that she wants to cut the baby out of me, I told her that isn't quite how it works and he's not ready to come out yet.  She assured me that when I have to go to the hospital to get him out, she's coming with me to help.

Bumpdate: Baby 2: Week 23

How Far Along:
23 Weeks

Size of baby:
A Grapefruit

Total Weight Gain:
4 lbs

Stretch Marks: 

Nothing that wasn't Addison induced

Maternity Clothes:
Pants for sure, still rocking mostly normal shirts

Gender:
It's a BOY!

Movement:
Definitely more pronounced this week, and you can feel/see it from the outside also.  Pretty much anytime I stop moving he's thrashing around in there.

Sleep:
No problems sleeping.  none.  I've gotten the body pillow in the bed now to be more comfortable but I still find myself sleeping without it and can still sleep ever so slightly on my stomach/half side ways.  I'm most definitely a stomach sleeper but my exhaustion since having Addison has pretty much cured me of not being able to sleep on my back/side at all.  Used to be awful to try and fall asleep in any other position!  But since the birth of Addison, hell the pregnancy, I can recall very, very few nights where I have had any trouble falling asleep, my biggest issue is keeping my eyes propped open long enough to accomplish all the things on my to do list every night before I stumble to bed.  Someday I'll learn 8pm bedtimes are good for people who get up at 4-4:30 am.

What I miss:
Being able to do whatever without my body saying "WTH?!".  I hate asking for help, the ability to do things on my own like move heavy things/carry stuff/squeeze myself into tight spaces, all gone.  I hate depending on other people to help me.  HATE.  

Food Cravings:   

Give me the Candy!  Halloween + pregnancy + 3 year old to take trick or treating...okay! Oh and no-bake cookies of the peanut butter variety.

Food Aversions: 
I'm about to have an aversion to McDonalds coffee can't a McDonalds employee in Jackson County make a proper pumpkin spice latte?  Seriously folks, remember to stir it up or don't put in 50 pumps of syrup...yuck.  At least my freebie card is full for the next attempt.  Oh and I wouldn't even buy shitty McDonalds coffee if all you fricken coffee shops in Jackson would actually be open early enough in the morning to serve us unfortunate souls who actually need our morning coffee before 6am! /rant

Symptoms:
I talked a little too much to people the past few weeks about how this kid is going to be bald because I've had ZERO heartburn this pregnancy and I had it horribly with Addison.  Well kid must have decided to grow a little hair cause the heartburn started yesterday!  Of course what did I have with me at work?  A bottle of tums that I have been carrying around in my bag for months anticipating heartburn which now equals a fine powder filled bottle of what used to be tums.  Travel size fail.  

Best Moment This Week:

Taking Addison to the Zoo Boo at Binder Park Zoo.  She had a blast!

What I’m looking forward to: 

Trick or treating tomorrow night!

Bumpdates: Baby 2: Week 22

22 weeks, how is this already possible?

Belly by Morning  (taken Friday AM, 2 days after the photo below!)

belly by night!  Good god, how is that even possible??! (Taken on Wednesday after work on my actual 22 week day)

How Far Along:  
22 Weeks

Size of baby:
A Papaya

Total Weight Gain:
3 lbs

Stretch Marks: 

Nothing that wasn't Addison induced

Maternity Clothes:
Pants for sure, still rocking mostly normal shirts

Gender:
It's a BOY!

Movement:
for sure

Sleep:
I should be getting some right now instead of posting this!

What I miss:
This week the world was falling apart on me for a few days, I surely missed alcohol for the first time in my life.  I don't know what the deal was but NOTHING was going right and I was a ragey bitch there for a day or four.  :)

Food Cravings:   

Just like with Addison this baby loves him some sweets, chewy delicious sweets.  Gummy bears, jelly beans, yum, yum.  Though this guy gives me some serious chocolate cravings and I've never been a huge chocolate fan.  (You still won't catch me eating any chocolate cake, but I can't walk past a snickers bar right now.)  

Food Aversions: 
nothing

Symptoms:
Tired, cranky, growing belly.

Best Moment This Week:

surviving a week that I felt like I'd never make it through!

What I’m looking forward to: 

Right now Halloween, I can't wait to do some trick or treating with Addison, she LOVED it last year and I'm sure she will be just as fun this year.  We're going to attempt to go to the Binder Park Zoo Boo on Sunday so I am going to be in a mad rush tomorrow to finish up her costume!  You know just call me last minute Amber lately!

Addison:

nothing new in baby news, but someone got her big girl twin bed in her room finally this week.  She thinks she's pretty awesome and that it's big enough for her to sleep in for a while, in her words : "until she gets too big for the new bed, then I'll have to sleep with Mommy & Daddy in their bed"