Week 16 & 17

Week 16 and17 feel like a blur. I have been crazy busy with work and when I get home from work I'm completely exhausted. Baby has moved from the size of an avocado to the size of an onion. Has moved from 4.6 inches and 3.5 ounces to 5.1 inches and 5.9 ounces. Baby's skeleton is hardening, the umbilical cord is getting thicker and stronger, and the fingers and toes now have prints. 

How far along: 17 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: Still don't own a scale so couldn't even guess 2+ something

Maternity clothes: Still wearing my everyday clothes.

Stretch marks: None

Sleep: Starting to be more and more restless at night.

Best moment of the week: Getting off training and officially working at work

Miss anything: Still missing a good mixed drink

Movement: None that I have felt, still hoping I feel something this week

Food cravings: Strawberry chicken poppyseed salad from Panera

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope, zero morning sickness

Have you started to show: Yes, but I still don't feel pregnant

Gender prediction: Leaning towards boy even though everyone thinks girl 

Labor signs: None

Belly button in or out: In

Wedding rings on or off: ON

Happy or moody: Happy with a few emotional meltdowns but happy

Weekly Wisdom: Really don't have any this week

Looking forward to: My belly popping and my graduation party on Saturday

Week 15 is Here and Gone

How far along: 15 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: 2 pounds. Found out at my last doctor appointment

Maternity clothes: Still wearing my normal every day clothes, officially bought a pair of maternity shorts and man are they comfy when I tried them on, I knew I had to get them.

Stretch marks: None

Sleep: Sleeping great

Best moment of the week: Officially starting my job

Miss anything: Still missing a good mixed drink

Movement: None that I have felt

Food cravings: S'mores, and trail mix and the occasional candy bar

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope, zero morning sickness

Have you started to show: Yes there is a bump!

Gender prediction: I still think boy

Labor signs: None

Belly button in or out: In

Wedding rings on or off: ON

Happy or moody: Happy all the time, pregnancy is GREAT

Weekly Wisdom: For me to remember that even though I really don't look pregnant I'm not fat. I have a baby in there.

Looking forward to: My doctor appointment on the 21 of June. When we get a full ultrasound. Can't believe I have had to wait this long to finally get pictures of baby. 

Baby is the size of a navel orange and is 4 1/2 inches long. Ears are in the correct position. Baby now has coordination, strength, and smarts to wiggle its fingers and toes and can even suck its thumb! Baby is getting a workout in there by kicking, flexing, and moving arms and legs, even though I still can't feel it.

Feeling so busy

I have found the best GF cookies. Ever since finding out I have Celiac I knewI giving up Oreos would be hard. I finally found a GF brand and man are they yummy. If I'm not careful I feel like I could eat them in one sitting. I also found a GF graham cracker. Ever since it's been getting warmer and more and more summer-like I've been feeling like S'mores are in order. Haven't tried the graham crackers yet, but I'm hoping they are good. 

 

Here's the pictures of my new recent finds. The last picture is my favorite bread that I have found and it's soooo good. 

I haven't started training for work yet, and I'm ready to get busy, don't get me wrong I like the time off I just want definite days that I need to come in. Oh well, can't get anything until I get my physical form filled out. With my small amount of free time between cleaning the house I have been getting caught up on my reading which feels so great. Finally finished The Help and it was a very good book. Onto finishing the three books that I have started at the same time. I'm hoping to finish The Lone Survivor and Stronger Than You Think. I plan on reading during any breaks that I have once I start working full time. 

As far as pregnancy goes the last two days I haven't felt pregnant I have just felt fat. With not officially gaining any weight I'm not complaining it just doesn't help that I do and don't feel pregnant. I have been craving kettle corn popcorn. And I seriously feel hungry all the time. I am not giving in and eating everything I'm being smart with what I do eat, but I seriously feel like all I'm doing is eating. I'm ready for this set of hormones to go away so I don't feel so blah. Not as exhausted as I used to be which is very much a plus. I'm really wanting the 24th to get here so I can see baby and then I will most definitely feel pregnant again. I will be able to say baby and then I will feel very pregnant. 

Hoping that I can make some kind of plans with friends this week while I'm off. I really want to do something outside and enjoy the beautiful weather. 

Officially an Alumni of Western Illinois University

Here's a picture to start the post off right. Yep that's right I graduated after 5 years of blood, sweat, and tears I'm done with college. Wow does that seem weird to say. I just have the beginnings of all of the pictures that were taken that day. Baby Jamerson was a part of it all! Through everything all 14 girls in my program including myself of course walked across the stage and now are all officially alumni!!! I am going to put up some of my favorite photos that I had on my camera. With all of my family that came I still have to get pictures off of 3 more cameras. 

This is my college wife as Adam liked to call her. This picture describes us to a tee and I'm so glad that this moment was captured. I love her so much and without her last semester I don't know what I would've done. 

What great friends I have made at school! These two girls were also some amazing friends that I made at school and have always been supportive. Amanda I can't wait for your wedding!!! Katie I love that we live so close to each other. 

Graduation was simply amazing and I am so happy with this accomplishment. What great things are ahead!

Baby Jamerson is doing great. I still have yet to gain any weight. This weekend while in Rockford I weighed myself at my in-laws and I'm still the same weight as my last doctor's appointment. Still looking forward to the 24th we get to see baby again! 

Second Trimester and Hello Real World

Week 14 woohoo, hello second trimester. I can't really complain though because my first trimester was great! Baby is the size of a lemon or a clenched fist you can decide which you like better. Most definitely feeling like there is a baby bump! Still wearing normal clothes so I cannot complain. Found out that my super low rise jeans fit awesome and might go purchase another pair. Well my college life is officially DONE!! Today was my last day student teaching. I have become so attached to the school that I am at. I have been there since the beginning of January, it was starting to feel like home. I got the biggest group hug from my third graders today. They really melted my heart. They all kept telling me that after I graduate I just have to come back. There is no way that I can leave. Knowing that they will miss me so much really makes it hard to leave. Minus the fact that I was placed in an amazing school that far exceeded my expectations of my student teaching experience. I graduate on Saturday and am finally getting excited about it. It's still really hard for me to process the fact that I am D-O-N-E with school. My wonderful mentor teacher bought me my very first Vera bag. It's like I picked the bag out for myself. It's just perfect. I can't wait to use it!!!

Here is a picture of the bag I will be taking some up close photos of it tonight. The beautiful flowers are from my amazing, wonderful husband. He stopped by today and dropped them off at school to me as a congrats on your last day. He is the greatest. I don't know what I would do without  him. I'm so excited about everything that I'm still trying to make some plans for this evening. I know taking a nap is most definitely in there. 

How far along: 14 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: No idea. Really need to buy a scale.

Maternity clothes: Still wearing my normal every day clothes

Stretch marks: None

Sleep: Sleeping great

Best moment of the week: Today, finally realizing that all my hard work has paid off and I am done with school.

Miss anything: Still missing a good mixed drink

Movement: None that I have felt

Food cravings: Today it was a vanilla milkshake which I caved and bought one on the way home from school

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope, zero morning sickness

Have you started to show: Yes there is a bump!

Gender prediction: I think boy

Labor signs: None

Belly button in or out: In

Wedding rings on or off: ON

Happy or moody: Happy all the time, pregnancy is GREAT

Weekly Wisdom: Take time to enjoy the little moments. Sometimes you miss them and they really truly are amazing moments.

Looking forward to: GRADUATION!!!!! And of course my next doctor appointment when I can finally have pictures of baby.

The end of the first trimester

Week 13 is here. The end of my first trimester and the end of student teaching. In my opinion this is a very deadly combination. Baby is the size of a peach and is 3 inches long. This week I am crazy stressed trying to finish my work sample and way to much going on in my third grade classroom to get any of it done while I'm there, this can make for a crazy hormonal pregnant lady that Adam gets to see. He's been such a trooper and knowing exactly when all I need is a hug. He came home this morning from working a shift at the fire department and he could tell that something was wrong, I more or less looked at him and started bawling. Most definitely ready for the stress of school to be DONE!!! Somehow managed to squeeze in a hair appointment with my favorite stylist and got my hair all pretty and ready for all the graduation pictures that will be taking place on Saturday. Beyond excited with the color and this picture DOES NOT do it justice. Looking forward to the second trimester, graduation, and our next doctor appointment.

Week 12

This has taken forever it seems to post. I'm practically out of week 12, but oh well  here it is. Yes there is a bump, dress shirts are officially tight in the belly region and I know that it is baby and not some tummy fat. Still completely exhausted all the time which doctor says will go away in the next couple weeks, hope this is really true. Graduation is 11 days away and that seems very very surreal to me! All of my hard work has paid off and graduation is finally right around the corner. I'm so far behind on my work sample it's not even funny. I'm taking it day by day and working on it piece by piece. If I think of it as a whole it makes me feel completely overwhelmed, so day by day has seemed to help. Didn't get as much done as I wanted today, but at least I got some accomplished. I'm going to try working on it more at school during the little down time that I have. I need to take every waking minute that I have to finish this work sample and get it off my hands. 

Very short post because I need to get back to school work.