How Far Along: 28 weeks, 4 days (in the picture) Size of baby: Pearce is 14 .8 inches long from head to heels, he weighs about 2 and a quarter pounds, about the size of a Chinese cabbage (once again, what is this?).
Weight gain: I'm up about 24 pounds so far.
Maternity Clothes: LOVING them. I've started wearing my Fall tops and I love that because that means it's getting closer to winter time which also means closer to baby!
Gender: BOY! Pearce Matthew
Movement: YES! He is moving SO much. It feels like he just rolls around and does flips. Sometimes his little jabs catch me off guard because they are so strong. I can feel more little parts from my stomach now. I just absolutely love it when he gets the hiccups which are quite often. As I type right now, he has them :)
Sleep: I have to get up several times to go to the bathroom, but I can always go back to sleep.
Symptoms: Reflux....YUCK! No heartburn yet. I also have a spot in my upper back that gets sore as the day goes on. It doesn't hurt too bad, just annoying. I think the cankles are here to stay!
Cravings: Really just food. But, I do feel like I get fuller much faster. I guess my stomach is starting to get cramped.
What I miss: Honestly, nothing. I am just so thankful.
Best moment this week: I went to the doctor on Monday and got to hear this heartbeat. I have started going every two weeks now, which I LOVE! Also, my very first baby shower was Wednesday!!
What I am looking forward to: Putting his things away in the nursery. I have another baby shower in December, too!
How's that scar looking? It's kind of reddish now. I can't wait to see what it looks like in 3 more months. My stomach is going to be one heck of a road map!
Belly Button: It's pretty flat now. I don't think I'll have any type of "button" by the time he comes.
Yesterday I had my first baby shower! It was thrown by my First Grade Team at school. I was so excited for this, not because of all of the gifts I would get, but for the experience of having a baby shower. There were times in the past that I wondered if I would ever get to have a baby shower, and now here I am at my own baby shower. My team did such an awesome job planning it!!
Here's my belly up close and personal...thanks Christie!!
My sweet mom came for just the day. She had something going on the day before and the day after, so my dad drove her down. Only my mommy would do that...she said she wouldn't miss this for the world :) I love you, mom!!!
While I opened presents, everyone played a cute game. The theme was "Movies" since I love going to the movie. My teammate, Ashley, read "baby movie quotes" and you had to guess the movie. Whoever won got the coveted "Golden Prego Award." Ha! I knew my friend, Christie, would win because she is a movie GENIUS!!!
And the Golden Prego Award goes to....CHRISTIE!!! I think she got 6 or 7 out of 10 right....some of them were really hard and she got them!
Every table had sacks of popcorn and candy. They also had nachos and soft drinks. My kind of food!!!
Here are all of the sweets. Tons of cute blue cupcakes and my teammate Erin made the cutest alphabet sugar cookies with blue icing drizzled on top. The cookies all spelled his name, PEARCE. So CUTE!!! I wish I had gotten a close up of the cookies. Erin also made the diaper cake. It's filled with all things that I registered for: bottles, pacifiers, toys, and blankets. Isn't it so cute?!
Another unique touch was this tree. The guests made a green thumb print on the branches and then signed their name next to their "leaf." What a neat idea! I can't wait to frame it and hang it in Pearce's nursery!
Time to open presents. When I first started opening, I was holding back tears. I just couldn't believe I was opening presents at MY baby shower! I kept telling myself, "Don't cry, don't cry."
Then I get to this gift...my mom and dad's. As soon as I opened it, I just lost it. My mom had sewn two beautiful day gowns for Pearce. They were so sweet and soft and made with love, I just couldn't hold back the tears anymore. From then on, I cried off and on. Tears of pure JOY and HAPPINESS and THANKFULNESS!
Terrible picture of me, but out of all of the gifts we received, Chris was most excited about this outfit!! He thought this little Nike running suit was awesome...ha!
After I finished opening presents, we played one more game. Melanie, our librarian, asked if my mom was easily offended....ummmm NO! So this is how she started it: "Erika was at Carrie and Chris' house the night Pearce was conceived and this is what she heard through the walls: Awww, it's so cute! Oh, look how little! Oh! Why do I keep crying? Oooh, this is nice! Oh my gosh!" There were lots more, but we were all rolling with laughter!! She wrote down all the things I said while opening presents...just in case you didn't quite catch on to the game. It was so funny!!
My sweet First Grade Team: Tammy, Marjan, Ashley, Me, Rachel, and Erin. Thank you so much for all you did to make this day special for me. I love you girls so much!!!!
We got so many wonderful things for our baby boy. We got a bouncy seat, Bjorn baby carrier, Baby Einstein activity jumper, closet organizer, blankets, clothes, sound machine, gift cards, and several other things! Wow....I am so lucky to work with such sweet people who are genuinely happy for us. What a wonderful day it was!!!!
