27 weeks, 4 days pregnant and Happy Halloween!

These pics were taken at my friend, Christie's Halloween party.  I was a black cat :)  On this day I was exactly 27 weeks.

How Far Along: 27 weeks, 4 days 

Size of baby:  Pearce is 14 1/2 inches long from head to heels, he weighs about 2 pounds, about the size of a head of cauliflower. 

Weight gain:  I think I'm up about 22 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!  Now I KNOW that he knows my touch.  The other night, Chris and I were both in bed and he was going crazy.  I grabbed Chris' hand and put it on my belly for him to feel AND.....nothing.  Chris did feel a little movement and he thought it was so strange, but I wanted him to feel the big, crazy movements!  Then Chris would take his hand away and start watching tv again...and then baby started kicking up a storm.  I grabbed Chris' hand and put it on my belly AND....nothing again!  It was so crazy he would stop when I took my hand off my belly.  Oh well!  The latest movement I love is him having hiccups.  I couldn't wait for me to feel him have hiccups and he actually gets them quite often!   

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 now definitely have CANKLES!  

Cravings:  Still sweets.  Halloween was fun :)  I thankfully did my glucose test on Friday, so hopefully that comes back just fine. 

What I miss:  There are some things I miss, but I hesitate to type them out because when it comes down to it, I really don't care.  But now that Fall is here, I do miss my cute Fall shoes.  All of my boots are too small.  I had some cute sneakers, too, and they are too small.  I did just buy two pairs of sneakers, but they're not all that cute.  Oh well.  I don't have a whole lot longer, so I can do without!  I also miss turkey sandwiches from Jason's Deli.  I know I can warm up the turkey, but I just can't bring myself to eat any lunch meat.   

Best moment this week:  Baby furniture came!!!!!!!  We haven't unpacked it yet :(

What I am looking forward to:  Decorating the nursery with the finishing touches AND....my first baby shower is next Wednesday!

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: Very shallow.

My friend Christie threw her annual Halloween Party this past Saturday.  That's the day I turned 27 weeks, so she took my pic.  We had so much fun.  Chris couldn't come because he was cheering on the Hogs in Nashville, but several other couples were there.  Christie had all kinds of yummy food and drinks.  The best part was sitting outside watching a scary movie on the HUGE screen that her husband Mike built.  Even though it was chilly, it was so fun! 

I wanted to be comfy, but I also wanted to be festive, so I settled for a black cat.  You can't really tell in this pic, but I'm holding my tail...ha! 

Here's a close-up of how I did my makeup.  I think I look pretty cute for coming up with a last minute costume!   

Here's the hostess, Christie on the left and our friend Michelle on the right.   

Leann and Christie 

Veronica, Paige, Michelle, and Paige's husband.   

Rachel and her boyfriend, and Veronica's husband.   

Here's Leann and her husband Trent.  They were dressed as Nicole Simpson and O.J.!!!!  See his gloved hand and knife?  

The drink table.  You can't tell very well, but there's dry ice in that middle bowl and it looked really cool!  See that bottle on the right?  That's the one I enjoyed....Dr. Pepper :) 

The host and hostess

And I had to add this one in.  Chris came home Halloween evening from the grocery store and decided that one of our dogs needed to be a bumble bee for Halloween!  It would have fit Daisy best, but we knew Otis would let us put it on him, so he was the lucky one.  He looked so cute!