True Tues - Bump Update

Hey ya'll! Guess who is 24.5 weeks along!? Phil reminded me just the other day about a friend that was 24 weeks along back in March...and now she has a baby! March does not feel that long ago at all! Bump will be here before we know it!

Big update this time is that Phil has felt the baby move! I've she's decided that my bedtime is her dance time so about a week and a half ago I thought I'd see if Phil could feel Bump in action. I just stayed quiet waiting for him to tell me he'd felt something (so I didn't influence his thinking). She did a big move and Phil just grinned and said "Was that the baby?" Yesir! We have a winner!

Not much else has changed other than my stomach sticking out a little more. Phil loves to tell me that I have a baby bump. I just smile and tell him I'm very aware of this growing thing in my belly! Haha! Heartburn is sparse but does come and go. Sleeping is getting more uncomfortable but Phil saved my life with my mother's day gift. He got me a LeachCo Snoogle pillow. I know, Snoogle?...really? but this pillow is amazing. Check out what Mr. Snoogles does...

 This guy adds support everywhere my body feels like it needs it. Plus when I sleep with it in front of me, I kind of feel like I'm sleeping on my stomach-and as a stomach sleeper, that's awesome! :) Bump seems happy about it as I'm getting more rest than I was before. 

This first pregnancy is a big learning process. I'm learning to bend at the knees, learning how to eat with less stomach space but a bigger appetite, learning how to deal with the heat (it's only May!) and learning that even though I feel the same, my body gets tired a lot quicker than it used to! We gardened/did outdoor housework all Saturday a couple weeks ago and I definitely over-did it. Lesson learned!

We've pretty much decided a name for little missy but it'll stay safe in my journal until Bump arrives :) We're slowly making progress on the nursery. I know its far in advance but I cant wait to get it all put together. I'm a planner! I don't have a pic this week but here's the progression so far...

Seeing this makes it real that I have a baby in my body. So happy that Bump is a happy & healthy baby. Couldn't ask for more!

True Tues

Hey'all. (That's one word right?)

Anyway, life is good for us Bennallack folk. We had a great Easter weekend. It started Friday night with some egg dying with my fam. We tried rubber cement this year and we made some fun designs.

5 dozen eggs later we settled in to watch March Madness. The Easter Bunny came that night so we spent the night at my parents. Saturday we woke up to Easter goodies and an egg hunt. Phil helped out when Chantel and Jocelyn couldn't find anymore. Just my little kid :)

Saturday we spent most the day at IKEA. Yeah...good ole IKEA. We may just love that place...too much. Enough that we first stole didn't pay for our dear magnetic strip. And after going back to pay I simply left it in the cart in the parking lot. I blame pregnancy-gotta benefit somehow from this right? :)

Anyway, then it was time for the Young Womens General Broadcast. Mom and Chantel joined me at my stake dinner and then the broadcast afterward. And then it was back to the Perucca's for more March Madness...poor poor Ohio. There goes my bracket-totally.

Its ok-this guy cheered me up. He's so big!

Then Easter Sunday with the fam and Easter dinner with deviled eggs. YUM- my preggo belly said yes!

This may be a boring update but our weekend was fun. Too fun for pictures so this is all for now.

Over and out.

True Tues

Hello out there!

We're having fun here at the Bennallacks with 70 degree weather one day and then snow the next. Guess we can have the best of both worlds. :) Anyway, it's been a good week filled with church talks, family charades, and studying for the qualifying exam. This wonderful second trimester has left me typically feeling like my normal self, (except for lower abdominal pressure and feeling famished!), and less sleeping = more doing.

I count myself very lucky as I reflect on my first trimester. When people asked how I was feeling I always wanted to say, "compared to what?" (Marcel the Shell anyone??) I've heard about women who throw up every day, those who are in the hospital because they can't keep anything down etc...so in comparison, I was great. :) Nah, I wasn't myself and felt like I had a nausea bug in me all the time but no vomiting and I was only "sick" when my stomach was empty. Turns out the nausea was just a baby trying to grow...Imagine that :). 

So now I'm at that point where thankfully I have a "bump" instead of what I called my "chubby band" meaning I look preggers instead of chubs. Crazy. I'm starting to wear the beloved ruched shirts and boy am I grateful for evolving maternity wear. I'm so glad now I can look like this...

instead of this...

Not that I don't love a beautiful maternity collared tent with poofy sleeves by still.

Anyway...that's the run-down here today. Maternity clothes for my actually preggo belly and getting over the first trimester.

And here's me in all my 16.5 week glory with Baby B, whom I've dubbed "Bump".

Holla.

True Tues

Well even though I've been catching up on blogging our vaycay, real life is still goin' down in the Bennallack household. And by real life I mean: 

a sudden "second wind" that came with my second trimester

which means spring cleaning, 

which means a packed Saturday,

which means puppy's first bath,

which means a clean dog.

So all in all our true real life = a clean dog. 

Haha...nah but really. I've finally been feeling "normal" again and the other day the hubs said to me, "Woah, you have a ton of energy." I'm not sure I have a ton of energy but if you compare it to the last three months then yesir, I most certainly do. And boy does it feel goohoood!

Don't get me wrong- there are still some days when I feel like this...

but others I feel like this...

So, I guess I really can't complain. I never was throwing up everyday (only if my stomach was empty), or completely miserable. But I was typically nauseous and extremely tired. Luckily, the good days are finally outweighing the bad and I actually am doing stuff now. :)

We've finally started clearing out the office so we can begin making it a nursery.
(Did I just say nursery!? Yes, I still get excited when reality hits that we'll be parents soon. As in, there is a baby inside of me!)

So anyway that's the true life goin' down here today. Not much, but you mothers out there know that energy is enough for me to be excited about :)

And I may or may not have just killed a spider! in my house! but never fear, I talked myself through it with Koda. Yes, Koda is a dog...but he's my moral support and now its mission accomplished.

Over and out.