March is here and so is our "16 Week" Mark

So I am playing a little catch up, but I am finally brave enough to post one of my Weekly Pictures.

 

This is 14 weeks.

 

This last week, I was also very excited to order our CRIB and matching DRESSER...

 

Although it took A LOT of shopping and patience and nerve-wracking-ness for us to decide which set to get, I'm very pleased with what we finally decided on. We chose to pass on the tall Dressers and the Changing Tables and went with a waist height dresser crib combo. I had to order each piece from two different stores, because- can you believe it- none of the stores I shopped online carried our set in a matching brand/color.

I'm hoping that when the pieces start arriving this week that we will be confident that we made the right decisions and get busy assembling the beautiful things.

 

When I've told family/friends about ordering them, I've gotten quite a few "already's"?? but I felt that this was a decision we wanted to make before we were gender-swayed. We intend to ekep the same crib through more than one child and I wanted to make sure we made this decision without a "girl" or "boy" specifically in mind.

 

So YES... We ALREADY Ordered our Crib and Dresser set and I am ecstatic about it!!

 

Last week was also my birthday, and my awesome hubby took me out to dinner Friday night at a new little place we had never tried before. It was called The Hideout in Myton, UT. They were pretty high tech for us Vernal-folk- and they had Justin cook his own steak on a very hot rock. It was actually pretty neat, and we both enjoyed it.

I was also happy to enjoy a yummy Chicken Fried Steak. This was the first piece of meat, besides hamburger and chicken, that I've been able to look in the face since I became pregnant. It's funny what these hormones and cravings can do to our appetites.

 

My beautiful Mother's Birthday is just 4 days after mine, so we got to have two Birthday celebrations in one Week.

It's always such a joy to be able to celebrate the lives of the people we love. I have the most amazing Mother!! She is such a strong, faithful and supportive role model to me in my life. She is knowledgable and patient, and I will never be able to fully repay her for all of the things that she has done for me!!

 

 

 

And... The latest and Greatest Maternity Pic:

16 Weeks.

 

 

How far along: 16 Weeks/ 4 months

Gender: Unknown for 17 more days 

Weight gain: 5 lbs.. Actually lost a few pounds in the last week.. Go figure.

Maternity clothes: I am still quite proud to be squishing into my size 1 skinny jeans... They are actually quite comfortable. However-- The picture above is the first "maternity" shirt I ever purchased in some pre-pregnancy contemplation, and now I am very glad I did. While my regular clothes still fit, I'm still struggling with the "you look fat, not pregnant" issue, so I'm still hiding in hoodies, jackets and over-sized anything shirts. Hopefully we will converge soon.

Stretch marks: No

Belly button in or out: In

Sleep: Sleep has been rough the last week. The crazy dreams just don't quite do it for me and a night of restful sleep.

Best moment this week: Laying in my bed Saturday morning, just after waking up and feeling baby slosh around a little bit as I rolled over to look out the window. I took a video and sent it to Justin to show him right where the baby was laying. It's becoming much more noticable, and baby tends to "rise to the surface" when I am laying on my back, and can be easily identified. Pretty sweet.

Miss anything: Missing some energy a little bit. I'm too young to feel winded after walking up a flight of stairs first thing in the morning.

Movement: Tiny blurbs and sloshes- mostly when laying on my back (late at night or early in the morning)

Cravings: Sonic Mozzarella Sticks and Dr. Pepper

 

Queasy or sick: Been nauseous and dizzy a couple times the last few mornings, but typically subsides once I eat something substantial and just sit for 10-15 minutes.

 

Looking forward to: Heading to This beautiful place for the weekend. Justin and I are going to take a little get-away this weekend down to St. George and see if we can't find some sunshine and good food. We want to go to Zions National Park one of the days and go for a nice nature hike and get some of that Utah Air in our lungs. (And....finding out baby's gender in 17 days!!)