22-23 Weeks

How far along: 22-23 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: gained 5 pounds/lost 1 so 4 pound total ( will find out new total on Monday)

 Maternity clothes: Mostly maternity pants and maternity and regular tops

Stretch marks: Nope

Sleep: Back to tossing and turning (I think its time for a snoogle)

Best moment this week:  just constantly feeling the baby move

Gender: Blue

Belly button in or out?: In but flattening out (still the same)

Craving:  anything all I want to do is eat
What I miss: being able to stay up and not being short of breath

What I am looking forward to: Seeing my little guy at our 3d/4d ultrasound on April 30th and my appointment on Monday

Weekly Wisdom:  The baby is going to tell you how your going to sleep lol

Milestones: Feeling movement all day almost 6 months

 

Your Baby: Month 5

Watch what you say -- baby is now able to hear outside noise from down in the womb. Studies show that baby finds gentle music and your own voice most soothing. Nipples are starting to sprout, and that little face is fully formed. And, baby's starting to settle into sleep cycles, snoozing about 12 to 14 hours a day. It shouldn't be hard to figure out when -- just pay attention to those kicks as they start and stop. 

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21 weeks-Nursery theme sneak peek!

How far along: 21 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: gained 5 pounds/lost 1 so 4 pound total
 Maternity clothes: Mostly maternity pants and regular tops
Stretch marks: Nope
Sleep: Back to tossing and turning 
Best moment this week:  My mom feeling the baby kick :)
Gender: Blue
Belly button in or out?: In but flattening out
Craving:  Subway
What I miss: being able to stay up PAST 8:30pm
What I am looking forward to: Seeing my little guy at our 3d/4d ultrasound on April 30th
Weekly Wisdom:  Don't eat to much of you'll be very uncomfortable

Milestones: Feeling movement all day

Your Baby: Month 5

Watch what you say -- baby is now able to hear outside noise from down in the womb. Studies show that baby finds gentle music and your own voice most soothing. Nipples are starting to sprout, and that little face is fully formed. And, baby's starting to settle into sleep cycles, snoozing about 12 to 14 hours a day. It shouldn't be hard to figure out when -- just pay attention to those kicks as they start and stop. 

 Nursery Theme Sneak Peek

Crib Bedding:

Dwell Studio Gio Aqua Crib

 Baby M Wardrobe

Can't wait to put him in these cute clothes that his grandma got him!

Oh and look what baby m got in the mail from his auntie Melissa

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My Baby

Baby M has no idea what he is in for.... everyone is so very excited for his arrival and I sure can't wait to see his tiny face and kiss him all over from head to toe! It still hasn't hit me that I am going to be a mommy and that this is my baby, mommies little man, the one that's going to melt my heart and change my world, oh how I can't wait! Baby M is going to come into a world being loved so deeply by his mommy, daddy, aunties, grandparents and great grandparents and family. I am blessed to have a loving and supportive family and I am so excited to bring baby M into our family. I know that baby M doesn't know how much he is going to change our lives but I know he will, he will bring a whole new feeling of happiness to my parents, he'll bring back all the holiday spirit that went out the window as my sister and I got older, he'll bring back the feeling of togetherness in our families,  he'll make my grandmother younger and stronger, he will make life worth living!!! It's amazing how one little life who we only see in photos and who mommy feels kicking like crazy can make such a difference to so many, you are so special baby M and so many of us just can't to see you!!!!!! <3

A baby will make

A baby will make love stronger, days longer, nights shorter, bankroll smaller,
home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for.

  Author: Unknown

Bump Picture!

21 weeks

I posted this picture because my sister is bugging me that I need to post a new bump pic! :)

1 Year Married, 20 weeks Pregnant and a it's a ?

I can't even believe that the hubs and I have been married a year already, some how 6 months have flown by since I did my last monthly married updates and now I am here writing about it being a year! Sorry, it's just crazy to me that my wedding is a years memory already. So since it's been so long since I have done a married update  I figured now would be a good time lol. So lets start with Miley, you remember her right well she's still the same little, crazy, hyper puppy whose gonna be celebrating her 1st birthday in April :)....Next is the hubs, he's is enjoying his job for the most part except the days he gets cursed at by customers on the phone but overall good! He's also enjoying every moment of seeing my belly grow, the baby kick and our monthly ob visit, he's is being great at rubbing every aching pain I have and just being there 100%. Now me, well somethings have definitely changed here lol there is an ever growing belly in front of me, some aches and pains but overall I can't complain. I am blessed with this amazing little life in my belly, an amazing husband and supportive family members who care about me. As for my job I am really enjoying my new position that I wrote about a while ago, I am glad that I jumped in and went for it. All is really well in the Mendenhall family <3

 Baby M

It's a ???

BOY!

How far along: 20 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: gained 5 pounds/lost 1
 Maternity clothes: Mostly maternity pants and regular tops
Stretch marks: Nope
Sleep: Okay, as long as I have a pillow between my legs 
Best moment this week:  Finding out the gender :)
Gender: Blue
Belly button in or out?: In but flattening out
Craving:  everything lol
What I miss: being able to stay up PAST 8:30pm
What I am looking forward to: Seeing my little guy at our 3d/4d ultrasound
Weekly Wisdom:  Drink a lot of water or you'll end up super uncomfortable and constipated

Milestones: Finding out my intuition all along was RIGHT, can't wait for my little boy!
I was confident enough that I have already purchased him some of the cutest things!

I told you!!!

 

Your Baby: Week 20

Baby's digestive system is busy creating meconium (a tarry black substance made of swallowed amniotic fluid, digestive secretion and dead cells), which will fill the first diaper after birth. And, speaking of the diaper situation... baby's genitals are now fully formed!

18-19 weeks

How far along: 18-19 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: gained 5 pounds
 Maternity clothes: Mostly maternity pants and regular tops
Stretch marks: Nope
Sleep: Okay, as long as I have a pillow between my legs 
Best moment this week: The hubs finally felt the baby move :)
Gender: Team Green (1 week left until we find out if it's team green or blue)
Belly button in or out?: In but flattening out
Craving: hmmm everything lol
What I miss: being able to stay up late
What I am looking forward to: March 28th <3
Weekly Wisdom:  drink a lot of water or you'll end up super uncomfortable

Milestones:  Like the hubs says the baby gave him high five <3

 

Your Baby: Week 18

Your fetus has become amazingly mobile (at least compared to you), passing the hours yawning, hiccuping, rolling, twisting, kicking, punching, sucking and swallowing. And, baby's finally big enough that you'll be able to feel those movements soon. 

 

Your Baby: Week 19

Vernix caseosa, a greasy white substance made of lanugo, oil and dead skin cells (yum) now coats baby's skin, shielding it from the amniotic fluid. (Picture yourself after a nine-month bath, and the need for protection makes sense.) You might actually get to see the vernix at birth, especially if baby is premature.

17 weeks

 

 

the belly is def. growing

 

 

How far along: 17 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: gained 2 pounds
 Maternity clothes: yes, maternity work pants and a couple of tops
Stretch marks: Nope
Sleep: Better now that I sleep with a pillow between my legs
Best moment this week: feeling movement
Gender: Team Green only a couple more weeks until I find out for sure
Belly button in or out?: In
Craving: sweets
What I miss: being able to stay up late
What I am looking forward to: March 28th <3
Weekly Wisdom:  Round ligament pain( RLP)hurts like a bitch

Milestones:  movement for sure!

 

Your Baby: Week 17

Baby's skeleton is hardening, changing from rubbery cartilage to bone, and fat is finally accumulating around it. The umbilical cord is getting thicker and stronger, and those little fingers and toes are now topped by one-of-a-kind prints.