37 Weeks

How far along: 37 Weeks

How big is baby: 6-7 lbs ish maybe bigger WHO knows. I have a half Rican half Viking baby in me

Total weight gain: About the same, 35ish lbs

Sleep: Is about the same as it was last week. I’m getting it. Not the absolute best sleep in the world, but I’ll take it.

Best moment of the week: Today! My last day of work. I finally get to have a week of rest and catch up before V gets here. I feel like I have so much to do before next Friday. Other than that I’ve been getting an awful lot of snuggling from my son, and I will never complain about that. I’m finally mostly over my cold I got last week. I’m just full of snot/mucus…sadly I’m going to have to use my Neti pot tonight (I hate doing that, it freaks me out haha).

Ezra snuggling up to his baby sister

Food Cravings: Cookies :/ I’m not proud of it.

Food Aversions: N/A

Symptoms: More Braxton hicks, more regular contractions, not dilated at all (BOOOOOOO), she feels like she’s ready to fall out at any moment with all this pressure, waddling like a 90’s kid rocking saggy Jncos, annnnnd so much exhaustion.

Mood: More tired/grumpiness and lack of patience. I am noticing more anxiety as well though, I just want her here!!!

Movement: She is officially so big that she can barely move. I noticed a drop in movement, but when she does move I can see elbows and heels and knees and butt….. It doesn't feel very pleasant either.  

What I’m looking forward to: We are at 7 days. 7 DAYS! One more blog and she is here. AAAGGGGHHHH I’m ready! Wait..no I have so much to do, I’m not ready…. Haha that is what goes through my mind every day. We are all so excited to see this little girls face and hear her little (or big) cry. I’m looking forward to not having this big ol stomach to lug around too. I can’t wait to get this next chapter in my life going. Ryan just can’t wait to hold his baby girl, this will be the first time he’s been a daddy to a newborn (I can’t wait to watch him melt at her sight). Ezra desperately wants to meet her and love on her, she already knows who he is. Anytime he is around and talking (when is he not talking again???) she will start squirming and rolling around. Bella has a countdown going and has her entire 2^nd grade class in on it. They all know every detail about my life/pregnancy hahaha. I love that girl.

There are so many cute baby girl things out there it is taking all my will power not to go broke buying things. This being my 3rd time around I know how fast these little ones grow and how silly it is to spend a ton of money on clothes and accessories.....but....I am still a woman who loves to see cute little babies in cute little things. SO this is something I've been coveting and will hopefully either someday own or with the help of my DIY blessed friends/family (Ryan, Aubrey, Sadie, Allyson....)will be able to make. These particular, are offered by Freshly Picked. I love every single one that they make, in every single color. If I was a woman of wealth, you can bet V would own most of these haha. Link below the picture.

Freshly Picked

7 more days until Baby “V” Lundberg is here!!!!!  (or sooner ;) )

Here is a little video of a day in the life of my stomach and what it goes through. I'll miss it :(.

18 Weeks

How far along: 18 Weeks

How big is baby: The size of an Bell Pepper

Total weight gain: Not sure I avoid scales at all cost J

Sleep:  It had been going pretty well (other than normal waking up every time I roll over), until everyone in my household decided to get a 24 hour stomach bug. Let’s just say mama took care of everyone who woke up vomiting towards the end of this week.

Best moment of the week: We got to carve some pumpkins!! Unfortunately with the amazing 80 degree weather we have been having our pumpkins aren't looking so good now haha. I also finally succeeded in making a bread item that didn’t turn out awful. For how much I love to bake (and it generally turns out good), I’m the worst bread maker of all time. For some reason yeast and I don’t get along so well with baking. I may have made the world’s most basic roll, but dangit it was fluffy on the inside!!! Also bought my little girl a couple outfits….I can’t help it!!! I get excited.

Food Cravings:  This week I think my only craving has been for a pumpkin loaf from Starbucks, which hopefully my lovely sister will be bringing me today. Other than that I still hate eating. I wish I had a private chef, it would make meals so much easier.

Food Aversions: Nothing notable. Still the same mostly.  

Symptoms: Starting to get a little sore from being in the same position too long and having to pee a lot more.  

Mood: Had some emotional breakdowns last week, otherwise doing pretty good. Lots of exhaustion from being up all night taking care of people.

Movement: She’s a mover ladies and gentlemen. Her favorite times to go crazy are after I have consumed food or orange juice while I’m sitting at my desk at work, and after the kids are asleep while I’m sitting on the couch with Ryan watching TV (fall t.v is back!!!!!!).

What I’m looking forward to: Our 20 week appointment next week which happen to fall on Ryan’s birthday. I love birthdays. I enjoy spoiling people, so this upcoming Thursday should be a lot of fun. Baby girl even gets to say happy birthday to daddy via ultrasound!

To conclude I wanted to ask your opinion about something: Do you share the name of your upcoming child with the world before you have them, or do you wait till the day they arrive? With Bella and Ezra I always said the name the minute we found out the sex. I had no problem the first time around, most people (family included) liked the name and were encouraging. With Ezra I experienced a name thief who at the last minute named their child something rather similar to his full name, it sorta bummed me out. This time around I had shared her name with a couple people, only to have a couple family members voice their dislike of it very openly……yeah that didn’t make me too happy. I’ve now decided not to share her name until she’s born, as I’ve seen lots of people do currently. This way you can’t hate the name….you will see an adorable baby and just call her by her beautiful name and not have a second blink to it. What do you guys thing?