16w1d

Today baby Schwaab is about 5 inches long!! 4 months, 5 inches long and 168 more days to ago (according to my baby app).

This weekend I enjoyed the first real “perk” of pregnancy. My best friend Nicole and her husband, Jeremy, moved from their old apartment to a beautiful and bright new apartment in the Edmonds area. My day of “moving” involved sitting around, directing traffic, making fun of Miles, chatting with Nicole and eating Pita crackers. After all, pregnant women can’t lift heavy things…doctors orders! I felt bad watching Miles, Jeremy and the guys do all of the lifting but not bad enough to talk myself into getting up off of my comfortable chair! This is the first time I think I’ve been truly happy I was pregnant. There is nothing worse than moving in 80 degree heat, so I was happy to be a good patient and rest. Maddie rested quite a bit, as well. As you can see, the heat really wore her out, too!

The rest of the weekend was fairly uneventful. Miles and I, inspired by Nicole’s move, did some “summer” cleaning and gave away several boxes of shoes and clothes to Goodwill. The house, however, really doesn’t look a lot different than before because we have yet to truly “organize” everything. We’re working on clearing out the spare room so I can start decorating the nursery area. We just need one large dresser for our room and then we’ll be able to move most of the stuff out of that room. I can’t wait to put up my Pooh decorations!!!

I still think the morning sickness is getting better, but I did start throwing up again- several times Saturday and again this morning. However, I think I can handle that sort of schedule better than four or five times a day! My pants are getting tighter and tighter, too. Last week I could button up my pants but just felt very uncomfortable. Today it was nearly impossible to button them so I opted for a baby band to go over them so I didn’t have to attempt to zip or button. Other than my lower belly, everything else seems to be staying about the same size and I’m still not gaining any sizeable amount of wait- I think about 2-2.5lbs total. I definitely want to gain a healthy amount but I’m a-ok with not gaining any extra than the baby needs!

I’m feeling more and more anxious to meet the baby. I can’t wait to see what a combination of Miles and I looks like and how much fun it will be! I know a baby is going to be more work than I’ve ever had before, but Miles and I can’t wait to welcome him/her into the world and teach him/her about the world and how much he/she is loved. Won’t it be nice when I don’t have to say he/she?! What’s your prediction…boy or girl? And you can’t say a healthy baby because obviously we want that first and foremost!