Two more weeks left of my second trimester! 14 Weeks until due date! 96 Days! Holy Crap! Where is this 9 months going! Every time I think about it I get nervous and excited at the same time. There's still so much to do and get ready before we bring home our baby girl!
This week she is weighing about 2 pounds and measures over 9 inches in length! Her eyelids are beginning to open, which means she may begin to respond to bright lights. I hope she's doing OK in there! On Friday one of my kids' parents asked me how far along I am and when I told her 26 weeks she was shocked. She asked me if the baby was just really small because I don't look 26 weeks pregnant. This got me kind of worried. I'm eating a lot. She shouldn't be small. I feel her kicking. My body has definitely gotten bigger, I'm gaining weight. I think I am just kind of spreading out wide ways rather than front ways. My hips have for sure widened out. I plan on asking the Dr. about this next appointment. I continue to itch to death. I have scratched so much I have unintentionally drawn blood splotches to the surface of my skin. Nothing is helping. I have tried extra strength lotion, Aloe Vera, nothing helps.
I wrote a few posts back about making a big To-Do list of things that need to get done before the baby comes. I am happy to report that this weekend we continued tackling items on the list! Andy and I FINALLY bought a bookshelf so we can continue unpacking all the book boxes that are stuffed in the closet, clean out what will be the baby's room, put the things we want to keep but don't want out in the now empty closet, and begin getting her room ready!! We also went to Babies R Us and registered! It was not as bad as I thought it would be. It took forever, we were there about 2 1/2 hours. Andy and I were both exhausted when it was over, but this morning when I woke up and looked over the registry and everything on it, I got super excited about all the awesome things we picked out for our baby girl! Never did I think cribs, travel systems, and pack n plays would get me so excited!
We also continued to test out the waters of coupons and budgets and were able to buy our first two packs of Huggies diaper this weekend! We now have 200 diapers, and I plan on continuing to get a pack or two every weekend! Target was having a great deal where if you buy two of their value packs of diapers, you get a $10 gift card. The diapers were originally $24.99 per box of 100, which isn't really great. BUT I had 2 $2 off coupons making each pack $22.99...better, but still not great. However, with the $10 I would be getting back on the gift card each pack would be valued at $17.99 or (drumroll) 18 cents per diaper! I've already started looking at deals for next weekend! It's actually kind of fun!
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