24 Weeks!

How far along? 24 weeks and 6 days

Total weight gain: 8 lbs

Maternity Clothes? Yupp, Paul and I went into Thyme this past weekend for a sweater. I came out with 2 pairs of jeans, a dress and 5 shirts. Oh ya and two sweaters. Hate when that happens. :P

Stretch Marks? Nope!

Sleep? Fine as long as I have my pillow between my legs. If I forget about it, I won't sleep at all.  

Best moment this week: Finding an awesome deal on cloth diapers! Only $1.77 a diaper. Can't beat that! There is a post in the making on our decision to cloth diaper so keep your eye out for that! 
Another great moment: recognising more of our baby girl's patterns. A big one this week- she wakes up when I start moving around in the morning! It's really the only time of day I can rely on feeling her move around. I love it! 

Wedding rings on or off? On 

Miss anything? Nothing this week!   

Movement? Lots and lots! I love it!

Food cravings? Nothing out of the ordinary this week except for maybe kiwis? lol

Anything making you queasy or sick? Standing for long periods of time. Church has been getting harder and harder the last few weeks, I think it has something to do with standing and singing at the same time. I just have to sit more. It's kind of embarrassing!  

Have you started to show yet? More like have I started to look HUGE yet. We met another couple expecting late Dec and I looked massive compared to her! Amazing how every woman carries differently. 
Gender: Girl!

Symptoms: cold sweats and hot flashes. Ugh these are awful. Not looking forward to menopause! 

Happy or moody most of the time? Happy but definitely noticing that I get irritated easier these days. Sorry Paul! :P

Labour Signs: The dreaded Braxton hicks started this week. It was terrifying. The first one came when I sneezed. It felt like my uterus had turned into a rock. Then it went away. The next day it happened twice for no apparent reason. This time Paul wasn't home and I had no car. The second one that day was quite painful. Paul talked to the Dr's at his work and they said it was normal and to drink lots. I haven't had any more since. Thankfully Stella was quite active all weekend to ease my mind. 

Belly Button in or out? Out. I no longer remember what it used to look like. When I'm done writing this I think I will look back at old pictures to remind myself.  

Looking forward to: Meeting our little girl!! I can hardly believe I have only 15 weeks and 1 day until her expected arrival. I am cherishing each and every movement as time is going to just fly by and she will be here before we know it. I already booked her newborn photo shoot. Talk about crazy.  

Paul and I finished making all our cloth wipes for Stella! A huge job crossed off our list. Amazing how I can be so excited about something I am going to use to wipe poop. Really though, how cute are these colours!

I found myself having a huge crazing for cookies one night so I made them from scratch. They are delish, Reese peanut butter cups chopped up in place of chocolate chips!