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How far along are you? 25 weeks

Maternity clothes?  100% yes.. they are just more comfortable at this point.
Stretch marks? yes- removing this question since it won’t change.
Sleep: Yes! Thankfully.
Best moment this week: Painting the little one’s room!
Miss Anything? Nope.
Movement: He is becoming a very active little boy.
Food cravings: No real cravings this week.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Still red meat.
Gender: It’s a BOY!!!
Labor Signs: Lots of braxton hicks contractions going on this week.
Belly Button in or out? In!
Wedding rings on or off? On.
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy:)
Looking forward to: A prenatal massage. I have been having the worst lower back pain so between a chiropractor and a massage I am hoping to find some relief.

Paint Night

A few months ago a friend and I attended “Paint Nite” at a local gym and I LOVED it.. ever since then I have been wanting to go to another one, unfortunately I haven’t made it to another. When we moved Beth into Madison’s room I was trying to think of ways to make the room theirs.. not just Madison’s, and I was reminded of the paint night.

I wanted to add some fun colors and some personalization to the room and figured what better way to do that then have the girls make something, so we headed over to Michaels and grabbed a few supplies and got back to work!

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I decided to let the girls pick out the colors and shockingly they agreed on all 4 colors. We grabbed all our supplies and headed home. I pulled out my circuit and cut of the girls initials in vinyl and attached them to canvas along with a heart.

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The vinyl was not sticking to the canvas as well as I had hoped so we had to add some paint to help it stick.. Madison picked yellow because “it was bright and looked sticky”! Luckily it helped 🙂

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I put some paint out and gave the girls brushes and let them get to work! They loved the entire process. My only regret was using paint brushes, they seemed to slow them down and were more of hassle. If I ever this again I will let them finger paint the entire canvas. I had to help a little bit to cover up the white spots but they pretty much did it all alone!

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IMG_4755Once they finished I could’t wait to pull the vinyl off, I was looking forward to seeing the finished products! Once I finally pulled it off I was soooooo happy! They turned out so great and bright, it is exactly what I had in mind. The girls are so proud of themselves for making some beautiful pieces of art for their room! While I am still thinking about how to hang the pieces (either hang or display using the ikea photo shelf) I thought I would share the finished product with you!

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14060301_10208642413051454_1068177895_oHow far along are you? 24 weeks

Maternity clothes?  Yup.. spending this week going through my closet to pack away all my non maternity clothes.
Stretch marks? ugh do I still need to answer this?
Sleep: yes!, could be more constant but I will take what I can get!
Best moment this week: Picking a color for baby’s room!
Miss Anything? Nope.
Movement: Yes lots!
Food cravings: No real cravings this week.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Red meat.. so I guess I’m going to be staying away from steaks and burgers for awhile.
Gender: It’s a BOY!!!
Labor Signs: no
Belly Button in or out? In!
Wedding rings on or off? On.. except the other day when we were in the city and my fingers swelled the size of sausages.
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy:)
Looking forward to: Starting to paint the baby’s room 🙂

I took a look back at our old blog and saw that 24 weeks was my first “bump” post with Beth.. so here is a little throwback!
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23 weeks

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How far along are you? 23 weeks

Total weight gain: 13 lbs.  – last day time I will be answering this as I am finding myself focusing on this more then I should be!
Maternity clothes?  Yup, looking forward to fall so I can wear the good stuff not just shorts and tanks!
Stretch marks? ugh unfortunately
Sleep: Yes, and I have lavender essential oil to thank for that!
Best moment this week: Having dinner with a friend who is due a week before me with a boy!
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Miss Anything? Not this week.
Movement: Yes, and Chris finally felt a little kick.
Food cravings: Buffalo Chicken quesadilla would make me so happy right now!
Anything making you queasy or sick: Not much.
Gender: It’s a BOY!!!
Labor Signs: no .
Belly Button in or out? In!
Wedding rings on or off? On.
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy:)
Looking forward to: Fall and all this humidity going away.

Feeling 22

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How far along are you? 22weeks

Total weight gain: 12lbs.
Maternity clothes? pretty much all maternity clothes at this point.
Stretch marks? ugh unfortunately
Sleep: Such a lovely thing.
Best moment this week: When the baby kicked while beth was leaning on my belly… Beth’s reaction was perfect.
Miss Anything? Running.
Movement: He likes to roll!
Food cravings: Cheese curd.. and unfortunately I couldn’t get any while I was in Canada this past week.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Not much.
Gender: It’s a BOY!!!
Labor Signs: no .
Belly Button in or out? In!
Wedding rings on or off? On.
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy:)
Looking forward to: Starting to work on the baby’s room!!!!

21 weeks

First off.. Happy National Bump Day to all my fellow mama’s to be!

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How far along are you? 21 weeks

Total weight gain: Holding steady at 11lbs
Maternity clothes? still a mix… probably will stay that way until I start back to work.
Stretch marks? ugh unfortunately
Sleep: So happy I can finally say I sleep again !
Best moment this week: Our anatomy scan! Getting to see baby Murray moving around and seeing that he is healthy was the best moment of the week!
Miss Anything?Being able to exercise without feeling totally out of shape..
Movement: Yes, this boy likes to move.. but the movements aren’t super strong yet.
Food cravings: Beaver tails.. I cannot wait to have one this weekend!
Anything making you queasy or sick: Not anymore .. thankfully.
Gender: It’s a BOY!!!
Labor Signs: no .
Belly Button in or out? In!
Wedding rings on or off? On.
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy:)
Looking forward to: The kicks and punches getting stronger. Madison keeps asking to feel the baby kick but timing never works!
This pregnancy is totally different from the last 2. With both the girls I was very anxious and wanted to get everything done as soon as possible, I wanted to make sure we had the carseat (not in the car but ready to go if needed), I was calling pediatrician at 20 weeks to pick one, I was worried about having diapers and onesies etc.. This time it is the opposite. I am totally chill and not concerned about any of that. Probably because it is the 3rd time around and I know I have time and I don’t NEED everything the second the baby is born. The only thing we have done so far to prep for baby Murray is move Beth out of the nursery and put the crib rail back on the bed.
 Is there anything you would recommend getting this time around? So much has changed in the baby game in the past 2.5 years .. what are your go-to baby items?