Baby Noble: 33 Weeks!

How far along?  33 weeks this week!
Baby Size: She could weigh as much as 5.8 pounds and could be as long as 18.7 inches long.
Total weight gain/loss: I have to go to the doctor tomorrow so we'll see if I get scolded for eating too much or too little.  The 3 day weekend might have thrown me off a little.
Maternity clothes? Nothing new this week but I'm loving the fact that I bought these maternity shorts a couple of weeks ago.  Bakersfield is supposed to hit triple digits this weekend (not that I'll be here) so I know I'll get good use out of them.
Stretch marks? Still doing good!
Sleep: Some nights are better than others.  I still wake up super early but the body pillow is a huge help to keep me comfortable.
Best moment this week: The 3 day weekend was WONDERFUL.  We--well, Carson was able to do quite a few home improvements to help us get ready for our guests that we'll have later this summer!
Pregnancy brain moment of the week:  Aside from general forgetfulness, nothing major to report!
Have you told family and friends: Yep!
Miss Anything? Running and margaritas.
Movement: Every week I keep thinking that she couldn't possibly move more or do weirder things but I'm constantly surprised.

Cravings: I've had my fair share of froyo the past couple of days...

Anything making you queasy or sick:  Nope!
Have you started to show yet: Yes
Labor Signs: Nothing really.
Belly Button in or out? Out-ish.
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy!

Looking forward to: Traveling to Texas this Thursday for Carson's sister's wedding!

Baby Noble: 32 Weeks!

How far along? 32 Weeks!  
Baby Size: She's the size of a squash!
Total weight gain/loss: I didn't feel like weighing myself this week.
Maternity clothes? No new clothes, but I did bite the bullet and I bought a body pillow and a belly support band because apparently there's a chance I have Symphysis Pubic Dysfunction which basically means my pelvis is separating and making my life a living hell.  I'm willing to buy anything to help make me more comfortable.  I still have 8 weeks to go so I'm hoping I'll be able to get my money's worth out of both things.
Stretch marks? Still good but I'm getting larger and larger by the day so hopefully this doesn't change soon!
Sleep: With the new pelvic issues, rolling over is nearly impossible.  Sleeping with the body pillow keeps me in one spot better through the night.  I've been sleeping pretty good but I've been exhausted during the middle of the day.  I'm also having a hard time focusing during the day.  I'm ready to be done with work for a while.
Best moment this week: Carson assembled the crib while I was away on Saturday and it looks so good! 
Pregnancy brain moment of the week:  I definitely pulled into AM/PM and paid for my pump to start before I realized that I had pulled in the wrong direction.  To be fair, this is something I probably would do pregnant or not but still my silly moment of the week.
Have you told family and friends: Yep!
Miss Anything? Working out hard and sitting in the sauna afterwards.  And margaritas.  I actually suggested on Sunday that we name her 'Rita' and Carson totally called me out for just having margaritas on my mind.
Movement: She still loves lunch time.  I also love watching her move with the TV on in the background.  For some reason, her movements seem so much more dramatic in dim lighting.

Cravings: In N Out.  This has yet to be fulfilled....

Anything making you queasy or sick:  Nope!
Have you started to show yet: Yes
Labor Signs: None!
Belly Button in or out? My support band pushes my belly up enough that my belly button is actually totally in while I wear it.  Less fun to tease Carson with...but the band is SUCH a relief.
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: I was REALLY moody after my doctor said that my pelvis was moving apart and that there was nothing I can do about it.

Looking forward to: We're headed to Texas in a couple of days for Carson's sister's wedding!  Keep your fingers crossed that the baby doesn't want to be a true Texan and stays put.

Baby Noble: 31 Weeks!

How far along? 31 Weeks!  
Baby Size:  She's the size of a pineapple...from a cucumber to a pineapple in one week.  Sure...
Total weight gain/loss: According to the scale this past Saturday, I have only gained 25 pounds.
Maternity clothes? Well, I attempted to go shopping for maternity clothes.  I did get some things but it's just hard...spending money on things that just don't look great and you'll never wear again.  I'm glad I had the gift card because I would never have bought anything otherwise.  I'm still going to look stupid every now and then until the end.  I regret EVER judging a pregnant person for what they were wearing.  It's hard.
Stretch marks? Still none!
Sleep: Sometimes I sleep really well and other times, it's terrible.  I'm also getting extremely tired again.  By the end of the day, I'm exhausted but most of the time I hard a difficult time falling asleep and staying asleep.
Best moment this week: Carson treated me all day on Sunday for Mother's Day!  While I was shopping, he went out and bought me an awesome vacuum and actually vacuumed and cleaned almost the entire house.  I have to admit, I was a little disappointed that he had vacuumed already.  I can't wait to try it out!
Pregnancy brain moment of the week:  Nothing so far thank goodness! 
Have you told family and friends: Yep!
Miss Anything? Being comfortable and sleeping well.  I wake up sleeping on my back a lot which I hear is bad but it just hurts to sleep on my sides.
Movement: I feel her ALL THE TIME.  She's bumping into many more of my organs now and I feel a lot of zings all around.  I don't know how else to explain it.  She likes to stretch out and I can feel her push on both sides of me.

Cravings: Over the weekend, I HAD to have some Rocky Road ice cream.

Anything making you queasy or sick:  Nope!
Have you started to show yet: Certainly...people keep telling me I'm really small though for how far along I am.
Labor Signs: I think the other night I experienced my first Braxton Hicks fake contraction thingy.  It might have been a dream though.  All kinds of crazy painful things happen at night now...like the worst leg cramps I've ever experienced.  I woke up last night at 3:30 with another terrible leg cramp.  My right leg is literally sore today.
Belly Button in or out? It shows through my shirts now.  It doesn't look like it would if you saw it, but something about how it is makes it poke through.
Wedding rings on or off? It's officially summer in Bakersfield and my pregnant body is starting to swell like nobody's business.  I didn't think it would happen, but I think soon I'll have to stop wearing them.  At least my engagement and Aggie rings.  My wedding ring is actually a little big so I might be able to still get by wearing that.
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy except when attempting to buy myself clothes.  It's so much easier buying things for the baby!

Looking forward to: We bought the crib last week and it should be here this Thursday!  I can't wait to put it together and get some more things for the nursery.

Baby Noble: 30 Weeks!

How far along? 30 Weeks
Baby Size:  She's the size of a cucumber but she's almost 4 pounds now.  When was the last time you ever saw a 4 pound cucumber?  
Total weight gain/loss: I actually got on the scale!  I'm up 27 pounds now and totally cool with that.  
Maternity clothes? I got the sweetest card from Carson's parents for Mother's Day with a giftcard to Motherhood Maternity.  Time to go shopping!
Stretch marks? Body butter's still doing it's job!
Sleep: Sleep has been pretty decent lately.  I haven't had as much hip pain and I haven't had to get up in the middle of the night to pee as much.  I'll take it!
Best moment this week: We painted the nursery! AND we paid off all of my student loans!!!  We're officially debt free except for our house and it feels WONDERFUL!!
Pregnancy brain moment of the week: Nothing so far, thank goodness.
Have you told family and friends: Yep!
Miss Anything? Being able to sit and lay comfortably.  And running.  Spring time is the best time to run and I'm missing it. 
Movement: When the doctor put the doppler on my belly last week, she started going crazy and he was like "Wow, she must have hiccups or something because those are too strong to be normal kicks."  Uhh...they felt pretty normal to me.  She's a super baby...clearly.

Cravings:  I mean, I could eat pizza all day every day but that's pretty typical...

Anything making you queasy or sick:  Nope.
Have you started to show yet: Yes, clearly.
Labor Signs: I've been feeling great the last couple of days.  I'm hoping this isn't my last bout of feeling good until I'm miserable until the end.  I definitely feel more tired lately, but physically everything has been good.
Belly Button in or out? Movin' on out!  It creeps Carson out now and I take full advantage.
Wedding rings on or off? On.
Happy or Moody most of the time: I might have had a mini-meltdown in Lowes after registering over the weekend.  Seriously, why do there need to be 5 brands that make the same baby thing in the same price range?  We were supposed to register at 2 stores but I couldn't handle doing them both in person.  I registered at the second store online which went MUCH better.  

Looking forward to: Doing more to the nursery.  I feel like now that we got started, we need to keep working on it and Carson seems to be on board!

6th Time is a Charm

Who goes to Lowe's 4 times in one weekend?  We do.  Picking paint colors has got to be one of the hardest things to do.  We finally settled on a color for the baby's room and painted the whole thing this weekend!

We were originally going to go yellow but since I want to use yellow a lot in the room, we decided to go with grey instead.  It looks so good and I'm so glad we're done with it.  I feel like we're moving in the right direction!  On Saturday, we went to Babies-R-Us and we have it narrowed down to 2 crib options.  I'm hoping we can get one and assemble it next weekend.  Progress!!

We also installed a ceiling fan in our master bedroom and a mirror in the hall bathroom.  It was a weekend of house upgrades in Casa de Noble!

29 Weeks!

How far along?  29 Weeks this week.  We should probably work on the nursery sometime soon...
Baby Size:  She's the size of an acorn squash.  Or, for normal people who don't eat weird foods, she's between 2.5 and 3.5 pounds now.  And I can certainly feel it!
Total weight gain/loss: Still haven't been on the scale lately.  I will weigh myself again before I give birth, I promise.
Maternity clothes? I bought a maternity dress from H&M that I love.  It doesn't scream maternity and I think I'll be able to wear it once I'm back to my normal size.  When I came home today wearing what I'm wearing in the picture, Carson said something along the lines of "Oh, that's what you want to wear?"  Maybe I should buy more maternity clothes...my normal wardrobe clearly isn't cutting it.
Stretch marks? Still stretch mark free!
Sleep: There's nothing like sleeping in your own bed.  I've been really tired this week but that could very well be because of Vegas.
Best moment this week: Our last weekend away baby-free was amazing and so relaxing.  And we finally bought a ceiling fan for our bedroom.
Pregnancy brain moment of the week: Remembering to take the camera to Vegas...but forgetting the memory card.  Womp womp.
Have you told family and friends: Yes!  And strangers are noticing all the time and ask me about it.  My favorite was last night at the gas station where two middle eastern men were talking to me about it.  I told them I was having a girl and one of them said "Of course you are!  I can tell!" 
Miss Anything? Yoga and margaritas.
Movement: I have this fear that she's going to move so hard she might knock me off my feet.  She's been moving around like crazy lately.

Cravings:  Nothing in particular.

Anything making you queasy or sick:  Donuts.
Have you started to show yet: Uh, yes.  And have I started running into things yet?  Yes, and it hurts when I do.  Especially when I hit my belly button.
Labor Signs: Nothing to report this week.
Belly Button in or out? I'd say the top half is officially out.  I tried on some clothes over the weekend and decided not to get one shirt because my belly button was too pokey.
Wedding rings on or off? On but my fingers can swell like nobody's business.
Happy or Moody most of the time: So happy.  Things are so good right now.

Looking forward to: My next appointment is tomorrow and if my doctor didn't lie to me at the last one, I should have an ultrasound in 2 weeks!

Vegas!!

Carson and I spent this past weekend in Vegas and we had a blast.  I LOVE Vegas, which really surprises me because it doesn't seem like something I would typically like.  Unfortunately, this year I forgot to put the memory card in the camera before I left (pregnancy brain moment of the week) so we only have phone pictures.

We stayed off this strip this year at Sam's Town.  The pool was by far the best part.  We stayed at the Luxor last year and they had the chairs set up so that you were right next to people on both sides.  Sam's Town's pool was nearly empty and had tons of space.  We saved a ton of money and the hotel was nice, but I did miss the convenience of being able to walk back to the hotel on the strip.  There were no midday naps this year and we didn't get to stay out until 2 or 3 like we did last year.

Saturday morning we woke up and had breakfast and for some reason, I got really sick.  Carson headed to his bowling tournament and I stayed in bed for a few hours.  I eventually sucked it up and laid by the pool for a few glorious hours.

Carson ended up doing really well in his tournament despite us leaving his bowling bag at the house.  (Carson's pregnancy brain moment of the week.)  We grabbed a late lunch/early dinner and headed to the strip.  We stayed at the Monte Carlo for a little bit and I did work doubling my money at the Roulette table.

Later, we ended up going downtown to Fremont Street.  It was packed!  We had a really hard time finding a place to park and walking down the street was difficult because of how many people were there.  I was shocked.  You'd think the strip would be busier.  The casinos are all older on Fremont Street but it's awesome walking under the canopy.  There were 4 huge stages with different genres of live music.  It was different than anything I had ever seen before.  We wanted to gamble but none of the casinos had any open spots at the tables.  

Sunday we started the day with The Mob Museum.  It was REALLY interesting but had WAY too much information to read and had too many videos to watch.  We loved the old mob history, but once it got into present day stuff we zoomed through it to the end.

We headed back to Ceasar's Palace where I did some shopping (baby clothes!) and Carson watched a game in the sports area.  He also snuck over to the Flamingo and bet $100 on black and won!  We both really wanted to see a show while we were in Vegas this time, since we didn't get to last year.  They're so stupidly expensive...seriously, why do they need to be so pricey?!  Since he doubled his money, we bought tickets to a Cirque Du Soleil show!

We saw Zumanity, which was kind of half burlesque/half contortionist show.  There was no real plot but it was still really awesome to see what all those people can do.  There was a creepy little person who did nothing but lurk in the background.  We were never sure what his role was supposed to be.  We had a great time though.  It was really funny and if you're with your significant other, I think we would both recommend it!  It would definitely be awkward with friends or family though.  Lots of boobies.

How was Vegas while 7 months pregnant, you might ask.  Well, let me tell you.  Vegas is hot in April.  Like 100 degrees hot.  Last year, we did the whole late breakfast, late lunch, skip dinner plan and it worked great.  This year, I needed snacks and 3 square meals, for sure.  Being around smokers was infuriating.  I would look around to try to pinpoint who it was and would give them a death stare that said "CAN'T YOU SEE I'M PREGNANT."   But ultimately...I was the silly pregnant lady hanging out in a casino.  By the end of the night my belly hurt, my feet and hands were swollen, and I was a little tired of waddling.  Regardless of all that, I still had a fantastic time.

We love Vegas.  I'm not sure if we'll attempt to do it again next year with the baby or not.  I can't even imagine trying to walk down Las Vegas Boulevard with a stroller.  And how do you gamble?  We'd have to separate and I don't know how I would feel about that.  We might have to hold off on trips like these for the next few years.  I'm so glad we've had such great experiences both times we've gone together.

Lessons learned during Vegas Round Two:

• Keep your doors locked while you drive around because drunk people WILL try to get in your car
• Stay on the strip--it's more convenient and worth the extra money
• $10 tables are NOT just double $5 tables and you're not twice as likely to win--they suck and they hate me, apparently
• If you plan on taking a babymoon, definitely go in the second trimester--or do a relaxing vacation if you go in the third
• WEAR COMFORTABLE SHOES
• H&M has maternity clothes
• Show up early to the shows because they start entertaining while people enter