24 Weeks & More

As of yesterday I am 24 weeks along and super excited to be ending my second trimester.  Next week starts the beginning of the end and I can't wait!!  Even though this pregnancy seems to be flying by compared to my first, 9 months is still just way too long to wait!  Too long to wait and too long to have my body be all sorts of out of whack!
I go tomorrow for my 24 week doctor's appointment and then next week for a sonogram.  So far so good as far as I'm concerned.  She is moving around more than ever and I can see my stomach move and jump whenever she gets really rambunctious! Sleeping is definitely getting tough, more so just because my bed is so high and I sleep in my big fluffy pregnancy pillow which is just one more thing to have to crawl over when getting in and out half a dozen times a night to pee!

This week's TOP 5:

1. Heartburn has definitely started and I had to make myself purchase some Tums....yuk!!  they taste like chalk as far as I'm concerned, but I did discover the smoothie flavored ones aren't actually that bad.
2. She's moving around all day and all night!!  Very happy to know she's an active baby, always just a reassuring feeling to know she's bouncing around and doing well.
3. My eyesight always gets worse when I'm pregnant and I'm definitely feeling it right now.  I have to wear my glasses for most everything, not that I can't see without them, its just easier and I get less headaches with them on.
4. I'm in FULL DIY mode right now, and becoming more and more anxious to get the baby's room well on its way, AND to finish up some stuff in Jack's room.  I'm going to make my first attempt at upholstering a headboard for his new big boy bed.  If all goes well then I plan to make one for our room as well.  
5. Enjoying my last week before I officially start to freak out and realize that the count down is officially ON!!!

I put a hair clip in my hair so naturally Jack insisted on having one as well :)

 In other news, Jack is now sleeping in a big boy bed!  We made the transition about a week ago, and so far I'm really proud of him.  Sometimes he does wake up in the middle of the night and I have to go in and lay down with him, and sometimes he does still come in our bed early in the morning, but I'll take it!  This transition was something I was sort of dreading.  Happily he did great and really seems to like his new bed.  I think it helped that we had it in his room for a couple of weeks before we even tried making him sleep in it.  We just let him play on it and really get comfortable with it being in his room.  We made sure to lay on it a lot with him and read lots of stories, which I think that totally helped with the transition.  The first time he woke up and sat up in his sleep and softly said "Momma?" in his sleep, I absolutely melted and bolted to his side, we snuggled right down and he went right back to sleep.  I knew deep down that letting him cry it out wasn't going to work (and of course we all know it didnt), and in his own time he would be ready all on his own.  So we agreed to wait and just go straight for the bed and not the crib.  I wish I would have listened to my gut in the first place and not have ever put him or ourselves through letting him cry it out in the crib which he clearly hated! Momma's- listen to your gut! You know best!

    Shopping at Wegmans is WAY more       fun with a balloon

He's starting to really repeat words I ask him to say.  So far this week he has said "ball" and "more".  Still a work in progress but he is amazing me everyday.  He's also becoming more and more adamant about what he wants.  To the point where he screams/whines non stop until I give in.....which I for the most part don't.  I let him just scream and hope that ignoring him makes him realize he's not getting anywhere.   Trying  to distract him with something else usually works but there are times when I'm at my whits end and I totally just give in.... unless he wants goldfish or animal crackers for breakfast.  Although I guess it could be worse.

   This is the day he decided he was no longer afraid of the big Elmo

Jack is also now obsessed with doing and eating EVERYTHING I do, which I find adorable (usually)....putting on chapstick, deodorant, lotion, combing his hair, wanting to clean his ears and trim his toenails.....its amazing how observant he is and how fast he catches on.  Not so cute and adorable how he doesn't take "NO" for an answer when I don't let him clean his own ears and eat the chapstick or pump his own lotion all over the floor over and over again.  Kid's got a little temper!!

   Wants to sit at the table like a big boy