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My Kelocity Baby: 24 Weeks February 19, 2012

Filed under: Baby,Lake Tahoe — Kelocity @ 5:44 am
Tags: 24 Weeks, Baby, Pregnancy

Wow, this week went by fast. 24 weeks makes me about 6 months pregnant! SIX! That is a little surreal to me. I forget sometimes that I’m pregnant until I see my reflection in a mirror and I’m like “OMG WHAT HAPPENED!” Baby is growing strong in there! We had an appointment this week and everything is looking great! Baby’s heart rate was 155. Hard to believe I have less than four months left til D-Day! (Delivery Day!)

How I’m feeling: Still feeling awesome. I’m definitely moving a bit slower than usual, but I actually feel fantastic. I’m starting to feel more connected with the baby now and I find myself talking to him/her sometimes. The baby also loves to dance on my bladder and when I try to gently move it out of the way, it kicks back in protest. And my, how the kicks have gotten stronger lately! Sometimes they take me by surprise. What a wonderful feeling though.

I’ve also started to feel a little anxious in the past week or two. Just general nerves about how life will change once the baby comes. Will I be a good mom? Will I know how to hold the baby? Will I still be able to be myself and do the things I love to do? My pregnancy book says these emotions creep up in the second trimester, so I know it’s all normal. =)

Weeks along: 24 Weeks (about six months!)

Pounds Gained: 13.3 lbs Total

Pregnancy Woes:

A little bit of round ligament pain this week, but it’s just a reminder to slow down a bit and put my feet up.

Pregnancy Loves:

Mall Pretzels (had one last weekend, terrible, I know, but so so so good!)
Not getting Migraines. I had two small ones in the first trimester, but have been migraine free for four months. This is SUCH a blessing to me.

Items we got for the baby:

Closet Organizer – Feels so great to have a place to put all of the baby’s things!
For valentine’s day, I found this and gave it to Irving. Seriously, how cute!
It says Wild About Daddy. I couldn’t resist.

Goal for this week:

Go to Lake Tahoe (we’re already here!) My doctor called me her hero for agreeing to an 8-hour car ride while 6 months pregnant. But it was pretty easy and SO worth it!

Next Appointment: I have my 1-hour glucose test in two weeks! (gross)

Highlights of the Week:

Getting Baby Closet Organizer
We had an appointment this week and that’s always fun when things are looking good!
Valentine’s Day! Such a fun night out. I loved spending time with Irving, just the two of us. We savored it.

Special thanks to rockstar friend, Erica for taking my pictures this week!!! Thank you!!

Previous Baby Updates:
17.5 Weeks
19 Weeks
20 Weeks
21 Weeks
22 Weeks
23 Weeks

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The Stages of Life… February 13, 2012

Filed under: Baby,Home — Kelocity @ 8:13 pm
Tags: Baby, Home, Nursery, Office

For almost six years, we’ve lived comfortably in our two-bedroom condo. We fell in love with our spacious home office and spent 99% of our time hanging out at our desks. We each had our own space and could do whatever we wanted in our own corners. We eat there, watch TV there (on our computers), work on projects, scrapbook, plan vacations, etc. The list goes on and on.

When we moved in, it looked like this:

And soon after, we each had a side that was uniquely ours. Irving’s had LA Galaxy decorations, and mine looked like this:

But now that baby is on the way, we had some serious compromising to do because this room has to now serve as the nursery. We’ve been working furiously to get rid of things we don’t need (through ebay, craigslist & donations) and reorganize our lives to accommodate for the third member of our family. We are getting really close to being done; every day gets closer and closer.

This past weekend, our project was to break down the book shelves and clean out the closet.

BEFORE:

DURING:

The TV has been donated, CDs have been digitized and/or put into binders, drawers have been sold on craigslist and VHS tapes have been boxed up. Everything else has found a new home elsewhere in the condo.

AFTER:

Out with the old and in with the new! Baby needs book shelves, right?

We also cleared out half our closet. Sorry baby, you don’t get a whole closet though, you have to share with the scrapbook supplies, tool boxes and Irving’s golf clubs. You don’t mind though, right? We got a baby closet organizer so we have a place to store clothes, toys, diapers, etc. Irving was such a great daddy this weekend and put it all together.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Not bad, right? It’s a work in progress. We can’t wait to take the desks apart, build the crib, paint the room and decorate. We’re super excited.

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My Kelocity Baby: 23 Weeks February 11, 2012

Filed under: Baby — Kelocity @ 1:12 pm
Tags: 23 Weeks, Baby

I can physically feel the weight of the baby now. I’m realizing that it takes so much energy to do everyday things. Just rolling over in bed takes extra effort now. When something falls on the floor I actually stop to think about whether or not it’s worth bending over to pick it up. haha Baby must be on a serious growth spurt this week. I feel like I waited FOREVER for the bump to appear and now I’m freaking out because it’s already huge and I still have 17ish weeks to go! Gulp!

How I’m Feeling: The beginning of the week was rough, I caught the cold that everyone has been getting lately. It’s hard getting sick when you’re pregnant because there isn’t much medicine you’re allowed to take. None of the good stuff anyways. I took a day off of work and relaxed as best I could. Luckily some non-drowsy Benedryl did the trick and I bounced back quicker than I thought I would.

Weeks along: 23 Weeks

Pounds Gained: 13.1 lbs Total

Pregnancy Woes:

Heartburn
Round Ligament Pain
Not being able to take cold medicine
Skipping yoga so I don’t get other mamas sick =( I was so sad!

Pregnancy Loves:

Red Grapefruit Cups. Remember when I ran out of grapefruit cups? Irving got another case from Costco last week…. and now that box is empty too. Need. More. Grapefruit. Two cases this time. (There could be worse things to eat, right?)

Items we got for the baby:

Aunt Janie and Uncle Jake got us this hilarious onsie from Hawaii! I love it!

Goal for this week:

Order the Baby Closet organizer
Sell some extra furniture items on craigslist
Walk, Walk, Walk!

Next Appointment: Next Week!

Highlights of the Week:

Attending a Pregnancy Social at a local baby center. The store had a lactation consultant and two doulas on hand to answer any questions we had and do a mini-panel on things we might not know. It was so great to chat for two hours with other mama-to-be’s. I learned a few things and have a list of things to research.
Crib and Dresser have arrived! They are currently sitting in my dining room, but still super exciting!
Finishing my wedding scrapbook and a few pages of my travel one too!
And in case you missed it, my grilled cheese sandwich was pretty epic too. (A highlight for sure!)

Previous Baby Updates:
17.5 Weeks
19 Weeks
20 Weeks
21 Weeks
22 Weeks

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Horizontal February 6, 2012

Filed under: Baby — Kelocity @ 2:29 pm
Tags: Baby, Sick

We had a fantastic weekend up in the Bay Area. It was nice to relax with Irving’s family, peruse Babies R Us and Buy Buy Baby (again!) and just hang out and talk about the baby all weekend long.

There were lots of photos taken like this. =)

But we didn’t want Irving to feel left out of the photoshoot fun. He’s going to be an AWESOME dad, I just know it. He’s the best.

Our friend, Erica, came with us too! She spent some quality time in the city taking amazing pictures. And she brought chocolate for the road trip, which is why we are friends. I’m sad we don’t have a photo together, but we had an awesome time. Made the drive go by super fast.

She and Irving took pictures from the Berkeley hills overlooking Oakland and the City on Saturday night. They came out awesome!

This morning, I woke up with a full blown cold. I felt it coming on for a few days and thought that maybe it was just the pregnancy sniffles I’ve heard about… but sadly, that was not the case. I ended up horizontal on the couch for the better part of the morning.

I watched a couple of movies and snuggled up in my new Pea-In-The-Pod socks that my mother-in-law made me! They are SUPER comfy and I think they are SO cute! She hand crocheted the ‘peas’ onto the ‘pod’. How cute are they! Thanks, Julie!

The only upside of being home sick today was being around when the delivery truck showed up with the baby furniture! Our crib and dresser/changing table came today!

I felt bad the poor guy had to lift these by himself (because I sure wasn’t going to try!) These boxes will have to wait patiently for a few more weeks until the baby’s room gets cleaned out and painted.

I think I have this in my future tonight:

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My Kelocity Baby: 22 Weeks February 2, 2012

Filed under: Baby — Kelocity @ 8:03 pm
Tags: 22 Weeks, Baby, San Francisco

How I’m Feeling: Still feeling really great! People keep telling me how lucky I am that pregnancy has been so enjoyable for me. I think I have a pretty calm and chill baby in there who already loves his/her mama.

I definitely felt a bit run down after a crazy weekend last week though. Nothing bad, but I notice I can’t keep up with my old self any more. I have to start keeping that in mind when planning day-long excursions when I’m on my feet.

But it was a fantastic weekend! We went to Buy Buy Baby, two Babies-R-Us stores and two targets all in one weekend. It was crazy! I think we’re starting to get all the pieces in order.

It was all baby, all day long. Test driving strollers is hard work!

At the end of the weekend, we even found and ordered the crib we love (it was on sale!!) It should be arriving in a few days! I don’t know what we’re going to do with it yet, but least we have it! So exciting!

Weeks along: 22 Weeks

Pounds Gained: 12ish lbs Total

Pregnancy Woes:

Round Ligament Pain. Can’t move too fast in one direction or my (non-existent) ab muscles will not let me forget it. My yoga teacher told me it was all normal and gave me a few stretches I can do to help. I thought it might have been Braxton Hicks, but I don’t think it is anymore. Just my body growing along with the baby. And anything that reminds me that the baby is growing is exciting regardless.
Slowing Down. I can’t walk around stores for 8 hours at a time. My dogs are barking by the end of the day and I slept well this week.
Reading about Delivery. I went to the library to get some books on preparing for labor, but after flipping through and seeing some of the pictures (ewwww!) I put them back on the shelf and walked out. Perhaps it’s better to go in blind. Ladi-ladi-da. Butterflies and rainbows, right?

Pregnancy Loves:

Yoga. It’s part workout. Part therapy. Part Childbirth Prep. Part “me” time. I always leave feeling strong, empowered, light and happy. It’s a total endorphin booster. This week we did a lot of things that will directly help with giving birth. And um… we did kegals!!? (TMI)
Red Grapefruit Cups. Irving bought some more this week. The world can turn again.