Week 25
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24 Weeks
Rob has been doing such a great job writing these little weekly updates (and I'm not just saying that because he said I looked cute this week!) I've had such an incredible birthday weekend, thanks to so many wonderful friends and family that we are SO INCREDIBLY BLESSED to have in our lives! My weekend started Friday night with a totally relaxing massage at Ellie's house and lots of fun girl time and laughter. Then, thanks to my boss miraculously giving me a Saturday off in February, I got to get a manicure and pedicure (also compliments of my lovely co-workers at Hilltop who got me a gift card to my favorite nail salon for my birthday - in addition to the giant chocolate cake on my desk Friday morning) and then get my hair done by the lovely Jessica Ewing. I came home to a dozen roses on the kitchen table and a surprise birthday gift from my husband. He had printed and framed pictures from a couple of the races I did last year, and then custom made hooks on the bottom o...
20 Weeks
Well, no fun collage this week but I did want to write a little post since we are at the half way point! This pregnancy has been so different from my last, partly because of timing I think, and partly because I have made an effort this time not to gain as much weight as I did last time. With Jenica, I think I gained a total of 50+ pounds and I really didn't want that to happen again this time around since it is so much work taking it all back off afterwords. Of course tax season is usually the worst time for weight gain for me since I can't make it to the gym as often and I don't eat the healthiest things - and that is still ahead of me in this pregnancy, but so far I've gained less than 10lbs and as you can see from pictures, last time was MUCH more! (You can see comparison pictures at the very bottom of the blog.) This little baby girl has also been much more active in my tummy than Jenica was and I wonder if that is related to the amount of activity I've been ge...
