Bumpdate: 27 Weeks

How Far Along: 27 Weeks!

Baby is the size of: A cauliflower

Total Weight Gain: 21 pounds!

Sleep: Sleeping pretty well with the snoogle. In Miami I slept like a log the first 2 nights, but the last two nights of the trip I was tossing and turning from 4 or 5am on, and woke up with major back pains. I was soooo excited to return home to my snoogle last night!!

Best Moment of the week:
*Miami!!! I'll catch you all up on our amazing trip later this week! We got some good sunburn (turning into a tan now), relaxed on the beach, ate a ton of cuban food, and watched movies...it was pretty much exactly what I wanted for a babymoon!

Worst Moment of the Week: 
*3 hour glucose test!!!!! So, as you know from last week, I didn't pass my first glucose test and had to take the 3 hour one before we left on our trip. The test went like this:
-I had to be at the blood center at 7:30am last Wednesday after fasting for 10 hours (which was fine since it was first thing in the morning). I could drink water before the test, but once it started, I couldn't eat or drink for the full 3 hours.
-They took my blood, then made me drink 10 ounces of the sugary drink (orange again). They told me to drink it over the course of 5 minutes (but not all at once...they said to pace myself) so I set the stopwatch on my phone and drank every 20-30 seconds until it was done about 5 minutes later.

-They then drew my blood one, two, and three hours after the time I finished the drink. The only time I got woozy was when they were drawing blood after 2 hours. The woman who did it didn't get the needle into my vein and spent a little bit of time trying to draw blood from it before pulling the needle out and announcing that she would have to have someone else do it for her. I realized that the whole time I wasn't breathing I was so nervous and I was so upset that they would have to stick me AGAIN when my arms were already started to look so bad.  I wasn't breathing, my stress level went up and I started to see stars. The guy who came in to retry was amazing and saw how shaken and woozy I was. He talked me through the whole thing, reminded me to breath and was done in two seconds. I wanted to hug him when it was over (but of course, that would be inappropriate).
-They drew my last blood after three hours (at this point, having been pricked with a needle 5 times) and I left feeling really weak - mostly from dehydration and starvation. Chris picked me up to take me back home (The place was literally across the street from his office which was very convenient!) and I went right home to drink a huge glass of water and eat the most amaaaazing salad in the history of salads (aka: I was so hungry it was unbelievable)
-I ended up staying home the rest of the day. I was exhausted and the thought of commuting into the city just seemed too daunting at that point.

Miss Anything: Sleeping through the night - though those 2 sweet blissful nights of great sleep in Miami were glorious.

Food Cravings: Honey Nut Cheerios - low fat/sugar treat that I've been snacking on after dinner!

Anything make you queasy or sick: Nope!

Have you started to show? 

Gender: Team Green 

Symptoms: Back pain, crying easily at commercials...the usual ;)

Workouts: Some walks in Miami, I didn't make it to yoga this week because I had so much to take care of before we left.

Mood: Very good! Miami was incredibly relaxing.

Looking forward to: Feeling baby hiccups which can start occurring any day now!

Maternity Clothes: Yes

Stretchmarks: Yes, but as I said before, I think BioOil is working pretty well.

Rings on or off? Engagement Ring off, wedding band on

Bellybutton in or out? Still in!

This week I: 
*Scheduled an appointment with the Deacon at our local church to discuss what needs to be done for Baptism once our little one arrives.

*Decided on a breast-pump (FULLY covered through my insurance...check that out ladies!! Breast Pumps should be covered by your insurance!)

*While we still have not decided on baby names for both a boy or girl, we have at least gotten the ball rolling and had some good brainstorming sessions! So baby naming 2013 is underway and we definitely have some frontrunners for both boy and girl names!!

Reading: Sippy Cups are Not for Chardonnay and Drinking and Tweeting and other Brandi Blunders Reviews coming soon

Milestones:
I ended my time in the second trimester and have now officially started the third trimester!! Progression through the weeks:

Bumpdates: 

Week 26

Week 25

Week 24

Week 23

Week 22

Week 21
Week 20

Week 19
Week 18
Week 17
Week 16
Week 15
Week 14
Week 13
Week 12
First Trimester

Linking up with Kristin for Baby Talk Tuesday