26 weeks!

Well it's 26 weeks!! My belly is growing and growing, and my baby is moving and kicking.. I just love it!

If I continue to use the baby size chart that I normally do then I think this might be one of the last weeks where my updates are in terms of the baby’s length.  After this, I think he becomes something enormous like a melon! 

But for this week, he’s a LONG as an English cucumber!  (But another site told me that he's as big as a head of lettuce and weighs 1.5-2.5 pounds. WOAH.)

 

I like what a particular baby site said about week 26 because it describes my week exactly...

"baby may be interfering with your sleep, messing with your brain (forget much?), and even be giving you a stress headache or two. It’s normal to be experiencing some mild swelling"

Haha messing with my sleep is an understatement, it takes me forever to get comfortable and fall asleep. And then, once I'm finally about to drift of to dream land... he decides it's time for a dance party, oh and he likes karate! Kicking and punching me throughout the night. Don't get me wrong, I love my baby's movements.. I really do! But I have learned that he is most active late at night which makes sleeping almost impossible! Zach works third shift and he jokes that the baby is just on his daddy's schedule. :) 

Also, I feel like my brain doesn't work half the time, I find myself jumbling my words and not making since and very forgetful! (I was always this way a little before pregnancy ha, but pregnancy is just making is worse! I didn't think that was possible.. but apparently it is) 

Finally, I feel like pregnancy is making me bipolar sometimes.

I feel incredibly happy one day and overwhelmingly tired and moody the next. It's crazy! 

I had my second pregnancy class this week, I love it and learning a lot, I have been listening to affirmations which help me relax and practice my techniques. 

Zach took this picture and then I looked at it and couldn't believe that I look so big!  When my dress just falls over my belly I don't look this big.. but when I outline my belly with my hands it makes my belly look gigantic! Wow.

I don't normally post pictures of my actual naked belly.. but I am amazed at how much my belly grew this week, and decided to post this.

Next week will be my last week in the 2nd trimester, The day that I meet my little boy is getting closer and closer and I just can't wait! :)