27 Weeks!

August 8th

Baby girl is the size of a Fennec Fox (minus the tail) this week! Or a bunch of bananas, whichever is easier for you to visualize :D She's about 15 inches long and weighs over 2lbs! She's opening and closing her eyes with ease now and her brain is rapidly developing. She has started to enjoy kicking me whenever she gets hungry, so I think she's readying herself for the outside world on that front. haha :D She's moving even more these days and I'm just soaking up all the love :D

How's Mama? Doing great! Definitely waddling some now- or so I've been told my multiple people (thanks!). LOL. Nah, it really doesnt bother me. I have this huge belly and I'm not used to it. Between that, my pelvic bones hurting, and my back, waddling has been unavoidable :D A few of us have started a Fitbit challenge, so I've been walking more and doing a lot of yoga and those things have definitely helped with all of it! So I'll have to keep all of that up. Sleeping is getting more difficult. But otherwise, I'm feeling great these days! Oh, my newest and worst craving yet is a double cheeseburger from McDonalds. Y'all, it's all I want. and they are SO bad for you. I might have had 4 this week. haha :D 

How's Daddy? Not sleeping great because Mama isnt sleeping great. lol. Usually, I can sleep right through his snoring- it's never bothered me before. We've always joked that God blessed me with deaf ears when I sleep. However, these days since I'm so uncomfortable and tossing and turning more, the snoring bothers me. Which makes me toss and turn more, which makes him and it's a whole thing. We had a baby appointment this week and downstairs from my doctor is a sleep study office, we popped in and got some information for him. We've known he's had sleep apena for years, it's probably just time to do something about it before baby girl gets here. Otherwise, John's just busy at work like usual and powering through getting our garage done! He's been working so so so hard for us and words cannot describe how thankful I am to him for it :D John's also been getting new equipment in at work and has been having fun trying out the new cameras as what not! He got to snap my picture with one of them! OH! He also played photographer for me and Krystal, we thought it would be fun to get one last best friend preggo picture together before Baby K comes:D Eventually, we'd like to take one with me preggers and her holding her baby and then another one with us holding our babies together. I think it will be adorable :D Thanks for humoring us John!

This week? Ummm, my baby brother got MARRIED this week. But let me start with other stuff first :D Krystal was supposed to be due on the 8th! But Baby K has decided to hang out a little while longer. Krystal came over Monday and we watched "What to Expect When You're Expecting." It's such a cute movie and we've been meaning to watch it her entire pregnancy. Leave it to us to wait until the due date. haha. John and I had wedding stuff we had to do most of the rest of the week. He did manage to work in the garage some and I went and picked up my dress for the wedding! God Bless the lady who tailored my dress because if she hadnt wanted to wait to alter it- I dont think it would have fit. All she ended up having to do was take in the bust and shorten the straps. The dress was snug around my belly and just long enough. PHEW! Good thing the wedding was Friday, cuz I dont know if it would have fit next week. haha. Thursday the festivities began!

Thursday, John and I worked half days and then had a baby appointment! It was a sweet little break to get to hear her heartbeat before all the crazy of the weekend started :D I had my glucose test and met with the doctor. Everything was great! My blood pressure was perfect, her heartbeat was strong, I'm measuring on time, overall- great appointment. It was my first appointment meeting with a male doctor, so I was a little nervous. ANNNND leave it to me to wear a dress to the appointment. Usually, I have on jeans and pull the maternity part down so we can listen to the heartbeat. How do you do that with a dress? Oh man. lol. This doctor was about to see my goodies- I just knew it. Luckily, he gave me a cover and was honestly one of my favorite doctors we've seen so far. He was just so authentic and nice and made me excited and less nervous about delivery. Dr. Yoon was awesome. Friday I actually got a call while we were getting ready for the wedding and was told that I PASSED MY GLUCOSE TEST! No gestational diabetes for this mama! I has been so nervous about it since I was overweight before getting preggers, but phew! So happy! They did tell me that my iron was on the low side and I needed to start eating more- that I can do! :D After the appointment, John and I had to stop and get food and then we headed to rehearsal. The rehearsal went great and then we all went to Red Bowl for dinner. It was a nice time to get to hang out with some family and meet more of Britts. 

Friday was WEDDING DAY!! I cant wait until I have pictures to share. I got up early and went to Kala to get my hair done. She did an AMAZING job. I felt SO beautiful the entire day:D Between her hairdo and my makeup- I felt so pretty with my sweet bump! I thought I would feel huge, but I didnt! Just felt awesome :D While I was getting my hair done, she had another client in her studio that was a L&D nurse at Wake Med! I might have her when I go into labor! She was super nice and I asked her a lot of questions. Between her and Dr. Yoon, I felt much more ready for baby girl to come :D After hair, I raced home and John and took off for the wedding. I was supposed to be there at 12, but got there a little late. We spent the next two hours getting ready, taking pictures, and getting Britt ready. Mom and I gave something to Christopher from Daddy too. All the tears. My dad would be so proud of the man Christopher has become and I know we all wish he could have been there. Enough of that because I will cry again. The wedding was beautiful. and my baby brother is married. I cant even believe it. After the wedding we took more pictures and then headed to the reception. When we get pictures in, I'll give more details about everything. But we had a great time! John, baby girl, and I danced and then baby girl and I danced some more! People thought I was about to pop or trying to get her out. haha. NOPE. Just having fun. Plus, she wanted to dance with her uncle at his wedding some :D After some cake (some of the most delicious cake I've ever had in my life, EVER) and more dancing, we wished them off! Then it was time for this Mama to go TO BED! haha

The rest of the weekend was recovery and John working in the garage. lol. I worked in the house- it was TOO hot for me outside :D Still on baby watch for the Kinlaws too! Cant wait to meet you baby K!

Garage progress! John's cleaned out that entire side and started hanging things!