23-27 Weeks!

Okay... so I can officially be called a slacker! :/

I knew that I had let myself get behind, but I didn't realize I was 5 weeks behind!!! Ahhh!

Let's see if I can sum up what I can remember of the past 5 weeks of my pregnancy!

23 Weeks:

This week was pretty easy going! :)

Since I felt Asher move for the first time he hasn't stopped wiggling! Eric had felt him several times by this week.

This week included my 20th birthday (which was pretty awesome :)) and just the usual stresses of trying to find an apartment in Ogden, figuring something out as far as jobs and income goes, and getting both of us registered for classes.

For my birthday we just kind of took it easy since it was a weekday and Eric and I both had work. My mom made me homemade lasagna which was delicious and I got lots of cute new clothes (including a super cute Victoria Secret Pink sweatsuit that I am going to wear home from the hospital when Asher is born!) A couple weeks earlier we ordered me a new cell phone off of ebay and since it was $70 we just counted that as my birthday present from Eric haha!

As far as success with finding an appartment and jobs.... nothing had happened by this point.

I did get myself registered for classes, however, so we are working our way there!

This is my belly at almost 23 weeks! It is starting to look a little more round but not nearly as much as I'd like!!

24 weeks:

This week was also pretty easy going!

We did start getting decorations for Asher's room made!  We have decided to stick with a sports themed bedroom, but rather than buying the bedding we are going to buy the fabrics we like and have my aunt make a set for us!

We found a few cute sports bedding sets but we either didn't like the colors or the pictures and details so we decided that if we make our own we can pick what colors we want exactly and just turn the room into a sports theme with decorations, blankets, and pillows.

We have decided to stick with a bright red, royal blue, brown, and tan color scheme! We thought that went well with sports and it was a good color scheme for a boy so if we want to use it for our next boy we can switch the theme and still have a cute room! :)

My belly was starting to get to the point where if I wore tight shirts you knew I was pregnant!

25 weeks:

This week I had a doctors appointment! :)

Eric felt like he shouldn't take off work because we had a trip planned to California this weekend so he wanted to get as many hours in as he could so my mom took me.

The appointment went really well! Dr. Bierrer told me that Asher is growing A LOT and that he was close to 2 pounds when most babies only weighed almost 1.5 pounds by 25 weeks!

He told us to expect at least a 7.5 pound baby (possibly closer to 8 pounds!) if things keep going the way they are! :)

This week we also went to San Diego so that Eric's sister could go through the temple with her fiance. We left on Friday morning and spent the whole day driving there. 

Saturday we went through the temple, out to dinner,

and to the Mormon Battalion Museum.

Sunday we went to this little beach area, Old Town San Diego, and just took it easy.

Monday we spent the day at Sea World.

Tuesday we headed home. It was a great trip and a lot of fun to get a break from work and the real world.

During the drive to California my feet got REALLY swollen!

This is what they normally look like! I had to drink a ton of water and walk around a bunch to get them to go down but they finally started looking a lot better! :)

26 Weeks:

This week was the 4th of July! :)

Since we had spent the past weekend with the Allred's we spent the whole day with my family and had a great time!

We started the day by going to the parade in Grantsville, then we went over to my Grandma Cheryl's and Grandpa Richard's house for hamburgers.

Later on we went to the park and walked around for a few hours and then we went up the canyon with my other Grandparents to escape the heat!

That night we came back and watched the fireworks at the Stake Center!

Other than having to fight the traffic all day, we had an awesome 4th of July :)

Once again, nothing super eventful happened as far as the pregnancy goes haha! I have an extremely boring pregnancy!

This week I did start to feel more and more rib kicks from my little stinker... I HATE THEM!! haha!

They don't hurt but they don't feel good either. He kicks and kicks all day and I usually love getting to feel him be his wiggly little self but when he kicks up in my ribs I just want to paddle his little butt haha!

Eric and I also saw my belly literally move cause he was kicking so hard this week.

I can't decide how I feel about this... It is kind of creepy but so cool at the same time haha!

My belly is finally starting to look cute if I pick good outfits! Everyone keeps telling me that I should be happy that my belly is so tiny still and that I will be so sick of having a huge tummy by the time Asher gets here but since I am the one that gets to deal with people not being able to decide if I am fat or pregnant I still think I would rather have a big popped belly haha!

27 Weeks:

This was my first week in my 3rd and final trimester... CRAZY!! I can't even believe that I have less than 3 months until my due date!

(this is at 27 1/2 weeks!)

I have really just been loving being pregnant and trying to enjoy the fact that I get to spend time with my baby without any screaming, pooping, peeing, and sleepless nights haha!

(well sort of with the sleepless nights... I have to wake up at least 3 times a night to go potty!)

(This is at almost 28 weeks :))

Other than that though, Eric and I are STILL trying to get everything figured out for when we move down to Ogden....

This stresses me out SOOO much!

We want to move in exactly 1 month from Friday so this week we need to make some major decisions!

We are both registered for a full load of classes and both have our grants and I have a small scholarship so we know that school is completely taken care of... Now just for the rest of life haha!

Other pregnancy news... My feet have decided to be bratty and get swollen every night if I don't drink at lest 3 million gallons of water a day! haha! I have been downing water like crazy which helps keep my feet small but I am up all night!

Anyways... I will be 28 weeks tomorrow but I am going to wait to post anything about being 28 weeks until I get to experience being 28 weeks haha!

We have a doctors appointment one week fromWednesday and can't wait until then! :)