28 Weeks

My boobs are STILL growing!! I seriously don't know what to do about it! I went shopping the other day and had every worker at Bloomingdales searching through all the bras for the biggest size they could find. and it is still tight. It is so annoying. They hurt and get in the way, and are just plain uncomfortable. The giant boobs are more of a discomfort than the prego belly. This top I am wearing in these pictures is a MATERNITY XL. They say that maternity clothes are supposed to have extra room in the bust, well apparently not enough for this freak of nature! Also, if you will notice in the picture, I no longer have ankles. Earlier this week Ross and I went camping in the Keys and at some point during that trip my ankles disappeared. I now have swollen leg stumps that reach completely to my balloon feet.

87 days to go

To some of you that may sound like it is just around the corner, to me....It sounds like FOREVER! I guess it is because I am now only working 2 days a week and I have no social life, but it seems like the days are ticking by so slowly. There are a few social events coming up in May, and it seems like forever until they get here. I have plenty to do around the house with all of my websites and sewing projects and what not, so I am not bored, I am just having a hard time adjusting to the lack of people in my daily life.
I keep trying to think up things to do, but my bad veins have limited me so much. I can only stand still for about a minute before my leg starts to throb. Not to mention, that they look horrible! I am going to gross you all out and post a picture of them! They are only on one leg, which to me is very strange, but my doctor said that isn't all that odd. She said that my uterus is probably squishing an important vein that feeds that leg. The picture of the one on the inside of my leg, no that is not a bruise, it is a circular cluster of veins.....Strange, but intriguing at the same time. I have been walking for 30 minutes every evening (if anyone wants to join me, Zelda and I would love the company) just to keep from being so lazy. I feel like such a slob sitting down so much.
In that second picture I was trying to show you how my inside-out belly button shows right through my clothes. We have a mirrored wall and I was trying to take the picture that way, but Zelda couldn't stand not having all of my attention long enough to take a good picture!
Oh, and that mirrored wall is a funny thing too. Every now and then when I am around the house I will forget that I am pregnant and that I am so big and walk through that room and scare myself with my reflection. I guess I have gotten used to the way it FEELS to be pregnant, but not used to the way it LOOKS.

WAHOOOO!!!! I got a FAN!!!

I am so happy! For the past 2 nights in a row I have slept with such blissfull sleep because we finally got the fan installed!!! Yah!!! Thanks to our hero Tony who came over and helped Ross install the fan that has been sitting in a box since January! I still wake up hot because I refuse to give up the down comforter, but all I have to do is stick my leg out to the cool beeze and I am comfortable again.
Now, if we could just get the other fan up in my sewing room (converted garage with no A/C......in South Florida!!!!) I will be in heaven.

26 Weeks

I told you I was HUGE!!! I haven't weighed myself lately, but I am sure that I have packed on some serious numbers! My belly has really changed shape too. I used to be huge in one spot, now I am huge all over.
Lily kicks constantly now. I have such a good time just laying on the couch watching my belly jump up and down all by itself. I can already tell that she is going to be alot like Ross.....so full of energy.

I'm HUGE!

I have now begun to outgrow some of my MATERNITY clothes! I am also starting to have some problems. I quit working at the bar because my veins have gotten so bad. Yuck. They are hereditary and my mom had them really bad, so I knew that it was going to happen, just didn't know it would be so painful. At first I was really concerned about the way that they looked, now, I just wish I could spend more than 10 minutes standing without my legs staring to throb. I have put on quite a few pounds and that makes my feet hurt. I have been trying to walk alot to keep up circulation, but then my feet hurt! Double edge sword. I'll get through this for the next three months, I'm just scared that the vein problem will continue after Lily is born. Pray for me that it doesn't.

Decorating

Several people have asked what colors I am decorating Lily's room in. Well, this is a picture of all the fabrics that I have used in the curtains. I call these colors "sherbet colors" but you be the judge. Oh, and YES, I did use ALL of these fabrics together. Her room is very big and the walls are white, so I had an opportunity to be a little loud with the curtains.

24 weeks

Hormones are crazy! I cannot sleep right these days. I know it is the hormones, because Ross is not at all affected, but I wake up in the night sweating! It is so gross. I kick off all the covers and everything, and I am just too hot to sleep. We bought a ceiling fan, but of course we ended up with the most complicated stupid thing on earth and we can't figure out how to install it! The other night I made Ross switch rooms and sleep in Lilly's room on the futon with me because there is a fan in there!
Anyone willing to come over and help us with this stupid fan? or have the number of a handy-man or someone we can hire to install it for us? PLEASE... I really need some sleep!!!