20 Weeks!! Halfway there!!

How Far Along? 20 Weeks! Only 139 Days left! Halfway there. Crazy!!!

Size of the Baby? A Banana! 6.5 inches and 10.6 ounces!! 

Maternity Clothes? Oh Maternity clothes. I'm starting to have a love hate relationship with them. I hate that they add more body heat to my midsection but definitely make my belly really show! 

Weight Gain? Oh gosh not sure!

Gender? Only a week and a day! I can't wait to find out and share with the world what our sweet pea will be!

Food Cravings? hmm...nothing I can think of. Anything I see on a commercial or tv. I just want to eat everything!

What I Miss? Sugar still

Symptoms? Congestion and Crazy Dreams. And when I say Crazy dreams I mean I have never experienced anything like it before! They are soo detailed and seem so real that I wake up freaked out. Like last night I had a dream that I had my baby really early and it turned out it wasn't a baby it was a puppy! A puppy??!! Really??!!!   

Belly Button? Still an inny but it is getting smaller!  

Best Moment of the Week? Hmm..I finally got my oreo blizzard! Mmmm. Did you know DQ has mini sized blizzards?? Amaze-balls!!

**You can tell Chris took this picture and didn't put much effort into it. Where is Aunt Kelly when you need her??**

19 Weeks!

How Far Along? 19 Weeks! Only 146 Days left!

Size of the Baby? A Mango! 6 inches and 8.5 ounces!! 

Maternity Clothes? I'm going to invest in some maxi dresses and other clothes that can be used for both. I do need to purchase some maternity shorts because this Georgia heat is intense! 

Weight Gain? Oh gosh not sure!

Gender? Less than 2 weeks before we find out!!

Food Cravings? Viva here I come!! An Oreo blizzard.

What I Miss? Sugar still

Symptoms? Congestion and Crazy Dreams   

Belly Button? It is for sure still an inny.   

Best Moment of the Week? Nothing too exciting. Going to dinner tonight with Kala and then going to do invites for gender reveal party!! Woot Woot!

18 Weeks! Almost half way there!

How Far Along? 18 Weeks! Only 153 Days left!

Size of the Baby? A Sweet Potato! 5.6 inches and 6.7 ounces!! 

Maternity Clothes? I need more! 

Weight Gain? 5 pounds! Thinking positive!

Gender? Oh Gosh! I'm dying to know! The end of June can't come soon enough!

Food Cravings? Checkers fries!

What I Miss? Nothing really. Sugar...

Symptoms? Congestion and Crazy Dreams   

Belly Button? It is for sure still an inny.   

Best Moment of the Week? Well we got family pictures back! Heather and Wade had baby Gage who is perfect! I also have a very funny store. On Memorial day, we were at my sister's house just hanging out on the front porch. Alex (4) and Sassy (real name is Tinlei - 2) just realized there is a baby in my belly. So that of course struck some questions from Alex. Here is how that conversation went:

Alex (talking to his mom): There is a baby in her tummy? And she's gonna spit it out?
Brandi: No. She's gonna POOP it out. 
Alex with a very funny face says: POOP it out?! No she is just gonna spit it out. 
Alex then looks at me and says: Are you gonna poop it out or spit it out?
I said: I'm gonna POOP it out! 
He just looks back at his mom and starts to giggle. And then forgets the conversation ever happened and went about his business. 


Of course while all this was going on Sassy was very intently listening. So it's Sassy's turn to ask questions. She walks over to me and tries lifting my shirt and says "Baby in there?" I said, "Yeah, the baby is in there!" I said "Can you talk to the baby?" and Sassy says very loudly, "HEEYYY BAABBYYY!!!...COOMME OOUUTT!!" After that she kept saying "My Baby" and if you asked her where her baby was she would lift up her shirt and point to her belly. Since that was just so darn cute I had to get her to talk to the baby as much as I could. Of course after so many minutes, she was no longer interested. However, when we went to leave I told her to say by to the baby and she said "BYYEE BABY"! 

17 Weeks!!

How Far Along? 17 Weeks! Only 160 Days left! I should be able to start posting pictures soon. I can't promise they will be great but I will make sure to take them.

Size of the Baby? An Onion! 5.1 inches and 5.9 ounces!! 

Maternity Clothes? I need more. Or at least more dresses and legging outfits 

Weight Gain? 5 pounds! Thinking positive!

Gender? Oh Gosh! I'm dying to know! The end of June can't come soon enough!

Food Cravings? I want another viva burrito! Kala!! We need to be on the same schedule so we can go! :)

What I Miss? Nothing really. Sugar...

Symptoms? Congestion  

Belly Button? It is for sure still an inny.   

Best Moment of the Week? We had pictures done and they look fantastic! I had a doctors appointment on Monday. Melania got her tonsils out on Wednesday (which isn't categorized as best moment but they were beyond ready to come out). She is in so much pain! The day of, right after surgery, you wouldn't have even guessed she had surgery but the day after was hell on her. It was pitiful! At about 7 last night she finally started getting some sleep so hopefully that will make her feel better.

16 weeks!

How Far Along? 16 Weeks!Only 167 days left!

Size of the Baby? An avocado! 4.6 inches and 3.5 oz! So far that is an ounce a week! 

Maternity Clothes? Absolutly. I can't wear certain shirts because they are too short. 

Weight Gain? Not sure. I'll find out Monday.

Gender? Technically, I could go to one of those ultrasound places and find out. BUT since we are doing the gender reveal party it will have to wait until next month. It's weird. I feel like I just found out and here we are going to find out what we are having in a short month!

Food Cravings? Not really craving anything. I want another viva burrito!

What I Miss? Nothing really. Sugar...

Symptoms? Headaches!   

Belly Button? It is for sure still an inny.   

Best Moment of the Week? Last Monday was Melania's kindergarten graduation. Today is Melania's last day of kindergarten. Saturday we are having pictures done and I can't wait! This weekend we are also moving my desk and work stuff upstairs. Next week I have a doctors appointment and then Melania is getting her tonsils and adenoids out. It going to be a busy rest of the month! 

*PS-Chris said the heading on the blog looks like the label on Mike's hard lemonade. Great now that is what I think about when I see it. I'm not changing it so whatever lol.*

15 Weeks! This is flying by!

How Far Along? 15 Weeks! Time is just flying. I count down the days until the following Friday comes. Then when it comes I say "Wow. I'm already xx weeks!"

Size of the Baby? A Navel Orange! I don't feel like he/she is an orange. 4 inches and 2.5 ounces!!

Maternity Clothes? Yup! We have family/engagement style pictures and I need to find an outfit that WON'T show off the bump because maternity pictures will be later on down the road. 

Weight Gain? I don't know. Some days I feel like a beached whale and others I feel like I look just fine!

Gender? The middle of June can't get here soon enough.

Food Cravings? Not really craving anything. I have enjoyed juice! All kinds but my favorite is Cran-grape! I feel bad drinking it because I don't know if it effects my sugar. I only have a glass a day maybe more if I really REALLY want it. *Just remembered one! an Oreo Blizzard. Yes....sugar...

What I Miss? Nothing really. Sugar...

Symptoms? Headaches!   

Belly Button? It is for sure still an inny.   

Best Moment of the Week? Went to get contact which is sooo nice. I have been wearing glasses for way too long! 

14 Weeks! Craziness!

How Far Along? 14 Weeks! Time is just flying. In the moment it doesn't seem to be going fast but it seems like yesterday that I peed on the stick and found out!

Size of the Baby? A Lemon! 3.4 inches and 1.5 ounces.

Maternity Clothes? Most definitely! One pair is falling off but I don't have very many. I also like wearing dresses. I want to get some long maxi dresses.

Weight Gain? Not sure. I don't really care as long as my sweet baby is doing good.

Gender? I have no idea but the closer we get the more it is killing me to know!!

Food Cravings? I really want a viva burrito. Here lately any food that looks delicious I want. I've also been eating the heck out of some everything bagels with cream cheese. mmm.

What I Miss? Nothing really.

Symptoms? headaches, congestion, dizziness that's about it.   

Belly Button? It is for sure still an inny.   

Best Moment of the Week? Tonight I will be going to viva for my burrito with one of my best friends!! It's long overdue and I can't wait!!