150 and counting...

I woke up this morning and stepped on the scale to find myself weighing in at a ripe 150. Holy cow. That's a lot of baby weights. Samson now weights about 15 pounds. This means that if I attached him to my body and carried him around I still would need a 5 pound bag of sugar to keep up with the weight I've gained. Sheesh! I'm officially 20 pounds heavier than my typical weight and we're officially at 27 weeks, so just one week shy of the end of the 7th month. I am hoping the rapid weight gain slows down, but, I doubt it will since our little guy is now starting to pack on the pounds.

As a little update I thought I'd share all of the fun things that have happened along the way:

Holy Heartburn! This kid must have a whole head of hair if there is a even an ounce of truth to that old wives tale. Its a constant battle to taste anything but stomach acid. Then, beyond the heartburn is the acid reflux. Oh acid reflux, how I long for you to go away! Pre-pregnancy I couldn't even tell you what this was, now I have an oh-so-intimate relationship with actually tasting the contents of my stomach. I bet that paints such a vivid and enticing picture for you, dear reader...

A little back pain anyone? Now, I know that it makes sense, since I am carrying 20 extra pounds, but this is ridiculous simply because it interrupts my love for sleep. As many of you all know I love nap time, sleepy time, sleeping in, cuddling up in covers...you get the picture. My persistent and awful back pain makes it difficult to sleep anywhere but my bed, which makes my once favorite pastime, napping on the couch, a distant memory. My couch is feeling neglected, I think.

Leg cramps?!? What the heck is this all about. Severe calf pain. Middle of the night wake you up like someone is cutting into the muscle of my calf pain. I struggle to see how this is connected to being pregnant, but I rest assured that what to expect when you are expecting lists it as one of the many many symptoms. I don't understand why I have calf pain, its not as though I've ran 5 miles, or even 1 for that matter (or even walked 1 ?!?) but that's how it feels. I'm perplexed.

Snot face. At first I attributed this to the germ-y little kids that I spend my days chasing around schools. I thought, gee, I better start bathing in hand sanitizer, because clearly I am not using enough. As it turns out, I'm now fairly sure my constant runny nose (both with and without accompanying cold) is due to being pregnant. Once again, the old baby Bible, what to expect when you are expecting reports that the runny nose is a function of hormones, not actual germs.

So all in all, my fun, if not entertaining symptoms keep our house full of sayings like 'goodness gracious this is awful' and 'ouch, ouch, ouuuucccchhhhh....", which have turned, most likely, into music to Drew's ears, as he probably would think something was very wrong if I stopped complaining. So I'll keep it up :)

On the homefront, things are coming together. We are headed to the Riviera Maya for spring break to take an official (and much needed) babymoon. I can't wait for the warm sun, fantastic beach and all inclusive service. Before we go I've tried to get a head start on the nursery and things are going fairly well. I sewed the curtains this past weekend and hopefully our rocking chair and ottoman will come in within a week or two. Once the major items are in we'll take some nursery pictures and post them on the blog for your viewing pleasure. Finally, before we head off to warm Mexico we promise to post another baby bump photo. Bump watch isn't so much a 'watch' anymore as a 'holy cow, look out for her!" See for yourself later this week when we post the newest installments.

Thats all for now! Thanks for all of your kind thoughts and comments! We love reading comments!