Maternity Pictures

I am doing some major major blog updating today! When I was 37 weeks pregnant my sister in law, Lindsey took some maternity pictures for us! I was unsure about doing the whole maternity pictures, but I am so glad that we ended up doing them! I will cherish them forever! Here are a few of my favorites!

Baby Brittain Bump Pictures

Well I totally fell off the band wagon again! :) Emerson is here and doing amazingly well. I wanted to make sure that I added the rest of my bump pictures so that I will always have them! I left off at 30 weeks so here we go...

Overall, I had a great pregnancy with Emerson. She was a week late and I completely regret not getting a 40 and a 41 week bump picture, but at the time I was so miserably I just didn't even think about it. I missed a few other weeks but, I am so glad that I got the ones that I did! Hopefully I will be able to blog more about her than I did with my pregnancy! :)

Baby Brittain Bumpdate: Week 30

How far along: 30 Weeks

Size of baby: According to the bump.com she is the size of a cucumber. I don't really understand how they pick these veggies. Sometimes the veggie seems bigger during earlier weeks. Oh well...

Gender: It's a Girl! Emerson Ryan Brittain

Total weight gain: I went to the doctor last Wednesday, and I had gained back the 8 pounds I lost plus about 7 pounds. Not too bad so far! :)

Movement: Yes! She moves around a lot! It is crazy to see my stomach making waves when she is moving.

Sleep: Sleeping is starting to get hard. I really want to sleep on my stomach, but I can't. It is also pretty uncomfortable on my side because when I lay on my side she squirms like there is no tomorrow. Maybe I am squishing her! :(

What I miss: I don't really miss anything. We did go to the beach this week and it was hard not being able to do as much as I used to without my feet swelling!

Cravings: I don't think I really have any cravings. I thoroughly enjoy sweets, but I enjoyed them before I got pregnant too! The only thing I would say is a craving would be cereal. I could probably eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I am also not a big fan of meat right now. It just does not taste right to me.

Symptoms: I have had some headaches and some swelling. The swelling was pretty bad at the beach and whenever I get in the car!

Maternity clothes: I am still wearing my normal clothes besides the jeans. I have a few maternity shirts, but for the most part just wearing normal clothes. I am kind of regretting not buying any maternity shorts and now that school is about to start back there are non left in the store. It is all winter clothes! I am starting to run out of shirts that are long enough. I want to look cute, but I really hate spending money on clothes I will only be wearing for a few more months!!

Best moments this week: Getting her monogram painted for her room! And looking at that sweet face all day!

Mini Vacation to Port Aransas

Last week we took a short trip to Port Aransas with our friends Kelly and Levi. I wanted to go somewhere before we have the baby. Our original plan was to go to Gulf Shores, but I did not want to sit in the car that long so we opted for Port Aransas.

Our condo was soooo cute! It was brand new and decorated to the max. I would definitely go back and stay there again! I did not take very many pictures. I am really bad about that!

We look like dorks in this picture but I liked the background so I kept it! :)

This is a terrible picture of me but I wanted to document that we were actually at the beach! haha! Most of the pictures from the beach are not cute. I did make Jerry take a picture of me with my bump in a swim suit....you know for documentation. Lets just say that one is definitely NOT going on the world wide web!

Sweet Little Emerson at 28 Weeks

Several people have said that the best time to get a 3D sonogram is during weeks 27-28, so Jared and I decided to pay the money and go see what our angel looked like at Stork Vision. It was so worth the money and I would not mind going back again! I was nervous because last time we saw her in 3D at 16 weeks she resembled a hairless cat. They said that was completely normal, but I was still a little nervous (don't worry I would love her no matter what and be happy if she still looked like a cat as long as she was healthy!) As soon as the tech switched it to 3D I got a little teary eyed. She looked like a real baby. She is so precious and sweet. I cant get over her little lips.

This picture is my favorite. She looks so sweet and innocent. Just like her mom! :) I seriously can not wait until she is here so I can pinch those sweet cheeks! Only 10 more weeks!

Baby Brittain Bumpdate: Weeks 26-29

As always I am running behind! I am proud of myself for at least taking a picture each week. For the most part, I have been feeling great! I am finally in the 3rd trimester and so far so good. The only symptoms I have had the past couple of weeks are headaches and occasional swelling. Other than that I really am feeling great.

During week 28, we went and got a 3d sonogram. It was so much fun! She is so precious and it made me want to meet her even more. I will admit that I was a little worried about what she would look like. I just couldn't imagine what a person would look like mixed between me and Jerry, but she is so cute I just can't get over it! I am actually 30 weeks today, but I am going to do a post on that by itself because it feels like a major mile stone! That and the fact there is no one here to take my picture yet! :) 

Baby Brittain Bumpdate

Well I have said it over and over again and it looks like I will be saying it again today. I am terrible at keeping this thing updated! The last month has been very busy! I am finally done with school and summer school so I feel like I will have time to keep this thing updated. Before I got pregnant I said that I would always keep an update on how my pregnancy is each week so that I could have it to look back on. Yeah not so much. I never thought that I would be as sick as I was and that took away all desire to do a weekly pregnancy post. ALL of my spare time was spent either in the bathroom, couch, or in bed! I am soo happy that I can say I am now past the morning sickness stage and I actually feel pretty good! I did try to at least get a picture every week. I have missed two weeks so far and while that bugs me, I have also come to terms with it. So here are my bump pics from weeks 20-25. I am not even going to pretend that I remember everything from weeks 20-24 so I am just going to update on week 25!

I missed week 21! :( 

How far along: 25 Weeks

Size of baby: According to the bump.com she is the size of a cauliflower!

Gender: It's a Girl! Emerson Ryan Brittain

Total weight gain: I went to the doctor last Wednesday, and I had gained back the 8 pounds I lost plus about 4 pounds. Not too bad so far! :)

Movement: Yes! She moves around a lot! She is especially active at night which I hope that does not mean she will be awake all night when she comes out!

Sleep: Sleeping great! Can't get enough of it! I usually have to get up once a night and go to the bathroom, but I don't think that is that bad!

What I miss: Nothing really. I miss being able to walk around for a couple of hours and not feel so tired and crampy. Other than that, I am just soooo thankful that I am not sick anymore!

Cravings: I don't think I really have any cravings. I thoroughly enjoy sweets, but I enjoyed them before I got pregnant too! I did have the little chocolate donuts 4 days in a row for breakfast if you want to call that a craving!

Symptoms: Occasional tingling in my hands when I am sleeping, a little bit of swelling in my feet at the end of the day.

Maternity clothes: Everything in the pictures above are my normal clothes besides the jeans. I have a few maternity shirts, but for the most part just wearing normal clothes. I am starting to run out of shirts that are long enough. I want to look cute, but I really hate spending money on clothes I will only be wearing for a few more months!!

Best moments this week: Hearing her heartbeat at my doctor's appointment! And getting a lot done in her room! It is going to be adorable!