23 Weeks

How far along are you?: 23 weeks alonnnng

Total weight gain?: Around 10 pounds

How big is baby?: BIG. Little over a pound.

Maternity clothes?: Oh yeah. Just bought some maternity shorts for the summer. They're surprisingly cute. I say surprisingly because nothing in the maternity section is cute.

Stretch marks?: Nah uh.

Sleep?: Getting my Z's just fine.

Best moment this week?: Going shopping for something new to wear and coming back to Ryan's ranting about how nothing fits and almost crying. He laughed at me. It was kind of funny... I was about to cry because my tank tops didn't fit anymore.

Movement?: Same as ever, she kicks a ton after I eat.

Food cravings?: Sweets. Trying not to give in too much.

Food aversions?: Nope.

Labor signs?: No.

Belly button in or out?: Still an innie.

What I miss?: Being able to reach my feet to put on socks and shoes. It's like having a pillow strapped to me and reaching down to do things.

What I'm looking forward to?: Summertime!!

This week, the post has 2 pictures because Ryan took both pictures and loved my silly face so at his request, I added them both. Love you babe!

22 Weeks

How far along are you?: 22 weeks!
Total weight gain?: About 10 lbs
How big is baby?: The size of a papaya (which are gross and mommy hates the smell of).
Maternity clothes?: Wearin' em like a champ.
Stretch marks?: Nope.
Sleep?: The internet says (so it must be true) that baby is awake about 12 hours a day now. As for me, I'm sleeping fine.
Best moment this week?: Eating a Dulce de Leche cupcake that Ryan got me from Crave because he is the best boyfriend EVER and feeling her kick SUPER hard afterwards!
Movement?: Well, obviously she likes cupcakes.
Food cravings?: Any Mexican food. Same as last week
Food aversions?: Nope.
Labor signs?: Nope.
Belly button in or out?: Still an innie.
What I miss?: A life that didn't involve taking so many Tums.
What I'm looking forward to?: Seeing my little baby's face.

I know that this week's post is a week late but I totally forgot to do it last week. It was a really stressful week. I have begun preliminary stages of baby shower planning and last week I was also dealt a devastating blow... my beloved poodle that I have had since I was 5 years old, Miss Peggie, got out of our fence and we haven't seen her since. I don't expect her to be found at this point so it was a little bit of an emotional week. As for the baby shower, invitations should be out soon and nobody make plans for April 27th because you'll be attending my baby shower :)

21 Weeks

How far along are you?: 21 weeks!
Total weight gain?: About 8 lbs now.
How big is baby?: The length of a carrot.
Maternity clothes?: Just got some more on my birthday.  The shirt I'm wearing in this picture is one of them.  Thank you, Ross, for having cheap stuff!
Stretch marks?: Nope.
Sleep?: She actually woke me up kicking the other night.
Best moment this week?: Playing videos of Rhys's voice and her kicking a ton.
Movement?: She kicks a lot after I eat sweets and when she hears Ryan's voice.  Daddy's girl already.
Food cravings?: Any Mexican food.
Food aversions?: Nope.
Labor signs?: No just some weird sharp pains below my ribs :(
Belly button in or out?: Still an innie.
What I miss?: My old jeans.
What I'm looking forward to?: Warmer weather so I can start wearing dresses.

We decided to do a little bit of an owl theme for Little Miss JuneBug.  I'm so excited!  Owls are adorable!

20 Weeks: Halfway There!

How far along are you?: 20 weeks.  That makes me 5 months today and means we are halfway there!!
Total weight gain?: About 6 lbs.
How big is baby?: Right above 11 ounces!
Maternity clothes?: I need more...
Stretch marks?: Not yet (thank you Palmer's Cocoa Butter Oil).
Sleep?: Still doing good.
Best moment this week?: Finding out the gender this past Thursday :)  I know Ryan is SO excited to have his little daddy's girl!  I love it.
Movement?: She has been SO much more active lately!  I mean kicking all day long.  She's hyper like her daddy.
Food cravings?: Mexican candies.  Tamarindo to be specific.
Food aversions?: Nope.
Labor signs?: Nope.
Belly button in or out?: Still an innie.
What I miss?: Beer.
What I'm looking forward to?: I love doing baby registry stuff...

On a side note, I feel like I look ridiculously huge in this photo compared to last week.  I had Olive Garden for lunch that day and maybe my lunch was making me look like I ate a basketball because I don't feel like I actually look that big on the regular.  Who knows.  However, after Ryan took this picture he definitely laughed and said "You're so pregnant." So maybe I do look that big.  Denial?  Perhaps.

Also, we told Rhys this past Friday that the baby is a little girl and he is going to have a baby sister.  He must've said "baby sister" a million times this weekend!!  At church my mom asked him, "Where is your baby sister?" and he pointed to my tummy and said "There! BABY SISTER!!!"  He gets really excited.  He also decided he would yell at my tummy and tell her hi.  It's safe to say he's pretty psyched about her and Daddy and I are hoping it stays that way.

Love,
Ryan and Clarissa

19 Weeks

How far along are you?: 19 weeks
Total weight gain?: About 6 lbs
How big is baby?: The size of a mango.  About half a pound now and 6 in long.
Maternity clothes?: Yep
Stretch marks?: Not yet
Sleep?: Doing great.
Best moment this week?: Going out with Ryan and him introducing me and the baby.  So sweet.
Movement?: This past week, I felt the baby kick and told Ryan so he put his hand on my tummy and a couple of seconds later the baby kicked so hard that both of our mouths dropped!  It was very cool.
Food cravings?: Not really any this week
Food aversions?: Nope.
Labor signs?: Nope.
Belly button in or out?: Innie baybay.
What I miss?: My cute clothes.
What I'm looking forward to?: Finding out if we're having a boy or a girl this Thursday.  AHH!!

This week, a little shoutout to Baby Sanders's Nina and Nino (godmother and godfather) Omar and Christina.  We asked my big brother and his wife if they'd do us the honor and they said yes.  Yay!

18 Weeks

How far along are you?: 18 weeks
Total weight gain?: About 4 - 4.5 lbs
How big is baby?: The size of a sweet potato :) and really showing this week!
Maternity clothes?: Only wearing maternity jeans now.  I went and bought another pair at Ross because they have great cheap maternity stuff.  I'm wearing them in this picture.
Stretch marks?: Nope and I even bought cocoa oil yesterday to make sure I don't get them. (I hope it works)
Sleep?: Alright except for waking up around once or twice a night to use the restroom.  I used to never do that.
Best moment this week?: Drinking a cup of coffee and feeling our JuneBug start kicking like crazy.  Mommy is sorry, baby, but it tasted so good!
Movement?: Oh yeah.  I feel JuneBug all throughout the day and especially when I'm sitting down eating or going to sleep.
Food cravings?: Milk still tastes strangely more amazing than I remember from 3 years ago when I suddenly couldn't stand the taste anymore.
Food aversions?: Nope.
Labor signs?: No.
Belly button in or out?: Innie
What I miss?: Brie
What I'm looking forward to?: We find out baby's gender in 9 days and we are SO excited!

And I just realized that our blog doesn't include our due date... It's the 24th of June.  So hopefully we will have our JuneBug in time to enjoy some fireworks for the 4th of July!

Also, in my journey to becoming a new mommy, I've been looking up the most efficient, cheapest and healthiest ways to do things for baby once he/she is here (can't wait til we know if it's a he/she next week!).  I've decided that I'll be making my own baby wipes.  I found the greatest tutorials on how to make them from baby wash, oils, water and paper towels.  They even fit into those carrying wipes containers from Huggies and Pampers once you finish those out!  I'm really excited about them because I will know all the ingredients that are in them instead of some harsh ones that could be in store bought brands and I will also save a bundle of money.  Once you make homemade wipes, you could end up saving around $200/year in expenses on them.  As an added plus, they're gentler on a baby's skin, depending on what wipes recipe you use, and you can easily make more when you run out and not have to worry about driving to the store.

The other venture I plan on taking on is something I've kind of always wanted to do when I had a baby and that is making my own baby food.  With all these tutorials and recipes and how-to's on the internet and different blogs these days, there's just no excuse for me to say I "don't know how" or I "don't have time" because it's just not true!  It's just a little veggies and fruits steamed, mashed, frozen and voila!  I probably sound like a hippie at this point but I swear to you I'm not.  I really just want to be able to say I put my all into being the best mom I could be and to giving my JuneBug the best that he/she deserves.

Not sure who all reads these blogs since they may come up on Google searches but if you're looking for homemade wipes tutorials I found some here, here, and here.  I won't even bother posting the links to the homemade baby food sites I bookmarked because there are so many if you just Google it that you'd be amazed.

Wow this was a really long post! Thanks for reading :)

First Post: 17 weeks

So this blog was started with the intentions of keeping all of me and Ryan's family and friends who don't see us on a daily basis in the loop and in the know of what's going on with our little Sanders.  We are going to do weekly chalkboard pictures to keep up with how I grow and to see weekly milestones that our baby is making.  We think it's exciting and a very cool way to document it all.  Enjoy!

How far along are you?: 17 weeks
Total weight gain?: About 3.5 - 4 lbs
How big is baby?: The size of an onion!
Maternity clothes?: Depends on the day really but I just switched to my stretchier jeans.  My Abercrombie & Fitch size 2's weren't cutting it anymore.  But I bought my first belly band and maternity jeans last week because I know I'll need them soon.
Stretch marks?: Nope.
Sleep?: Loving it.  I get a little sleepier around 6pm but it passes.
Best moment this week?: Feeling baby kick for the first time!
Movement?: First movements I felt were this past Saturday.  When you go swimming and the water laps up at your shoulder is what it felt like, except inside of me.
Food cravings?: MILK.  I should probably invest in my own dairy cow at the rate I'm going.
Food aversions?: None yet.
Labor signs?: Not this momma.
Belly button in or out?: Still an innie.  I'm going to freak out if it doesn't stay that way...
What I miss?: Wine and sashimi.
What I'm looking forward to?: Picking out things for the registry.