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Pregnancy Recap: Weeks 14-19

Happy Monday, friends! I’m back with another pregnancy recap, and this time it’s the beginning of the 2nd trimester. If you missed my 1st trimester recap, you can click here and get caught up–especially of how I found out!

If you’re struggling in any way with the longing for motherhood and that journey isn’t looking like you had imagined, I’m praying for you. Something that I had to remind myself of often is that my joy isn’t found in pregnancy or a baby, but my joy (and hope!) is found only in Christ is His sufficiency.

Symtoms?

Still just tired. I was halfway hoping that as soon as I hit the 2nd trimester, my energy would come back. I’d say my energy levels got better after week 14 was over, but I’m still tired. I’m sure that has a lot to do with being the mom to a 4 year old and 9 month old and not just pregnancy hormones :). I’m also having some lower back pain, but I also had lots of that prior to pregnancy because of my endometriosis. So I’m also not quite sure how much of the lower back pain is pregnancy and how much of it is because of the endometriosis in my lower back. Overall, I’ve been very fortunate with a relatively easy pregnancy.

Food cravings?

I don’t really think I’m having major food cravings. I’m still craving drinks that aren’t just water. I’m still making sure I’m drinking plenty of water, but I’m also drinking Ginger Ale or Sprite some during the week. I’m also back to my one cup of coffee each morning and am LOVING it!

Food aversions?

Nothing??

How are you sleeping?

Not the best. I’m having very weird and vivid dreams. I’m waking maybe every 2-3 hours-ish to go to the bathroom. And if I take a nap during the day (which is what I do on weekends), I don’t sleep the best that night. It’s like a catch 20/20 because I can’t function without the nap LOL

Body image?

Not the greatest, but I’m remember this is a season and I can work on losing weight after she’s born.

What is baby’s gender and name?

A girl! And we’re naming her Merritt Elizabeth Anne. Merritt is a name Dustin and I just liked and agreed on. Elizabeth is my middle name. Anne is my mom and sister’s middle name and I just added the “e” because theirs is spelled Ann. We’re giving Merritt two middle names because the boys have two middle names!

Due date?

March 2024!

Here we are at week 17!

That’s it so far! If there are any other questions I need to answer in my next recap, let me know!

Friday Favorites!

Happy Friday, y’all! I’m back at school today after being off for two days because poor Banks tested positive for RSV Wednesday. Dustin is home today with him. It’s always so sad when your babies are sick.

As usual, I’ve got a few FAVORITES to share with y’all today!!!!

one

This is literally my #1 FAVORITE for this week! I read this book in 3 days–which for me and my crazy schedule, is a big deal. I love Amy Lea’s adult books so much, so when she recently published this YA novel, I wondered how her writing would translate. In short–she did PHENOMENAL! I was so obsessed with this storyline that I didn’t want it to end. It’s like a 13 going on 30 plot except the main character, Charlotte, is 17 and after a fall, wakes up engaged to her biggest enemy from high school. I LOVED this story so much! I would let my 8th grade daughter read it and I’m recommending it to everyone I know–if you end up reading it, let me know what you think!

two

I just recently finished my setting powder I’ve been using and let me say, I love this stuff more than the Laura Mercier translucent powder that I used to use–and this is about 1/3 the price! I apply this over my concealer to set it, or if I’m not wearing concealer, then I apply it under my eyes and on any area that tends to get a little oily. I saw this recommended from a make up artist I follow on IG and this product did not disappoint–time to buy again!

three

I celebrated my birthday on Wednesday and had my first ever gluten free birthday cake since this is the first birthday that I’ve know about my gluten allergy. I was nervous (and a little sad too) about getting a gf cake because most gf baked goods are gross. But this cake was AMAZING!!! Dustin even said he might want his next birthday cake from the bakery that made my cake because it seriously is so good–which works in my favor haha! This is the vanilla birthday cake flavor but I was also considering the snickerdoodle or wedding cake flavor.

four

I’ve had some questions about my lip color, so I thought I’d share it here since I pretty much wear this combination year round. I line my lips with Soar and then I also do a rough color in of my lips in order to keep my lipstick on longer–that’s the key. Then I put on my lipstick, which is Fabby. Here’s the good news: BOTH OF THOSE ARE ON SALE!!!

five

My mom got me this book for my birthday and I’m excited to dig into it! It covers daily habits like work, screen time, discipline, etc, so I can’t wait to read and hopefully implement new habits and rhythms.

I hope y’all have a great weekend! And if you don’t follow me on instagram, follow along here!

A Fun October Weekend

Whew–this weekend was jam packed but it was also so much fun!

Saturday we were up and at ’em early. We left the house at 7 am and dropped Banks at my mom’s house. We can’t wait to take him to an Alabama game one day, but that’ll be a few years down the road LOL.

Our first stop once we got to campus was to walk over to the Super store at The Ferg (student building). There was a sweatshirt I wanted the last game we went to, and Dustin said to wait until the TN game since it’d be cooler. Harrison wanted a picture by the fountain as we were leaving.

He also wanted a picture by this elephant inside the Ferg because of the lights–I used to spend a lot of time inside this building!

Had to get a picture in front of Denny Chimes along with 5 million other people

Dustin stopped off to watch a little SEC Nation, so Harrison and I stopped and took a little break on some steps

Another obligatory picture 🙂

Here we are ready to watch the Tide beat Tennessee–which we did, but I wasn’t sure it would happen after living through that first half LOL. It was the best Rammer Jammer to sing 🙂

We forgot Harrison’s hat in the truck, so once the sun hit our seats, Harrison grabbed Dustin’s hat and also took his jersey off because it was a little warm.

Sunday morning we were up and at church. Dustin was at work, and I always am really proud of getting the boys ready for church by myself after a long game day–especially while pregnant. I know it’s not a big deal, but it’s a lot to me.

After church and after a nap, we had our small group Halloween Thrift Store party.

The babies all showed up at pumpkins!!! It was totally unplanned but also the cutest. And I don’t know why Banks decided to do his mouth that way.

Sweet Banksie!

These are some of the kids–we were missing a good handful. Harrison is wearing his dinosaur costume from 2 years ago because his costume this year isn’t ready yet–that’s why his legs are so short haha!!!

My hat and outerwear came from the thrift store. I wore leggings as my pants to stay comfy :). We missed our friend Hope who was home sick.