weekend fun

The past few weekends have been a lot of fun. I guess now that I'm back to work and stressed all the time I try to spend as much time with my family enjoying ourselves on the weekends so I can forget about all of the stress and anxiety that my job tends to bring. Last weekend Kailyn and Lisa came to visit for Labor Day. On Saturday we had girl time getting much needed mani/pedis. Then we all went to Birkdale to eat dinner and and Cold Stone. There was some small zoo exhibit going on and this guy had a baby white tiger out in the open, which was really cool. We spent most of Sunday at the pool and then grilled out here at the house. Monday early afternoon I had to take them to the airport. It's always hard to see family leave after such a fun weekend. Madelyn showed them her little personality all weekend, including asking for pink nail polish manicures about every few hours. Aunt Kailyn was happy to continue painting her chipped nail polish :) 

Yesterday I was miserable. I had terrible abdominal and chest pain all day. It was so bad I could barely move. I'm still not sure if it was a gas thing or something else like my gallbladder. After lots of rest and water I am feeling much better today, thank goodness. Andy watched Madelyn this morning and I got some extra much needed sleep. Then we went to the park with Clyde and walked and played on the playground. We had lunch at this cute little hot dog place near the park where we could sit outside and enjoy the beautiful weather. Tomorrow we are looking forward to our first day of Sunday laziness/football. Then it's back to another work week....blah. Baby is doing great, not a lot of updates there other than he is getting stronger and kicks are getting slightly more painful. He kicked Madelyn while her hands were on my belly the other day. I said "hey, the baby kicked you". She replied "kick?" and proceeded to attempt a kick at my belly. Oh...sibling fun already!

How far along?

26 weeks

Total Weight Gain

Still down 5 pounds from pre-pregnancy weight

Bellybutton?

innie, starting to flatten out though which Madelyn finds hilarious

Symptoms?

Heartburn, starting to feel uncomfortable

                                                              Looking forward to?

                                    Getting rid of the guest room furniture so I can start to prepare for baby                        and not be so stressed about it.

Cravings?

anything that doesn't make heartburn worse

Milestones?

almost the third trimester