MN Girl in Eire: May 2012

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Car Boot Sale and Projects

Last weekend, I finished sorting and organising the last two rooms in the house (except for office/future baby room, which is Paul's responsibility!), and we had quite a bit of stuff to get rid of. We decided we'd try to make a bit of money, so this morning we sold our wares at a 'car boot sale'. It's the Irish/British version of a garage sale, except you don't have to clean out your garage! You go to an organised location, pay a fee in, then set up tables or racks and sell stuff from your car. We did fairly well- made just over €50 profit. It's €50 we didn't have yesterday and always helpful when getting ready for baby! Here's Paul this morning.

I'm rather proud of my yesterday afternoon project. It might not look like much, but those tiles were nearly black from dirt. We had never washed them before in the nearly three years we've been living here! Is it too early to be nesting?!?

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27 Weeks

According to some resources, I've entered the third trimester now, and I think I'm going to go with those, because I definitely feel the third trimester symptoms now! Everything seems just a little bit more difficult- walking, breathing, sleeping. In fact, sleeping hasn't been great at all. Pain in my upper back and hips starts sometime overnight, and I'm usually tossing and turning by 4 am. I had a doctor appointment on Thursday, and she referred me to the physio department in the hospital, so hopefully I can get some relief. All in all though, I am very thankful for how smoothly my pregnancy has been going. And, it will all be so worth it!

At my appointment, my doctor did a quick ultrasound, and baby is weighing about 2 pounds, and from the length of the femur bone, is measuring at 27 1/2 weeks. I don't know where he/she got the above average height! All of my and the baby's vitals are good, so I won't have another appointment for four weeks.

What a difference 4 weeks makes! I was wearing this same shirt in the 23 week photo, and bump has grown significantly since then!

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Monday, May 21, 2012

26 Weeks (and 3 days)

We didn't get a picture taken on Friday, so here's 26 weeks and a bit!

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Monday, May 7, 2012

24 Weeks

While we were on our cruise, I hit week 24. Baby is moving like crazy, and the kicks/punches can be seen from the outside now. It is such a wonderful feeling. Everything is feeling a little "fuller" now- sometimes I feel a bit short of breath, and last night I had my first ever experience of heartburn. I'm hoping it was after overindulging on the vacation and it won't happen too much more! Now that we're back from our "Babymoon" it's time to start getting everything organized a bit more- the office needs to be cleared out, we'll need to make a trip to Ikea for furniture, then work on getting everything put away in baby's room. I have a feeling the next little over three months is going to go very quickly!

24 weeks

Mediterranean Cruise

Paul and I returned yesterday after a wonderful week cruising the Mediterranean Sea. We started off from and returned to Civitavecchia, Italy (near Rome), and stopped in Messina (Sicily), Kusadasi/Ephesus (Turkey), Athens (Greece), and Chania (Crete). We enjoyed sunshine, warmth, relaxation, sightseeing, and eating way too much! My favorite stop was Turkey- great sights, nice shops, and friendly people. Here's some pics from the week!