Bumpdate 31 Weeks

How Far Along:  31 weeks

Gender: It's a boy!

Movement:  He's still very active.  And strong!  It's getting uncomfortable when he kicks & pushes against me.  Sometimes even painful. 

Sleep:  Average most nights but sometimes it takes a long time to fall asleep or when I wake up to use the bathroom, I can't go back to sleep for awhile. 

Maternity Clothes:  I occasionally wear a non-maternity shirt but most of the time, I'm in maternity clothes. 

Symptoms:  Easily winded & more tired than usual.  I've been having pain near my ribcage right above my stomach.  I think it's ligament pain or some other typical pregnancy ailment.  I remember having it with Alex but I think this time it's been worse.  It's been bothering me a lot the last week.  Oh, and I sometimes have cankles by the end of the day - so gross!!  I haven't had any meltdowns about it this pregnancy but I'm still not a fan.

Aversions:  Lately I've had moments when nothing sounds good.  The other day I ate rice for lunch because everything else sounded unappetizing.  Rice didn't even sound that good - just tolerable.

Cravings:  Salads, fruit and chai tea lattes.  I had an amazing chai tea latte on Saturday at a local restaurant & have been wanting another one ever since!

Best Moment This Week:  We ordered a crib!  And we bought a cube organizer for Alex's room for his toys & books & moved his dresser to the baby's room.  Michael & I have decided we'd like to have the baby's room ready by 36 weeks, so we're trying to make progress.  It seems to be harder this time around with a toddler running around!  I guess my nesting instincts are starting to get stronger because it's stressing me out that the baby's room & guest bedroom aren't organized.  But every time I go in either room, I get really overwhelmed.  Did I mention that these are the two rooms we put all the random boxes in from when we moved?  Michael tries to help but ends up stressing me out worse by basically wanting to get rid of anything that doesn't have an immediate use.  "We don't need extra blankets, right?  And we can get rid of all these pictures frames."  Please send happy thoughts our way to help us from killing each other over the next five weeks...  J