Week 36

How far along? 36 weeks

Baby is the size of: Romaine Lettuce

Total weight gain: +1.5lbs  (Total +19.5lbs)

Maternity clothes? Yes, shorts and leggings and I have a couple shirts but I may need more shirts now.

Stretch marks? Still have one on my belly so far.

Sleep: Its getting harder to sleep because my stomach just always feels uncomfortable and my hips hurt. I'm always so thirsty before bed so I end up having to pee a lot. It hurts to get out of bed because I'm so stiff and my hips hurt. Sometimes the acid makes it hard to fall asleep.

Best moment this week: Knowing I'm so close.

Movement: yes, she is a wiggle worm. She also like to push hard which does not feel good. She will stretch and push on both sides of my stomach. She also likes to push hard down there which means sharp pains and sometimes makes me feel like I'm going to pee myself.

Showing? Yes

Food cravings: sweets sweets and more sweets. I love sparkling apple cider and frozen yogurt.

Things that make me sick: horrible acid after eating but that's about it.

Gender: GIRL

Labor signs: Braxton Hicks

Symptoms: Really bad heart burn after I eat and randomly throughout the day. Cramps. 

Harder to breathe.

Swelling in my hands and feet. 

My lower back is killing me and when I stand for to long, the top muscle in my stomach feels like it's ripping and I get very out of breath. 

Belly Button in or out? Out

Wedding rings on or off? Off but I have a beautiful replacement.

Feelings: Emotional and easily stressed.

Looking forward to: Christmas!

Oils that are helping: Thieves, Lavender, lemon and peppermint.

Jaxon:

Oh no... It's started. Jax woke up and came into our room and when we told him he needed to go back to bed, he said he couldn't because there's a monster in his room.󾰑

He requested a sandwich for dinner. He even told us we were driving the wrong way to get it... Which we were. I'm not sure how he knew that.

Jaxon started talking about something while we are driving in the car and I go to reply back to him and he stops me by saying, " No, I talk to myself". 󾰟

I heard Jaxon in the other room yell, "No! Don't eat baby Jesus!" I guess he was playing with his kids nativity scene and Wolfy our kitten wanted to play too.

Jax got to see Santa and he wasn't scared at all. He was a little shy at first and we had to coax him in but once he sat on Santa's lap, he was very talkative. He instantly told him that he wanted the Max D monster truck and then Santa asked him about his baby sister. It was so cute watching him talk to Santa.

We all went over to my friend Liv's house to decorate gingerbread houses. We had the Dads put the houses together and I put the frosting on to make it easier for Jax to pick his candy and place it where he wanted it to go. He was so focused on where he wanted everything to be placed.