27 Week update

I have said it before, and I will say it again- I love being pregnant!

 Kris is crazy active lately, and it is so much fun to watch my belly move. I can't wait to meet her! I feel so in love with this baby girl, and I want to smother her with love. Already, so many people love this baby. I was given a beautiful cross stitch quilt, made by a sweet woman at my church. So much time had to have been put into that quilt, I cried when I got it. Everyone is excited about her. I feel like she is coming into a world full of love for her before anyone has even gotten the chance to meet her.

I ordered cloth diapers yesterday!! YAY! They are coming from China, so it will probably be at least a month before they get here, but it will be like Christmas when they come! If any of you pregnant women, or women with young kids haven't considered cloth diapers, do some research. I bought 23 diapers and that will last from newborn until she is potty trained for just $120. It is estimated that parents using disposable diapers will spend $3500 during that period on diapers alone! Plus, cloth diapers can be used for multiple children, so it will save us even more money, not to mention that cloth diapers are better for the Earth.

We are buying the crib tonight :) That is such a huge deal to us! We wanted this crib that we found at babies 'r us, but it was about $100 over what we ideally wanted to spend. With all of our other expenses, we had pretty much decided not to get this specific crib. However, one of Kris' sets of grandparents (actually my aunt and uncle, but grandma and grandpa to Kris) bought our bed set for us which saved us nearly $150 in our budget! That meant we could get our crib! The crib is perfect, and as soon as the nursery is finished I will post photos of everything we have done with it.

I will officially be done with week 27 on Sunday. This means, I will be 7 months pregnant (confusing, but pregnancy is actually 10 months if you consider every 4 weeks to be a month, which is what they go by) and in my third trimester! I have been sick the entire pregnancy so far, and a lot of times first trimester symptoms come back during third trimester. Luckily for me though, I never really lost first trimester symptoms, so it won't be too much harder for me.

 I will probably not miss being pregnant. Even though I love feeling her move inside of me, I can't wait to feel healthy again! I am not ready for it to be over yet though. Does that make sense? It seems like I am contradicting myself a lot.

Anyway, on to the weekly questions:

How far along? 27 Weeks

Stretch marks? Not yet, though there was a scare a couple days ago. I think it was a false alarm.
Sleep: It depends on if I can shut my brain off. We have a lot to do with the nursery, and I am always thinking about that. I sleep pretty well once I get to sleep though.
Best moment this week: Ordering diapers yesterday! It felt like such a big weight off my shoulders.
Miss Anything? Cold sandwhiches. You can't have cold sandwhich meat when you are pregnant because of lysteria scares, but man I want a turkey sandwhich with avacado and tomatoes.  
Movement: She is quite the mover.  
Food cravings: No real cravings yet.  
Anything making you queasy or sick: No one particular thing, it seems being awake makes me sick ;)   
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: Just sick
Belly Button in or out? In, but definitely less deep.
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Incredibly happy
Looking forward to: Getting the crib and hopefully setting it up tonight.