26 Weeks

Baby is the Size of a Slow Loris

I call this the post work/Joe call weekend/sleepy mama that was behind on taking a bump picture look :)

New for baby this week?  14 inches tall and 2 lbs, packing on fat to help start regulating body temperature, eyes are now open, boosting his/her immune system with my antibodies

Total weight gain/loss? 14 lbs

Stretch marks? No

Sleep? Definitely starting to get more tired.

Best moment this week? Christmas

Movement?  All the time, except when Daddy tries to feel it. This baby already loves giving Daddy a hard time.

Food cravings?  I feel like all I have been doing is eating with the holidays, but nothing in particular.

Have you started to show yet? I think I look really pregnant already, but know that I have a long way to go. 

Labor Signs? Still lots of Braxton Hicks, more than I ever had with Bran at this point.

Belly Button in or out?  Out

Wedding rings on or off? On

How is mama feeling? Pregnant, but not at all miserable. Getting harder to get up off the couch.
Looking forward to?  Getting Bran's room painted.

We have had a very busy last couple of weeks.  I had my glucose test at the OB (which thankfully I passed the one hour test, so nothing to worry about and I could enjoy all of the Christmas sweet treats I wanted!).  Dr. Turner got a kick out of chasing Baby L 2.0 around during the exam.  He/she was on the move and kept wiggling away every time she caught the heartbeat.  She informed me that I am going to be "very busy!".  As if I am not already busy chasing Bran around, haha!

Christmas preparation was in full swing.  I made Christmas cookies, and enlisted Bran as my helper with decoratiing them.  Needless to say, he started eating all of the profits, and we had sprinkles everywhere!

What cookie? No way I didn't shove a whole cookie in my mouth when you looked away.

Santa made a visit to the house early since he knew we were going to be traveling to see family for Christmas.  Bran wasn't nearly as excited as I expected him to be.  It probably didn't help that we tried to get him to open presents on a work evening.  I thought he would want to tear through presents this year, but it seemed to be the norm all weekend that once Bran opened something, he wanted to play with it then.  He didn't particularly enjoy getting pushed into opening the next present right away.

Our first Christmas stop was to Grandma and Grandpa Roelle's.  We spent an entire week worrying about where Bran would sleep.  We didn't want to put him in a pack n play again, but we weren't sure how he would do without having a designated bed.  We ended up setting up a sleeping bag and Bran slept great on it the entire weekend.  He is our great sleeper, sometimes I don't know why we (especially mama) overthinks things so much.

Bran stays in the computer room, and likes to take the whole room over when he isn't asleep.

Bran was very happy with all of his gifts.  (Baby L 2.0 even got a few gifts this weekend! I forgot how tiny baby clothes are!). The funniest gift was the dinosaur Grandpa picked out for him.  Bran was so scared of it, and wouldn't even take it out of the box.  We spent the rest of the evening teasing him with it.  By the next morning, Bran and the dinosaur were best friends.  He insisted on sleeping with him the rest of the trip, including in the car. 

Playing with Claire at Great Grandpas

We went to Castle Noel Christmas weekend.  It was a little boring for a toddler, but we survived.  Bran enjoyed when they sang to Frozen (and it snowed inside), and when Daddy went down the Christmas Story slide with him. That picture made it all worth it!

Like father, like son. "Again, again!"

 Our next stop Christmas weekend was at Jeremy and Nikki's for Lude Family Christmas.  Bran was already getting a little worn out and definitely enjoyed a little "Netflix and Chill" time Christmas morning.

 We had a lot of fun celebrating with family.  Bran loved the big truck Gabe got (and made sure to show Mommy and Daddy).  Also, Grandma had all of the grandkids made a very special gift, Teddy Bears made out of Grandpa's shirts.

We headed back home the day after Christmas, and enjoyed a relaxing few days at home to wind down.  We were all exhausted from all of the travels (puppies included!).  

Baby Water Yoga

Bran fell asleep on Mommy watching the Grinch.  I enjoyed the snuggles before taking him up for a nap, this never happens anymore!