32 weeks!

I'm 32 weeks (and 2 days)! 7 weeks left!!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 32 Weeks

Size of baby: Lawson is the size of a squash

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained 15 pounds

Maternity Clothes: I am rebelling against maternity jeans and bought some larger size regular jeans to wear...I am SO glad I did...WAY more comfortable than that stupid maternity panel! Shirts are a mixture, I LIVE in yoga pants now that I'm home! :)

Gender: It's a BOY! Lawson Ryan Payne

Movement: All the time! He is folded up head down (thank goodness!), with his butt under the right side of my rib cage and his legs and hands on the left side of my belly.

Sleep: Off and on depending on how tired I am. One night this week I only slept 4 hours, but last night I slept 7 (playing catch up I guess!)

What I miss: Being able to bend over, ha! Being tan and being skinny too!
Cravings: Dairy! Yogurt, frozen yogurt, milk, ice cream...

Symptoms: Back pain/being unable to lay on my back, growing belly, fatigue (sooooo tired all the time!), contractions, hard to breathe/rib pain

Best Moment this week: Our baby shower was Saturday, and it was so wonderful. Lawson is so loved and blessed already. We only have a few things to get ourselves before he makes his arrival! I will do a post on the baby shower sometime this week with pictures, including the belly! :)

30 Weeks

*This is late because we were out of town visiting family this weekend. I just wanted to enjoy their company, so I waited until we were home to blog. :)

I'm 30 weeks (and 3 days)! 9 weeks left!!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 30 Weeks

Size of baby: Lawson is the size of a squash

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained 13 pounds

Maternity Clothes: I am rebelling against maternity jeans and bought some larger size regular jeans to wear...I am SO glad I did...WAY more comfortable than that stupid maternity panel! Shirts are a mixture, I LIVE in yoga pants now that I'm home! :)

Gender: It's a BOY! Lawson Ryan Payne

Movement: All the time! He is folded up head down (thank goodness!), with his butt under the right side of my rib cage and his legs and hands on the left side of my belly.

Sleep: I slept horrible about two nights this week and slept great the rest!

What I miss: Being able to bend over, ha! Being tan and being skinny too!
Cravings: Dairy! Yogurt, frozen yogurt, milk, ice cream...

*Symptoms: Back pain/being unable to lay on my back, growing belly, fatigue, contractions, hard to breathe/rib pain when he wiggles his butt!

Best Moment this week: Chris' step mom, Julia, surprised me with a 3d/4d ultrasound this week! We also get to go back in a few weeks so that Chris can see him too and we can see him just a few weeks before he comes out! Julia and I think he looks like Chris, and my mom thinks he looks like me, ha! Maybe he is just a good mixture of the both of us...??

His nose looks big in some of them, but it's just because it is squished up against the amniotic sac. Ha!




He has Dakota's lips...


This is Chris' profile...





And a couple of belly pictures.

This is from 29 weeks and some days, I don't remember how many.



Also from 29 weeks and some days, this is the last one I took.

29 weeks!

I'm 29 weeks! 10 weeks left!!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 29 Weeks

Size of baby: Lawson is the size of an squash, he is about 3 pounds according to our sonogram on Wednesday!

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained 11 pounds (no idea where the extra 8 came from, hahahaha!)

Maternity Clothes: All maternity pants, shirts are a mixture, I LIVE in yoga pants now that I'm home! :)

Gender: It's a BOY! Lawson Ryan Payne

Movement: All the time! He is folded up head down (thank goodness!), with his butt under the right side of my rib cage and his legs and hands on the left side of my belly.

Sleep: Sleeping pretty good this week!

What I miss: Being able to bend over, ha! Being tan and being skinny too!
Cravings: Dairy! Yogurt, frozen yogurt, milk, ice cream...

*Symptoms: Back pain/being unable to lay on my back, growing belly, fatigue, contractions, hard to breathe/rib pain when he wiggles his butt!

Best Moment this week: Seeing Lawson on Wednesday! We were able to see what position he is in and get his measurements. He is overall in the 50th percentile. About 65% for weight/girth, 70% for legs (LONG legs for his size!), and 10% for head size, ha! He will definitely take after Chris with his body type! He also has HAIR! We saw little fuzzies on top of his head! :) He yawned for much of the sonogram, which was at 8:30 am. That doesn't surprise me as he should be tired- he stayed up all night the night before kicking me, ha! He also was sucking on his arm for a lot of the sonogram...weird kid! It was surreal to see him looking like a real little person this week! I can't believe he will be here in 10 weeks! We have a tentative date for induction...September 16th! Can't wait!!!!! We will get to see him at least one more time before then, so I will definitely post all about it when we do!

I took a belly picture today, but I didn't realize my memory card wasn't in the camera, and I have no idea where the cord is to get it off the internal memory...so...I will try to take one later this week!

28 weeks!

I'm 28 weeks (and 1 day)! 10-12 weeks left!!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 28 Weeks

Size of baby: Lawson is the size of an eggplant (Baby Center says cabbage)

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained 10 pounds

Maternity Clothes: All maternity pants, shirts are a mixture, I LIVE in yoga pants now that I'm home! :)

Gender: It's a BOY! Lawson Ryan Payne

Movement: All the time! He has started pushing really hard on my stomach by my belly button. I think he wants OUT! Sometimes it hurts!

Sleep: I slept ok this week. Once I fell asleep (sometimes difficult to do), I usually only had to wake up once, after 6 for the bathroom

What I miss: Being able to bend over, ha! Being tan and being skinny too!
Cravings: Dairy! Yogurt, frozen yogurt, milk, ice cream...

*Symptoms: Back pain/being unable to lay on my back, growing belly, fatigue, contractions, sciatica is back (boo.). Still no heartburn...but it is getting harder to sit straight up and breathe. I think it's because he is running out of room and he is close to my ribs, so it's just awkward and uncomfortable.

Best Moment this week: Chris put up the chair rail in Lawson's room, so we are done with everything big in there! The only thing I still have to do is finish his cross. Also, we visited my grandparents in Kosse, and my grandma is making a quilt for Lawson. I got to help quilt some of it. I did a TERRIBLE job, but at least Lawson will always know his mommy did that corner, ha!

*I just want to put it out there that I am in NO way complaining (or trying not to anyway) about my symptoms. I just want to remember everything about this pregnancy, so this is an easy way to do that and also keep our families and friends updated. I am so incredibly grateful for a healthy pregnancy every day, and whatever symptoms or "ailments" it comes with. :)

28 week belly picture...Dakota will probably be in the pictures for the next few weeks. She is staying with us for the summer and girlfriend doesn't pass up a chance to pose, ha!


She is so funny! Sometimes she randomly walks up to us and says "look at my belly" and sticks it out! Ha! She keeps us laughing and we are thankful to spend this precious time with her this summer during our last weeks as a family of three! As ready as I am for him to get here, I know I will miss this time with Dakota when Lawson arrives.