Skip to main content

25 Weeks

This little boy has been moving around like crazy this week! I think feeling him move has been one of the best parts of being pregnant. 

I also finally decided to learn more about the name we have chosen, Ames. Apparently it's not even on the top 1000 names list so I was happy about that. I feel like it's an uncommon name but not a weird name. I guess I'm biased though :) It is also a French name and means "friend." I think we picked a good one!



It's a good thing I have lots to spare because my hair has been shedding just as much if not more than it did before I was pregnant. I find my hair EVERYWHERE and could vacuum daily and still not get it all. 

Lower back pain and leg numbness have set in the past 2 weeks. Thankfully on Tuesday the little babe decided to move out of my back or something magically changed and I haven't had the back pain for a couple of days, but if I stand for 30 min or longer the tops of my thighs go completely numb and I have almost a burning sensation. So glad I'm not working retail anymore. 

Honestly that's been the worst of it though. I have been really lucky to have a pretty easy pregnancy compared to a lot of women. I really can't complain at all. 

I'm still doing lots of reading on my natural birth plans. I would love to hear any success stories from you ladies that have had natural births! 

I've sort of come to realize that people are either very uninformed (which I find sad) about birth and they just show up at the hospital and hand themselves over, or they are way too informed and think they know more than any doctor out there.

Hopefully I'm neither of these, but somewhere in the middle; knowing my options and being informed, but knowing that I don't have a degree in child birth. 



I've also been making more time for my artwork and practicing my calligraphy and I have been loving it! I put on my "relaxation" music (don't make fun) and I'm off. 

Labels:

Comments

  1. Andi of My Beautiful AdventuresAugust 3, 2013 at 2:37 PM

    I love the name!!!

    ReplyDelete
  2. UnknownAugust 9, 2013 at 8:32 AM

    Elisha (sp?) at Canterbury named her baby boy Ames! Small world. If I'm remembering correctly they chose that because it was a family name. I think it's absolutely darling!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

GIVEAWAY Today! - CLOSED

SORRY, THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED.  I have a lovely little giveaway for you today!  The majority vote was for the West Elm gift card, so that's what our lucky winner will get, $25 to spend on whatever they would like at West Elm!  To enter you can do one or all of the following: 1 // Share this giveaway on Facebook 2 // Share on Instagram  3 // Share on Twitter 4 // Share on your own blog 5 // Become a follower of this lovely blog 6 // "Like" Carpe Diem Design on Facebook  Then leave a comment here telling me what you did to enter.  The more things you do, the more times your name will be entered into the drawing.  Winner will be announced Wednesday morning! 
20 comments
Read more

20 Weeks

I will be 20 weeks with baby #2 in just a couple of days. Baby boy #2 that is! Half way! I'm finally getting around to taking a picture of myself and writing down a little bit about this pregnancy.  It's definitely been different this time around both emotionally and physically.  Of course I have another child to attend to so I can't nap whenever I want, I felt more sick this time around and it lasted longer, and worst of all for me is the teenage acne I've developed.  I don't intend for this to be a sob story, but I've never been the girl that everyone says "You're so pretty" to and I've never been the skinny girl. But I have always had really great skin. To be honest, most of my confidence in my outward appearance is because I have my mom's skinny legs and I have clear skin and a natural tan. Well these days I literally cringe when I look in the mirror. I've NEVER had acne. I've always had the occasional breakout tha...
2 comments
Read more

Another Week, Another Hike

My aunt, mom, and I headed up Holbrook Canyon last Saturday to take in more of Fall's goodness. This canyon is just above the Bountiful, Utah Temple. The last time I hiked it was ages ago, so I forgot about how long of a hike it is. I looked up the mileage online which said 8 miles up and back. Well I don't know if that's accurate or what because after we had gone what I swear was 4-5 miles, we still weren't to the top and had to turn around so we could make it back before dark. A lot of the trail is uphill and it's not a really easy hike, so maybe we were just making slower time and didn't go as far as I thought, but maybe next time we'll actually make it to the top. Even though we didn't make it, it was still worth the beautiful scenery. As we got toward the bottom as the sun was practically gone, the canyon was glowing from all the brilliant colored leaves. It was seriously magical, as cheesy as that sounds. It's a shaded hike, almos...
Post a Comment
Read more