Monday survey

How far along are you? 33 weeks


How big is baby? According to my weekly email from the America Pregnancy Association, the babe is somewhere around 17 ½ inches long and weighs around 5 to 5 ½ pounds.

Maternity clothes? This question is getting lame.  Of course I'm still in maternity clothes.  But on a high note, I found some new fun maternity clothes at the outlets in Florida last week - including a pair of jeans!!!  (Maternity jeans shopping has been a nightmare, and I realize I only have like 6 weeks to go and it was probably silly to buy anything else at this point, but tomorrow is the start of Fall and I wanted jeans.  And when I found a pair that finally fit, I bought them.  And they were only $38!  So really, I couldn't not buy them.)

Weight - Loss or Gain? I'll find out tomorrow at my OB appointment, but I'm really not sure on this one.  My stomach is definitely growing, but last week while I was on vacation my mom and I walked between 2 to 4 miles every day and I ate really healthy, so perhaps I didn't gain too much weight.  Or maybe the trend of "it doesn't matter what I eat or do for exercise because I still seriously pack on the pounds" will continue.

Stretch marks? None on the belly!

Sleep? Actually really good.  There are possibly a few reasons for this - I was sleeping alone in a queen bed all last week and was overly tired from relaxing by the beach all day.

Any movement?  Lots.  Lukas must be getting the hiccups at least one or two times a day now.  At first this was very "cute", but now it's getting very distracting. I've read that they don't bother him, but I have to wonder.  I also noticed an uptick in movements whenever I would lay on a raft on my stomach in the pool - I don't think he's used to me being in that position so it would throw off his chi. But I sure enjoyed the weightlessness!

Food Cravings?  Back to craving pimento cheese - luckily my mom came across an easy recipe and I now will be eating pimento cheese sandwiches for lunches all week!

Food Aversions? Nope

Gender? Boy

Belly Button in or out? I'm going to say its still in.  Because most of it is still in, but it's starting to pop out in one spot, so I'm not very confident that I'll keep my innie for much longer.

What do you miss? Blue moon with orange, thanks to watching mom and dad drink them at the beach :)  Also, being able to eat as much seafood as I want - being at the beach and not eating too much seafood was very difficult!  But I did get some amazing crab cakes and shrimp, so I still got my fix!

What are you looking forward to? Mr. Cob's birthday this weekend and his parents coming to visit for at least a week!  And then Mr. Cob's sister is coming to visit for a weekend. And then my brother, sister-in-law and nephew are coming to town the following week.  And then two of my best friends from law school are coming to town too!  I'm so excited to see some of my favorite people!

What was the BEST part of this week? Spending a full week at the beach with just my parents.  It was very relaxing, but I also haven't spent that much time with them in a long time, which was a real treat.  I really enjoyed my walks every morning with my mom and spending that time together.  And the other highlight of the week (because the whole week was really great) was coming home Saturday morning to find that Mr. Cob had put Lukas' crib together!!!

What was the WORST part of this week? Being away from Mr. Cob.

Weekly Wisdom?  The beach is the perfect place to relax and recharge!

Milestones: We hit the 50 day countdown marker last week.  My mom kept asking what the big deal was about 50 days and in reality, its not all that exciting, and its just an arbitrary milestone.  What can I say, I like milestones!