Amanda's 12 week pregnancy update

For those of you who don't know, Luke and I are expecting baby number 3! We couldn't be more excited! We had been on the fence for a long time about whether or not we wanted to expand our family. We've already been blessed with an amazing little girl and little boy so we felt like we could have been done, but something in the back of my head made me kept thinking about more babies! In around January we decided for sure to go for it. Since we are super traditional ;-) we decided to wait until after our wedding on February 28th to start trying. About 3 weeks after our wedding I started taking pregnancy tests every day and low and behold I was pregnant! Even though Maddie and Will were conceived without much trying I felt like this babe might take at least a couple months to make, but no, fertile Myrtle over here. So far the pregnancy is going great, but if feels a lot different from the last two times I was pregnant. It's nice to be older and more secure this time around, but also my body feels a lot older than it did when I was growing babies in my late teens. Now that I'm an old lady of 26 my back and muscles hurt already from being pregnant. I am so excited for this baby!      

How far along: 12 weeks and 1 day

Total weight gain/loss: Up about 3 pounds. I'm trying not to let my weight get too crazy this time around and to make healthy food choices and continue to workout. With M & W I was like "Yay I'm pregnant! Bring me cheetos!"

Maternity clothes: My mom got me a pair of maternity jeans and while I don't really need them yet, they sure are cozy. They should make all pants with an elastic waistband ;-) I've also been wearing my regular workout clothes most days and those are stretchy anyway. 

Sleep: I could sleep alllll dayyy. That's been my biggest pregnancy symptom so far. My back hurts a lot if I don't find the perfect position so I'm thinking about buying one of those pregnancy pillows. 

Best moment this week: We announced our pregnancy on Facebook a little over a week ago and it feels great that this pregnancy is finally out in the open for the world to know. We also had fun doing the photo shoot with our family and an ultrasound pic of our little bean. 

Food cravings: Salads, Olive Garden (Luke took me there on Saturday soooo good!), cereal, eggs

Food aversions: Nothing really, but I really hate the smell of raw chicken so I haven't been cooking it for me or my family. 

Gender: Don't know yet, but I had a couple dreams this week that it was a girl 

Labor signs: none, and hopefully none until November 

Pregnancy symptoms: tiredness, lower back pain

What I miss: I nice cold beer. I don't miss getting drunk, but the though of a cold blue moon going down my throat sounds so refreshing. We were at a party on Saturday and Luke was having a couple beers and I kept smelling them. Smelled so yummy. 

What I am looking forward to: Getting out of the "is she pregnant or chubby?" stage. Maddie says, "Mama you don't look pregnant, you just look chubbier, but it's ok because I know you're not chubby, well not that chubby at least." thanks Madso. 

Milestones: 12 weeks! Excited to be this far along! We found out so early I feel like I've already been pregnant for a long time. I'm glad we can share our news with the world!