RTT: A vacation in pictures

Hooray! It's Tuesday. We just got back from vacation so I only have to go to work for 4 days. But that's ok. It's gonna be a great week. I just have a good feeling! Stacy is still holding the random sign. So we are going to follow her and random. But because I'm lacking in sleep and patience then it will be mainly a picture random!

The hubby and Leo at Science City. They were having a great time in the "fire truck."

Leo digging up dinosaurs at Science City

The family at the Royals game. All the above 3 pictures are from the game.

My cousin Grace at her dance recital. She was so cute in her little costume! (she was a little sad the recital was over!)

Leo chilling in the hotel watching Scooby Doo!

On the way to Kansas City. Leo cheesing it up with his go-to road trip food (Twizzlers)

Baby Update: 16 weeks (almost 17)

How far along: 16 weeks

Baby Size: a turnip…seriously? I’ve also heard the size of my hand.

Total Weight Gain: 8 pounds. Yikes…5 pounds in 2 weeks. Not ideal!

Maternity Clothes: Yep. And I’ve definitely been wearing them to work so I don’t have to wear work-branded clothes. Win! And I bought a few more tops this week. Shorts/capris will be what I need to get. My pregnancies are just in different enough seasons that my clothes from Leo are almost all long sleeves while I will not want to be wearing long sleeves in July or August!

Sleep: Nothing has changed yet.

Best moments: Just knowing that there is a little person inside of me. It’s crazy!

Movements: I haven’t felt much lately. Just a few flutters here and there. So I’m anxiously awaiting the big kicks and dance moves that the little one has in store for me!

Food cravings: Well there have been a few (like me wanting a Sonic ice cream cone at 9 this morning) but I have not indulged in any of them! I know better…I don’t want too many pounds creeping up on me!

Looking forward to: Still looking forward to my sono on June 7^th. Also, this weekend we are taking a mini-vacation so that will be fun! Also, I think I’m going to rock a bikini this summer because the only pool I will venture to will be my parents. So I am looking forward to finding a cute suit and my parents opening their pool!

Symptoms: Luckily all symptoms have subsided. Just tired but I’m always tired regardless of being pregnant or not!

Stretch marks: Haven’t noticed anything. Hopefully with my belly popping it will reduce the look of some of the ones from before!

Spin Cycle: Waiting, Waiting and more Waiting

Spin Cycle week 2. I ditched week 1 because I just haven’t had the time to blog that I used to. I would blog before the hubby got home from work. Now with his fancy-pants new job he beats me home. And I hate it. That he beats me home, not the new job. That…is amazing. But that’s neither here nor there. This is about the spin cycle which I thought was long gone but Jen decided to be super-awesome and bring it back. So it gives me a weekly forum to write a think-piece (a thank you Cameron Crowe). And this week’s topic is waiting. And oh there is so much that I am waiting for lately.

The past 2 weeks I have been waiting for my 4 day vacation. The only vacation I will get until my extended vacation come November when the bambino/a will be arriving. I have been waiting in anticipation to see how the weather was going to hold up. No tornadoes expected while we’re there. Woo hoo! And thankfully the people that we are visiting had no damage from the storms from earlier in the week. I have been waiting to see if the hubby was going to get a better attitude about our trip. Yes dear, I know we don’t have a ton of money but not everything is about the money… sometimes it’s about our sanity. And I have been waiting just because I need to get away. Work has been crazy hectic and just getting out of the city and ignoring any and all phone calls from work will be so nice.

I have also been waiting for the summer. Normally summer is just another season but this year, for some reason, I am so excited for summer. I can’t wait until my parents open their pool (I’m still waiting mom!). I am also just waiting to just have the warm weather for a nice change. There are things I want to get done outside so it will be nice to be able to do them.

I have also been waiting not-so-patiently for my upcoming sonogram. It feels like the wait is forever. But on June 7^th at 10:30 we will be going in to find out if we will have a girl or a boy. And I can barely stand the wait. Especially when my doctor’s office tried to reschedule it. Sorry but no. We will be getting it done earlier now in the day instead of later. And after that I will know what to expect. At least as far as what I need to buy (or not buy seeing that I have 3 crates of boy clothes just chilling until June 7^th!).

And of course the wait is on until the actual birth. 5 more months. So crazy! I can’t believe it is going by so slowly but quickly at the same time! And there is so much to do. We need to buy a new crib (Leo’s was recalled so we had to return it. But for a full retail refund! Score!), get the Raider room ready to be a baby room and so on.

So there is a lot of waiting going on in the Fernandez household. And I am not a patient person. So I am just ready for all these things that I’m waiting for to happen! To see what other people are waiting on go check it out!