28 weeks, 4 days-Doctor Appointment!

Doctor appointment today was pretty simple! Doc checked my weight and blood pressure..both normal. Then we went back to the room and heard Ryleigh's heartbeat (in the 140s!) and she measured my belly. I'm measuring 27.5 weeks (I'm 28.5), but doc said it was all good. She let me know that I would have one more appointment until my every-2-weeks ones start. At 36 weeks I'll start going every week. She also said we better start getting her room ready, etc. ;) Can't believe we're even close enough to start talking about that!! 

Friday was Valentine's Day. We went to Medieval Times (so much fun!) It was nice to have a night out together! Ry got me my first gun, so I'm excited to shoot it after baby is born! I got him "a date night" to the gun range and out to eat lol 

Other than that this week has been pretty boring! I've just been working a ton and trying to sleep when I can! Ry is super busy with school (papers, reading, etc.). 

How far along: 28 weeks, 4 days.

Total weight gain: About 16 lbs. (ahh..)

Maternity clothes: Pants for sure. I wear tops that are bigger than I wore pre-pregnancy because I don't like any of the "maternity" tops I see.

Stretch marks: Still rubbin' coca butter on my tummy/hips everyday! 

Sleep: Yeah right..I'm getting bigger and more uncomfortable everyday.

Best moment of this week: Valentine's Day with my husband!

Miss anything: My smaller clothes.

Movement: LOTS!

Food Cravings: Anything juicy! (Pineapple, apples, etc.)

Anything making you queasy or sick: Today I was a little naseous. I think that was just being in the car all day though.

Have you started to show yet: Definitely.

Gender: Girl!

Labor signs: Nope.

Belly button in or out: In but starting to feel hard! Weird!

Wedding rings on or off: On.

Happy or moody most of the time: Happy, but very tired. 

Looking forward to: Getting our house DONE!'

Why do people tell you how to raise your children?

I've been thinking about this all day at work. It never fails that every person who wants to discuss my pregnancy/baby gives me their "advice" and SWEARS that I'll be doomed if I don't follow what they say. (Some of these people don't even have kids!) When I first found out that I was expecting, everybody told me that this would happen, and I never really thought it would bother me. Well, while I always appreciate *good* advice, I also wish people would realize that my husband and I are perfectly capable of raising our daughter without random direction. Actually it's sort of offensive sometimes to a first time mom for people to act like you're a blooming idiot just because you haven't had a child of your own *yet.* Aren't all mothers a "first time mom" at some point? (Duh.) 

I WILL make mistakes. I WILL have times where I wished I would have done something differently. I WILL realize that things I thought I would do, I don't..and things that I didn't think I would do, I do. But isn't that the beauty of it? Learning from your mistakes working to become the best parents that we can be for OUR daughter? (Not what "worked" for others?) Regardless of anything, I *know* I'll be a great Mama and Ry will be a great Daddy for our little girl.

& as a side note, if I do have any questions, as a girl, and a daughter myself, I have a Mama who did a pretty great job of raising four children herself that I can ask.  ;) 

So, since everyone likes to hand out opinions and judgements, here's mine to first time mommys (and daddys)..YOU'RE your baby's parents. Nobody else! Do what you know is right for your child, not what Jim-Bob the neighbor told you to do. 

That's all :) lol