the pregnancy diaries: week 25

i know that is kind of a weird picture, but 3d ultrasounds are soooo cool! she looks like a clay sculpture, but in her defense, she is still growing. and she doesn't have any fat under her skin yet. and, hello, she is living in a bath. 

25 weeks already!!

although, baby girl gave us {mostly me} a little scare this past week.

alas! all is well--she's just a teeny little thing, but healthy. and i'm sure that this teeny-ness just means she's going to be a little feisty thing, like her mother. and mother's mother. and steven says he was kind of sassy when he was younger so...yeah, what goes around comes around, right?

we are so excited!

now that we are more than half way, it seems more real.

here are some updates:

*sometimes we can see her moving--like my skin popping around.  it's crazy.  and yesterday we even saw it through my clothes.  this girl is a kicker!

*it is probably quite ridiculous watching me roll over in bed, especially with that big body pillow.

*i feel like my belly is getting big, but then i see a picture and think, "that's it?!" because it feels so much better.

*speaking of big bellies...um, can this thing stretch anymore? i guess so since i still have like 4 months to go, but wow. sometimes i feel like my belly is going to pop off my belly like a big bubble.

*annnnnnd, i still have an "inny" belly button but, it's more like a "flatty." and i think it's going to pop within the next few weeks. steven thinks it's weird. um, hello husband, it's my belly button!  i think it is weird!

*my back. owwww. teaching, doing dishes, making dinner, sweeping, sweeping then mopping. all things that give the back major pains! we have our good days and bad days, but mr. back {yes, i'm a woman, but my back is a mr. as of right now} isn't feeling this whole pregnancy thing.  but remember how much i love yoga? firm believer. yoga is a heal all {in conjunction with other natural things} and a life betterer. i made that word up.  just go to mindbodygreen.com. anyway, mr. back loves yoga.  mr. back, and myself, wish so badly we could do all of those inversions we love and back bends and core-challenging balancing poses we used to, but not happening. i hope it all comes back rather quickly.

*people say the second trimester is so great because of xyz and you have all of this energy. who are you and what prenatals were//are you using??  i may not need to lay on the bed after school until...hmm, bedtime, but i have a difficult time getting out of bed in the morning and i still get super tired, but i do have much more energy than before, it's just not my normal self.

*the wardrobe slowly dwindles and i either feel like a whale making up an outfit, or like a cute little pregnant woman in one of the few outfits i feel comfortable in. wah, wah.....at least i have a ton of pants i can wear {unzipped//unbuttoned, of course. belly band!}, just limited on the tops. a lot.

and now for some pictures!

between steven's brother's dives at his diving meet at byu yesterday. i said to steven, "look at this thing. it's so big!"

the photo on the right is a typical heidi photo. although, i look particularly l-a-m-e in this one.

i've had this dress for about 6 years. i bought it like 2 sizes too large but made it work with a few little safety pins until i grew into it.  yeah, like i was going to grow anymore after i was 18.  so i gave it to my mom for a little bit but i don't know how she liked the fit for her, so then i took it back over summer to fix it up a tad, a little tailor here and there. and then i never did. and then bam! i was pregnant. and now it works well.  also, it is not zipped all the way. hey yo! what is these days?

also, please take notice of those boots. the ones i got for christmas did not fit how i would have liked, but i finally found a winner! and they came friday.  happy!! i'm kind of obsessed. and then i told steven that finding a pair of boots is like finding a husband.  can't be too short or too tall, have to be the right color. need to be classy...and then i stopped. who am i comparing boots to husbands? but really, i feel like i won with these boots and i totttttalllllly won with steven. ow ow!

over and out. sorry for my ramblings. but you know, i don't post near as much as i used to--pregnancy, school, pregnancy. but when baby comes, i'm going to overload this thing with pictures of our cute wittle angel. annnd good night.