17 Weeks with Lyla the Pomegranate

She's growing, and weighs about 5 ounces now.

HOW FAR ALONG?: 17 weeks and 2 days. 

MATERNITY CLOTHES: I sleep in Eric's shirts and PINK boyfriend pants, but wear maternity clothes when I go out. 

STRETCH MARKS?: Not yet. They're a comin'. 

SLEEP?: Same. I fall asleep quite easily, but staying asleep past 2-3 AM is tough.

BEST MOMENT THIS/LAST WEEK?: We shopped for Lyla on Saturday after Eric golfed. 

Coop wanted to show off Lyla's "go home outfit." 

Sunday was a packed day... Church, then we had a fun playdate on Sunday with Cooper's first girlfriend and her parents. Lol. It was fun, and such a gorgeous day.

Buddies and crushin' on each other since 2014. 

Then Kaeli and Ryan (our BFFs) watched Coop while Eric and I went to dinner for our friend, Christina's birthday dinner. The weekend was over far too quickly.  

WORST MOMENT?: 1. Ukulele has been having these "episodes" where she scratches uncontrollably, she scream cries, and will lose her bowels. Poor girl. I didn't know whether it was allergies, bad knees, a combo, something else...? So I finally took her to see a vet and turns out, she's having seizures. She had blood work done, and now she's on Alprazolam (Xanax) and Phenobarbital.

Snuggle-pugs. Lele is drugged, Banjo is just sleepy. 

2. The house still hasn't been framed yet. Hoping we'll still get to move in in the month of June. 

MOVEMENT?: Not that's noticeable, if at all. I'm still waiting for something that's unmistakable.

MISS ANYTHING?: Date nights on the patio with wine, or visits to wine country in California. Also family sushi dates in Dana Point. My family in California. I might be missing California a bit this week. Still though, happy to be here, too. 

FOOD CRAVINGS?: Occasionally, candy. Still carbs. Apples and peanut butter. 

ANYTHING MAKING ME QUEASY / SICK?: Nothing really, I don't think. Sometimes people will mention things, and I will have an immediate, "ew, no" reaction though. 

SHOWING YET?: Like I'm 8+ months. Lol. 

GENDER?: Sweet baby girl, Lyla. 

SYMPTOMS / MOODS?: The nausea is gone, but the migraines are still in effect. I think, mostly, my moods have been in check. 

BELLY BUTTON IN or OUT?: In and stretched.

WEDDING RINGS OFF or ON?: On for now.

HAPPY or MOODY MOST OF THE TIME?: Mainly happy. 
A little overwhelmed with being a full-time mama, almost 4.5 months pregnant, Lele's issues, working about 20+ hours a week, trying to find time to work out, budgets, cleaning a small house that gets cluttered sooooo easily (can you say LEGOs?), laundry, making grocery lists + menus for the week... ya know. Life. 

LOOKING FORWARD TO...?: 1. It seems we likely won't be having a California shower, which is sad. It's just that we have so much money to save for our new house, it simply doesn't make sense to spend $600-700 to fly out (with Cooper) at this time. 
We are going to have a Nashville Shower, and I think it's going to be a dual baby shower + housewarming in June with family members flying in... assuming the house stays on track! We're going to start planning soon, once we get an official closing date from the builder. 
2. Parent's visit in 2 weeks! 
3. Meeting Lyla in July!!!