30 weeks

Today : 30 weeks +  5 days ( Halloween! Today I'm actually 31 weeks.. oops!)

Weight Gain :  18.5 lbs, same as last week

Maternity Clothes : Yep ... although the clothes I'm wearing in this picture are all non-maternity & I'm pretty sure that t-shirt is from high school. Just keeping it real.

Stretch marks : Nope. Update on the belly button: still IN, for now.

Sleep : Better this week. I'm probably one of the few pregnant women who doesn't sleep with a body pillow, shockingly, I prefer to sleep next to my husband ;) However, I've learned how to prop one of my hands up on the pillows by my head and the other on one of the extra throw pillows we have laying around and it has helped reduce my carpal tunnel symptoms. Also.. I have been drinking water like a FISH to help with water retention. 

Sickness : No, I felt really good this week!

Movement : Yes. It is oh so sweet to feel this little man squirm around. I know I'll miss this time with him when he is born, but I really can't wait to meet him.

Cravings : One of my co-workers brought me a corn dog for lunch last weekend after reading my blog post and it was GOOD. Definitely lived up to the hype. So far, I haven't wanted another one and haven't had any other cravings. I did decide to bake a Texas sheet cake at 9:30 PM one night. Not sure it qualified as a craving because who doesn't love a good chocolate cake? I prefer this recipe from The Pioneer Woman, because it is fast, easy, and SO good. Also, between the cake and the frosting it contains like a pound of butter y'all. Yum.

Exciting happenings : My 30 week appointment on Monday went really well. The fabric for Samson's room came, we picked up a jumper/bouncer toy from one of my co-workers and we ordered our first box of cloth diapers. (There is a another blog post or 10 involved with that decision, but all you really need to know is no, we aren't crazy, yes, I realize there will be poop involved, no, we won't exclusively be using cloth diapers and you can still send a diaper cake made of Pampers to my baby shower and they will gladly be used). I promise I will write about how we decided to try cloth diapers in another post. 

Also, it was Halloween week! I have really fond memories of my mom making a lot of my costumes growing up and trick-or-treating with my friends.  Aaron and I haven't celebrated Halloween in several years, so the last time I dressed up for Halloween was in college and I'm fairly certain it probably wasn't something that would be appropriate to talk about on our family blog (again, keeping it real for you) but maybe next year, we'll have some fun family friendly costumes. 

Friday, it was too cold to open and close the door for trick-or-treaters in Indiana, so we had a game night with friends from church. I made this festive popcorn munch loosely based on this recipe that I found on Pinterest. I made the popcorn on the stove, spread it out on a pan, threw on some Reese's pieces, candy corn, and peanuts, melted chocolate chips in the microwave and poured it on top. Yum.

Happy first week of November! There are only two more calendar flips between us and Samson (maybe only one!) Hope you have a good week :)