It's a Girl!

It's a girl!! I've had this entry written in my drafts since I was 20 weeks along and now I'm already 33 weeks and, yippee well into the 3rd trimester!! I thought we were having a boy so I was very surprised when the nurse quickly said girl. It's starting to all make sense now that I think back on all my symptoms since the first trimester. This baby girl has literally been sucking the 'beauty' right out of me! The first trimester was rough. I was nausea's all day long {Zofran and I became best friends}, I was so tired I had to take naps with Luke and sometimes that wasn't enough and I'd fall asleep on the couch while Luke was watching cartoons {I felt like a horrible Mommy during these several weeks}. I couldn't clean or cook without gagging {poor Dave picked up my slack}. My face was and still is breaking out like crazy and my hair is falling out. There are also several other symptoms that are not lady like to share that I've been experiencing that are not pleasant at all. When pregnant with Luke, I had a glow and beautiful thick hair, my skin never looked better!

Second trimester was a breeze but now that I'm in the third trimester I'm ready to have our little girl arriving promptly please:). My heart-burn's been the most uncomfortable. I've had to take a break from my '1 cup a day' coffee in the morning because it came out of my nose one morning. I'm back to being tired again. At first every evening I thought I was coming down with something and it hit me that this is just what exhaustion feels like:). I also have been getting the Braxton Hicks {not fun}. This is mainly because I lift a toddler all day long. So needless to say I'm looking forward to meeting our little girl!

Our nursery is under construction and I've been blessed to receive clothes from both sister-in-laws and even my sister-in-laws sister for our baby girl!  I've already bought enough bows to last her a couple years:). I'm excited yet nervous about having a girl. Excited, because I'm a girly girl that will love the girl time and bond we'll have with each other. Nervous, because raising a girl should be rocket science since I am a girl myself, but scared to fail. With Luke, things are easy because I just need to love on him and show him affection, Daddy's in charge of teaching him what being a boy is all about. With a girl, Daddy can dote and love while I'm in charge of teaching her how to be a girl and eventually a woman and of course I too will get to dote and love on her as well:).

Below is me at 31 weeks. I originally said I was going to try and keep up with posting bump pictures but let's face it, I have an extremely slow running computer and no patience to upload one every week. So this is it! I've also determined that I'm not going to be that girl that stays skinny and all belly. I've already gained 40 pounds since my last doctor's visit and this is the exact cycle my body went through {if not worse} with Luke and I ended up gaining over 50 pounds with him! I am thankful to know I lost all that weight so it's possible to lose it again but man it's depressing to see that scale climb literally everyday. We just have 7 weeks left {or maybe sooner} until we meet our little baby girl, Katelyn{Kate}Alice Gentile.