And Kinsley Space

She has decided that she needs more so i'm spreading out...

Yep that's my little chunker in there! Isn't she cute!

How far along? 21 weeks 1 day

Baby's weight: She's somewhere over a pound, i'll let you know on the 11th what she's weighing in at.

Maternity Clothes? yeah it's getting to the point now where even my sleep clothes don't fit.

Stretch Marks? no

Sleep? yeah right. belly is starting to get heavy and even though i try to support it, it's hard to get comfortable.

Best moment this week: Returning from Barbados and having everyone at work tell me Kinsley's grown

Movement? ALL the time! I think this is because i eat lots of little meals through the day and she likes to move after i eat so she's ALWAYS moving, can't wait for Chris to feel her!

Food Cravings: burgers, burgers, and Mexican! lol! Yes... still this

Gender: GIRL!

Labor Signs: no

Belly Button in or out? In but getting to be a very wide valley!

What I miss: being able to just pop up from the couch.

What I am looking forward to: Seeing friends who haven't seen me since i popped

Weekly Wisdom: eat when you're hungry, or you might kill someone.
Milestones: Being half way!

Resort action...

So while we were staying in Barbados my parents booked us all at a 5 Star hotel called The Crane. Go to their website, it's amazing... here's some of the photos they have...

yeah that's some of the pools, they really do look that awesome, and more...

Yep that's their cliffs, really that breath taking...

oh yeah, and their own private pink (i swear when you see it, it IS pink) sand beach... private even though there are no private beach in Barbados, there is here...

So you see this place is AMAZING! Not to even mention the rooms (i'm getting there)...

So we show up to check in... UH so much for open air Caribbean... they have open air check in but i think they forgot the air, NO breezes in there! That's cool, they were VERY nice and gave each of us our own rum cake as a welcome... oh and Chris got a free rum punch (mine wasn't free b/c i wanted a virgin drink). GREAT! So off to our two bedroom suite! Breathtaking to say the least! Lets just turn that A/C and we'll be all set! move in, unpack, etc etc etc... wait, we DID turn on the A/C right? The doors are closed right? hmmm

So after spending two nights in a practical sauna (pregnancy+no A/C DO NOT= happy lady... not to mention the fact my parents were born in the arctic and my wheel chair bound grandmother spends A LOT of time in the room... so we complain and they move us... to where???

THE PENTHOUSE!!!

(these are MY personal photos)

that's the master (my) bedroom! Notice the ceilings!

 Dream closet! I mean it's like a mini cribs show!

I mean you see the bathtub right? HUGE! JETTED! Off to the left is the shower, with 5 count them 5 water heads!

That's my living space, since my room is sooo small... it has a flat screen.

 This is where i made my PB&J's. Yes that's basically the size of MY HOUSE!

 Oh did you want a view... okay, SINCE you asked!

 Oh and a private plunge pool too??? well okay.

 Yeah i always wanted a nice lounging space, thanks!

Oh and here's the BEST part that i forgot to take a picture of... we have a sun deck... ON THE ROOF! Yeah it has a jetted tub and BBQ up there too... AMAZING!

So as i'm singing myself to sleep to the tune of Glamorous by Fergi... i realize something... we still have no A/C... sort of... we have it... just every other day. One day we're at 80-90 in there and the next we're at a sweet 73... go figure... living large isn't ALWAYS better.

I feel like we're taking a step backwards

B/c this week Kinsley is a

BANANA! i mean doesn't that seem smaller then a cantaloupe... i mean i know they are going for length here, i think, but really??? well whatever, what do i know, i'm only carrying the little chunker! lol

Baby gulps down several ounces of amniotic fluid every day, both for hydration and nutrition and to practice swallowing and digesting. And, these days, those taste buds actually work! Studies show that after birth, babies are most interested in tastes they've already experienced through amniotic fluid. Meaning, think about what you want your future child to eat as you prepare your own lunch. (ummm wasn't this covered LAST week, right, i thought so, way to go genius fruit people)... lets see what others have to say...

You may soon feel like she's practicing martial arts as her initial fluttering movements turn into full-fledged kicks and nudges (this is true, i mean i just feel "pops" right now but they are ALL the time, she's VERY active, Sadie and Stella have their babysitting work cut out for them!!). You may also discover a pattern to her activity as you get to know her better (yeah she likes it when i eat, when i eat there's a party in my uterus, her own private dance party, ooop oooop do the Erkle!). In other developments, your baby's eyebrows and lids are present now, and if you're having a girl, her vagina has begun to form as well (oh well just what i wanted to hear, can't it wait until she's 30 to form???).

Oh yea, this happened last week...

Kinsley became this! A Cantelope... except she was kind of ALREADY there since at 19wks she was weighing in at 11 oz! So there! So yeah, every time you see a fruit imagine the state fair version and that's our Kinsley!

Kinsley gulps down several ounces of amniotic fluid every day, both for nutrition and to practice swallowing and digesting (or to get ready for college, WHOA slow down there girl!). And, these days, those taste buds actually work (oh that's just sick!)! Studies show that after birth, babies respond best to tastes they've already had via amniotic fluid. Meaning, think about what you'd like your future child to eat as you prepare your own lunch (hmm guess she'll like burgers).

So i didn't get any good side shots of me but here's a little Kinsley love for ya...

Food while traveling...

Well it's like this... when you're pregnant you NEED to eat, i mean ya have to eat even if you aren't pregnant, but when you are it's like a alien is going to come out of your abdomen and beat people over the head until they feed you... this happened to me... sort of... i may have been the ACTUAL alien but who's keeping track.

We get up at 340ish to go to the airport. I eat a PB&J around 415. Then i have a coffee (decaf!) and juice at about 6ish... then i have Burger King cinnamon sticks with my family at about 830ish....

OH SIDE NOTE: Family knows it's a GIRL! I did a little strip tease with my hoody which reviled a pink shirt underneath for them... yeah they TOTALLY thought it was a boy b/c i told them that Chris was happy with the results... hahaha

okay, back to aliens... so we're on the plane heading to Barbados and US Air thinks they are SOOO clever by not offering meals but rather offering to let you buy an over priced sandwich that most likely taste like cardboard and have a sprinkle of chips next to it... well I wasn't going to let them pull ME is (i can't tell the future folks) so i munched on a bag of Cheetos... ummm

So we get there, we're hot and ready to check into the hotel... we FINALLY do and it's hot and i'm tired and so i sleep... yeah right... sleep, with my family, when i keep getting woken up b/c random things... whatever! So then we decide we should go to dinner...

Dad decides we're going to go to some cafe place the hotel recommended... except it's AT LEAST 20 mins away and we're not completely sure WHERE it is... but guess what, despite the fact that my mother and i threaten to eat him first he ignores our pleas for just KFC and insist on finding el' cafe. Thanks... so we drive and drive... let me tell you, Barbados is not really UP TO DATE on 99% of their roads, they look like a quilt and feel like an amusement ride gone VERY wrong, NOT.FUN.

So now it's like an hour or so into our dinner journey and i'm becoming hysterical... seriously, i'm getting mean... the hungry pregnant chick is about to come for blood... so at one point my dad says something to me where i just break down in tears trying to form the words "hungry, food" etc... it was more like "i'm juuusssttt soooooooh hungr waaaah". So he jumps out of the car and saves me with a chicken leg, fries, and a biscuit. The alien has been sedated.

Oh but the journey isn't done, no one else hasn't eaten and we're still hot on the heels of el' cafe whatever. We KNOW we're hot on it's heels b/c that's what EVERY local has told us... except we didn't find out until later that if locals don't know the answer, they just make up one (little Sh!T heads, sorry it's true, they messed with a hungry pregnant woman, they're lucky i haven't said worse).

FINALLY my father decides to give up and we pull into what looks like a local pizza kind of place. We all order various things from fish, to BBQ grilled chicken (even thought they said it was fried) to pizza and salad. I ordered a Pizza and salad, not wanting to test the local food at this point but just go into a happy food coma... but no, the food gods were not smiling on my very round and angry belly... I start to eat the salad when my mom stops me b/c SINCE we're at your local foreign hole in the wall she's not so sure they are up to code with health regulations and washing the salad or hands etc after say raw meat has been around... so scratch the salad i'll eat pizza. Pepperoni pizza, easy right? please

I don't GET my pizza until EVERYONE else has gotten their meal (play to be fare my brother was waiting on one too but WHATEVER HE'S not pregnant so)... i get it and it's too hot to eat, so i'm tired and say get in the car, and i'll eat it when it cools... yeah, except i forgot about the amusement ride we were going to have to take on the way back. So 30 mins later YES i can eat... except Barbados pizza is NOT, i repeat, is NOT ANYTHING like our pizza. They use weird cheese that leaves a strange taste in your mouth and the crust is SWEET, yeah it's like a dessert pizza with goat cheese and pepperoni and marinara sauce. It's interesting to say the least... so i force one piece down and tell Kinsley to be happy she got something and go promptly to bed.

All the food wasn't bad or scary...

... but more on THAT later.

Oh world of updates...

Prepare yourself for updates galore... i've been gone... in paradise... well paradise with crappy roads, but hey, i'll let that slip by.

I have just spent the past week in BARBADOS! Oh it was warm and tropical and amazing... i mean there were some things i missed here (knowing i can eat all the food from where ever and not worrying if it's bad, and the dogs... love my doggies). So this trip will take MULTIPLE installments to FULLY explain without boring you with one LONG entry... don't worry i'll include photos!

AND off we go!

She's going to have a ROOM!

Yes it's true and i couldn't be happier! Chris's parents called last night and said they were ordering the Crib and Dresser



We're getting the crib (i know DUH) and the dresser on the right so we can have it as a changing table too! YEA!!!

And i ordered our bumper and crib skirt today so that we can use it for color matching

AND we're going to paint the walls that green and then i'm going to put up a monogram that looks similar to this



except reversed where it's white and the letter is pink! plus i'm dreaming up more pink accents and the curtains will be white and i'm thinking i love these

I just love how girly they are!!!

so what do ya'll think?

i can't wait for Kinsley to see it all!