Weekend Rewind

How I wish I could rewind weekends! Let me tell you, being 6 months pregnant while working full time and raising a toddler is not for sissies! I'm exhausted most days. Thank God for awesome husbands; I chose wisely!

Any who, Warren got a fresh haircut on Saturday and he looks adorable!

Sunday we worked on his big boy room a little, it's coming together nicely.

Last night after work I decided to go for my usual walk (even though I just wanted to sit on the couch). About a half mile in I got some horrible side stitch pain. It was awful. I'm sure it was pregnancy related. I stopped, doubled over and moaned for a minute and decided to just keep walking, slowing down to tortoise pace. The sharp shooting pain didn't go away so I had to turn around and go home. Whomp, whomp! I seriously considered calling Mike to come get me but decided to suck it up and keep moving.

Pregnancy Update

Today marks day one of 26 weeks!  I kind of hate to admit it, but I'm already sick of being pregnant.  I'm tired of getting up 2-3 times per night to go to the bathroom.  I'm bummed about my limited wardrobe options, and I'm still terrified of gaining back all the weight I lost (I'm up 17lbs).  Oh well... small price to pay for healthy baby girl.  So excited and can't wait to meet her!

I've started seeing a new chiropractor... a female who specializes in working with pregnant women.  Who knew?  I thought all the back pain was just part of being pregnant and something I just needed to deal with.  Turns out, NO ladies!  You don' t just have to suffer with it, there are all sorts of thing the chiropractor can do to help with pregnancy back pain issues, YAY! 

The weather has taken a turn for the better this week.  Yesterday was a beautiful sunny 65 degrees so I went for a nice 2.15 mile "chug" after work.  I call it chugging... it's not really walking, it's not really running... it's sort of jogging but not quite... I chug along!  I've also been working on my flabby bingo arms at home with free weights.  Trying to gain some muscle tone for tank top season!

26 weeks

 

Pregnancy & Weight & Clothes

A lot of you know that last year I randomly decided to become a runner.  I ran my first 5k and then decided I would run a 10k?  No!  That's too easy... too predictable.  I decided I would run a half marathon and skip right over that 10k nonsense.  Mainly because I knew we wanted to have another baby and it became my goal to finish a half marathon before getting pregnant.  So, while running like a mad woman and training for a half marathon I lost a significant amount of weight and inches and body fat (awesome).  I finally got rid of all the weight I put on from my first pregnancy, and then some.  I was in great shape... and then I got pregnant.  Now I'm terrified of putting all that weight right back on.  I know I'm suppose to gain weight, but after working so hard to lose it, this sure is a mind f#ck!

My first trimester was awful.  Putting on weight was not even an issue for me.  I was so queasy and nauseous that I lost weight.  I felt miserable, never wanted to get out of bed and definitely didn't go running.  Now I'm in my second trimester and feeling pretty darn good.  I've been going out afterwork for short 2 mile jogs whenever the weather allows (I've decided it needs to be at least 45 degrees for me to be comfortable... yes, pregnancy has turned me into a wuss). Some weeks I get out 3-4 times.  Some weeks not at all because the weather is total crap.  It's frustrating.  And since I refuse to pay for a gym membership, running indoors is not an option for me.  I try to watch what I eat (track my calories w/ my fitness pal) but do indulge more than I did prior to becoming pregnant.  I have not adjusted my calorie intake for pregnancy... that's just asking for trouble... still keeping it around 1310/day.  I have been able to maintain pretty well. 

I'm keeping my weight in check a lot better with this pregnancy than with the first.  Today I am 24 weeks along and have put on 15lbs.  I was hoping to gain no more than 25lbs (Hey, a girl can dream!) but with another 4 months to go, I'm not sure how that's going to work.

Thus far, I haven't been able to wear any of my maternity clothes from the first time around... they are too big.  Instead I've been wearing my old fat clothes (kept them just for this reason) from before I lost weight. 

21 Weeks
This actually is a maternity skirt I bought a couple weeks ago from pinkblushmaternity.com

22 Weeks

23 Weeks



24 Weeks

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Ultrasound

We had a big ultrasound on 01/31/13, it was very exciting!  As some of you know, the first time around we didn't find out the gender before Warren was born (which drove most of you nuts), but it was a great surprise.  This time around, I want to know.  If it's a boy then I'm hanging onto all the boy baby clothes taking up shelf space in the garage.  If it's a girl then it's time to purge!

So.... let the purging begin; this one is a girl!

Catching Up

I haven't been posting in a timely manner lately, so let me catch you up.  Incase you didn't know...

That's right!  Another Burkholder will be joining us in June of 2013! 

A Merry Burkholder Christmas

No travel for us this year, we decided to spend Christmas in Boise just the three of us... and Zoe.  We had a great time. 



Warren's First Snowman



Christmas Cookie!

Happy Camper with his RC Thomas!

New BBQ

Total Chaos!



Watching the model trains at the Winter Garden



Santa

We took Warren to see Santa Claus last weekend.  He was all about it... until we actually got in line.  He even practiced telling Santa he wanted a choo choo train for Christmas.  But all was lost.  Warren wanted nothing to do with jolly old St. Nick.