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1. Opening Ceremony & catching up  2. David loves Gram's banana bread! 3. Lunch @ a local Peruvian joint (seriously delicious) 4. Watching the Olympics 5. Totally worn out

24 weeks

How far along? 24 weeks + 6 days (officially 6 months down!) 
Sleep: still sleeping great - and no more random waking up in the middle of the night 
Best moment(s) this week: I love when Baby M moves around at night & Mike can feel it & will talk to it! It's one of the most precious things in the world. Also, we got to meet sweet baby Belle tonight!
Movement: lots! 
Food cravings: still nothing
Symptoms: The heartburn has gotten much better this week (: 
Gender prediction: ehhh...I've got nothing
Labor signs: none
Belly button in or out: in-ish
Looking forward to: Takin' this baby [bump] to Athens for a weekend with the Tingles! (: 
Random facts about little one: Little one is over a foot long now and weighs roughly 2 pounds...or is about the size of a CANTALOUPE.




Stay tuned for pictures of the nursery as we're getting it decorated!

beach vacation part 2

After a few rounds of Tetris on the 64 this morning we took ourselves down to the beach for one more day of soakin' up the sun & reading with the crew. Mike & I are planning to spend the day at the beach tomorrow after church but we'll be the lone rangers! It's hard to believe that this time next year we'll have a little Martin crawling around to keep up with! It's been so neat for us to imagine having this baby here with us and all the fun things that will be in store for it next summer!

After a full day out on the beach we headed back to the house to de-sand ourselves & get cleaned up for a nice dinner out at The Old Village Post House. So fun & so thankful for this week at the beach with the Martins! (: 

This has been a much needed vacation away from the everyday hum-drum of life. Hopefully it'll give me the kick I need to get home and get some of the things finished around the house that need to be done before Baby Martin's arrival in a little over 100 days! 

beach vacation part 1

Mikey dropped me off on Wednesday night after work for a long 2nd half of the week with his family at the beach. He had to get up super early on Thursday to head back to Greenville for another day & a half of work & was finally able to join us this afternoon! Too bad the wind was blowing at about 60MPH and it wasn't very enjoyable. Mimi, Mike & I toughed it out for a little while then Mike & I headed over to the pool to soak up a little more sun before dinner. Tonight Mike & I fixed Low Country Boil for dinner & it was delicious! (:

peas in a pod before dinner 

fresh scrimp! 

table's set for dinner

YUM! 

I've really enjoyed the lazing about, the sleeping, the eating, the tanning, the reading, the family time & the just being. And I'm so thankful for another 2 days of this vacation! (: 

23 weeks

How far along? 23 weeks + 6 days
Weight gain: +13.4 pounds
Sleep: still sleeping great, but Mike & I both have been waking up randomly at 4AM recently (maybe this is in prep of getting up all hours of the night with a wee one?) 
Maternity Clothes: wearing them mostly (or Mike's slinky workout clothes) -- however, I was surprised when I put on one of my "non-pregnancy skirts" for work & it still zipped! 
Best moment(s) this week: helping Mike put together Baby M's crib (Thanks again, CH & Eric!) AND Mike really feeling the baby move - he's been reading Cannery Row (one of his all time favorites) out loud at night to us & the baby loves it. It'll wiggle all around while he's reading! 
Movement: lots! 
Food cravings: still nothing
Symptoms: still  having bad, bad heartburn (and therefore popping Tums like they're candy) -- I'll only be OK with this if Baby M has a head full of hair 
Gender prediction: boy lately
Labor signs: none
Belly button in or out: in-ish
Looking forward to: tannin' this baby bump at the beach
Random facts about little one: Little one is between 10.5-11.8" long & between 12.7 - 20.8 oz (I know...that's a big gap) -- or roughly the size of a grapefruit!