Twenty-Seven.

How Far Along: 27 weeks

Total Weight Gain: ???  I'm off work this week which means I'm staying off the scale.  If I remember to do it one morning when I wake up, then good for me.  If not, then I don't care!

Maternity Clothes: All of my stuff currently still fits, but I'm thinking at some point I'm going to have to buy a few more work shirts.  I'm hoping I can just pull off a tank or t-shirt with a cardigan though.

Sleep: We finally ordered a mattress!!!  WOOOOOOO!!!!  This is me jumping up and down with excitement!  WOOOOOOO!!!  We got the Mattress Warehouse brand Sensa foam with an adjustable base (yes, the ones that you see old people using on the commercials or in hospital rooms).  But I'm telling you, it's like sleeping on air.  The "zero gravity" thing is no joke.  It's supposed to be delivered on Tuesday so next week I will have a full report on the awesomeness that is our new mattress.  Thanks to my wonderful husband for being an excellent negotiator and getting us a good deal.  If anyone is interested in buying a mattress go to Mattress Warehouse on Montgomery Road and see John.  He was really great to work with - no pressure, super friendly, and very knowledgeable.  The best part about our new mattress/pillows/base/mattress cover combo platter: it's all made in the U.S!  I love 'Merica.

Gender: We got some super cute stuff from friends and family this past week but if I'm being honest I'm way too absorbed with the Reds and my time off right now to take pictures of it and post it on here.  I'll do it next week :-)

Best Moment this Week: Mine and Jake's five year anniversary was Saturday.  We spent the morning shopping for Jake's new golf clubs and our rocker/glider (more on that later).  Then we hung out and watched UK get their butts kicked in the afternoon.  Saturday night we went to Carlo and Johnny for dinner and it was so yummy.  We have now hit up all of Ruby's restaurants and have never been disappointed.  After dinner we came home and watched the Reds stick it to the Giants in game 1 of the NLDS.  Hopefully Tuesday we'll be getting our brooms out at the game for the big sweep!

Movement: Little Miss is still super active.  She gets really feisty right before I go to bed and she has actually kept me up in the middle of the night a few times because she's moving so much.  Sunday night while we were watching NLDS game 2, I felt her like move across my belly and it totally freaked me out.  I told Jake it was like a train wreck, I couldn't stop feeling it but I was so skeeved out at the same time!  I have definitely come around from the whole being totally weirded out by the movement.  I now understand the comfort of knowing she's okay in there.

Food Cravings: Still nothing in particular.  I continue to eat like Jabba the Hut, and pretty soon I will probably look like him.  oh.freaking.well.

Symptoms: I'm hoping with the purchase of a new mattress that my back pain will stop.  I don't have any new wonderful super symptoms to report - just the same old same old pregnancy symptoms that me and every other pregnant woman in the history of time are SICK OF at this point in the journey to motherhood!

What I Miss: This past week with all of the Reds games, my anniversary, and an entire vacation week looming over my head, I miss day drinking.  HAHA.  I am such a wannabe college student.  I want to have a beer at 10am okay?!?!

What I am Looking Forward to: My bestest friends are having a shower for me on Saturday in Lexington and I can' wait to see everyone.  Every weekend with my college friends/sorority sisters is something I always fiercely look forward to.

Exercise: Monday I worked out at the gym at lunch.  I actually ran into the trainer who teaches that class I used to go to and he sarcastically asked how my bike riding was going.  Thanks for rubbing salt in an open wound.  Riding an exercise bike royally sucks and I'd much rather be in a fun class with fun music, a cool instructor, and familiar faces.  Such is life.  Tuesday I went to Pure Barre with my sissy (still felt like a fat cow, still feels way harder than when I'm not preg).  Thursday I walked after work.  So three days - not too great, not too shabby.

Noteworthy Items:

-As I mentioned before I did end up picking out my glider on Saturday.  We went back to Treehouse Kids Co. and I picked out one that was still super comfortable but not nearly as expensive as the one I initially fell in love with.  It's Best Furniture's Storytime Series Braxton chair.  I got it in a coal color with white circles on it, so I'm hoping it will go really well in the nursery.  I ended up getting an ottoman too because it was pretty inexpensive and I figure I can use it when I need and push it to the side when I don't.

-Callie went to the vet on Wednesday and the vet recommended we call the orthopedic specialist after another week if she's still limping.  Jake and I did some poking around online and we found a neoprene ankle brace for her that the vet said couldn't hurt, so we went ahead and ordered it.  Hopefully with some more immobilization we can avoid a $2,000 dog surgery.  Yikes.

-We successfully spent about 7 paychecks over the weekend with the purchase of our anniversary presents (thanks for the necklace and the boots babe), Jake's golf clubs, the glider for the nursery, new makeup for me and the mattress.  This is me cutting up my credit card and not shopping for the next 3 months unless my belly forces me to.

-I'm promising myself and whoever else likes reading this blog that my post next week will be better and will be on my normal Monday night time.  Being out of a routine is fabulous, but it's throwing me off!