Pregnancy Update: 24 Weeks

How many weeks are you now?
24 Weeks + 6 Days (Today - Friday - makes 25 weeks, but this post is to cover the past week)

Baby's size? 

Ear of corn - per the What to Expect app

Symptoms:

Round ligament pain....also shortness of breath when walking up stairs or hills or inclines of any kind. Observing distance at Disney over the past week had me in awe of the fact that I ran 26.2 miles throughout Walt Disney World TWICE. I know my level of fitness WILL return, but at this point I feel as if I'll never be able to run like that ever again. Dramatic much? Yes...

Oh yes, and the hormones. Once I start crying it's impossible to stop....and I cry over the dumbest things.

I haven't had any ankle/foot swelling yet, but I've been monitoring just in case! I wore compression socks on the plane both to and from Florida just as an added measure. 

Exercise: 

I completed a 5K with my Florida friend Melissa last weekend. I also have another planned with my sister in law and her friends this weekend.

Here's a few of our Disney stats (rounded down):

Friday Dec 11 - 11,500 steps - 5 miles - Travel Day

Saturday Dec 12 - 15,100 steps - 6.6 miles

Sunday Dec 13 - 13,000 steps - 5.5 miles

Monday Dec 14 - 15,700 steps - 6.68 miles

Tuesday Dec 15 - 20,755 steps - 8.8 miles

Wednesday Dec 16 - 21,900 steps - 9.3 miles

Thursday Dec 17 - 12,800 steps - 5.45 miles - Travel Day

Overall, it was a great week! I definitely don't have the energy level I used to and we had to take the overall trip a lot slower (which included nap in the afternoon) but we definitely enjoyed our trip! A slower paced, naps in the afternoon kinda trip is going to be our "norm" for a while, so why not start now?

Cravings?
Still peppermint goodies! A new one recently has been Hershey's cookies & cream bars. YUM...
Really anything sweet - I'm not much on salty snacks anymore or meat.

Aversions? 

I know this is super strange...but so is pregnancy on your body. Anyway, I wanted to try UK's fish and chips. FISH? Yes, fish. It's not super smelly and looked oh so delicious. So I ordered it...and I enjoyed it immensely. That evening, we had dinner at Garden Grill. A plate of grilled tilapia was placed right under my nose and oh my gosh..it made my stomach turn. I just can't take fish that smells super fishy. SO STRANGE.

Sleep:

Even without my snoogle, it went great in Disney!

Purchases:

Believe it or not, I didn't purchase much for baby in Disney but our Florida friends blessed us with beautiful gifts! One was a Mickey onesie that says "Future Prince Charming" and the other was a pacifier clip. Included in their gift was also an adorable and oh-so-soft puppy dog where the proceeds benefited St. Jude! Her mom also hand-made a gorgeous blue blanket that I know baby Seal will love! His first hand-made gift...opening the package made me tear up a little bit. So special!

What I miss: 

Running without care.

What I’m looking forward to:
This weekend's 5K, then CHRISTMAS WEEK!

Best Moment of the Week:

Visiting Disney World with Baby Seal for his "first" trip! :)

Jason also had the opportunity to feel baby boy move/kick this week which was a super special moment for both of us! :)

(Yes, that's a "1st Visit" button on my bump!) :)

To see a comprehensive list of pregnancy updates, click here!

Merrytime Cruise - Disney Wonder Day 5 (Jamaica)

Good morning!

It's another Wednesday which means another recap of our most recent cruise on the Disney Wonder!

Here's a list of previous recaps in case you're just joining here...

Disney Wonder Day 1 (Boarding)

Disney Wonder Day 2 (At Sea Day) 

Disney Wonder Day 3 (Cozumel, Mexico) 

Disney Wonder Day 4 (Grand Cayman)

Disney Wonder Day 5 (Falmouth, Jamaica)

Disney Wonder Day 6 (At Sea Day) 

Disney Wonder Day 7 (At Sea Day)

On Day 5, we made our final land stop which happened to be Falmouth, Jamaica! I'd never visited Jamaica prior to this cruise and was quite scared of all of the stories I'd heard, but we had nothing to worry about! We booked an excursion to the Jewel Resort where we spent the day at the beach. Jamaica was the hardest place to find an excursion because pregnant women were discouraged from doing all of the excursions I wanted to do! Whoops... :) So, the beach it was!

 Not before breakfast on board the ship, of course!

On our way to the resort, we were told that this used to be in the Breezes family of resorts. It's also an all-inclusive resort, so we had free range to practically anything there we wanted to do!

Whoever had the idea of busing cruisers to these resorts is one smart guy or gal! We filled about three buses alone from the Disney Wonder!

The resort was beautiful and filled with plenty do keep us occupied along with several different restaurants!

Our first stop was the beach, though! :)

Unfortunately, my husband wasn't feeling well at all that day. He'd been hit with what I call the crud-bug and nothing seemed to help. His eyes also decided to water like crazy and the sun only made it worse. So, a good portion of our morning was spent napping on the beach...but we didn't mind! It kind of reminded me of Castaway Cay! :)

There was even a water park at the resort! 

After a delicious lunch of jerk chicken and sausage (again, all-inclusive), we spent the remainder of the afternoon in the ocean. It was a gorgeous day and Jason's eyes/head felt much better as the day wore on.

How beautiful!

As we returned to port, we were greeted with a fellow port-mate, a ship in the Royal Caribbean cruise line.  Although the ship was much larger than the Wonder, I wouldn't have traded places for the world! :)

The port at Falmouth was gorgeous and we spent a little time shopping there before returning to the ship.

If you didn't have an excursion booked, then you weren't allowed to leave this gated port area. As our bus returned, someone came in to check and make sure everyone was legit and with an actual cruise line. Serious business, people!  

Dinner attire for the evening was Pirate themed as it was Pirate night! 

This menu is one of my all-time favorites! 

Pot stickers....SO GOOD!

Pineapple

Watermelon soup

 Sirloin of Beef

We didn't waste time after dinner. As soon as we finished eating, we made our way to the top deck for the Pirates in the Caribbean Deck Party!

The fireworks at sea are always a treat, too! 

Just in case you weren't still full from dinner, there was a full-service buffet after the fireworks! 

I was so full I hardly ate anything (except ice cream, of course)!

This monkey was waiting for us when we returned to our room! :)

That's all for our day in Jamaica! Stay tuned for next week's update. Oh yes, and this week's pregnancy update will be on Friday instead of Thursday. :)

Have a great one!

Have you ever visited Jamaica? If so, what did you do there?