HALFWAY!!! 22 Weeks!!!

   Yippee do dah!! I'm 22 weeks pregnant today and absolutely cannot believe I only have 18 weeks left to go! These first 18 have gone by so incredibly fast. I better start finish my projects sooner than later! Time to quit procrastinating!


   I have felt so good this week. Other than my growing belly and kicks and flips I feel constantly, I don't even feel pregnant. This was the time with Rory when I really started to LOVE being pregnant, and I can feel that sensation coming back. As much as I hate to watch the number rise on the scale, I love to watch my belly grow and to think about the amazing things that are going on inside of me! I have always said that I want lots of kids, so hopefully after this baby gets here I will still feel the same way. I love being pregnant (once the "baby bump" finally arrives) and I love being a mother! Everything about both is so exciting and so rewarding.


   This weekend a best friend of mine, Laurie Kaye, got married. She was hands down the most beautiful bride that I have ever seen. She looked like a bride out of a 1960's vintage wedding magazine! I was a bridesmaid in the wedding and it always feels so good to watch someone else tie the knot and unite as one. Marrying Don was one of the happiest days of my life, even though we were only in front of a judge at the courthouse instead of 200+ people. My life has not been the same since and it keeps getting better!

 How Far Along: 22 weeks, halfway, 124 days to go

Size of Baby: a spaghetti squash, 1pound, 11 inches. Baby is starting to look like a minature newborn

Total Weight Gained/Lost: +10

 Maternity Clothes: yep

 Movement: all the time. Baby has gotten on a schedule and I always feel some major kicks right before bedtime. Its so nice to fall asleep to.

Look at this little cutie who tried to sneek into the picture...

Sleep: Good. I wake up once or twice to go to the bathroom or to a big kick to the stomach, but sleep is good.

What I miss: My pre-preggo body

 Cravings: sweets; chocolate, coffee, corn flake candy

Symptoms: I'm still exhausted most days. I could eat 24-7. Headaches have been absent for a week or so. Heartburn has also been on vacay. I don't constantly have to go the bathroom anymore which has ben nice (unless I drink lots of water)

Highlights from this week: hearing B2's heartbeat again.