23 Weeks!

 

 Life has been a bit busy so posters will be added in once we're in the house :)

How far along:  23 weeks
How big is the baby: Junior is the size of a grapefruit!

Total weight gain/loss: I am about 4 pounds over my pre-pregnancy weight (not quite, but almost).  And just about the same weight as last week.  I have been dealing with nausea again this week; in a lot of ways, it feels like my morning sickness has returned some.  I’m not too sure why!  I think some of it is connected to headaches/migraines, but not all of it.  Either way, I was really surprised when I weighed myself!

Maternity clothes: I’m still making a lot of my regular tops work.  Most of my regular pants are too small.  Regular skirts still work great though!  Mixing in maternity items here and there, but not exclusively :)

Stretch marks: Not yet… I’ve been using lotion some this week, which is helping my itchiness!
Sleep: I’ve been hit by a new wave of tiredness this week, I don’t know why!

Exercise: I went to the Y with my mom on Monday and Tuesday.  I was supposed to go on Thursday, but I had an awful migraine that morning.

Best moment last week: SO many good moments this week! 

I finally made our registries! 

Pete stopped at yard sales specifically because they had baby items.  He got a couple of items I was hoping to find!  Woohoo :) 

We ran into my parents at a local restaurant and they told their “regular” waitress that I was pregnant.  Her response was something along the lines of, “I was noticing that!”  So, although I’m not big enough for strangers to outright say something yet, I know they are noticing now :) That’s fun!

AND we set the closing date for our first house <3 We’re so excited!!!!  It’s really perfect timing and we can see God’s hand all over it!

See below for more amazing moments…

Movement: Junior is kicking up a storm these days!  I noticed earlier this week that he kicked and it moved my arm.  I’ve also seen him moving my laptop.  We were finally able to watch my belly and see him moving.  I didn’t really think that would happen so soon!  The first time Pete saw it, he was so amazed!  We’ve gotten to watch him moving and feel him moving so much more this week! :) I love it!

Food cravings/aversions: The chocolate fountain last week succeeded in satisfying my s’mores craving :) No garbage plate yet… And I’ve been wanting cheesecake for months, but I just can’t get it out of my head this week haha…  I actually wrote this on Thursday morning, since I change weeks on Fridays.  Pete came home Thursday night with cheesecake for me!  Such a sweet, thoughtful man <3

(Through pretty much the whole pregnancy, I’ve had an aversion to baked beans.  I’ve never liked them anyways, but the smell of them just turns my stomach now!)

Other symptoms: I had a migraine yesterday, but the medicine from my neurologist helped, thankfully!  And, like I said above, I’ve had nausea and/or morning sickness again this week… So weird!

Gender: Still a boy… And a very active one at that :)
Labor signs:  Nada

Belly button: No changes!                                                                                  

Weddings rings: On!  

What I miss: Sleeping on my stomach…  I regularly try to roll onto my stomach and it’s hardly even possible now, let alone comfortable! Haha

What I am looking forward to: Giving Junior a name! :) We have names we’ve discussed, but haven’t settled on anything yet.  And, yes, we’ll be keeping the name a secret until he’s born! :) And no, he won’t actually be a junior! :)

Weekly Wisdom:  Enjoy the little moments… I just loved watching Pete play with Junior – he looked so stunned as Junior moved around!  I cried :) haha!

Happy Father’s Day to my Babe!  Next year’s Father’s Day will be a bit different… Junior will already be getting into everything by then probably! Haha :)