22 Weeks

How far along: 22 weeks

Gender: Surprise!

Weight gain: 27 lbs

Maternity clothes: More and more...

Stretch marks: No, but belly is itching now

Belly button in or out: Moving up, skin is stretching and reddish above belly button. Here we go!

Sleep: A lot of sleep this week. More "sick days" than the rest of the last month. Blah.

Best moment this week: Baby responded to daddy's voice on Sunday (Feb 23)! <3

Worst moment this week: Nausea is back

Miss anything: Feeling good like I did last week

Movement: Kicked in the left side a lot now, also kicked up beside belly button. I feel elbows and knees too.

Cravings: This week I've lost my appetite. I get hungry a LOT, but I'm tired of eating.

Queasy or sick: Queeeeeasy

Looking forward to: Buying a Nena & Co. bag as a treat for me/diaper bag for baby. Joe said I could treat myself! :)

21 Weeks

How far along: 21 weeks

Gender: Surprise!

Weight gain: 26 lbs

Maternity clothes: Jeggings, yoga pants, belly band, sports bra (favs)

Stretch marks: No belly stretch marks yet

Belly button in or out: Flattening

Sleep: Mostly good

Best moment this week: Belly suddenly rounding out, childbirth class in its first weeks

Worst moment this week: Seeing my weight still rising, fighting feeling bad about myself

Miss anything: Being fit

Movement: Saw my belly move and felt baby with my hand!

Cravings: Ice cream

Queasy or sick: No! :)

Looking forward to: Prenatal appointment to hear baby <3

I look like a puffy, tufted bird. 

20 Weeks

How far along: 20 weeks

Gender: Surprise!

Weight gain: 24 lbs

Maternity clothes: Belly band and yoga pants!

Stretch marks: No belly stretch marks yet

Belly button in or out: Still in

Sleep: Waking up 3-4 am every few nights

Best moment this week: Reaching the halfway mark!

Worst moment this week: Random sleepless nights

Miss anything: My old pants

Movement: Kicks, rolls, punchs. Baby seems to move from side-to-side every day this week.

Cravings: Bagels and cream cheese 

Queasy or sick: Slight nausea when I'm overtired

Looking forward to: Joe feeling the baby 

19 Weeks, 3 Days

How far along: 19 weeks, 3 days

Gender: Surprise!

Weight gain: 20 lbs

Maternity clothes: Mixed with my normal clothes

Stretch marks: Maybe a few

Belly button in or out: Bottom half is flattened out

Sleep: One morning, woke up at 5:30 then slept until 1 the next day

Best moment this week: Joe telling me he will love me no matter how I look

Worst moment this week: Feeling like I’ll always look like “a mom” and lost my chance to look amazing in life

Miss anything: Coffee

Movement: Baby flipped to one side then another a couple days, kicked constantly then quiet

Cravings: peanut butter and chocolate anything

Queasy or sick: Some queasiness

Looking forward to: Giving our baby a bath, putting baby lotion on and cuddling

Strollers and Cameras Dream

Friday night I dreamed we were at ESC, but it was a completely different place. It was like a warehouse (more like the old building). After services, Joe started pushing me out in a stroller and then left me sitting in the middle of the aisle surrounded by so many people going by. I felt stranded and embarrassed. My dad was standing there and I was trying to get his attention to push me out of the way.

Next thing I know, Joe comes back but didn't pay attention to me. Troy came up to him, all business, slaps his hand down on Joe's shoulder and says right in his face, "I'm sorry, man, but I can't do the picture next week like I thought. It has to be this week." Joe whips out a black polaroid-like camera with a huge flash, throws it up in Troy's face, and flash! Troy replies deadpan, "Perfect," and walked away.

Joe continued pushing me outside. Jen walked by pushing a 3-seat stroller. Front seat was Eva, middle seat was Lyla, and in the backseat was Andrew and Shani! No one thought anything of it.

I seemed to be waiting in the parking lot to leave and saw Laura Geil backing out the driveway down to the busy road and I thought she was bizarre to not turn her car around.

Then the dream ended.

My Bedroom is a Car Dream

This morning I dreamed that I had our baby with me, dressed in a dark red Woombie and fussy. I was in our bedroom, but it was as if I didn't think of it as our room. Jen was standing in the doorway and we were saying that if I got the baby in the car, he or she would settle down.

I put the baby in a car seat, working on buckling him/her in and putting a blanket on because I thought he/she would be cold. I go to 'start the car,' which in reality was just me going over to the hutch desk to turn on a computer of some kind, praying the "car" would start and put baby to sleep.

The computer, aka car, wouldn't start and I was stressing. Then I thought, "It must not be starting because the door isn't closed," but the "car door" was our bedroom door. 

Then I woke up.