24 weeks and 4 days

Nothing much was going on for the last week and a half. Well, the only thing was that I had to work every single day...I thought that when you work parttime you're supposed to work a couple days then get a couple days off then work a couple days. Nope, not at my store. Interesting how a coworker told me today that I look like I have more color in my face. He asked what I did different and I told him I got some sleep and well needed rest!!

It is amazing how much difference I feel between just two weeks. I don't know if it is just that I had to work a lot or if it is just that I am getting closer to the end of my pregnancy. No matter what, my energy level is starting to deplete quickly.

23 weeks and 2 days

So it is Autumn!! I love fall time, because of all the wonderful food ideas you can come up with. We finally took the advice of my doctor and did something fun and relaxing. We decided to take a little drive this weekend to an orchard. We had fun eating our caramel apples and walking around the orchard finding a nice spot to take a picture. Brian said that the pictures make me look like a very big fruit!

I am looking forward to making some yummy apple pies with all the apples we bought. Now my apple pie is not my mom's recipe, but it is pretty darn close to her yummy goodness. Oh yummy! I am really glad about this pregnancy thing, because I don't feel guilty thinking of all the tasty desserts and trying to pick one to make. At some point, I think I will just make all my great ideas. At least, I will be good and spread them apart from each other.

This week, Brian finally got to feel the baby kick again. He has been trying to feel the baby move almost every day now. And finally, while watching football, he got to feel her kick. We had just finished eating dinner and I was relaxing while Brian cleaned up the kitchen. I could feel her once or twice and then Brian sat down and I told him to put his hand on my belly. He was a little skeptical, but I told him to have patience and then boom...she kicked pretty hard too. He got all happy and smiled and she kicked again. He laughed a little and then she kicked again.

It was really nice seeing his face light up with joy. He is going to be such a great dad. He already is great!

22 weeks and 4 days

Oh things are so getting real. My belly just keeps getting bigger and bigger. At times, I have a little woddle (limp). My back will go out for a brief second and then I am fine...I think that the baby might be having fun with my nerve.

No matter what I am enjoying myself...well my baby girl actually. She is still small enough to have enough room in my belly to move, so I feel her moving pretty good. Actually, this was two weeks in a row where she has gotten really active at church.

Of course, Brian gets a little down because when he puts his hand on my belly she tends to stop moving. I keep reminding him that she is still small and that soon enough he will be able to start seeing my belly move because she moves her arm or foot across my belly.

No matter what, we are just so excited and looking forward to seeing our baby girl and picking a name for her. Yeah, she still doesn't have a name and won't have one until we see her.

One of the real exciting things we did was start planning for Christmas. We are so excited about the baby that we had a photo shoot so we could make photo Christmas cards. The photos of this week are actually some of the photos we took.

21 weeks and 2 days

So again, I am still on my baby high!! It is so great knowing what we are going to have. It is fun talking about the baby now that we know we can say "she" or "her." One thing that sort of was a shock to me though was how much I have grown already!! My picture is from the wedding we went to this weekend. Friday night, it hit me that I didn't have anything to wear, literally!! On Saturday morning, I tried on my usual wedding outfits and they didn't fit. Brian reminded me that his sister gave me some clothes and that is how I ended up wearing the black jumper. Now, my problem was what shirt to wear. I really wanted to wear purple, so I put the blouse on. Good thing that I was wearing a jumper over it, because I could not button the shirt over my belly. Then I struggled with what shoes to where and if we would have gotten a full head to toe picture you would see a pregnant women wearing "hooker boots" or as the older generation would call them "Go Go boots!" Needless to say, it's time for me to do some shopping.

I didn't find much for me to wear, but I did find Peanut something to wear. This is a 4 in 1 outfit that we found yesterday at the store. We know that we will get a lot of clothes as gifts, but we really wanted to pick out the "homecoming outfit." If you are wondering, the little hat is a bear and on the feet are little bears. I just love this outfit and we had to get it...yeah I cried when I saw it!!

This isn't the only thing that Peanut got this weekend. My friend Diedra was staying over and like the crazy friend that I have, Diedra went to Old Navy and bought several outfits. As, my wonderful husband put it, "This is all getting so real!"

By the way, Brian is really excited about having a little girl. He may not show it, but deep down he is bubbling with happiness. Well, I am feeling Peanut kick which could be a sign that she is getting hungry...again...I have been eating every 2 hours...and today seems like a really hungry day!!