22 weeks

How far along:  22 weeks  (1.29.15)

Total weight gain/loss:  12.5 - 13 lbs

Maternity clothes:  i love them.  i love long shirts to cover my bump.  jackets are starting to look funny on me because of the gus gus sort of fit.  pants are still regular... i haven't had to go maternity on jeans yet.  i use the bella band with my target skinnies but everything else i can still button.  but i feel my belly starting to get constricted on my jade jeans.  everything else is still fine.  

Sleep:  not bad.  i even have had a few pretty normal dreams.  like the one where i was at an upscale ice cream shop and was with a group of people, including emmy, and i kept getting in the wrong line and changing my mind and wasn't able to make a decision on what flavor and mix ins i wanted and emmy kept trying to help give me directions on what to do and... eventually i woke up, without ever succeeding in getting my ice cream.  ha.

Best moment this week:  not sure.  with the exception of wednesday, it's all been good.

Movement:  just same as last week

Food cravings:  it's still hard for me to get excited about eating meal foods although i like sweets just fine.  ; )  but for the last three days, i've been feeling nauseous again at night... starting around four or so.  so, i don't love food, but i'm still recent enough to the vomiting that i'm so grateful for how awesome i'm feeling these days.  as far as food that i neeeeeed.  sugared cereal.  when i wake up, it's all i can do not to jump out of bed and get a huge bowl of frosted flakes with whole milk.  sunday morning, i was about to walk out the door for church and suddenly realized that i HAD to have chips ahoy cookies dipped in milk (i normally pour a little whole milk in a creme brulee ramekin and let them soak that way) and knew it would only take a second so i could do it.  well, i guess honey had already eaten the last few and thrown the package away.  i seriously went into panic mode.  luckily, i was able to find some of those individually packaged cookies from our christmas junk food candy stash.  i shoved those in my purse and was eating them on the way to church and during relief society.  ooooo so nice.  give me sugar.  lots and lots of sugar. 

Symptoms: nausea, headaches, backaches, fatigue, irritability, a bad temper...  ; )

Gender:  my greatest joy of having a girl is that abigail gets giddy about a baby sister.  i'm so excited for this little girl.  although a little annoyed that i'm still experiencing morning sickness at 22 weeks... i mean, come on.

What I miss:  not a lot.  probably the only thing is that i feel myself being irrationally angry sometimes and i know it's from being pregnant but it doesn't make it any easier to snap out of it.  for the most part though, i feel wonderful and have a lot of energy and motivation.  but if i sit down, i'm going to get sleepy real fast.  ; )  i've taken a nap or two this week but that's all.  and only for an hour or less.

Milestones:  i'm actually getting into the mindset of being a mom of three.  i gotta brace myself!
Theme: the week of semi nesting?  in my head at least.  i made a list of a million things i want to accomplish and get in order.  carrying that out has proven more difficult, but the excitement and motivation is there!
What's different this time around:  with both kids previously, the morning sickness was gone and i loved food.  this time, i'm still working on that part.  i'm amused though that my weight gain has been so consistent between the three pregnancies.  hopefully that means i'll still end up at something normal at the end, even though i've been gaining multiple pounds a week lately?!

Extra:  i'm so anxious to get my house in order and figure stuff out sooner than later.  something about the new year happening makes june seem a lot closer than it seemed when it was december.

1.29.15 at 22 weeks

1.29.15 at 22 weeks