23 weeks

This week I found myself in need of self-imposed bedrest.  And I think it was due to a growth spurt.  After noticing that my belly seemed to be bigger from the previous day last Friday I progressively became more and more worn out.  By Wednesday after work I was convinced I must have caught the bug that Dan had earlier in the week, I felt pretty terrible leaving work and was asleep by 7.30 that night.  So Thursday became a bedrest day and after one day home napping and working from my home office I woke up Friday feeling 100% back to normal.  I have yet to be sick while pregnant so was pretty worried about the little one on Wednesday but all appears to be fine.

This little kiddo has regular dance parties.  We finally were able to get the timing down so that Dan could feel a kick and be certain it was the baby.  He felt the first one in the end of week 19 but he wasn't convinced (it really was the baby).  During bedrest-day I was on my laptop in bed and while typing away saw the sheet jump - crazy kid.

Maternity clothes shopping has gotten easier over the past month.  I caved and bought some full price jeans, then ordered a bunch of basic tanks and tops from an online shop, and now that I have enough stuff to dress myself most days (with a little help from my pre-preggo wardrobe - see photo from week 22) it is less stressful to just pick up an item here and there.  I also decided that it wouldn't be a total waste if I only wear it for four months - they will be there if we have a second kid.  I know that this seems like a topic hardly worthy of writing about but it has been a big thorn in my side so it shall be documented.

I used the money from a few recent photo print sales to purchase a rug for the baby room this week.  It is yellow and white - so there will be yellow in the nursery.  I am letting the nursery evolve with the big items and not really going with a theme.  I am also getting pretty anxious to get started on pulling the room together.  Dan is going to have a project manager pestering him pretty soon.

I still don't have true cravings or aversions (other than coffee).  But I have been eating sweets again. For the first half of the pregnancy I really didn't want sweet treats - no aversion, just didn't really feel like eating them like usual.  Now I am eating some kind of sweet treat almost every day.  Leftover chocolate tartlettes, girl scout shortbread cookies with lemon curd, whopper mini eggs, and starburst jelly beans have been the treats most recently.   Past weeks it has been hagen daz strawberry ice cream, girl scout cookie thin mints, and chocolate chip bars.

We created a baby registry.  Totally weren't going to do this.  But people were asking for it.  And this way we can get a 10% completion discount on the stuff we were going to buy anyways.  At least it was painless since we did it at home while watching TV on amazon.

Non-pregnancy related fun stuff - Dan's parents came down to see the new place and have brunch.  Figured out our Village Tap replacement, which is maybe too close by.  Dan made me laugh until I cried at lunch.