23 Weeks..And It's All About Baby

I feel I've been very fortunate throughout this entire pregnancy. For starters, I never had any morning sickness and the only pregnancy side-effect I've encountered has been exhaustion and an expanding belly. Another fortunate thing is that I have been fitting in my normal pants until 23 weeks. My last pair of go-to jeans finally gave me the 'I'm Just Not That Into You' vibe last Friday so I ventured out to the land of maternity shopping starting off at A Pea in the Pod. Let me just say this, maternity clothes are COMFORTABLE. And, if you splurge a little (or a lot in my case), you can look kind of cute at the same time. In fact, I don't understand why maternity pants aren't worn more often! They are the ultimate expandy-pant! Take for example, Thanksgiving...I'm thinking these would be a great asset to second helpings. Another slice of pie, don't mind if I do! I'm sure after this pregnancy is all said and done, I'll be looking forward to fitting back into my old clothes again, but for the time being, check these things out!

I've also started to register for baby items at Babies R Us. As many of you know, my first in-store experience at the Niles location wasn't exactly joyful, so I've resorted to registering online. The little that I've registered for took me well over 2 hours. Needless to say, that's how my Sunday mornings have been.

This last week, Cletus and I had the joy of attending 2 doctor's appointments. The first one was my monthly routine checkup and the second was the Level 2 ultrasound. For an hour, Steve and I got to watch as the ultrasound tech measured each and every part of Cletus's little body. According to the tech, we have a squirmer. Cletus, please get this all out of your little system while you are small enough that I don't feel your each and every move.

22 Weeks and Just Getting Started

I thought long and hard prior to deciding that I should document my first pregnancy. At first, I thought it was corney and very cliche, but what a better time to do this than now. Also, my family and friends back home don't get to see how I'm progressing or want to see me "get fat" (I'll leave the name annoynmous, but you know who you are).

Officially 22 weeks long, I thought this would be the best time to start this since I actually look pregnant and not that I ate too many holiday cookies. I'll try to do this weekly, but stay tuned...

I was looking online to see how other people documented their pregnancies. There was one I found where the husband was keeping track. Could you imagine Steve doing this?? "I think she's getting bigger", "She bought new clothes", "Something about a Dr's Apt", "I'm tired of putting lotion on her back". Rather than posting pictures of my belly, there would only be pictures of Beasley and maybe my foot. He lacks attention to detail sometimes...

Regardless, here I am in all my 22 week glory!