22 Weeks

Gender: Hot Tamale Girl!

Movement: She loves moving at night and early in the morning! Felt one good kick that I thought could be felt through outside...but she wouldn't do it again! Hopefully she gets her legs and arms stronger so Daddy could feel soon.

Sleep: Loving it! I even accidentally overslept one morning...Socks had to wake us up!

What I miss: Getting out of the car like a normal person. I look like a 90 year old woman slowly getting out.

Cravings: Hot and Spicy is still on my menu! and Rainbow Sherbert!

Symptoms: A lingering back pain...more like a pinch right in the middle of my lower back. It really hurts when I try to get out of the car or from sitting. I don't think my sleeping or posture has anything to do with it...I just think this is one side effect that I will feel through this pregnancy....(so not looking forward to the last few months!)

Current Mood:  High energy but in a funk to do anything with the shower invites...Need to get on top of that soon!

Random Updates:
We got the Clubhouse for the Baby Shower...and it'll be on May 21st. It's such a busy month...it really was the only weekend available! The first 2 weeks there are 2 family parties already taken and with it being Mother's Day...and the last weekend of May is Memorial Holiday so that didn't really work out. And June is never good cause of all the graduations, father's day...etc...and any later than that we would run into "Welcoming Baby" instead of "Baby Shower". So, tentatively we are penciled in for May 21st!

Our crib and mattress came in the other day and I can't wait to get it set up. But we have some major purging and furniture rearrangements before we bring in the crib. We're going to try to set up early so that Socks can get used to all the new things. She saw a baby jumper toy that my friend gave me and she barked like crazy at it...even though it was tucked nicely in the closet! I'm not sure how she knows what's new and what's not but she was seriously just "passing by" and knew that there was a new thing in the house. (I guess she does technically live there more than we do!)

We are thinking of getting the 3D/4D ultrasound...they have this package called "Grow With Me" where we can go in this week and then again towards the end of the pregnancy. I've been told that (oddly men) to wait til the end but have read stories of women who wait til the end and don't see much cause the Baby is so tucked in cause there's no more room in the belly. So, I think it'll be a blast to see her soon and hopefully again later on. She's always cooperative and comical during every ultrasound and heart beat reading...she'll probably be animated like Neal and I!

Our next appointment is next Friday but I don't think we get an ultrasound. We also have to start looking into pediatricians so that will be our main topic with the doctor next week!