24 weeks (6 months) and growing...

So it is official, I was able to use my belly as a tray today for lunch! There isn't anything much more amusing than sitting your bowl of top ramen on your belly while you eat. I was by myself but I laughed out loud anyhow. I feel like there is a basketball popping out of my tummy. I can't believe how quickly time is passing. This little guy is VERY active. He or she is moving around all the time and it is the most amazing feeling. Lately, I have been looking down at my belly and wondering who this little person is...what he or she will be like and look like (hopefully not skeletor). I really want to know who this is...I want to meet the little one. Only three more weeks and I start my third trimester, wow this is going quickly! Can't wait!

22 weeks!!

I have been feeling better tummy wise which is a big relief. There is nothing quite like a twelve-week-flu to make you want this child be an only child. However, now that it is over I might be willing to do this again. The back pain is the worst right now. It is there when I sleep, sit, stand, walk and just about everything else! I think the baby is back on my sciatic nerve because my right leg goes numb and aches terribly...

I guess if you are someone who hasn't been pregnant than I really am not the person to promote pregnancy. I have come to terms with the fact that this is the way I am able to have children, but it is not the magical experience I always thought it would be. I thought I would have a glow and it would all be wonderful...sweating, nausea and weight gain are not my idea of a glow or wonderful. I am guessing people just don't talk about the reality of pregnancy. There are so many bazaar experiences that nobody told me about, do people forget all of this once the baby comes or do they just not talk about it? I think some of these things should be common knowledge or at least talked about, it could be one of the best forms of birth control! Gas, constipation, excessive hair growth, sensitivity to smells, fatigue, heartburn that radiates out my back and lack of ambition were never explained to me and What to Expect When You are Expecting just sugar coats everything.

On the plus side the baby is moving all the time now and that really does make everything worth it. I love feeling it move and kick and roll over, it is a little weird but it is the most amazing feeling. I think most everyone has gotten the chance to feel the baby move now, Joe gets to feel it all the time. The other morning, I rolled over to snuggle and he had his back to my belly and he felt it kick on his back...it was so cool. The baby really kicked Brice hard, one of the hardest kicks I have felt so far. The first time it rolled over or switched positions in my belly I thought it was heartburn on Thanksgiving but when I felt around I could actually feel the baby pushing out on my stomach, it was truly amazing! I laid flat on my back the other day (which you are not supposed to do and I only did it for a few minutes) and when I put my hand on my stomach I could feel exactly where the baby was! It was lounging on my right side right above my hip and curved. I really doesn't get much better than that. Well, I have 4 months from Monday until my due date...this is going by so quickly and yet I am almost ready to meet this little one (I still need a little while). The nursery at our new house is completely empty so I have some work to do before baby can come along. One step at a time....