24 Weeks!!

How far along? 24 weeks 4 days

Total Weight Gain: 13 lbs.

Maternity Clothes: Yep and loving it!  Leggings have become my new best friend and if I could, I would wear them everyday!  

Stretch Marks: Not yet, however when I get up in the morning I inspect every little wrinkle and mistake the bed-lines with stretch marks and have a freak out moment everyday- it never fails!  Paul thinks I'm nuts.  Needless to say, I slather myself with belly spackle.

Sleep: Pretty good- it's hit or miss really.  I've been having vivid dreams about sea creatures as of late.  Two nights in a row, I've dreamt about a killer whale that gets beached and Paul and I have to take turns trying to get it out to sea in our sailboat!  Someone interpret that dream for me please! :)

Best moment of this week: Hmmm, having this past Monday off and Paul finally finishing the kitchen floors! YAY! Oh, and of course finally registering!  I have to say it was fun perusing the aisles and looking at all the cute stuff!  

Miss Anything? At times I miss how comfortable I used to be; I've been having some backaches and sore feet at the end of a long day on my feet teaching, but other than that, no, not really.

Movement: Yep still tossing and turning!  Lots of movement down low typically.  Sometimes when this kid starts up, I can watch my belly move and it's downright alien like!

Food Craving: Sweets, pizza, candy specifically.  Not so much chocolate, but I could eat a whole bag of gummy bears (who am I kidding, I have eaten a whole bag of gummy bears- this past week I believe).

Anything making you queasy or sick? Overeating is not been a dear friend of mine recently.  If I don't eat when I'm just getting hungry and wait too long, I have a tendency to overeat and ugh I feel disgusting afterwards!  I have this visual of my stomach shoved right under my boobs and it's not a pleasant feeling.

Gender Prediction: So when I'm planning the nursery and envisioning baby I picture a girl, but when I'm being practical and when I registered I did so with a boy in mind.  Who knows, maybe it'll be a litter of kittens instead and this all will have been for naught!  

Labor Signs: None to report, but over these past couple of weeks if I've been walking in the hallway at a beat or multi-tasking like a crazy woman, I get these intense round ligament pains- enough to make me pause and take a time out!

Symptoms: None to report.

Belly button in or out? In, but I would say I've got one more week tops until it's flat like a pancake!

Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy! Paul found out this past week or so ago that he got into law school!  So, we're packing up and moving out.  We've got a lot more on our plates now other than having a baby, so often times the overwhelming feeling of how am I going to be able to do this takes over, but I will say it only sticks around for about 5 minutes or so.  One day at a time eh?

Looking forward to: Selling this house and finding a wonderful new home for Sofia where they'll love and adore her as much as we do, as much as it pains me to say.  Once those two things are checked off my mental list I can concentrate all my efforts on having this kiddo!