22 Weeks

Well I guess the weekly pictures are stopping and we are heading into monthly pictures. This is weeks 21-24: papayas.
Noah and I have decided on a first name for our baby girl. We are going to name her Ava. We are still thinking on what we want her middle name to be though. I have been feeling very pregnant lately. My tummy is popping out and I can really feel the baby kicking more and more.

How far along? 22 weeks, 4 days

Total weight gain/loss: 12 lbs! I weighed myself right after Thanksgiving so that might not have been a good idea. I go back to the doctor this Friday so we'll see what the scale says. So far I've been gaining at a good pace, but it's starting to depress me how BIG i am getting. But I just have to remind myself that 1) it's in the best interest of Ava and 2) I can lose it. (hopefully)

Stretch marks? according to babycenter.com if I may begin to see them around this time. yikes! I hope not.

Sleep: I've been sleeping okay so far but I definitely feel a difference in pre-pregnancy sleep and pregnancy sleep. My back aches sometimes.

Best moment this week: It will be on Friday when I get to hear Ava's heartbeat.

Movement: Feeling lots these days and it's still an amazing feeling each time.

Food cravings: my recent craving was krispy kreme doughnuts. Yummy HOT doughnuts!

What I miss: feeling attractive. I love being pregnant but there are those I feel huge moments and I've had those moments recently.

What I’m looking forward to: making it to 24 weeks will put my mind at ease a little. should anything happen, that will be the marker for viability.

Here's a belly shot from Thanksgiving weekend.

Happy Thanksgiving!

This Thanksgiving I had alot to be thankful for. I have been so so blessed to be surrounded by my family and friends always, to be loved by my hubby, to be lucky enough to carry baby Ava this far, and to be able to buy a house :)

Usually, we visit Noah's family for Thanksgiving but since we just closed on our house we decided to stay put this year. We had Thanksgiving lunch/dinner at Michael 's (my brother-in-law) parents' house with all the fixings: turkey, sweet poitato casserole, collard greens, mash potatoes, butter beans, and stuffing! It was simply delicious!

Here are some pictures I took yesterday. And Ummm... this is the first time since being pregnant that I feel BIG. The proof is in these pictures!

Officially a Grown-Up

Today was pretty exciting for me and Noah. We closed on our very first house! The whole process freaked me out at first but it went so smooth and closing today was pretty painless. I am thankful for everyone that helped us throughout. I really feel like a grown-up. The best feeling was being handed the keys.

We still won't be moving into the house for another week though because we want to get stuff taken care of before any furniture is moved in. We took some small things over to the house tonight to try to get a head start. I feel bad I won't be able to help Noah move and paint. Okay, I'm lying. What a great time to use the pregnant card :) We picked out paint last Sunday and we are planning on moving in by the first week of December. It will be nice to have the fence put up, the walls painted, the speakers wired, and the DirecTV installed before we move in.

I took tomorrow and wednesday off so I could start shopping for little things for the house. I can't wait. I plan on hitting all the places Noah hates taking me to on the weekends (Homegoods, TJ Maxx, Burlington Coat Factory, Kirklands...).

Now I'm going to get my beauty rest and mentally prepare myself for all the shopping I'm going to be doing tomorrow.

Goodnight all :)

It's a Girl!