Almost 23 Weeks

My turkey timer has gone off. As of this past week my once innie belly button, is now an outie. It did transition through a flat stage and now it's just hanging out there. The baby has been very active this past week. It surprises me how quickly I can feel her move in once place, then in another so far away. This past week I have been feeling a little nauseous again, but it isn't too bad.

I renewed my passport (which had expired in April) because Andrew and I would like to go to Victoria while we're in Washington for the holidays. We're thinking of it as celebrating our 3rd anniversary since it's likely we won't get to do anything around April 8th (a week after the due date). We're not sure if we want to do an overnight visit or just a day trip. It will sort of be our last hoorah.

We also have started a registry at Target. It will likely change a lot in the next few days as we tweak a few of the items due to what was available at the store. We just started it this morning and even though they gave us a nice checklist from which to work, we still had no idea what to include. We're thinking we might do a Winnie the Pooh theme for the baby's room. We'll see.

Today's weight = 132 lbs.

Happy Thanksgiving!

It appears that Baby Garrett loves the classic Thanksgiving Day foods: turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, green beans, dressing, lime jello salad, spinach salad, and pecan pie. I'm sure I've left something out, but only because I'm sitting in a food coma. Baby Garrett was moving around all day, but I think she's also in a food coma now. It was so nice seeing the family. Unfortunately, I switched between taking photos with our camera and my mom's so here are just a few.
Momma and Alexandra
Chris and Wesley
Laura and Wesley
Chris and Todd watching the Seahawks play the Cowboys.

22 Weeks

I have a weekly photo that was taken on Sunday, but due to traveling, I haven't had the chance to download it. Maybe later today. This past week there has been several firework shows in my uterus. At night Baby Garrett likes to move around like crazy. I've been feeling a little nauseous this past week, but I'm sure that can also be attributed to the busy time of year.

Today's weight = 131.5 lbs.

Ice Cream, Mmmmmmmm

As it turns out, Baby Garrett is already taking after her Momma in her love for ice cream. Surprisingly enough, it had been almost two weeks since I had eaten any ice cream. Andrew and I decided to have some Ben and Jerry's last night around 8:45pm (I rarely deviate from my "everything, but the..." and Andrew branched out from his usual "half-baked"). We went to bed around 10pm and Baby Garrett was moving around so much I didn't know if I'd fall asleep. It was a fun feeling though.

Almost 21 Weeks

New this week is that last night Andrew felt Baby Garrett kick for the first time. As I was working on the post yesterday I had my hand on my belly and noticed the movement. Then, I ran into the living room for Andrew to feel it. She kicked (or punched) a few times very fast, so I'm trying to catch her in the act again so Andrew can get a longer feel. Last night we went to a "black-tie optional" fundraising dinner held by Centenary. I was ecstatic that I could fit into a dress that I wore to my brother David's rehearsal dinner. Andrew looked great in his suit that he wore to his sister Jennifer's wedding. A friend in HR took a photo of the two of us that I'm going to try to get a copy of and post.

This week my back has stayed pretty achy all over. I'm sure this will come and go throughout the pregnancy, so I was kind of expecting it.

Today's weight = 130.5 lbs. (I may have over-indulged in birthday cake last week. :))