Warning: Objects in mirror may appear larger than real life

Well, Baby H has definitely had a growth spurt since last time. This picture was taken a few days ago. 18 weeks! I do feel like the stripes accentuate things, but baby is also getting bigger. I've officially given up on any pants that do not contain elastic - mostly wearing maternity clothes these days. I've been so blessed to already have lots to choose from!

Our baby is now approximately 8 inches long and weighs half a pound. In the next few weeks that weight will double! He/she is probably showing off by yawning, swallowing, sucking, hiccuping, and making faces. :)

I feel pretty good these days! I can feel the tummy stretching and have occasional headaches, but otherwise feeling fairly normal - well, a lazy kind of normal. I'm about 99% sure I've felt the baby move, but it's still very infrequent. Well, they're probably moving all the time - just don't feel it very often. I'm looking forward to feeling some little hello kicks during the day.

Our next appointment is August 5th. Ultrasound! We cannot wait to see our baby again and get to find out if it is a boy or girl. I will be so excited to call it by a name. ( I really despise saying it all the time.)

Favorites from the Kitchen

Okay, so I like food. These are a few recent discoveries that have been very good to mama and baby. :)

This stuff is good, but rich! I put it on fudge swirl cupcakes today. Next time I'd go with straight chocolate. Yum


These are THE best fruit snacks I have ever had. The only ones I really like actually. They have been perfect for me to take in the car or keep in my purse and snack on when I need food like yesterday.


I love this stuff. I haven't been very adventurous with what I put it in, but everything I have tried was made better. :) Today, I discovered that it makes tomato soup mah-velous. And I'm not a big fan of tomato soup. Chalk it up to pregnancy I guess. It sounded good and hit the spot.



I would not recommend eating this. In fact - DON'T. However, it has made my life soooo much easier. I am very grateful to have an apartment that has a dishwasher, but apparently apartment dishwashers can be tempermental. I discovered at the last place that the Cascade Action Pacs were the only thing to get the dishes clean. I've been using them here and they don't work so well. So we tried this and eureka! (insert sigh of relief) The only downside is I had stocked up on the other when they were on sale last. :( Anybody need some action pacs?

Holiday weekend

Last week was a very long week for me. My husband was away Monday through Sunday making some money for our little family. So, on Thursday I escaped the empty house and went to Ohio.

I had a great trip and while we were there, we threw a little family shower for Whitney and Emery.

Of course the weekend also included lots of visiting, eating, and a little bit of lying around watching cable that we no longer get. lol I found this picture when I got home. Still not sure who the culprit is.

I also loved holding Emery while she snoozed. I thought it was really funny that she insisted she lay on her arm. I tried to move it so it wouldn't go to sleep, but she moved it right back.

Welllll

I decided I should post a blog. Because I like reading blogs. I check them everyday. I don't write everyday though. You wouldn't really want me to. They would all be like this one .... pointless.

Don't get me wrong, it's been an interesting day...

I spent a whole hour trying to work with tech support for one of my companies.

I went to the bathroom at least 10 times (so far).

I started a load of laundry.

My husband brought me lemon-berry slush from Sonic (Wasn't that sweet?)

I talked to Krystal for a while. (My favorite part was when she asked Dylan - Didn't I take those away from you? and he so sweetly replied - Yes. So much honesty and zero guilt.)

Unfortunately, I am not witty or deep. So, this is all you get.

And our own little one...

So, there's the baby bump. I am now at 15 1/2 weeks. Things are going really well. I don't crave naps at 10:00 in the morning any more (which is a relief).

This is our ultrasound from 13 weeks. The picture turned out poorly, the real thing was so amazing. We'll have another in about 6 weeks to find out what we're having!

For your viewing pleasure

Just a little peek at my beautiful niece Emery Elyzabeth. She's so lovely! I can't wait to hold her again soon.

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