24.1

As I was falling asleep last night I had a ton of things going through my brain to blog about. Now that I'm sitting down to actually do it, I can't remember what the heck it was...

So far I've only gained 6lbs. My doctor says that's a good number, and I'm happy that I'm still basically completely mobile. Yes, my body hurts more than it did before, but it's not a constant pain or something I can't handle...just little aches. I did have a few days of bad heart burn but that's pretty under control as long as I don't eat too soon before going to bed. So all in all I'm feeling pretty good.

I feel Noah moving a lot now; a week ago he had a CRAZY day-long dance party or something because every time I sat still I would feel him kicking. It was fun because Matt was able to really feel him move a couple times. Otherwise it's just little flutters/rolling sensations that can't be felt too much on the outside.

We started our Bradley classes this Monday. The first class was a little slow, being an introduction and all, but I'm really looking forward to the next classes. I think it will reinforce a lot of what I know and help me put it into practice as well as really give Matt concrete tools to be involved with the labor and delivery.

Well, I'm not sure if any of those things I wrote about were what I was thinking of last night but that'll have to do!

Halfway there!

Well, technically now halfway+1 week. Dec. 6 marked my halfway point (technically 21 weeks, the whole calendar vs. lunar week blah blah stuff is kinda confusing). I had Matt take this picture but he was in a rush to get to the gym so I had to settle for one with me talking (which I guess is probably pretty appropriate for me...) and my hair in my mouth! Just to clarify, I was trying to tell him to take the picture vertically rather than horizontally but oh well!

I'm officially in maternity clothes now...though I think it's more because I just have no warm weather clothes to begin with so I had to buy some and figured it's pointless to buy non-maternity clothes at the moment. I scored 3 really cute shirts on clearance at Target for $5-7 each so I was excited!

In general, life has fallen into a pretty good routine. I've had a good amount of energy and spend my time working on stuff at home (whether it's actually stuff house work, helping Matt and his mom with starting up the new business or projects for church) and relaxing while I can. Part of me sometimes feels guilty for having so much "free time" but I also know that in a few months there will be a shortage of it so I'm counting my blessings and appreciating it now. Heck, even just thinking about all the baby prep I want to do once the holidays are over I'm thinking my "free time" will be gone sooner than Noah's arrival.

Anyway, didn't have much news to post but figured I'd post the picture :)