22 Weeks

How far along? 22 weeks
Weight gain/loss: up about 12 or 13 lbs
Maternity clothes? Yep, mostly tank tops and capris these days. It's hot already! high 70s to 90 degrees on any given day. I definitely need another pair of shorts or two!
Stretch marks? A couple on each hip
Sleep: Sleeping great as long as I have my body pillow :)
Best moment this week: Getting the nursery painted! When we first moved in the room for the nursery was small and made smaller by a horribly dark grey paint with a gross brownish green trim. It became our storage room and we kept the door closed all of the time because it was sad to look at. Now its a bright pastel green with dark brown trim and I love having that door open and seeing it every day!
Miss anything? Being able to ride rides. There's a carnival in town and I want to go but it will be so hard not ride anything! roller coasters and amusement park rides in general are my favorite!
Movement? Yep :) All afternoon and evening. He's kicking pretty persistently right now. He doesn't move around much though. I generally only feel kicks in my lower abdomen, by the waist of my pants. Very rarely   I'll get a light kick up by my rib cage but not often.
Food cravings: Nothing too crazy these days. I still tend towards sweets. I try to keep my refined sugar intake to a minimum but chocolate is so darn tasty!
Anything making you queasy or sick? Nope
Gender? Boy
Labor signs? None
Symptoms: Lower back pain- especially after a rough day with the kids at work, minor headaches, and the feeling that my stomach is impossibly large after eating too much or spending 4 hours picking toys up off the floor after my students
Belly button in or out? In, but it is definitely getting more shallow
Wedding ring on or off? On
Happy or moody most of the time? Happy!!!
Looking forward to: Getting more work done on the nursery! I want it filled with furniture and decorations ASAP :)


I'll do a whole post on the nursery once we get a little more work done, but here's a sneak preview... (and don't worry, I made sure the room was super well ventilated and if the fumes got strong at all I got kicked out!)

Here's the view from the corner of the room looking out into the hallway

And looking into the room from the door

21 Weeks

How far along? 21 weeks, 3 days
Total weight gain: up 12 lbs
Maternity clothes? Yes
Stretch marks? Yes :( No question this time, I have a couple small ones on each hip.
Sleep: Pretty dang good
Best moment this week: Booking my flights for Montana! I haven't been home in a year and can't wait to be there next month and have my baby shower
Miss anything? Being able to eat large meals without feeling like my tummy is going to burst
Movement? Yep! I love feeling my little boy move around :) He tends to be most active from about 4:30 or 5pm until about 11pm.....a future night owl like his parents? Probably
Food cravings: Sweets, particularly berries and chocolate like cranberry chocolate chip muffins and blueberry chocolate chip pancakes
Anything making you queasy or sick? Nope
Gender? Boy
Labor signs? Nope
Symptoms: Low back pain, feeling super stuffed after eating things like a bowl of cereal, and the ever present headaches....had a chat with my doctor about them at this week's appointment and was told my overly organized, control freak, type A personality needs to learn how to relax so I won't carry so much tension in my neck. Ha this will be a challenge to be sure. Even when I'm relaxing my mind is already fast forwarding to everything I need to do afterwards. However, I did sign up for a massage this week. A coworker of mine just finished massage school and gave me a mini neck massage at work and it was awesome! No headache that day. I can't wait to see how awesome a whole hour of massage will feel!
Belly button in or out? In
Wedding ring on or off? On
Happy or moody most of the time? Happy!
Looking forward to: Getting the nursery together and picking baby boy's name!

20 Weeks

We found out on Wednesday, May 2nd that Baby Stewart is a boy! We're are soo unbelievably excited and I can't wait to begin the nursery preparations!

How far along? 20 weeks, 3 days
Total weight gain: up about 10lbs
Maternity clothes? Rocking them!
Stretch marks? Well I thought I had some on my hips but I got to looking the other day and I think we mis took them for blood veins...so Nope! Hopefully it stays that way!
Sleep: Pretty good except for the leg cramps!
Showing? Yep!
Best moment this week: Finding out that we're having a boy!
Miss anything? Being able to lay flat on my back
Movement? Yes and lots of it! Mostly all in the afternoons and evenings I feel a constant stream of kicks. He likes to mess with Dad though...Andrew will put his hand on my tummy to feel it right after I've told him he's kicking and then he'll stop. So Andrew will wait for awhile, give up, and then right after he moves his hand away baby boy will kick again! I find it amusing, Andrew not so much
Food Cravings: Sweets and Mexican food
Anything making you queasy or sick? Nope
Gender prediction? Boy! and we were right!!! He was pretty shy about it for awhile though, had the umbilical cord between his legs and his legs tight together. But he finally showed on the last check!
Labor signs? Nope
Symptoms: Minor backaches, leg cramps (3 last night in the same calf, UGH!), and headaches
Belly button in or out? In
Wedding ring on or off? On
Happy or moody most of the time? Happy!!!!
Looking forward to: Getting the nursery going and picking out baby boy's name!

Here's our ultrasound photos! We got some great profile shots!