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!

19 Weeks

How far along? 19 weeks, 3 days
Total weight gain: up 8 or 10lbs
Maternity clothes? Yep and loving them!
Stretch marks? Small one on each hip
Sleep: Pretty good, rolling over is getting slightly harder due to my decreased ab muscles lol
Showing? I'm gonna say yes! Had my first stranger ask me about it this week
Best moment this week: Feeling more/stronger movement!
Miss anything? Sunny side up eggs
Movement? Yes and lots of it these days! A couple days ago I felt what I assume was a somersault or a flip for the first time. HUGE movement. Also much harder kicks which is great because Daddy gets to feel it more often!
Food cravings: Sweets mostly
Anything making you queasy or sick? Nope
Gender prediction? Boy
Labor signs?Nope
Symptoms: Minor headaches and aches and pains. And pregnancy brain! I would forget my head if it wasn't attached! Its really bad
Belly button in or out? In
Wedding ring on or off? On
Happy or moody most of the time? Happy!!!!!
Looking forward to: Our ultrasound in just a couple of days!! Can't wait to see if Little S is a boy or girl!

18 Weeks

How far along? 18 weeks, 3 days
Total weight gain: up 6lbs
Maternity clothes? Yep! I got to go to the city this last Friday and purchase some summer clothes!
Stretch marks? Just one small one on each hip
Sleep: Pretty good except for middle of the night leg cramps in my calves recently
Showing? Getting there for sure!
Best moment this week: Surviving the tornado with our house and family intact. It literally passed through a field that's kitty corner to us across the street and we had pieces of shingles and dry wall in our yard. And seeing the houses so close to ours just destroyed makes me thankful each day that we're spared. We only had time to run and hide in our laundry room and I'm not confident it would've held up under the wind and pressure
Miss anything? Being able to lift things and not worry as much about my environment. With all the tornado clean up going on and us being so close to the direct destruction path its hard for me not to be out helping everyday with all of the clean up. I did find a way to volunteer by taking and sorting donations at our local armory, but even there I had to let others do a lot of the lifting.
Movement? Yes! A little bit more each day although I only feel it when I'm relaxing, either sitting or laying down. Andrew even got to feel a kick this week! Just once though, most of the movement is still too soft to feel on the outside so hopefully more next week!
Food cravings? Sweets and fruits, especially strawberries this week
Anything making you queasy or sick? Nope! :)
Gender prediction? Boy
Labor signs? Nope
Symptoms: Minor headaches, low back pain, round ligament pain
Belly button in or out? In
Wedding ring on or off? On
Happy or moody most of the time? Happy! (with times of unexplained anger and crying lol)
Looking forward to: Finding out the gender and having baby bean kick harder so Dad can feel it more!

17 Weeks

Sorry this post is a few days late. Andrew and I spent our weekend watching the news as Oklahoma had major thunder storms rolling through that led to a number of tornadoes across the state. One hit our town at 12:15am Saturday night and missed our house by about a block. So needless to say the weekend was intense. All of our family and their homes are ok but 89 homes were completely destroyed and over 100 were damaged so the whole town is a little bit in shock over the whole ordeal.

How far along? 17 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: up 6lbs
Maternity clothes? A few yes, still mixing with some of my regular shirts
Stretch marks? Just a small one on each hip
Sleep: Pretty good, a little uncomfortable at times
Best moment this week: Feeling baby move for the first time!
Are you showing? I definitely have a pretty good belly going on
Miss anything? Sunny side up eggs
Movement: YES!!!!! Finally! Its super light and feels like gas bubbles, but more intentional ones (if that makes sense)
Food cravings: Sweets
Anything making your queasy or sick: Nope
Gender prediction: Boy
Labor signs: Nope
Symptoms: The headaches are finally getting better! Many days I don't have any! I'm still having minor back pain and round ligament pain
Belly button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or moody most of the time: Happy
Looking forward to: Finding out the gender and having baby kick harder so Andrew can feel it!

16 Weeks

How far along? 16 weeks, 2days
Total weight gain/loss: up 3 or 4 lbs...I'll find out for sure at my check up on Tuesday
Maternity clothes? Yes, in fact I am rocking some maternity jeans in this photo. I am still wearing most of my own shirts but jeans are officially packed away
Stretch marks? Sadly yes :( I discovered a couple small ones on the side of my hips. However, my sister-in-law got them there and still managed none on her belly so I'm still holding out hope for that!
Sleep: Sleeping great!
Best moment this week: Having a big enough bump to wear a borrowed maternity shirt :) I am so excited to be showing!
Are you showing? Pretty much...I've officially entered the phase where strangers/acquaintances who don't know yet don't say anything but when I bring up my pregnancy they say "Ok I thought you were! But I didn't want to say anything just in case..."
Miss anything? Sunny side up eggs and sushi
Movement: Possibly....I did have a strange bubble-like/tingly sensation once this week. Definitely a new sensation, possibly my imagination. Hoping for more soon to confirm its not my imagination!
Food cravings: Sweets!
Anything making you queasy or sick: Not really
Gender prediction: Still not sure
Labor signs: Nope
Symptoms: Headaches and round ligament pain. My chiropractor gave me a magnesium supplement and I think it may be helping! They've been much milder the last day or so
Belly button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or moody most of the time: Happy!!!!!!!!!
Looking forward to: Feeling for sure movement and finding out the gender!