23 Weeks

November 21 - 27

I stayed true to my promise and ate everything in sight with reckless abandon this past week. It was glorious and I'm only a little guilty (but not much)! My mom and brother arrived last Wednesday and left Sunday and Monday, which really made the week go by so quickly. They were also SO helpful while visiting. I am looking forward to moving my house focus from the main floor to the upstairs towards the end of this week. Girl room time!
 
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Survey says...

How far along?: 23 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: +1.5...thank you Thanksgiving. :)

Maternity clothes?: About 80%. Comfort is key and I have some pretty cute things.

Sleep: Can't ask for much better than I've been getting. I had a few late nights with guests in town and I'm making sure to get in bed earlier now that things have died down.

Best moment of the week: Just an all around kick ass week. Seeing family was wonderful, Thanksgiving was great, and yesterday I got to take a peek at my little girl again and find out that my placenta issues have resolved. Can get back on the running train (slowly) and feel great knowing that I no longer have limitations.

Movement: All.the.time. Total belly shaking movement. Still most happening at night.

Food Cravings: Still all about chocolate. Specifically dark chocolate covered caramel with sea salt. It's dreamy.

Gender:  Still my sweet second girl.

Belly Button: Getting flatter by the day.

Stretchmarks?: None yet.

What I miss: Not much.

What I am looking forward to: I have another visitor (Hey Kar!) in town in a couple of weeks and then a holiday trip home coming up. Fun times ahead!

Weekly Wisdom: Being pregnant during the holidays is the best. I don't know why everyone doesn't plan things this way.

Milestones: 24 weeks tomorrow, so I'm going to go ahead and use viability as my milestone today. Always love hitting 24 weeks and feeling a sense of calm about things to come. Obviously still want my little lady to stay put for a longggg while.

Grace's space: Oh, Grace. :) I love this kid more and more every week. She is going to be so much fun to see as a big sister. Right now she gets most of her practice with her buddy Emmie. I still need to do a Thankgiving recap, but Emmie and her parents celebrated T-day with us and the girls just get cuter together every time we hang out. One of my favorite moments was watching them look through a bucket full of toys. Grace would take something out, "explain" what it was, and pass it to Emmie, who is just the happiest little thing and puts up with G when she doesn't want to share, etc. They are becoming such little buddies and I hope that the same thing happens as her little sister starts being able to interact with them as well. :)

Picture time: Thanks to Maddie for the non-mirror self photos this week! ;)

23 weeks with C

with G:


xo,
H