Following up on my to-do list:

Is it just me or does summer always seem so far from relaxing?! After spending much of the winter in hormone hibernation (avoiding people and social situations so that no one knew how crazy they made me) summer has taken our life by storm. With vacations, weddings, social obligations and trying to squeeze in mini-trips to places that will be hard with a newborn next summer… time is flying and my to-do list is being severely neglected!

My fear is that the third trimester is going to sneak up on me and that I’ll be left with a ton to do and little physical motivation to do it! For my readers who have been pregnant during the summer, what was the best time in your pregnancy to get stuff done?

Month #5

My apologies for the lack of following up on my blog. Pregnancy has made me both distracted and lazy. I thought perhaps the nesting phase had kicked in last week when I felt the need to steam clean the interior of my car on a random Wednesday night but that surge of urgency (for cleaning and all other things productive) quickly disappeared by the weekend. Needless to say, I’m looking forward to nesting!

I’m now 22 weeks pregnant (a little delayed on the month #5 post) and still waiting on this little lady to let me feel her move. I sometimes wonder if I feel her and don’t know that’s what I’m feeling. I thought I might have felt hiccups last week but haven’t felt them since. I had an ultrasound and she had a fetal EKG 1.5 weeks ago (routine for high risk) and was kickin’ up a storm during this time. She also smiled at me! J My Doctor has assured me not to wish movement too soon because she’s quite the active bean and once I feel it, she won’t stop. I’m trying to be patient, which is very challenging for me, and not rush this last ½ of pregnancy along.

Here’s a picture timeline of me and my growing belly:

Week #17

Week #18

Week #19*Taken in Caesar’s Palace Forum shopping mall in Las Vegas, NV- baby girl’s first trip across country. 

Week #20

Weird food cravings:

-tomatoes

-avocados

- ice cream

*I also have momentary cravings that make no sense to me. My low point thus far in pregnancy has been eating chili cheese French fries at 9am (PST) in Vegas. To my credit it was lunchtime on the east and the restaurant said that’s what they were famous for.

Food aversions:

-Fish, I think that it’s a texture thing.

Things that I miss the most:

-          The ability to fit into normal sized clothing and/or my inability to walk into a store in the mall and not pine over the cute summer collections that don’t fit me.

-          Sleeping on my back.