23 Week Bumpdate!
Movement: This kid does not stop moving! Cam and I were talking about if babies start to develop a sleep routine while in the womb because I find that I feel a lot of movement at the same times each day. Does anyone know? I have no idea but now Cam tells the little guy to go to sleep whenever he is kicking after 10PM or before 7AM. Haha. I suppose it's never too early to start on the whole "sleep training" thing.
This may be TMI but the other day I was sitting on the couch and all of a sudden I got this super intense, super quick urge to go pee - almost like my bladder had been electrocuted or something. So I went to the bathroom real quick and didn't think anything of it. Then it happened again. And again. And I finally realized that this little guy was just kicking my bladder over and over again. Pretty sure that was payback for all the times that I poke him trying to get him to move enough for me to see it. Luckily he hasn't made a habit of doing that yet. Haha
Then today at my doctor's appointment, my OB was checking his heart beat and he kept kicking the Doppler hard enough to actually move it down my stomach a little bit. I told Cam about it later and he was all, "He's like me. When he does that he's saying 'stop checking on me, I'm fine. I've got this.'" Ha way to go little dude, you're a champ! But man, I could listen to your heart beat all day long.
Nursery: We are painting tonight! Last Thursday Cam texted me saying, "Wanna grab dinner and pick out paint colors?" Let me tell ya, that is a perfect date night. HOWEVER, I forgot for a moment that Cam is colorblind. Not only that but I prefer softer colors on walls and then accent colors in the decor. Naturally I picked out a few swatches of light grays and pale blues and greens. Then here comes is Cam and his love of bright colors. I remember in 3rd grade we had coloring contests and I ALWAYS used the cerulean crayon because it was such a pretty color. Fast forward 14 years and I see that same color on a swatch and Cam saying it was the perfect color for the nursery. HA Yikes. Needless to say it took us about an hour
We also bought the crib last week and it should be here tomorrow! I finally feel like we can start decorating because I'm realizing that this last half will go even faster than the first. And the first felt like a blink of an eye. Hopefully we will have everything set up in the next couple of months so that the last few weeks can be smooth sailing.
Physical changes: I'm definitely getting bigger. And retaining a lot of water which makes me feel bloated and my clothes feel tighter. Although that could also be in part to the daily trips to McDonalds for dipped cones. Either way I'm expanding rapidly. It's hard accepting the fact that I am putting on so much weight, so quickly, even though I know it's for the best reason in the world. But when I got measured at my appointment I was the exact size that I should be - down to the millimeter. So I'm gonna go reward myself with another dipped cone tonight. HA
Cravings: Dipped cones from McDonald's obviously. Cam hadn't ever had one before so I got him one on my way home last week and now he is just as obsessed. Probably not the best thing though because now one of us suggests getting them waaaay too often for both of our waistlines.
I also crave Taco Bell but I'm pretty sure that's just a 9-month long excuse for my addiction to that place.
Eating is weird now though. I always feel so full, like I-need-to-take-a-nap full, but I'm starving at the same time. My stomach doesn't feel like I have enough room for a meal but I also don't feel like I will survive the night without one. I'm definitely being melodramatic but it's just not as fun to eat when you already feel full. Haha I'm sure I'm in for it once the third trimester hits.
Eating is weird now though. I always feel so full, like I-need-to-take-a-nap full, but I'm starving at the same time. My stomach doesn't feel like I have enough room for a meal but I also don't feel like I will survive the night without one. I'm definitely being melodramatic but it's just not as fun to eat when you already feel full. Haha I'm sure I'm in for it once the third trimester hits.
Best Moments: At our 20 week anatomy ultrasound we got to see so much of our little guy. It's so crazy that I not only have a baby inside of me but an entire skeleton! I don't know why that was such a shock to me but being able to see the separate radius and ulna in his arms and his spine was just so crazy! Afterward they gave us a DVD of the ultrasound so that we I could watch it over and over again. I put it on the table when I went to work so that I would be able to watch it that night but then came home to see chewed up pieces of it laying all over the floor. Herschel somehow got up on the table, picked up just the DVD and went ham on it. I was seriously devastated.
Que pregnancy-hormone induced breakdown.
I texted Cam telling him that Herschel needed to find a new home and crying about how he could do something like that to me and his little brother. I locked Herschel in his kennel and texted Cam again reminding him that we didn't have anymore ultrasounds and that I would now have to wait 20 more weeks just to see my baby again. In tears I cleaned up the mess and checked my phone again expecting a text about how it would be okay and how I needed to be patient with Herschel and how he didn't do it just to spite me, etc. but there was nothing.
I was fuming. My dog didn't love me and obviously my husband didn't either. How dare he go 10 minutes without texting me back in my moment of need? With tears STILL streaming down my face I decided to call him, knowing that him hearing me in tears would make him feel bad for ignoring the mother of his child. But right as I went to dial his number I got a text saying, "I'm sorry sweetheart, I called the clinic and they are burning us a new DVD that you can go pick up tomorrow. Herschel was just curious and didn't mean to make you upset. He loves you and so do I. I'm on my way home, I'll see you soon."
Que pregnancy-hormone induced breakdown #2.
It amazes me how quickly Cam has been able to turn around my bad moments. It seems like whenever something is going wrong or whenever I am inconsolable he figures out a way to make everything better almost immediately. I don't have a clue how to raise a baby but I do know that he is lucky to have Cam as a dad. I love that I'm taking on this new chapter with such an amazing man.
Que pregnancy-hormone induced breakdown.
I texted Cam telling him that Herschel needed to find a new home and crying about how he could do something like that to me and his little brother. I locked Herschel in his kennel and texted Cam again reminding him that we didn't have anymore ultrasounds and that I would now have to wait 20 more weeks just to see my baby again. In tears I cleaned up the mess and checked my phone again expecting a text about how it would be okay and how I needed to be patient with Herschel and how he didn't do it just to spite me, etc. but there was nothing.
I was fuming. My dog didn't love me and obviously my husband didn't either. How dare he go 10 minutes without texting me back in my moment of need? With tears STILL streaming down my face I decided to call him, knowing that him hearing me in tears would make him feel bad for ignoring the mother of his child. But right as I went to dial his number I got a text saying, "I'm sorry sweetheart, I called the clinic and they are burning us a new DVD that you can go pick up tomorrow. Herschel was just curious and didn't mean to make you upset. He loves you and so do I. I'm on my way home, I'll see you soon."
Que pregnancy-hormone induced breakdown #2.
It amazes me how quickly Cam has been able to turn around my bad moments. It seems like whenever something is going wrong or whenever I am inconsolable he figures out a way to make everything better almost immediately. I don't have a clue how to raise a baby but I do know that he is lucky to have Cam as a dad. I love that I'm taking on this new chapter with such an amazing man.
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