22-23 Weeks

22 weeks (and 3 days 7/13)

Not much has changed in the past two weeks but I figured I better at least show you all a picture to prove it. This last week Chris found some motivation somewhere to start cleaning out the office/junk room and start turning it into the baby's room. So far we have moved the humongous desk out, moved everything out of the closet, took the wallpaper off the walls in the closet, bought paint and shelving for the closet. As soon as we paint and get the shelves in I can start organizing everything and putting it back in the closet, hopefully leaving enough room for baby things. Now that we know we are having another little girl I have started looking into ideas for her room and a name for her. If you have any suggestions on either I am open to it! Kinsley thinks we should name her Baby. It's fitting!
I have another appointment on Monday (7/21). Crossing my fingers I didn't double my weight again!

How far along: 23 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: I'll find out Monday...
Maternity clothes?: Yup! My only pair of regular shorts officially don't fit.
Stretch marks?: None yet
Sleep:  I am having a hard time getting comfortable already. Most nights I still sleep pretty good.
Best moment this week: Getting ready for this little girl to arrive
Movement: They are getting pretty strong. I think she is going to be a kick boxer!
Food cravings: I think about food from the moment I wake up until I go to sleep. It's not a good thing! Lately the sweets are calling my name. Especially strawberry Poptarts and sugary cereal
Gender: Girl! I went through Kinsley's newborn (summer) clothes and pulled out things I thought we could make work for this (winter) baby. If people  *cough cough* Nana and MiMi *cough* buy clothes for this baby like they do for Kinsley, she will have plenty of clothes!
What I miss: Comfortably reaching my toenails to paint them. I desperately need a pedicure!
Milestones: Another week closer!

From BabyCenter:
Turn on the radio and sway to the music. With her sense of movement well developed by now, your baby can feel you dance. And now that she's more than 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound (about the size of a large mango), you may be able to see her squirm underneath your clothes. Blood vessels in her lungs are developing to prepare for breathing, and the sounds that your baby's increasingly keen ears pick up are preparing her for entry into the outside world. Loud noises that become familiar now — such as your dog barking or the roar of the vacuum cleaner — probably won't faze her when she hears them outside the womb.

Beau or Bow now we know!

Well, It has been a busy week with vacation and parties. Just this week we had a bridal shower for JanMarie, a reveal party for Baby I, plus vacation in Tulsa for 4 days AND Fourth of July on Friday. We took a big risk this time with the reveal party. My ultrasound appointment was at 3:15 on thursday and the reveal party started at 6. The pressure was on! Baby I had to cooperate, and thankfully did without any problems.  I am measuring just a few days ahead of my due date and the baby weighs about 1 pound. Kinsley kept making the funniest comments; I couldn't stop laughing! I pointed out the baby's eyes to her and she said "glasses?" So funny!
With all the busyness I didn't do very good at taking pictures of the party. We had mustache and hair bow pins that people could wear to show their vote on boy or girl. The food was boy and girl themed. Boy food included my famous BBQ meatballs, pigs in a blanket, and macaroni and cheese. Girl food included Chicken salad sandwiches, hair bow pasta salad, and fruit salad. There were cupcakes for dessert. At Kinsley's reveal party the "reveal" was in the cupcakes. Multiple people thought it was the same this time and were afraid to even touch the cupcakes!

invitations from Etsy

Since the reveal party was the day before the 4th of July I thought we would do some kind of firework. I initially thought about doing a smoke bomb but I wanted everyone to be able to participate. We ended up doing party poppers. While I was laying by the pool getting all tan on vacation, my family was removing the inside of 48 party poppers and filling half of them with blue tissue paper and the other half with pink tissue paper.

PINK!

First, I might have stopped the video for a second (oops) so sorry it's a little choppy. Second, I thought the pink and white would look cute but it turns out it is harder to see the pink in the video. Either way it was a great time!

Excited to add another girl to the family!

This weeks stats:

How far along: 21 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: I had some good food on vacation... I don't want to know how much I gained.
Maternity clothes?: Yes. Still wear one pair of regular shorts. I just can't get myself to spend $40 on a pair of shorts I will wear for a few months.
Stretch marks?: None yet
Sleep: My dreams are crazy!
Best moment this week: Finding out we are having another girl!
Movement: They are getting stronger everyday
Food cravings: I ate so much this week I don't think I will crave anything for a little while.
Gender: Another girl!!!
What I miss: Laying on my stomach.
Milestones: Another week down

From BabyCenter:

How your baby's growing:

Your baby now weighs about three-quarters of a pound and is approximately 10 1/2 inches long — about the size of a carrot. You may soon feel like she's practicing martial arts as her initial fluttering movements turn into full-fledged kicks and nudges. You may also discover a pattern to her activity as you get to know her better. In other developments, your baby's eyebrows and lids are present now, and if you're having a girl, her vagina has begun to form as well.