twenty-three

this week has been super overcast and really really rainy.  it's a good thing i love the rain.  and i do.  really.  with all the rain it's meant that we've been inside a lot this week and unfortunately that also means that liam has been cooped up.  as a result we've had some terrifying tantrums.  thursday's lasted about a half hour!  poor guy.  i'm not even sure if he knew why he was upset.  at one point he got up and moved to a point where he could see us and then started his tantrum all over again.  once it subsided though, he was full of hugs and kisses and in need of some serious snuggles with mommy.  i was sure to oblige.  here's hoping that next week is a little drier and we can play outside.

how far along? 23 weeks, baby girl is the size of an ear of corn and weighs about 1.5 lbs.

total weight gain: hit 154 lbs. this week.  i'm officially up 20 lbs. not bad considering at this point with liam i was up almost 30.  

maternity clothes? pretty much everything now.  except for my blazers and cardigans, i'm still wearing non-preggo there.

stretch marks?  zero!

sleep:  pretty good this week.  baby girl kept me up a few times.  she likes to move a lot between midnight and 2 am.  not really the best timing.  but i guess she's prepping me for those late night feedings.

best moment this week: surviving liam's temper-trantrums.  i like to think that i'm handling them fairly well ... even if i had a mini cry while he was in the throws of one on thursday.  we can blame part of that on the hormones.  

miss anything?  playing outside because of all the rain ... but i still love it.  it's helped me sleep this week, love the sound of it on the windows and sky-light. 

movement: she's all over the place.  rob felt her move finally.  she's still hanging out around my bladder and really likes to push on it. 

food cravings:  we're back to drinking a lot of chocolate soy milk.  and i'm all over ice cream, no particular flavour.  what happened to my healthy fruit cravings??

anything making your queasy or sick: nope.  

gender: girl

labour signs: nada

symptoms:  the belly is getting bigger.  i even had someone tell me "oh wow.  you're getting a lot bigger!"  gee thanks ... that's really what a girl wants to hear.  on a positive note, my heartburn hasn't been as bad.  

belly button in or out? in

wedding rings on or off?  both engagement and wedding ring on

happy or moody most of the time?  not going to lie ... there was some definite moodiness.  can't really explain why.  hormones right??  that's what rob always says.  just blame it on the pregnancy hormones. i'm cool with that. 

looking forward to: hearing baby girl's heart beat on thursday at our twenty-four week check up.  and we're almost on the official count down to the end of work.  seven weeks to go!!