Week 23

How far along? 23 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: 12 lbs. This past week I have been STARVING!  Our midwife said that an appetite increase would happen when my body and the baby are ready - well, it's happening!  I feel like I could eat two of everything!  As you can see in the frontal view - BABY AND BELLY ARE GROWING!!

Maternity clothes? Yes.

Stretch marks? No.

Sleep: Sleeping great, but the time has come where I can't sleep on my back anymore.  I normally sleep on my side and back so I am still lucky that I'm not a stomach sleeper and can sleep on my side!

Best moment this week: Nate surprised me and painted the nursery grey while I was at work!!!  Such a sweet sweet husband! It is called Lattice by Benjamin Moore and it is the same color that we have throughout our whole house.  We love it and decided to use the same color to save us $60 and use what we had!

Movement:Yes!  LOTS!  Every time I eat or drink anything, baby Leland goes crazy.  I tried to take a video of my stomach moving to show Nate but Leland stops kicking when the cameras or Nate's hand is on him!

Food cravings:Sweets.  All of this Halloween candy is not helping me stay on track and eating healthy!

Anything making you queasy or sick: No.  

Have you started to show yet: Yes.I measured my stomach this week because Mimi (my mom) was curious and it is 37 inches around!  WOW!!  I think I am going to start measuring every couple of weeks to see how I grow!

Gender: BOY!

Labor Signs: No

Belly Button in or out? In.

Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or Moody: Happy!

  Looking forward to:  Nate feeling the baby move and decorating baby boy's nursery!

Week 22

How far along? 22 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: 10 lbs.

Maternity clothes? Yes.

Stretch marks? No.

Sleep: Sleeping great!

Best moment this week: Feeling baby Leland move around so much.  It is like clockwork, if I eat something, he kicks and flips!

Movement:Yes!

Food cravings: No.

Anything making you queasy or sick: No.  

Have you started to show yet: Yes.

Gender: BOY!

Labor Signs: No

Belly Button in or out? In.

Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or Moody: Happy!

  Looking forward to: Nate feeling the baby move and decorating baby boy's nursery

Week 21

How far along? 21 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: 9 lbs. (ummm, apparently baby Kivett was hungry this past week!)

Maternity clothes? Yes.

Stretch marks? No.

Sleep: Sleeping great but waking up at 5:00am.  We will see how the time change affects me.  Hopefully I will not be up at 4:00am.  Ahhhhhh!

Best moment this week: TELLING EVERYONE THAT WE ARE HAVING A BABY BOY!

Movement:Yes!

Food cravings: No.

Anything making you queasy or sick: No.  

Have you started to show yet: Yes. Sometimes I look HUGE! 

Gender: BOY!

Labor Signs: No

Belly Button in or out? In.

Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or Moody: Happy!

  Looking forward to:Nate feeling the baby move and decorating baby boy's nursery! Yay! 

(this is a picture of Nate waiting for baby boy to kick.  no such luck yet.  he stops moving every time Nate puts his hand on my tummy.  such a little rascal already! )

Week 20

How far along? 20 Weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 6.2 lbs.
Maternity clothes? Yes. I am loving maternity leggings!  I went to H&M with bestie Sarah and bought 4 great maternity sweaters and 2 maternity tank tops for $100.  How great of a deal is that!  I love the tank tops because they are nice and long, and I can even do the rubber band trick with my jeans, wear my H&M tank, and a regular shirt. Score! 
Stretch marks? No.
Sleep: Sleeping great.  I have been waking up about 5:00am each morning ready to start my day! Linus (our puppy baby) LOVES that I am getting up so early; I am not a huge fan. 
Best moment this week:  FINDING OUT THE GENDER!  Feeling the baby move is pretty amazing. I am DYING for Nate to be able to feel tha baby move!
Movement:Yes!  I feel the baby each day which is pretty awesome. 
Food cravings: No.
Anything making you queasy or sick: No.  Feeling great!
Have you started to show yet: Yes.  If I am wearing a tight shirt I look HUGE!  I like it though.  I am loving how my body is changing and feel so blessed to have these positive feelings about my ever changing figure!  Nate tells me a lot that I am looking SEXY which is always wonderful for anyone, especially a pregnant woman, to hear!
** I have decided to post pics with my shirt down as well as up from now on.  It is fun to see how crazy big my belly is getting and I am loving it! **
Gender: BOY! (I will be writing a whole blog post on finding out the gender very soon!)
Labor Signs: No
Belly Button in or out? In.
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody: Happy!
  Looking forward to: Nate feeling the baby kick!