Alex took this picture for me today...I know what you're thinking...WOW!! That's kind of what I'm thinking at this point and I'm definitely getting sick of the scale moving in the upward direction! Oh well, what can you do! I haven't been over-indulging too much but I haven't really held myself back if I wanted some ice cream or some salt and vinegar chips :)
I don't have too many new symptoms to report yet, I am starting to notice my feet swelling up ( I know they are already so attractive anyway) and my hands are swelling so I have officially retired my engagement ring for the remainder of the pregnancy, as only my band is comfortable since it's sized a little bigger.
Baby is moving like crazy, its really hard to describe but now instead of cute little kicks, I can feel twists/turns and what sometimes feels like somersaults in there...so bizarre! She's also gotten the hiccups a few times and tends to move around the most in the morning and at night. Speaking of, sleeping is getting more difficult too, last night I woke up like every hour tossing and turning, luckily Tuesday's and Thursday's are my work from home days so it's nice to sleep in a little.
Other than that, we're just busy getting things ready and trying to enjoy this crazy hot spring/summer before baby gets here...yay for all 100's in the 10 day forecast!
As many of you know, some of my great friends and in-laws hosted a fabulous shower for me and baby this past weekend, they all thought it would be funny to take a picture touching my belly...yup all of their hands fit on there...with room to spare even! The shower was great and friends/family were very generous, baby is already very spoiled! We had some snacks and punch and played some games and opened gifts, games included measuring my belly, guess the flavor of baby food and another game that involved scooping cotton balls into a bowl blindfolded haha. I have to say, Meredith apparently thinks I'm looking huge these days because her guess measurement for my belly was almost twice as big as my belly actually is ;). It was so nice having Mere here for the weekend, and she wasn't our only out of town guest, Tori (Alex's sister) drove up from Oklahoma and....
Mom even flew in for the weekend to surprise me, Alex did such a good job keeping it secret from me, as that's not easy to do!
