23 weeks

How far along? 23 weeks and 5 days

Gender? Girl!

Total weight gain? At the doctors office I was weighed and I found out I've only gained 9 lbs total. I'm super happy with that. ( last time I gained almost 50 lbs so this time around I'm doing a lot better.) My doctor was extremely impressed I made it through thanksgiving and Christmas and only gained 2 lbs throughout it all. I was pretty suprised myself. 

Maternity clothes? Yep!

Stretch marks? No new ones.

Sleep? I sleep pretty good

Best moment this week? My birthday :)

Missing anything? Outdoorsy stuff. I would love to get some cross country skiing in. 

Movement: oh yes. She's a wiggle worm. Especially after I workout, she wants to keep working out after I'm done. 

Food cravings? Pomegranates. Asparagus. Peanut butter. 

Anything making you queasy or nauseous? Sugary stuff... Too bad I love it so much

Symptoms: baby moving, bigger stomach, get full really fast

Mood: happy but emotional. If I read or see anything remotely sad I bawl, if I lose my temper with Emma and make her sad I bawl, if I had a rough day I bawl. But I'm happy! Haha. I really am. I just have a hard time keeping back those ridiculous tears.

Looking Forward to: Ryan's birthday on Saturday! :)

Her "baby button"

She just about the only one who thinks I'm funny around here.

Comparing our bumps ;)

Happy birthday to ME!

So this year I actually decided to enjoy my birthday and let Ryan do some things for me.

 Usually, I refuse a cake or special dinner or anything like that.. I don't enjoy being the center of attention and with Ryan's birthday so close to mine we have cake and ice cream and go out to eat that week anyways. 

But this year I thought I might as well indulge :) 

The day was a normal day, I took Emma to the park, and just did my thing. 

Ryan came home from work and made me a nice dinner, steamed asparagus and golden rod eggs, just like I requested. He thought it was a little weird that I would choose that out of anything possible. But it's what I wanted so he was more than willing to accommodate a simple, healthy dinner :)

 I asked for an ice cream cake, I totally thought Ryan would buy one from DQ but he ended up making one! 

It was delicious. There's still over half of it in our freezer! There was so much goodness to it we couldn't take in much. It was super good though. I've been on this no sugar way of life, so all this cake and ice cream kind of made me a little nauseous and dizzy. But it was so worth it. :) I also ate ice cream for lunch. Because I wanted to.

Then we played with Emma and after she was in bed we snuggled on the couch and watched the Office. 

Nothing too spectacular. Just a simple day with the people I love, just the way I like it. :)