22 Weeks

How far along: 22 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: + 12 pounds

Sleep: First half of the week was good. Thursday was a great night! I only woke up once and that was with the super strong winds we had that night! But Friday-Sunday was not so great. I think I may have over done it a bit during the day and gave myself some pain in the lower back. I’m really hoping this is only temporary.

Best moments: Went to the doctor on Friday and everything looks great! I measured great and the heartbeat sounded good.

Movement: Every day!

Symptoms: Still have heart burn (especially when I eat spicy foods) and the back pain now.

Maternity clothes: Checked out the store that was on the news last week, Rung. Huge disappointment! I did go back to the Purple Cow though. I would say that is the best place in St. Louis that I’ve found. I’m just going to have to check back regularly for more stuff. I didn’t buy anything there this week though. I also went to Old Navy on Lemay Ferry where they have a whole maternity section and got a couple tops for when the weather starts to get nicer.

Food cravings: I guess Auntie Anne’s pretzels. I bought a make at home kit a while back, and made them yesterday…soooooooo delicious! Also, I really wanted Imo’s on Friday so Steve and I went there for no meat pizza and salad!

Food aversions: Nope.

What I'm eating: Turkey sandwiches, pineapple pizza, grilled cheese and soup (these 2 were my Lent meals on Friday), grilled chicken, salad, oranges, apples, chicken fajitas, milk, cereal, OJ, juice!

Exercise: A little bit better this week. The nicer weather helped with that. Lots of walks with Mario and I even joined my mom & aunt at the mall one night on their daily walk. I also did my yoga this weekend which really helped my back feel better afterwards.

Gender: BOY!

What I miss: I’m really enjoying almost everything about being pregnant (minus the back pain)!

What I am looking forward to: This weekend we are headed to Ikea in Chicago!! I’m really hoping we can get lots of stuff for the house, especially the baby’s room. There is some great shelving & rugs I want to look at for the baby room and lots more (just can’t remember right now). Hopefully, I’ll be able to share all of our great finds next week!

Milestones: We ordered a crib and dresser! I spent a lot of time looking at every crib on Target, Babies R Us, Wal-Mart, simplybabyfurniture.com, baby blogs, modern baby furniture websites and really did struggle (like that is a surprise) choosing one! When it came down to it, we wanted a modern crib, but not at the modern crib price! Some of these cribs I’m talking about are $500-$1,000 just for the crib (double that for the crib and changing table or dresser drawers). After reading lots of reviews we went with a line I found on Walmart’s website! I was surprised to find such a modern crib at such a great price, especially on Walmart’s website or all websites. We should have it by this weekend, and hope to get started on assembly soon! I only ordered the crib and dresser drawers (which we will make into a changing table), but here is the whole set!