Doctor Fun

We had another Doctor appointment this morning, and have no real "news" to report other than things are still looking great! The baby's heartbeat was 147, which is right on with where it's been, and I'm measuring at 22 weeks. I was pumped about that (being 23 1/2 weeks and all...and still swaying from my trip to the scale) until the Dr. said, "Give it until the next appointment...you'll make it up." Bummer. So much for pretending to be petite! :)
But things are good, baby is healthy and I'm apparently "text book" at this point. Can't complain about that!!!

23 weeks and officially 6 months!

Here are a couple of pics from last night...we've been getting a lot of requests for pictures! And sorry that the first one is a little "off" but I was trying to take one of myself before Erik got home. Who knew that the camera strap would make the kitty so frisky? :) But he walked in the door just in time for the second shot!

The shirt shook. :)

So I've seen it on other pregnant women, and was fully aware (and excited) that it would happen to me, but I have to say....it is HILARIOUS! My shirt moved on its own for the first time Wednesday night. :)

All of a sudden those little flutter kicks are KICKS and are not only capable of being seen, but are capable of moving clothing! Now about 20 minutes after I eat, I get to sit back and enjoy the fireworks. Such fun! It just makes me giggly every time it happens. We might have to rename "Monster" and start calling him/her "Thumper"...

Get out your rulers!!!!!

Our kiddo is now 10 1/2 inches long!!!!! How insane is that?? And Erik and I snuck into the clinic this afternoon to hear the heartbeat (a fun date). Going strong about 150. :)
Status quo and happy.
And one day soon we'll paint that nursery...

Jack o' Fatty and Halloween!

What a difference 2 weeks makes is all that I can say.  I've officially gone from tiny, hideable bump to BLAM!  Tummy.  Kinda fun, and kinda overwhelming all at once.  So I'm including a shot from our 20 week + 2 days mark, as well as Halloween costumes from this weekend.  

Erik was a space cowboy,

 and I made an "oven" and strapped it to my belly.  Get it? :)  It's hard to tell from the pics, but there were all sorts of clever buttons we drew on there like bake temp "98.6" etc.  

Happy Fall everyone!!!!