22 weeks

 

How far along: 22 weeks

Size of Baby Bug: Baby Bug is the size of a papaya; about 10.5 to 11.8 inches long and weighs about 12.7 to 20.8 ounces

Gender: It’s a boy! 

Movement: I think I have a little ninja in there! 

Sleep: Some nights are good others are bad. It is getting harder to get and stay comfortable

Food cravings: Pumpkin pie, soup and ice cream. So much for my healthy food cravings…

Food aversions: Greasy food

What I miss: Wine, wine and wine

Pregnancy side effects: Tiredness, being clumsy and feeling like I need to clean everything - now!

Best moment this past week: Spending time in Santa Barbara over Thanksgiving with my aunt and uncle and getting to spend a little time on the beach 

Looking forward to: The church Christmas Tea I helped to plan on Saturday!

21 weeks

 

How far along: 21 weeks

Size of Baby Bug: Baby Bug is the size of a pomegranate; about 10.5 inches long and weighs about 12.7 ounces

Gender: It’s a boy! 

Movement: I’m feeling more and more movement every week and I’m looking forwards to when Dave can feel it too

Sleep: Some nights are good others are bad. It is getting harder to get and stay comfortable

Food cravings: Pumpkin pie, soup and ice cream. So much for my healthy food cravings…

Food aversions: Greasy food

What I miss: Coke - it seems to be everywhere and I want one. But I fear if I give in I won’t be able to give it up again…

Pregnancy side effects: Tiredness, being clumsy and feeling like I need to clean everything - now!

Best moment this past week: My first (and hopefully not last!) prenatal massage. So relaxing! 

Looking forward to: Thanksgiving in Santa Barbara!

Touring Dave’s company

Normally the facility where Dave works is not open to the public but a few weeks ago they had a family weekend where us outsiders were invited to take special tours of the facilities. It was a rare opportunity to get to see some places where Dave works!

We weren’t allowed to bring cameras or cell phones onto the grounds so I only have the two pictures taken by the company (and later emailed to us) to show for our day.

Our first tour stop was the world’s most powerful supercomputer. We saw simulations of how the thing works and then we were able to walk into the giant room where rows and rows and rows of processors live. When I saw the station to have your picture taken with the computer I laughed. I mean, who in the world needs their photo taken with a computer? Well, apparently we do. And so did the other hundreds of people visiting that day. So here it is, our photo with the world’s most powerful supercomputer. It’s Christmas card worthy, don’t you think? Ha!

Then we were able to tour the building where the laser Dave works on is housed. We learned all about the laser, saw bits and pieces of different parts that makes the system run and saw the outside of the target chamber. Then we got our picture taken with a blown up photo of part of the laser system. Super neat, huh? ;-)

Even though I thought the photos of us with pieces of equipment were hokey (but at least now I can prove I was at the facility!) it was a lot of fun to finally be able to see where Dave works. I’m glad we got to go together and I can’t wait until they open the facility again so I can see more!

20 weeks

How far along: 20 weeks - half way there!

Size of Baby Bug: Baby Bug is the size of a banana; about 6.5 inches long and weighs about 10.2 ounces

Gender: It’s a boy! 

Movement: I’m feeling more and more movement every week and I’m looking forwards to when Dave can feel it too

Sleep: Some nights are good others are bad. It is getting harder to get and stay comfortable

Food cravings: Pumpkin pie, soup and ice cream. So much for my healthy food cravings…

Food aversions: Greasy food

What I miss: Coke - it seems to be everywhere and I want one. But I fear if I give in I won’t be able to give it up again…

Pregnancy side effects: Tiredness, being clumsy and feeling like I need to clean everything - now!

Best moment this past week: Buying a few outfits for baby because they were cute and I couldn’t help myself 

Looking forward to: Our 20 week ultrasound on Thursday (we’re praying for a healthy baby!) and my first prenatal massage on Saturday

19 weeks

How far along: 19 weeks

Size of Baby Bug: Baby Bug is the size of a mango; about 6.0 inches long and weighs about 8.5 ounces

Gender: It’s a boy! 

Movement: I’m feeling more and more movement

Sleep: Much better this week after buying my new memory foam pillow  

Food cravings: Pizza, soup and ice cream. So much for my healthy food cravings…

Food aversions: Fried food and BBQ sauce

What I miss: Lunch meat (not because I really love sandwiches but I just want what I can’t have), beer and wine

Pregnancy side effects: Tiredness, being clumsy and feeling like I need to clean everything - now!

Best moment this past week: Registering and looking at all of the cute things for baby

Looking forward to: Hitting my 20 week mark next week - half way there!

Halloween 2012

Ok, so I’m a little slow on catching up with posts, but at least I’m trying, right? Hehe!

Halloween was last Wednesday and it was a lot of fun! This year I was co-chair of our church’s Fall Festival along with some of my other good friends. We spent the last few months planning and preparing to invite the church members and community onto our church lawn to play some fun games, win fun prizes, participate in a costume contest, travel through our maze, play in the bouncy houses, go on a hay ride and eat some delicious food.

Our committee dressed up as “busy bees” so that people knew who to come to for questions at the event.

The night was a success! Over 400 people showed up to participate in the event and we also had over 150 volunteers help us to set up, work at games, cook food, build the maze and clean up. It was a great event to be a part of! Of course since I was busy running around at the event I didn’t get any pictures of the actual setup or event (oops!) so you’ll just have to imagine how awesome everything was.

Go ahead and ignore the fact that we were exhausted and all of my makeup had sweated off by the end of the night (when we took these pictures).

Happy (late) Halloween!

18 weeks

How far along: 18 weeks

Size of Baby Bug: Baby Bug is the size of a sweet potato; about 5.6 inches long and weighs about 6.7 ounces

Gender: It’s a boy! 

Movement: I feel little movements a few times a day and I love it!

Sleep: Not so good. I wake up after 3-4 hours of going to bed, can’t get back to sleep for 2-3 hours then only get to sleep for a couple more hours before having to get up for work

Food cravings: Pizza, soup and apples

Food aversions: Fried food and BBQ sauce

What I miss: Coke Zero, blue cheese, lunch meat (not because I really love sandwiches but I just want what I can’t have), beer and wine

Pregnancy side effects: Tiredness, being clumsy and being forgetful

Best moment this past week: Enjoying prenatal yoga… ahhhhhhhh!

Looking forward to: Baby “stuff” shopping this weekend with Dave