25 Weeks

25 weeks

I have reached (and gone past) the 25 week mark!  I can't believe that it is already 1/2 way through October and I am almost 2/3 of the way done.  While it doesn't feel like time is going by really quickly, I do feel like it is going by at a good rate.  I'm sure I'll be singing a different tune come the beginning of the year, but for now I am happy with how things are going.

There are some really fun things that have happened in the last little while that have helped make being pregnant seem more real:

1. The baby kicks me all the time!  Mostly when I am sitting still, but other times throughout the day too.  The other day, I was sitting on my bed with my hand on my stomach and I felt a little movement right under where my hand was!  I watched for a few more seconds and she moved again and my hand moved too.  I called Covey into the room and had him watch my stomach, hoping she wasn't done kicking.  She didn't disappoint and Covey saw my stomach move too!  At first he accused me of flinching, but I told him it wasn't me.  As if to prove my point, baby girl kicked again.  Covey thought it was pretty neat that he could see her moving from the outside, and I had to agree with him. :)

2. We bought a crib and set it up.  We actually did this a few weeks ago because there was a good crib on sale at Walmart (it was a good brand too) so we just bought it.  Covey was itching to set it up, but there were a bunch of other things in the way so we had to wait until those were all cleaned up before putting it together.  We still don't have any bedding but I am hoping we'll get some when I have a baby shower.

3.  Baby clothes!  After we found out that we were having a girl, we went to the store and bought a couple of outfits for her.  They are so stinkin' cute and I can hardly wait for her to wear them, even though one of them won't even fit her until about a year from now!  I've received a few gifts here and there from family and friends and it is a lot of fun to think that what they are giving me is for a real little person who I've never even met, but is with me all the time.  (I find myself talking to her sometimes, especially in the morning when I'm trying to motivate myself to get out of bed.)

Unfortunately, there are a few things about being pregnant that I am not so happy with:

1. My clothes don't fit--either at all, or not the way they are supposed to. I am at that awkward in between stage with my clothes where I'm too small for maternity clothes and too big for all my other clothes.  People keep assuring me that I am a "cute pregnant lady" but some days I sure don't feel like it.

2. I can't sleep at night!  I literally wake up in the middle of the night (or early morning as the case may be) WIDE AWAKE, even though I am tired as can be.  Yes, yes, I know we're going back to the whole "it'll prepare you for when the baby is here", but I don't buy it.

3.  My internal temperature is all screwed up, especially at night.  My poor husband doesn't know what to think about it all.  When before, I was the one cold and needing extra blankets, now HE is the one who needs the extra blankets and it's all I can do to stay cool at night, even with the temperature turned down and a fan blowing in our room.

4. Bellybutton issues.  I never thought of myself as having an innie or an outie bellybutton but ever since about 15 weeks or so, my bellybutton has slowing been making its way outward.  I'm not such a huge fan of this.  Bellybuttons are weird to start with and having it poking out for all the world to see is kind of awkward.

I'm sure there are a few other things that could go on both of these lists, but I can't seem to remember them.  Darn that pregnancy absentmindedness!  But truthfully, I have really had a great pregnancy.  Sure, I feel sick sometimes, can't decide what to eat (even though I'm hungry all the time), can't sleep, can't fit into my clothes and my bellybutton protrudes.

BUT...

I wouldn't trade it for anything because Covey and I are having a baby girl in January!  :)