Pregnancy Update

Here's the baby belly all dripping sweat after planting window boxes with the kiddos. We are officially in month six now. {Hurray!} This is by far the happiest stage of pregnancy.


A few notes:


* My most serious food cravings are bruschetta, Caesar salad and fruity yogurt. I can't help myself. During the other two pregnancies I wanted pasta and milk every single night.


* I went through a wild nesting phase that only lasted a few weeks. I hope it returns, because I have some house-wide deep cleaning and file reorg to do. Plus, we need to design a boy/girl room for Buby and Bleu next month. Any ideas or inspiration... please send my way.


* It's important to me that the children have an amazing summer... and not see me as tired or sick or less fun because I am growing a baby. We're such an active family. {Already Bleu is mad that I can't pick her up constantly.} So we continue our daily adventures, and I involve them in everything. I'd love if they took occasional naps though so I could rest.


* I'm exhausted by dark. I can usually doze off between 9 pm-10 pm, but then I'm up until 3 am. Insomnia stinks. The upside is that I'm uploading a TON of photos after midnight. {So the grandmas are happy.}


* My OB informed me Monday that I gained 22 lbs in 22 wks. I'm the same with each pregnancy. A pound a week for 40 wks. We laugh about it every time they weigh me.


* I really have no other symptoms. I may be singing a different tune after August, so I'm savoring in the meantime.


* My uterus has grown to the size of a basketball. The baby is over 12 inches long but only weighs about 2 lbs right now, so he/she has loads of room for kickboxing.