20 Weeks!

At this point, my major "symptoms" are that my back and hips are achy.  It's hard to find a comfortable position while laying down.  I soooo miss being able to sleep on my stomach.  Also, I get painful leg cramps at night, and occasionally, I'll see my feet swell a bit.  My appetite is here and I don't have any food aversions, but I'm definitely not constantly eating either.  Michael still needs to remind me to eat every once in a while.  And most recently, my stomach is now starting to itch.  I put on cocoa butter lotion, but all I think it's doing is making me smell like a candy bar.  I hear it's supposed to help with stretch marks or itching...I guess time will tell.  Other than that, I'm still waiting for the baby to kick hard enough to feel on the outside.  I can only feel her flutters of movement on the inside for now.  Michael talks to my stomach all the time and encourages her to kick.  It's pretty funny.

Anyways, time goes by so fast!  I can't believe that I'm at the half way point of my pregnancy.  And just think-- in just 20 more weeks, our baby will be ready to come out of my tummy and come home with us!

Speaking of coming home...Michael and I have been hard at work clearing out our second bedroom so that we can turn it into our little girl's room.  The room was previously an office/store room...and it was FULL! My sister has been so helpful because she's been here helping us clean, sort, and haul car loads of unwanted and unneeded items to Salvation Army.  There were things too that I wish we had room to store until we have a house....but we're trying to keep only what's necessary.  It's not even just the throwing away and giving away that's the hardest part...it's the loading/unloading in the pouring rain that makes this all so inconvenient.  :(  This week, apparently, Southern California is having the biggest set of rain storms it's had in over 10 years.  All the streets are flooding, and it's almost too scary to go anywhere.  But since this is our week off and our only chance to clean...we don't have much of a choice.

Anyways, once we get the room cleaned out we can start setting up the baby's room with some furniture.  Michael's sister & brother in law, Nicole & Branden, have graciously offered to let have their crib and several other baby items.  To top it off, they're even going to deliver and help with assembly! We couldn't be more excited or thankful!