15 Weeks

Terrible photo in sweats - but it was 15 wks on the dot!

Out celebrating Cyndy's birthday!

• How far along? 15 weeks.
• Total weight gain: -3 lbs. I lost about 5 pounds the first trimester, and it’s been slow to add back on the last few weeks. I’m okay with this pace. :-) 
• Maternity clothes? Just bottoms. I have a couple regular pairs of jeans/dress pants that work if I leave them unbuttoned. But I am really struggling to find good, comfortable, affordable maternity pants!
• Stretch marks? No, and I’ve been slathering on the lotion.
• Sleep: Is easy so far. It’s the soreness/general ache of muscles in my torso when I get up again in the morning that I need to get used to.
• Best moment this week: Feeling our baby move!! Thursday night I was about to go to bed and I felt this little fluttery feeling. I pushed on my lower stomach where I felt it, and it did it again. We went back a forth a few times before I flew out of bed to tell Aaron. I was so excited to be feeling the baby and interacting with it! He thought it was bullying that I was poking at it. 
• Miss Anything? Feeling like myself. I’m either nauseous, tired or sore regularly. I miss just feeling normal.
• Movement: A teeny bit.
• Food cravings: Nothing major. Got some baguettes yesterday and I was dying to get them in the oven today for warm, crusty bread and butter!
• Food aversions: Garlic. I love it, but baby doesn’t. I feel so sick after I eat it.
• Gender: Unknown… and it’s going to be that way until October!
• Labor Signs: Ha, thank God no.
• Symptoms: See above.. Nauseous-ness, puking, gagging, sore hips/back/entire torso, tired all.the.time.
• Belly Button in or out? In, but getting shallower than it was!
• Wedding rings on or off? On.
• Looking forward to: Assembling the crib we bought, getting a bigger belly, and our 20 week ultrasound in May.