22 weeks!!!

i am really starting to feel pregnant now and my belly has popped!  while i still consider myself to have an easy pregnancy i am definitely dealing with new aches and pains i didn't have with bowie.  maybe it is me getting older, maybe it is chasing a toddler on top of being pregnant or maybe it is because all pregnancies are different!  either way i am slower this time around!  it has been a good week, but this mama is going a bit stir crazy.  it is cold and we have had a bit of snow.  nothing that has stuck or lasted more than a day, but enough to make me want to stay warm inside and make the roads a bit more dangerous for driving.

the one day it did snow the night before the roads were too dangerous for jarad to drive into work, so he worked from home and boy am i glad he did.  out of nowhere i got very dizzy, weak, head achy and nauseous.  i had just sat down to eat a bowl of oatmeal and it came on suddenly.  i got chilled and went upstairs to run a bath.  i texted jarad from upstairs to let him know i didn't feel well and he came up to check on me.  i was shaking and needed to level out.  he gave me a candy to suck on thinking i may have low blood sugar.  i eventually got out of the tub and layed in bed but knew i was gonna throw up, and i did, and i felt much better after.  i took a nap and it mostly went away.  i was so scared that i got another stomach bug, but i think i ate something bad, or maybe it was a funny pregnancy symptom?!?!  i knew when it hit me that i wouldn't be able to take care of bowie and i got so weak so quick it was scary.  i am so thankful my husband was home to take care of me and bow.  that is really the excitement for the week.

our company has left and we are getting back into some normalcy after traveling and guests, however we have grandma coming at the end of the week!  baby boy is moving around so much!  my urge to nest, clean, organize and throw crap out is in overdrive!  i am hoping my mom can help me with some of this when she comes soon!  she wants to do a house project, but really there is nothing that i want to do, other than paint.  but the rooms i want to paint are the master and the guest room.  and i don't think it is a good idea for me to sleep in a freshly painted room, so we will wait on these until a better time.  i am dreaming of getting a house cleaner to do a thorough and deep clean before the baby comes!  and i am compiling a master list of all the things i want jarad to do around the house before we are zombies again.

i haven't been sleeping great at night, my mind seems to be racing.  and my snoogle body pillow is not working well for me this pregnancy.  it is taking up too much room in the bed and with lots of blankets on top i am feeling a bit weighted down and hard to move.  i am realizing that i am beginning to need some support when sleeping, so i ordered a wedge pillow for my belly and am excited to try it out when it arrives this week!  i think that i have finally put back on the weight i had lost, and will officially start tracking my weight gain from here on out.  haven't had any cravings or aversions, for the most part i feel like i eat normally, but i have noticed an increase in appetite recently. 

baby milestones...

~baby should weigh over a pound now, but about one-seventh of the final birth weight
~movements are deliberate and with purpose of preparing its motor skills and coordination
~baby has hair on head but it is white since the pigment has not developed yet
~skin is still translucent
~brain is beginning to go through a period of rapid growth and development
~uterus is about an inch above the belly button
~baby is about 12 inches long in length
~baby sleeps about 12-14 hours a day
~baby's pancreas is busy creating its own hormones
~baby is the size of an eggplant