22 & 23 weeks

This weekly posting thing feels like all the time! Time for a little recap.

Hiking with friends in the rain!

This picture is from Nancy Reunion. If you are not familiar with Nancy (and really, blog readers, if there are any of you, you probably are familiar...), the name refers to my ten college modmates. We lived in Mod 9C, which we thought sounded like Nancy, so that's how we collectively refer to ourselves. We spent four lovely days reuniting in Keystone, CO from July 4-8. That picture is from the one hike we did. It was a wildflower hike, but most of the nature we noticed was rain and then that lake behind us.

Then I went to the beach (Garden City, SC) with Ross's whole extended family. It was awesome. Mostly we sat around enjoying the beach, talked to each other, and gorged ourselves on seafood. Exactly the way I want to spend a beach vacation.

Ahh, the beach.

View from our balcony

And here are my most recent pregnancy updates:

Ross & I at the beach

How far along? 22 weeks (updated Sunday, 7/15)
Weight gain/loss: On my bathroom scale, +15... which doesn't surprise me because I ate a LOT of food on vacation, but still seems like maybe too much for this point. Time to get back to my regular meal routine and increase the exercise.
Feeling: Still great.
Maternity clothes? My maternity jeans are fitting slightly less ridiculously and my non-maternity elastic-waist shorts are fitting less well, but I can still wear them.
Sleep: Hasn't been great this week.
Food cravings: None, but I read "Do Chocolate Lovers Have Sweeter Babies?: The Surprising Science of Pregnancy" at the beach this week and it turns out that daily chocolate-eating moms-to-be do have babies with sweeter temperaments at 6 months. So I've vowed to eat a little bit of chocolate every day. I know, what a sacrifice.
Movement? Ross finally felt movement on Saturday night!
What I miss? Sleeping on my stomach. I don't think I'm going to get to do that again until after he's born.

Best moment this week: The whole week was awesome - it was beach week!

What I'm looking forward to: Starting to get the nursery together. I need to buy fabric soon.
Next Appointment: End of July.
Milestones: Baby can hear my voice and heartbeat and can see light through his closed eyelids. He probably weighs about 1 pound now.

New haircut!

How far along? 23 weeks (updated 7/22)
Weight gain/loss: Haven't checked.
Feeling: Starting to feel like my abdomen is getting a little crowded.
Maternity clothes? Still perfectly happy in my non-maternity t-shirts and maternity pants.
Sleep: Better since I've been home.
Food cravings: After having a sample of Noosa yogurt at the Dillon Farmers' Market, I had to buy some at Target. Good stuff.
Movement? All the time.
What I miss? Sleeping on my stomach is still the main thing.

Best moment this week: I cut all my hair off!

What I'm looking forward to: I've been looking for outfits to bring baby Ezra home in, which is fun. So cute.
Next Appointment: End of July.
Milestones: Taste buds are developing.