For my documentation. Mainly.

I have blogged before about about my 

utter lack of putting things down in baby books,

scrapbooks, and such. I have had the most luck

with keeping up with this blog, surprisingly,

and even that has not been all that great!

I thought I go ahead and put something

"on the record"

for this pregnancy.

Don't worry, its likely that this could

serve as 1 of just a few updates on being pregnant.

I know most of you have much more interesting things

to read about than my being pregnant.

I am about 24 weeks and SO ready to 

move on into the "ok she is clearly pregnant" look.

I still just look like I ate 1 too many burritos.

This week, I actually started to feel like a pregnant person.

My feet/legs really started hurting. I had never

had that happen in my past 1 pregnancies,

so that got me really freaked out about the possibility of swelling.

I really really really do not want to swell. It seems so miserable! 

I have also never been at this point in pregnancy during

this time of year. 

Super early on (like 14 weeks) I started feeling the "quickening"

but since then, not much movement.

I feel sweet girl each day, but not that much at all.

All I can say is thank goodness for that!

Kensington moved all the time. Non-Stop. 

I would always tell people when I was pregnant with her,

that had I been pregnant with her first and then Anslee,

I would have been in constant worry, because comparatively Anslee

moved like 1/3 as much as Kens did!

She seriously moved and kicked and punched all day long.

 I associate all that fetal movement to

her colic and unease, I guess. So, I am taking

what seems to be a calm natured pregnancy this time around

as nothing but a BLESSING! Certainly still

praying each day that she be born with a temperament

that matches the status of the pregnancy.

This pregnancy has been pretty easy, as were my past two,

and very textbook. 

From what I can tell, at this point, I am carrying a bit differently, but I attribute that

to my weight gain, which happened all before I got pregnant.

(Thanks for that due to pregnancy w/ Kens...and I even nursed her after she arrived!)

Strange I know, but at this point, that is where it has stayed.

I joked with some friends that I felt pregnant in my arms

and face mostly. Maybe that is why I am

refusing pictures this time around.

 Right now, I fear having this baby early. No real

basis for this fear, but its a real fear. 

I have my babies early, but I don't want to be too early.

I have too much to do and want this baby to 

be at least as squishy as my Kens was ( 6 lbs 8 oz is huge in my book!)

when she was born.

I am working out about 4 days a week ,not able to push

myself as much as I would like, but at least I am moving.

Things that need to be done:

Take away kensingtons pacifier.

Get a bedroom ready for the girls to share.

Get the girls prepared for room sharing.

SLEEP.

Change out 2 letters for new baby girls initials in the current nursery.

Come up with a middle name for baby girl.

What I love:

sno cones and milk.

I know you were all dying to know that too.

Ok! Now I will have something solid to look 

back on when I think about my 3rd pregnancy many years from now!