expanding belly

OMG pregnancy brain strikes again! I couldn't remember my blogger password for the life of me. 45 minutes later, here I am with a new one. I drive Daddy-Bear crazy with my pregnancy brain. Im constantly mixing things up. Im say White Spot when I mean Wendy's, or Burger King when I mean A&W, Earls when I mean Milestones, right vs left.... He should know what I mean though haha. Ok we do eat out a lot, but I do attempt to eat healthy food. I made myself a yummy fruit smoothie this morning, and am about to make a turkey sandwich with avocado, lettuce, tomato and swiss cheese.

I thought I would post a couple pics of my ever expanding belly ( and double chin eecks). The first was taken April 10th ( just after waking up) and the second one was today May 16th. Wow, quite the difference. On April 22nd my waist was 32"and now I am 33.5" ish. Thats about belly button level, the narrowist part of my waist.

On Mothers Day I went to Home Depot, and the girl at the till said "Happy Mothers Day" to me. I was so excited. I actually look pregnant. Its funny, every time I walk passed another pregnant lady, we stare at eachothers tummies.

Daddy-bear and I went swimming a couples days ago. Its the first bit of exercise we have had in awhile. It was fun. We will have to go more often. Its a bit of a squeaze, fitting into my bikini, but what can a girl do. As I floated in the pool, with my ears under the water, I wondered if this is what it would be like in the womb. Daddy-Bear went in the hot tub, but wouldn't let me go in, I was only allowed to put my legs in. I said 5 minutes wouldn't hurt the baby, but he is right, better safe than sorry. He is so adorable when he gets all worried and protective :)

Speaking of... He felt the baby move for the first time last week. They weren't super strong kicks, so I think he is still questioning what he felt. I love when she is moving around a lot with strong kicks. Although sometimes she kicks what I suspect is my bladder, or some other internal organ, and well, Im less a fan of that haha.

I wish I had super strong cravings like some women get. I have the hardest time deciding what to eat for lunch or dinner. Well, I do have some. I just went through a spell of wanting tartar sauce all the time. Mcdonalds makes the yummiest tartar sauce. Ooh Wendy's had some really good tartar sauce and a yummy fish fillet burger, but they are no longer selling it :( booh hooo. Other than tartar sauce, I crave any type of asian food. I had some terrible chinese food the other day that cured my chinese food craving for sure ickkk.

ketchup

Stats
I started at 5'6", 120lbs and waist was about 27-28"
That was 5 months ago
now 32" waist, last week it was 30
weight gain - 15lbs, I think,
I have been scared to weigh myself since my last weigh in, so Im sticking with 15 lbs. I am at a healthy weight, and I know its just a number, but oh boy its hard seeing your weight go up.
*edit April 23rd- weighed myself this morning -20 weeks and 4ish days preggers,
weight gain 14-15 lbs

I was really craving fish and chips today! Ok not so much fish and chips, more like tartar sauce. I didn't have any though :( I know its bad for me and baby, but mcdonalds has some yummy tartar sauce that I dip my fries in, yum yum yum.

I had a bit of a melt down a couple weeks ago when going through the McD's drive through. I have this thing with ketchup, I love it. It drives me crazy when they forget to put some packets in the bag. I checked when we got to the window and there were only 2 packets. I asked for more, and the guy told me they only allow ONE packet per meal now!!?!?! Ummm what, are they struggling that much that they can't afford to give out ketchup. Uh oh Pregnancy hormones took over. I ranted at DH all the way home. I even looked up their website cause I was going to email them and ask "whats up?" hahaha DH laughed and said he should video tape my rants and put them on youtube. I do think it would have been a hilarious youtube video, I was a bit crazy. Honestly, I don't get upset vey often, but for some reason when I do, its over the silliest things.


I went to the mall today, cause my clothes are getting tight. Plus summer is around the corner and I could use some colour in my wardrobe. I didn't find anything though. Oh well next time.

On the drive home the baby and I played "patty cake". The baby kicked, so I tapped back on my tummy, and the baby kicked again, we did this for a couple minutes. Earlier today the baby felt like he/she was doing summersaults.

I am so excited to be pregnant, but it wasn't until I started getting a belly and felt movement that it really hit me.... we are going to have a baby soon. I can't wait to hold my little birdie in my arms, but I want to enjoy every minute of being pregnant.