22 Weeks

Incredible. These pictures will never not be weird to me, I don't think. Last night, as Scott was taking the weekly profile pictures, I lifted my shirt for the bare belly shots as I do every week. Last night, though, his eyes got really big and he waited for a minute before he took the picture. "Wow. That's really big!" he said. This is one time in my life that he's allowed to say something like that. I like it.

I've been feeling great this week. Frequent movements from our little girl give me lots of peace of mind, and I'm starting to feel more connected to her as I know she can hear me and I can feel her. I sing to her and talk to her and read to her all the time. It's so special.

I've had an absolutely insatiable appetite. Absolutely insatiable. I eat constantly and even if I should get full, it doesn't last long at all.

A few days ago I was feeling so much movement and pressure, too, that I actually thought something was pressing up against me from the outside. I looked down and instead of seeing something pressing on me, I saw a humongous bulge on my baby bump. She was repositioning herself, apparently. Then for a couple of days I didn't feel her moving nearly as much, but I had a stomachache.....and then yesterday the stomachache went away and I've felt her almost constantly since then. Yesterday I actually tried to take a nap but couldn't because she was moving so much!

We're getting more and more excited, and it's seeming more and more real.