22 weeks - Feeling Great and Updates!

22 weeks today, i feel like i should be further along though!  Some days i just feel like he's never gonna get here and then i look at my checklists for what i should be doing and when and all i think is "there's not enough time!"  I've been on cloud 9 the past couple days.  This past monday i had another checkup and had another u/s so the tech could make sure his heart chambers looked good b/c the last one he wouldn't get into the proper position.  Everything still looks great and we even got some great profile pictures.  He's so cute!!!  I know, but he is!  I wanted to talk to whomever i was meeting w/about my weight gain again, but when she came in she (a midwife i hadn't met before) was kinda weird and didn't say anything about my weight, so i didn't talk about it.  I will talk about it next time b/c i'll be meeting w/a dr i haven't met yet and just want to make sure i'm doing ok w/my lower calorie eating plan.  This morning i weighed in at the same weight i did last week, so i'm thinking what i'm doing is working, but if i don't gain anything next week, i might not be eating enough.  I'd just like to get a dr's opinion on it all though.  But its so nice to hear that my baby is doing so good!  Unless there's any problems, that should be the last time we see him before he comes out.
Other then that, i've just been getting ready for the holiday.  I'll be doing a lot of baking next week and also making a big baked ziti dish for x-mas eve dinner at my parents.  Its the 1st time i'm doing that, i'm so nervous.  I know i make a really good baked ziti, but i feel like the pressure's on!
I start really working at rite aid this friday.  I've gone in 3 days already just for training videos though.  This friday i start training on the register, i'm excited and nervous.  I hope this extra money really is as helpful as i need it to be.  I still haven't told them i'm pg, but i will soon.  It just hasn't needed to come up yet.  I thought about it and it really shouldn't affect my work at all, so hopefully they take it well.  I've worn fitted tops there a few times, so either they already think i'm pg or just think i'm fat.

My great aunt and uncle bought us our crib.  It was delivered last week and we put it together on sunday to make sure it wasn't scratched or missing anything.  It came out beautiful!  Its in our bedroom right now b/c we have so much work to do in his room, we didn't want it to get ruined.  I just hope it makes it thru the bedroom doors!

I ordered a bunch of maternity clothes from old navy and those came in yesterday.  I love everything, but the 2 dresses are too big and i'm sending them back for smaller sizes.  I'd really like to get out to this maternity thrift store very soon for a few more basic tops, maybe another pair of jeans, and probably even a winter coat b/c its becoming harder to zip up the ones i have.  I don't know why i thought i could go thru the whole winter w/o needing a maternity coat.


My weight is up about 17lbs., i weighed in this morning at 117.4, so that's a really good change.  I actually weigh the same i did last week, so i guess my new habits are making a difference.  But again, i'd like to talk to my dr about all of this to make sure i'm not undereating (although i don't feel like i am) b/c my baby is still the priority.  I've been really good about keeping my calories between 1700-1800 6 days a week and getting all my workouts in.  Actually, last week i was extra busy and wasn't able to get in all my workouts, yet i still am doing good w/my weight gain.  It just makes me feel so good to know that my changes have made a difference.  I feel so much better about it all then i did even a couple weeks ago.  I do feel like i still look bigger then i should, but i don't care anymore

I'm still getting more bloated as the day goes on, but i haven't really felt too gassy lately which is a welcome change.  The heartburn comes and goes, some days i don't even get it at all.

I'm having more trouble sleeping.  Its more that i end up waking up a lot on my back, so i guess its my body's way of telling me to roll onto my side, but it wakes me up a lot.  My energy levels aren't up at all, but i just wonder if i could get a full, solid nights sleep if that would help at all.

Feeling him move everyday now.  Its funny, sometimes it feels like gas bubbles, sometimes it even tickles a little.  Its awesome to feel him!  R finally got to feel him on the 5th.  He seemed to really like that, but has only felt him 1 other time.  I know a lot of people say that when they eat sugar it makes their baby go crazy, but sugar makes me feel sick and b/c i watch what i eat, i just don't get to eat it often enough to do anything.

My mom and i might be going on the 27th to finish up my registry in the store.  I finished everything i'm gonna do online and even have it set up in my real name now.  But i need to add more stuff and need to do it in the store.  So much to think about!  It is nice to have a lot of it done though.

My lower back has been bothering me a lot lately.  I asked for a massage for an x-mas gift, i hope someone got it for me b/c i'll be going asap!  I try to do stretching and use heat patches here and there, but i really think a good massage would be nice.  I hope something helps b/c i know this is just gonna get worse!

I've been getting a lot of leg cramps.  Sometimes I go to stretch my legs out in bed and can feel about i'm about to 'pull' something.  Even just walking sometimes i'll all of a sudden get a sharp pain in my calve(calves).  It does suck!  I'm ready to be done w/that part of all this too.  I just don't want it to get worse.

That's about it for now...