23 Weeks

Today is my second snow day of the year and it's 5:15 am. A good time to get caught up. Since week 17 the major happenings with my pregnancy have been more movement, the ultrasound, and pretty much just getting bigger. Some of my getting bigger has been due to the return of my appetite times 10, which is fun but 1) I don't want to have a ginormous baby 2) I don't want to have to buy new maternity pants! In one month, I gained about 8 pounds. However, I've been plateauing for the past week or two and my midwife told me not to worry about weight just yet. I had a week where I could make it to the gym and I had a carrot cake on my hands that I couldn't let go to waste.

20 week (5 Month) Bump

We also have started looking for childcare which I didn't realize how stressful it would be. We've visited a couple places that were way too expensive and a couple that had too much focus on the TV. The place we'd like is in Republic, on my way to work, but we're waiting to hear if they will have an opening. This place is run my two sisters out of their house, who also have their own children attending. They cook good food (non frozen/processed meals) and only have about 30 min of TV time for the older children. They would be willing to support cloth diapers, AND we wouldn't have to pay a holding fee throughout the summer while Craig and I have off. We're really hoping this works out.

The ultrasound was pretty cool. I had been feeling movements for awhile at that point and it was amazing to see some of the movements that corresponded with what I could feel. Craig hadn't felt any of the movements, yet, so it was nice for him to see the baby. There was one picture where the baby was holding a peace sign, but the printer was running out of ink and didn't come out very clearly.

I think I see Craig's eyes in this one.

Nico was interested in seeing his new brother.

Little baby foot.

This past weekend, Craig and I took a "babymoon" trip and stayed at a Bed and Breakfast in Independence, MO. We stayed at a place called the Silver Heart Inn. It's a B&B that is about 2 years old in a historic house. We ate out a Mugs Up, Thai Spice, and Vivolore. We also toured the Truman House, which is pretty neat because it remains in tact since Bess Truman died in 1982.  Dinner at Vivolore was great. I had roasted chicken bowtie pasta and Craig had a roasted duck salad. We also had coconut shrimp for our appetizer. Vivolore was a neat setting because it was also an art gallery/antique store. So, you could walk throughout and look at a lot of interesting items.

Dinner at Vivolore

Antiques at Vivolore

Antiques at Vivolore

It has been nice having these past couple of days off because we've been able to get caught up on some things around the house. We are so close to having the basement finished. The bathroom is working with the floor done and walls painted. We're just waiting on getting the floors done in the other rooms and then we'll just have the doors and trim to put up.