6 Months

I know its been so long since I've updated my blog but I honestly haven't had much to write about!! My belly is getting a lot bigger (as you'll see from the pictures) and our baby boy is kicking CONSTANTLY! I have a theory that he kicks more on days that I work out, and also when I eat chocolate (which is probably too much). So this weekend I took a break from my morning work out and I barely felt him, which started to worry me. He came back full force on Monday though and I really realized how much I missed him! I love sitting down and just feeling him kick and one of my new favorite past times is actually seeing his kicks move my stomach! Usually before we go to bed, Brian and I will sit watching my tummy moving and each little kick is so reassuring and so fun. It was about a week ago that I first noticed that I was able to actually see the kick moving my stomach and I really can't get enough of it now. He's my little buddy throughout the day!

I've been having dreams about him almost every night, probably because he kicks me throughout the night and even wakes me up sometimes (good practice I guess!) A couple have been scary, like when I had one that he didn't like me and I felt so underqualified for having a child! But most of them have been fun and I wake up feeling like I had just been holding him. One in particular sticks out because I just sat there holding him and smiling at him and he was looking up and laughing at me.

As I'm getting closer to my third trimester I'm noticing a few new things with my body. I'm getting a lot more tired, even on days that I get a good nights sleep. Also, I've noticed that I can't eat as much as I used to, but I need to eat every couple hours. Whenever Brian asks me if I'm hungry I'll say "Always!"

Here are some pictures that my sister-in-law Lynn took of us last weekend while we were visiting her and her family in Orange County. My family has been telling me for weeks to put up pictures of my growing belly and I have to admit I feel like I look even bigger now than I did when we took these pictures a week and a half ago.