Where Have I Been All This Time?

So you've probably been wondering where I have been for the past few months! Well....I've actually been quite busy! If you don't already know hubs and I are expecting Baby Boy Bennett in December 2012!!! We're soooo excited especially after having struggled for nearly 3 years! It's been quite an experience and I think I've come to the conclusion that I'm not one of these women that LOVE being pregnant! I'm actually quite far from it! The beginning started out quite rough. Not so much throwing up but definitely that queasy feeling and not being able to eat MEAT! I felt awful for hubs because I just flat out couldn't cook anything for dinner that involved meat. THANKFULLY we are over that phase and I'm loving anything food right now!! :) I also had a few months bout of headaches non-stop. DARN hormones! But we're over that now to and just absolutely loving life and feelign FABULOUS! I'm currently 25 weeks almost 26 and counting down the days until we meet Baby Boy! He's been moving all around like crazy, and especially at night time when daddy gets home from work! Our favorite night time ritual is getting into bed and putting daddy's hand on my belly and letting him feel his acrobats going on in there. I call it hubs' bonding!!

Here is my baby bump at 22 weeks!!! :) I've been doing quite well with the weight gain all along, keeping it at steady 4-5 pounds a month, but at the 6 month visit earlier this week I gained 9 pounds! Holy man! I asked my doctor about that and he reassured me that a 9 pound weight gain at month 6 is actually quite normal because months 6 and 7 seem to be the time when you gain the most weight. PHEW! I was starting to get nervous! :) I go for the glucose screen in about a week and half and I am dreading drinking that awfully icky sweet orange drink in 5 minutes! Can't they seem to make these things at least somewhat enjoyable? Ok, enough about how baby and I have been doing! I was so excited to finally start shopping and registering and most importantly getting his room put together! We went shopping for furniture quite a few weeks ago just to get ideas. Well low and behold when we inquired about furniture at Buy Buy Baby we were informed the bedroom set we liked takes 16-18 weeks to order. WHAT THE HECK? That long for furniture?!?! Well needless to say once we heard that we bought it that day and they actually had that set in stock so we ended up taking it home. I tend to be a little impatient so of course as soon as I got it home I made hubs put it all together! Mom and Grandma spent a day a few weekends ago painting for us while we were out of town. You know how those paint fumes aren't good for baby! I absolutely love the colors and how it came together and my favorite part is how the furniture looks! The room is still not yet complete, I have a few more things I want to get settled in there, but take a look at the "somewhat" finished product!

I'm getting more and more anxious to meet this little guy! And all I can think about when he keeps me up nights is who will he look like? Will he have daddy's eyes, mommy's lips, daddy's nose, mommy's personality??!?! I guess we have at least 14 more weeks to wonder! A good friend of mine suggested I start blogging more, so I apologize for the long drawn out entry today, but I promise to make a better effort to blog on a regular basis! She's definitely been my inspiration to start doing it again! :) Until next time.....