22 Weeks & Nursery Bedding

I am 22 weeks pregnant!! Only 18 more to go before we meet our son! He has really started moving and kicking a lot this week. I can feel the kicks from both inside and if I put my hand on the outside of my stomach. Aaron will rest his hand on my stomach at night when I lay down and our little guy just starts kicking up a storm. Of course he does this usually when I am laying down to go to bed! He does move around during the day but not as much. I just started feeling a lot of pressure down low. I wonder if it is him moving lower because it feels like a lot of weight pushing really low.

We have another ultrasound scheduled for Friday. At our anatomy scan we had at 19 weeks (when we found out the gender), they were able to get almost all the measurements they needed except a few heart pictures. Baby Upp fell asleep after about 40 minutes of the exam and wouldn't move out of his position so they could get the heart measurements and pictures so we have to go back. I don't mind at all since I get to see my little guy again! I love ultrasounds so we can see him moving around and make sure everything is going well! I am also going to ask them to double check the gender just to make sure it really is a boy before we paint the nursery!

I went shopping with my mom to look at bedding sets for the nursery and found a set I just love! We bought it and have already set it up in the nursery. It looks great!

Aaron and I continue to talk about names. We have a few options but nothing is decided yet.

Nursery Pictures:

22 Weeks :

21 Weeks

We are more than halfway to meeting our son! Baby Upp is moving around a lot more. I can feel it throughout the day and when I lay down in bed at night he kicks quite a bit before I fall asleep. I can usually feel it from the outside too but sometimes I feel it inside without feeling it on my stomach. Aaron felt a kick today! I still feel great! Just tired :)

Week 21 pictures:

20 weeks

Well, I think I finally "popped." My stomach is officially a baby bump. I am wearing mostly maternity clothes, still wearing some of my regular dresses, skirts and sometimes shirts but definitely not pants. I went back to work and am keeping up with my needy first graders. Surprisingly, I am no more tired than I usually am the first couple weeks back to school. First graders are exhausting but I was worried about being especially exhausted due to pregnancy however I am feeling great. I really have no complaints! My feet are tired by the end of the day, but I think they always are :) No new symptoms and actually most of my other symptoms have gone away - no more headaches, haven't had round ligament pain in a while. I am only having the occasional sciatica pain and backaches. I'm hoping things continue this way. Loving this pregnancy!

Week 20 pictures:

19 Weeks

One more week until I'm "halfway there." I definitely have a baby bump now that feels like it's getting bigger each day. It's becoming more and more defined as a bump. I know see what people meant when they said tall people take longer to show, because everyone else I know that has been pregnant already had a clear bump at this point. No new symptoms. I am still feeling very fortunate to have been blessed with a great pregnancy so far. I could not have asked for a better pregnancy. I really have not had many symptoms, no sickness, just some exhaustion and minor aches and pains (back, sciatic nerve, round ligament pain). Nothing too uncomfortable.

At 19 1/2 weeks, I felt the first movement. I was laying in bed and felt a thumping feeling. I have actually felt this before, a couple days prior and then a few days prior to that and considered it may be the baby but I wasn't sure. It happened so quick and so infrequently I didn't really know what to attribute it to. Laying down when I felt it was so amazing. It was a little thump and then happened again a few seconds later and again. The next morning Aaron had his hand on my stomach and it happened again (I felt it internally right away) and he actually felt it on the outside too! It is so amazing to feel our little baby moving in there!!

Week 19 Pictures: