23 1/2 weeks

It was hard to get a picture of the beautiful varicose veins (spider veins?) on my face and chest, but here are some close ups.

Redish purple veins along my chin...Boooo!

Bright blue veins all over my chest...eeewwww!

Left side

with make up on this time, I'm pretty scare sans makeup or tan

Front view

My belly button is starting to poke out.

Right side

the side without the birth mark, or as my brothers used to call it, a 3rd nipple

23 weeks

Sorry no pictures yet. At 23 weeks, I've noticed that I'm getting a lot of ugly varicose veins or spider veins. I look like some mutant "Vein Woman". I even have them on my face. I really don't remember getting this veiny. I'm sure it's because I haven't been working out so my blood circulation is just not as good as it used to be (I'm guessing). I should take some close up photos of my veins today, just for documenting purposes. Besides the ugly veins, I'm doing pretty good. I'm not sick, I'm enjoying food (a little too much), and I've been making dinners again. I do miss my body and the feeling after working out really hard, but I'm excited for a little baby boy!

22 Weeks

I'm a couple days late, but here I am at 22 weeks. Thanks for all the name suggestions! We've found a couple names that we're liking, but nothing's certain yet (it never really is until the baby's born).

Things are still going well. I'm having crazy Braxton Hicks contractions and I am feeling this little dude moving around more and more. He always gives me a few kicks and twists before I go to bed every night. I pretend he's telling me "Good night mom! Have sweet dreams." I love feeling the baby inside me, it's definitely my favorite part of being pregnant.

21 Weeks

Yay! I'm half way there! I'm finally feeling how a normal pregnant woman should feel and I even got the OK from my doc to start working out again, well low intensity workouts. I started yesterday with a little Bi's and Tri's and then I walked all around Berkeley. I'm super soar today, but I'm feeling good. According to my last appointment (which was last Fri.) I now weigh 121lbs. That means I've gained 13lbs so far. The best thing is that the baby doesn't even weigh a pound yet, so it's all me and that tasty food that I've been eating. I'm really trying to enjoy this time being pregnant and I'm trying not to stress out over my body transformation. I know it'll be worth it! I've done this before, so it can't be too hard, right? Here are my silly 21 week photos.

Left side

Front side (covering open zipper)

Right side

For those out there who may have some boy name suggestions, I'd love to hear them. Mason and I are really having a hard time coming up with a "cool" boy name. We're stumped!

It's a BOY!!!

I never thought it was possible, but I'm so excited!!! He looks healthy and every thing looks like it's there, so I'm so relieved. This crazy pregnancy now kind of makes sense that it's a boy (so different from my other 2). Yay!!! Here are a few sonograms from today:

Foot

Profile

Scary Face

It's a penis

19 weeks

This week has been so much better! I haven't bled all week and I'm really having the urge to start working out again. I keep looking at my body and getting really frustrated, not so much because I'm getting fat, but because I'm losing all my muscle I worked so hard to gain. My atrophying muscles put things into perspective for me, not just with working out, but with everything: my testimony, relationships, languages...everything really. If I'm not continuously working to better my body, my testimony, my marriage, my Japanese; it is so easy to lose everything. No matter how sure I am about the Gospel today, if I stop praying, reading my scriptures or going to Church, I can lose my testimony. Same thing goes with my marriage, something I cherish so much and would never want to lose, if I don't show and tell my husband how much I love him, that love we have could die. I think you get the point. It's just been something on my mind and something I want to make sure I'm improving on. Anyways, tomorrow is an exciting day. I can't wait to find out if I'm having a boy or girl. I'll be blogging about it tomorrow, but for today here are my 19 week (almost 20 weeks) photos.

18 weeks

This pregnancy has been such a roller coaster ride, full of highs and lows. This past week was a low week. I had 4 longs days of constant migraines, vomiting and no sleep. It was absolute torture. I finally called my doctor and told her what was going down, so she called me in some narcotics. Thank goodness for some drugs, because Tylenol was not cutting it. I'm so grateful for a wonderful husband who took care of things while I was incapacitated. He really had a taste of being a single dad for a couple of days and I think he's grateful that I'm feeling better now too. This pregnancy has taken such a toll on my body and my head, which sure makes it hard to maintain a positive prospective. All I can do is have faith that this baby and I will survive these next 5 months. Well, till next week, enjoy my body transformation pictures.

It's getting bigger...

and bigger...

and BIGGER!!!

Hey Sponge Bob!