23 Weeks: Grapefruit

How big is baby: Baby is the size of a grapefruit this week (10.5-11.8 in and 12.7-20.8 oz).  Apparently, during these weeks, they start to measure the baby from head to toe.  Previously, the average size was measured from crown to rump...that's the reason for the range and no change from last week.        

Weight gain/loss:  Not sure from last week.  

Stretch marks: No.

Sleep:  Things are going a little better here.  I've finally figured out a few good positions with my body pillow that seem to be helping.  

Diet/Cravings/Aversions:  The usual. Fruit.  Pizza.  I am eating SO.MUCH.WATERMELON.  I guess it could be worse :)

Exercise:  YMCA.  It has been in the high 90s/100s here so walking has pretty much been out of the picture.  I've been trying to make it to the Y a couple of times a week.

Gender: We'll find out in October!  

Movement: Aaron finally got to feel Baby T!  The little stinker only gave him one good jab, but at least he got to feel something :)  Baby will move around like crazy and as soon as one of us puts our hand on my belly, the movement almost completely stops.  

The belly:  Definitely there!  I ordered a few maternity tops from Old Navy last week.  I'm just waiting for them to arrive now.  My weekend shirts are long enough that they still work, but I have very few work shirts that can stay in the rotation.

What I'm spazzing about:  Nothing really this week.

What I'm loving:  Getting more and more crossed off from our list of things we need to do before October.  We ordered our glider on Sunday.  We found a store in Ann Arbor that sold the line so we went there to test it out.  LOVE it.  And it will be a good living room chair too once we are done having kids.  We made a day out of it and went to Zingermen's Deli for lunch and hit up IKEA on the way home.  We found a small lamp and a few storage bins at IKEA for the nursery.

I'm so happy that Aaron got to feel a little poke too :)  

And we also (well I started a while ago, but Aaron finally jumped on the boat) started discussing names.  We came up with separate lists and we compared and actually have a few in common.  I was convinced all of his would be completely off the wall, but they were actually really cute (there were just a couple that I nixed right away).  Unfortunately, he did not like my top girl name :(  He said it reminded him of a porn star name.  What?!?  I won't say the name just in case I can get him to change his mind (we want it to be a surprise).  

Symptoms:  Sore hips at night.  HORRIBLE heart burn last night.  I have no idea what I ate that caused it, but it was bad.  I took tums which did nothing.  I finally just had to walk around and stand up trying to wait for it to pass.

What I'm looking forward to:  My doctor's appointment tomorrow!  I can't get enough of hearing baby's heartbeat :)  We are also ordering our crib this weekend (I think).        

Best moment of the week:  Aaron getting to feel the baby kick :)