23 Weeks!

I can't believe we are almost done with our 2nd trimester!!!  :) 

This was a week of celebrations!  We got to celebrate Bridget's 30th birthday at Vidalia Restaraunt in DC!  :)  And, we traveled to WV to surprise Teri as an early birthday present!    We had lots of fun times in WV!

Our nursery demolition is still underway.  We picked our nursery colors and Kris is busy planning on how to build the closet! This weekend, he got to go to HARBOR FREIGHT with his dad and use an awesome gift card (from my parents) to buy a bunch of tools for his project.  Since we got back from the shopping outing, Kris keeps saying:  Tools...Tools....lots of tools...  :)  I think someone is excited!  :)  As I type this, he is trying out one of his new tools in the nursery!  :)

Kris and I have avoided baby clothes shopping because we knew we'd have a hard time walking away from all the cute outfits there are!  Buuuuuut....on our shopping outing-the boys went to Harbor Freight and the girls went to Macy's.  OMGosh...they have some cute clothes.  I could have easily bought 15 outfits there.  We had decided we wouldn't start buying clothes yet because we don't have anywhere to store them.  But there were these two outfits I just HAD to have.  They were "First Impression Asian Blossom" outfits.  One was a dress and the other was a winter outfit.  I was feeling very weak....so I called my mom (thinking SHE would help me regain control because certainly SHE understood that I needed some help with self control).  WRONG.  My mom just laughed at me and told me that the baby would need a lot of clothes!  :)  I told her I needed help with self control because it was too early for us to start shopping for clothes.  Her response?  Isn't Grandma with you?  Ask her to get it!  :)  HA!  I guess...TECHNICALLY she helped me gain SELF control...but now I know.... both Grandmas aren't to be called during (what I shall call: WMIS):  Weak Moments In Shopping!  :)  We had to go back through Macy's to leave, after dinner...because of COURSE the bathrooms were right by the baby clothes.  So...Gram Nodianos bought the dress I wanted so badly! They didn't have the winter outfit I wanted, but Gram Nodi said she'd look at another Macy's.  Based on my mom's reaction and Teri's reaction to my WMIS....I know that our little girl will not be hurting for clothes!

I continue to grow more and more and have outgrown all but one sweatshirt of mine.  I'm now on to Kris' clothes!  I feel like my belly button might be getting ready to pop...it feels really spacious and weird!  I've been doing more with stretching to help ease the pain in my back, but I haven't noticed a huge difference.  Thankfully, Kris is an amazing hubby and he gives me a back rub when I need it.  Our little girl has been kicking, punching, and rolling around more and more!  The kicks and punches are getting so strong!  Kris has been able to feel her more regularly and Teri was able to feel her this weekend! Some of the kicks even startle me!  She kept waking me up last night with her kicking!  :)  I love it though...so she can continue to kick away! The ONLY thing that is tough to handle at the moment is when she starts kicking my bladder...she makes me have to go pee IMMEDIATELY!  We had a mad dash at the mall to get me to a bathroom in time.  :)  Still, though...even that made me laugh! 

Here's a week 23 picture.