HALF WAY THERE!!

Oh my goodness!  I can't believe we are at week 20!  Halfway there!  :) 

So...you know that I have discovered a huge love of sweets.  The problem is that I have allowed this love to overtake me!!  I was eating upwards of a dozen chocolate chip cookies, a 1/2 pint of icecream, and multiple candy bars every day...ignoring my protein, calcium, and vegetable requirements.  :(  I didn't really think too much about it until the other day when I realized that all that junk food was going to our little girl.  And that the fuel I was giving her to grow was all crap!  That made me sick to my tummy!  So...like a normal over-achieving Chamberlin female...I got it together.  I made a checklist of all the foods I need to have on a daily basis, made a chart of suggested food items in each group...posted it on our fridge.  Every time I eat/drink something, I mark it down so I know where I'm lacking.  To go the extra mile, I even put the nutrition facts about my three worst problems: Chocolate Chip cookies, Twix candy bars, and my Ben and Jerry's ice cream in hopes that seeing that will help me moderate my "problem." So far, I've had 4 good eating days!  Here's a picture of my food chart!  :)

Something funny...for most of my adult life, I've worn "mini people" sized clothes...or kids clothes.  My typical size was XS.  Well...I've grown out of my XS sweat pants..so I got S sweat pants...grew out of those...so I got M sweat pants...grew out of those.  SO, I decided to buy for projection...and for the first time in my life I bought XL sweat pants.  :)  And...I love them!  They are so comfy!  :)  The funny part is that the rest of me is short....so I had to HEM the sweat pants by over 6 inches each leg!  :)  HA HA HA!

Yesterday, Christmas officially ended.  We took down all our decorations.  :(  It made me very sad while we were doing this because I love Christmas and all the decorations.  But, it hit me:  The next time we take these out, our daughter will be here!  That is so exciting!  It's so hard to imagine!!! 

Also, last night while we were watching "Angels and Demons", our little one started moving around a lot...so I put Kris' hand on my tummy and he could feel her!  That was very exciting because he hasn't been able to feel her in a few weeks.  :)  I'm looking forward to more daddy and baby bonding moments where she kicks him around!  :)

Tomorrow, we get another sonogram so I'll update with some pictures then.  For now, here is my week 20 belly picture!  ...and can I ask:  do these pants make me look fat?  ;)  HA HA HA!!