23 Weeks

My sense of time is all distorted. I thought it was over a month since I took that last picture, but it was only 2 weeks ago! Oh well, here's a belly shot two weeks later. I was getting pretty bummed that I didn't have a cute belly yet, but I do believe it's growing. I'm just growing all over which is kind of disheartening.

23 Weeks - Jul 22
21 Weeks - Jul 8

Baby's Room part I

Here's the baby's room at this phase. It took us forever to get the other furniture removed and put downstairs. We had a Rubik's cube going on. The basement had to be rearranged before we could put that furniture down there. Anyway, we got it and then painting took several weeks. It took a lot more paint than I thought. Baby Buttercup is the color and it turned out really well. I oiled the hardwood floor with lemon oil and got it looking spiffy again. We got my old crib (complete with teeth marks) from my folks last week and are well on our way to making a nice little nest for the baby. I got a rug that I"m going to keep in plastic for now in case I find something better in a bigger town. That's the sucky part about living in Pierre--zero options for anything. The next big purchase I'm after is a dresser/changing table. It's so nice to finally start putting this room together!

First kind of strange craving

I'm not sure I'd really call this a craving because I don't think I'll be eating it again. I have had some stuff like that during this pregnancy. I would fixate on a food that I hadn't thought of in a long time and I just had to have it: Dilly Bars from DQ, Totino's party pizza, Chef Boyardee Ravioli, Ramen Noodles.

Not to worry, though, I am balancing these infrequent food freak outs with healthy doses of water and fruit.

But today we had ice cream at work and I decided on the spot that crushed up plain potato chips were the only thing that would complete it. I added some caramel sauce on and then, for good measure, some strawberry sauce. It was worth it.

20 1/2 weeks

Ok, well here's a picture. I have an earlier one somewhere else and I'll post it when I find it. I don't really look all that pregnant--I just look fat. Nevermind the look on my face...it was 7:30 in the morning!

4th of July Weekend

Here are some pics from this past weekend on the lake in ND. I didn't take too many pictures except for few hours when everyone was boating.

A few more wedding pictures - behind the scenes