17 weeks

 Where is the time going? 

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 17 Weeks

Size of baby: Baby M is the size of an onion!

Total Weight Gain: 5 lbs

Maternity Clothes: Just bought a of pair of maternity jeans and I am LOVING them!

Gender: We shall find out when this little bundle of joy arrives

Movement: I think I felt the baby move this past week : )

Sleep: I'm so tired - that I sleep pretty good!

What I miss: turkey sandwiches and raw sushi

Cravings: no real cravings, rather just hungry ALL the time

Symptoms:  serious pregnancy brain and tiredness

Best Moment this week: feeling the baby move

Here are some other bump pics from the previous weeks:

Please excuse the excessive wearing of the long sleeve white cotton tee and the PJ's in week 16, what can I say, I go for comfort now not style.

Along the lines of baby, I am in a constant state of feeling like we should be doing baby-type things.  You know the researching of strollers, cribs, car seats, etc, but my goodness the world of researching these things is like a total black hole.  There is soooooo much and it can be so overwhelming.  So I stick to online shopping that involves looking at baby clothes and saying "O.M.G how CUTE!" 

In other news, I am almost done with my M.Ed program, yippie!  My last day in my second grade classroom will be December 10th.  As much as I am looking forward to graduating, I also realize just how sad I will be to leave those 22 seven and eight year olds.  I have told them that I will be leaving and it is constantly followed by questions like, "Mrs. M are you finally graduating high school?" LOL.  They are so cute and on some days truly challenging.  However, the endless amount of cards and hugs I get make up for everything.

Mr. M and I put our house in NC back up for rent, as our renters move out January 31, 2011 and we need to stay in the Northeast for the hubby's job - so we shall see if we can it rented again.  However, with me being preggo we have set a deadline for ourselves to say that if our house in NC doesn't rent by 1/15/11 we will be making arrangements to move back into it.  And although most of you know, we would LOVE this, right now just would not be the right timing as the husband would have to be traveling up to his territory (Northeast USA) 3 times a week.  Not so great, especially with a newborn.  Oh well, it is out of our control.  God has a plan for us and we both feel secure knowing this. 

I can't believe Thanksgiving is in 5 days!  Where has the year gone?  We (preggo Me, my better half, and the dog) will be driving down to NC to spend the holidays with my dad, brother, and sister.  I am so looking forward to the holidays - I do every year.  The food, the family, the decorations, and watching Christmas movies.  I feel so thankful for all that I have in my life and try to remember those things on a daily basis, as I realize just how blessed we are. 

Hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday!