22 Weeks

Here's the new update! Yay!!! I am officially past the halfway point and that is super exciting for me. I am also in the last week of my 5th month soon to be starting the sixth month! I can't wait to meet this little guy! On the other hand, I can wait, cause there is still so much to do before he arrives, for him and us :) As of late I have been feeling a LOT more movement. He usually is pretty quiet most of the morning and afternoon and then around 4 he starts to get a lot more active for the rest of the evening. We have an active little one, that is for sure! It is very cool that Matt can now feel his movements too, provided he is in the right place at the right time.

I am experiencing a few new pregnancy symptoms, such as swollen feet! I have more energy than in the past, though I am definitely more limited than normal in my activities and energy levels. I do have my moments of weepy-ness and irritability, much more so than normal but not as constant as in the first trimester. God bless my husband for putting up with me, I love that man.

As for Parker himself, he is developing his senses, he can taste what i eat through the amniotic fluid, he can here voices, loud music, loud movies, see light if shined on my belly, he is also practicing his grip and his sucking reflex.

We have gotten our registries pretty much solidified, so that is one thing we can mark of the to do list. We are registered at Babies R Us and Target. Also, I have done my part in the baby Shower invitations. Another check! We are actually having 3 Baby Showers. A little insane, but I really wanted them to be semi intimate so that I could see and talk with everyone there. So, rather than having one HUGE gathering, we just split it up as follows: June 27th Family baby shower in Spokane (co-ed), July 11th friends baby shower here (women only), July 25th local family and family friends shower (women only). My cousin Courtney is organizing the first one in Spokane, My friend Christina is doing the friends one and Celeste, my sister-in-law, is doing the one on the 25th :) I'm so excited for the opportunity to see all of our family in the Spokane area whom we don't see nearly enough! Also that my Mommy will be at that one!!!!! Wohoo!! Anyways, there are still a lot of things to check off that list, but it feels really good to at least have started knocking a few things off of it :)