19 weeks

*I hit the 19 week mark , but I seriously feel like I'm 6 or 7 months pregnant. I tried on a maternity dress for church on Sunday that I wore with Morgan when I was about 5 or 6 months pregnant and it was so tight around my rib cage I couldn't get it off and started to panic that I was going to have to cut it off.

*I feel like I have finally hit a stride where I am feeling really good with some motivation to get things done. On the flip-side of that, I am finding my patience is pretty thin these days and I have to keep reminding myself that my children will eventually grow up and become nice adults who probably don't want horrible memories of their mother yelling at them all day long. I never wanted to be a mom who yelled at her kids all of the time.

*My appetite has definitely kicked up a notch - I have to be careful with that. I feel really ravenous, but then I eat a little and feel full really fast. Not much room in the old tummy I guess. I've found myself watching the Food Network a lot more though in my spare time and am constantly telling Riley about all of these great recipes I want to try. Last night we had a "clean out the fridge" night and I made BBQ chicken sandwiches and deep fried zucchini. Yummy pregnancy meal right?

*I have to be really careful when I bend down or pick things up now. I have noticed that sometimes I get these weird pulling sensations on the sides of my stomach that are kind of painful. I don't know if I ever had those before with my other two pregnancies. It has been difficult for me to lift Morgan around and reign him in when he is looking like he is going to sprint off somewhere in public. It's amazing how much you really use your stomach muscles that you aren't aware of normally.

*I've noticed that if I'm listening to music or around loud noises I can feel lots of baby movements. I think that is interesting becuase Morgan and Kendle both did that too and they are both music lovers (and both very loud). Coincidence?

*Last night when we went to go play some soccer we were playing 2 on 1 - me and Kendle against Riley. I know Riley was probably taking it easy on us, but I have to say I schooled him a few times by stealing the ball from him and scoring. One time in particular he was thinking he was going to beat me down to his goal and I kicked the ball away from him and sent it down to Kendle at the other end so she could kick it in our goal. We had a lot of fun and I probably ran too much - I was very tired. He told me, not bad for a pregnant lady. Ha!

Can't believe I will be 20 weeks next week and we'll get to do our ultra sound. We're so excited!