23 Weeks; 17 More To Go!

Hellooooo week 23!!!! :) I am 23 weeks, 2 days today.

I can't believe how fast time is really flying!! I only have 17 weeks left!!!!!!

First Felt Kick
Sunday in between services we had a bunch of people over for lunch. At one point, myself and one of the girls from church, Natisha, were sitting on the couch when all of a sudden Sweet Pea began to twist, turn and kick up a storm. I could feel and see her little movements, so I signaled Natisha to have a look.

She put her hand on my tummy and within seconds, Sweet Pea gave her a little kick :) This is the first person to feel Little Sweets move. She let out of a shrill of shock, surprise and excitement. She couldn't believe she was feeling Sweet Pea move. It was really cute.


A Quick Run Down Of Where I am At Right Now Entering Into Week 23:

• My body is starting to change more. My belly button no longer looks like my belly button. What use to be a nicely tied, inward belly button is starting to become a flat surface the more my tummy grows and expands. lol
• I'm starting to have a hard time bending over to pick things off from the ground
• I get out of breath easily
• I can only see my toes when I stand up straight and look down at my feet
•  my leg hair takes forever to grow (PRAISE GOD!!! lol I don't miss the daily shaving one bit!! ha ha)
• The hair on my head is thicker and growing quickly
• My skin gets dry very easily (this could be as a result to the extremely cold temperatures we've had this winter)
• I haven't had any strange or weird cravings yet. I still fancy my fresh fruits and chocolate covered almonds for a treat.
•  I am still feeling very tired. I stay up as long as I possibly can, but I find 10:30pm is my limit. Come 10:30pm, I am crawling up the stairs to bed... lol
• I still get the occasional heel aches and pains in my feet and the off and on back/hip pain and discomfort
• Starting to suffer from 'Baby Brain'. lol I find myself having to make a list of reminders, To Do's or To Buy as my memory isn't as sharp. I'll sometimes be in thought, get distracted and then forget what I was thinking about a few seconds earlier. It is SO frustrating!!! lol

This past weekend, Nya and I headed to Ikea and bought the curtains for the nursery :) A nice, crisp, sharp, clean white.

I have spent the last several days driving around visiting stores and looking online for a beautiful white shag rug for the nursery. Everywhere I've been either doesn't carry white or the carpets are far too expensive. I've been looking for a particular shag too; the kind that is very silky and soft feeling.
In any case, today Nya and I stopped into Walmart after craft class to pick up a few ingredients for tonight's dinner. Even though I've visited the Carpet Department several times and have never had any luck, I decided to swing through on my way to the Hardware Department.

As we turned the corner into the carpet isle, my heart hit the floor. Right there on the shelf was a white shag rug; the only one I've ever seen there to date. We strolled up to the carpet and it had a 'REDUCED' sign in front of it; reg $129 on for $89. I could not believe my eyes!! I thought 'Is this you God?? Did you set this up for me??' lol.

It happened to be the exact texture shag I've been looking for too; the silky, soft type.

I loaded that bad boy into my cart as fast as I could.  With a smile ear to ear and a few high fives from Nya, lol, we headed to the check out counter two very happy girls. lol

I am SOOOO excited to wash the nursery floor tonight and lay that beautiful area rug down. I am over the moon!



All that's left to do in the nursery now is move the furniture and rocking chair in, wash all her little clothes and put them away. Aside from the accent pieces and pictures for her walls, her room is pretty much all set to go! How exciting!!!!!!!!

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