20 Weeks

It's so hard to believe that I'm already half way through my pregnancy!  I remember thinking at one point that I could never imagine being 5 months pregnant.  Even when people ask me how far along I am, it's hard to believe when I tell them "I'm 5 months pregnant". I also remember reading forums and looking at other women's bumps thinking "Wow, I can't wait till I begin to show or start feeling the baby move".  Now that I've finally made it to that point in my pregnancy, it has been absolutely wonderful.  I now look at my body and embrace the transformation that it has gone through.  Although tipping the scale, I feel truly beautiful.  Centered in my soul - steady in my mind - and full in my heart!  I could not be happier of where I am in life and I'm sure that Josh has a lot to do with it.  He has truly made this pregnancy so easy for me.  He tells me how pretty I am when I need it most.  He makes me laugh like no other and most importantly he lets me sleep in :) I love him more and more everyday for that!  Ok, my hormones are kicking in, time for a new paragraph! Geez!

Ok, so I'm not sure what the hell happened to my appetite this week, but I just cannot stop eating!  I feel like my appetite just took a bunch of steroids!!!  I want to eat every 2 hours...no, not snack, but eat a full meal.  I tried to ignore it by just snacking, but that was just a complete joke!  I just got even more hungry.   I've finally just given up and "scratched the itch" if you know what I mean.  I've weighed myself and I'm surprised that I haven't really gained anything.  I think that walking 3x's a week really helps!  Thank you, Jesus!  Although, I'm sure that I will eventually get heavier, but I like where I am now (pouty face)!

I think my short term memory has been hindered a bit with this pregnancy!  I've heard that this is called pregnancy brain!  Ok, I feel like I have a hard enough time focusing already and the addition of pregnancy brain is not a good combo for me!  I feel like I'm not as sharp as I used to be when it comes to certain things.  I've gotten a few texts from Josh saying that I've put Russy's dry food in the fridge (for you non dog owners out there, dry food does NOT belong in the fridge!).  I've also left the fridge completely open over night.  Left the faucet running in the sink...I'm just a hot mess lately!  Oh, and forget about learning peoples names!  With my line of work I meet new people all the time and when they introduce themselves to me I'm usually pretty good at remembering their names, but now I'll forget 2 minutes into having a conversation with them!  It's sad really...

Since I've been showing a lot more I've had people touch and rub my tummy.  I know that there are a lot of women out there that don't feel comfortable with this, and that's totally understandable.  For me there is something about the power of touch that is very healing...when people rub or touch my belly I know that it's a touch of love, kindness, and caring...it makes me smile and happy to know that Brandon will be loved and cared for by many people and I can just imagine him smiling while people are rubbing him :)

Brandon so far:

Size:  10 inches long from head to heel

Weight: 10 1/2 ounces

According to babycenter he is swallowing more these days, which is good for his digestive system.  

20 weeks and 6 days