Baby Love: Week 15

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 15 weeks

Size of Baby: 4 inches long and weighs 2 1/2 ounces. He or she is about the size of an apple.

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I can definitely tell I've gained something, but won't know exactly how much for another week and a half.

Maternity Clothes: Nope. But I have given serious thought to busting out my two maternity camisoles, which are nice and long and oh-so-stretchy.

Gender: Still a ways to go before we find out, but something tells me boy. My bloggy friend Jennifer, who is due a couple of weeks before me, recently did several gender prediction tests and posted her results; just for fun, I may do the same in the coming weeks!

Movement: Not yet. I went to look back at my calendar from when I was preggo with Kaiser, and I didn't feel him move (with certainty, that is) until the day before I turned 20 weeks. I'm hoping and praying it happens much sooner than that this time!

Food Cravings: I did end up making the chicken salad I was craving last week, and I'm pretty sure the entire batch disappeared in two days. (I'm not even sorry.) I've also been quite fond of Ritz crackers this week, and on more than occasion have managed to devour about a half a sleeve per sitting. Yikes.

What I Miss: Hitting the treadmill for more that 10-15 minutes before having to hit the potty! I'm sure all the bouncing doesn't really help my bladder situation.

Sleep: I've still been getting a decent amount, uninterrupted, each night. I can hardly believe that I've only had to get up once in the middle of the night to use the restroom! (Maybe this means I'm not drinking enough water in the evenings?) However, there have been several nights when I've stayed up much later than I should, for absolutely no reason at all. The worst is when Brett is on call; I have such a hard time winding down and getting to bed when he's not here! Still need to work on that.

Symptoms: I know I had tons of dreams this past week, but until last night when I woke up I could never recall the details of any of them. Last night's, though, was a doozy. I was being pursued by John Lithgow, who was trying to kill me. You're probably wondering, "Why on earth John Lithgow?" Well, those who indulge in the guilty TV pleasure Dexter understand. Brett and I had just been discussing the show yesterday, so clearly it was in the back of my mind. I was trying to convince the police that the Ice Truck Killer was after me, which doesn't really make sense because Lithgow played the Trinity Killer. All that aside, what gave this dream an interesting twist was that throughout the whole thing, I could smell and was craving fried chicken. Yes, you read that right. My life is in danger. I'm trying to beat off a serial killer who is chasing me. And all I can think about is fried chicken. If that's not a crazy preggo dream, I don't know what is.

Best Moment This Week: Would you believe I have two?!?

1. Skyping with my cousin, Mel, who is expecting a her second tiny just one week and one day before me. (He/she will probably be taken by c-section in late September, though.) I got to see Mel's newly-popped belly (so, so cute!) and talk names (which neither of us will share beforehand--hehe!), moving our older kidlets to big boy/girl beds, potty training, etc. During my pregnancy with Kaiser, I was constantly shooting off emails to her with recommendation requests; after he made his way into the world, the emails continued, this time with "What did you do about ______?" questions. It's super fun to have due dates so close and to get to share our second pregnancies with each other!

2. The other night while Kaiser was playing in the bathtub, I asked him to show Daddy where his tummy was. He immediately grabbed his round belly and yelled, "BEBE!" We. Cracked. Up. It seems that somewhere along the line, with all this talk of the baby in Mommy's tummy, our poor boy got a little bit confused... ;)

What I Am Looking Forward To: Move, Baby, MOVE!