St. Pat's, our Craigslist adventure and the picture for week 20 :)

St. Patrick's day was lovely, especially because the Peoria Catholic schools have the day off :)  This is mainly because so many of them are in the Parade downtown.  So I enjoyed morning Mass and a spontaneous morning nap on the couch because I never get to do that and because I sorta didn't have a choice when the eyelids closed.  I'm sure some of you understand!  That evening we spent a relaxed dinner with Joe's parents, aunt and uncle eating Reuben sandwiches and lots of other wonderful things. 

So earlier this week Joe found a great travel system on craisglist.  We've been trying to figure out what we wanted for a while now and was pretty psyched to find this brand at this price with only a year of light wear.  So we drove to Springfield to go buy it and are so excited about our first large baby purchase :)

Last, but not least is our picture for week 20 so you can see how big I am.  I told a mom at school this past week... sometimes I look down and just think, wow, I'm going to get bigger!  Baby's starting to kick me, I think.  It's so light right now and sometimes it's just like someone is rearranging my insides.  That might sound weird, but it's the best way I can describe what I'm imagining is baby somersaults.

God Bless!

Half way there!

Ok, I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks that time is flying in regards to our little baby's arrival. All of a sudden we're halfway to Aug. 4th. The reality of what I'm half way toward is starting to set in... the responsibility, the wonder, the, um, pain?!

I do finally have a belly that says, "I'm pregnant" not just, "I went all out for every holiday in the past 4 months." I'm feeling better as well, the almost constant carsickness of months 1-3 is gone for the most part. I haven't had a "Preggie Pop Drop" in over a month. They are awesome by the way. Not a cure all, but it definitly helps! (I don't buy from this website, but it gives you an idea of what I'm talking about, I found them in an alternative pharmacy here in town. http://www.threelollies.com/ )

I keep reading about what's going on inside me at this point, so far all Dr appts have gone well. Little One seems to be active, everytime doctors try to find the heartbeat we have to move around to stay with it :)