23 weeks on a rainy day

It is pouring rain here in Fairfax today so Bentley and I are cooped up inside for now.  The thunder storms here are FREAKY!! The severe storm alerts on tv don't help calm my nerves either.  Definitely not the dry air and sunny skies I'm used to back in Utah.  As scary as the thunder storms are, though, I secretly love them! I love the sound of the rain pattering on my windows and the smell of fresh rain is always a delight. Sometimes when a storm is about to roll in, Kory and I go out to the porch and sit on our plastic chairs and watch as the rain starts to fall.  I usually get too nervous to stay out once the thunder booms but Kory will stay out and watch until he gets damp.  This is definitely something we'll have to take advantage of in Virginia since Utah's storms are little more subtle. Anyway, today is one of those rainy days and I'm going a little stir crazy stuck in this apartment all day.  Luckily, I have my  new blog to entertain me for a while. :)

Yup! That's me at 23 weeks pregnant.  I planned to take belly bump pics every week wearing that white shirt in each one, but it hasn't really happened. Oh well, I still have about 17 weeks to go so there's still time to take lots of pics! 

At 23 weeks pregnant I still have the nausea... boy is it annoying!  I shouldn't complain too much because it was so much worse during my first trimester and now I can actually eat normally and do pretty much whatever... besides brush my teeth. Gross, I know.  But I still do brush them, just very, very carefully. I've been taking Zofran in the AM and vitamin B and Unisom in the PM to keep the nausea at bay and it seems to take off the edge.  At first I felt really guilty for taking medicine while I was pregnant but then I soon realized the Zofran made it so I could keep my food down and since I felt better I was in a much better mood.  I decided that nutrients for myself and the baby and a happy mama were both really important so I kept on with the Zofran.  But I  still really hope I can quit taking it soon. 

As far as cravings go, I'm kinda boring.  There hasn't been one food that I just HAD to have or anything like that.  I mean, I like some foods more than before, like Wendy's chicken nuggets (yummmm...), hamburgers, spaghetti, and lately I can't enough cherries.  But I'm not going to kill anybody for them. I'll just take them whenever I can and be happy! 

Let's see, what else.... oh baby names! So far Kory and I like these names: Mac, Nixon, Noah, and CJ.   CJ would be after Kory's brother that passed away, Collin. But we're not set on one name yet.  I want to meet the little man before I name him.  What if I decide to call him Noah and he comes out looking like a Mac? I want to keep my options open, ya know? :) 

Between the fresh stretch marks I just discovered and the nightly leg cramps I've been having, pregnancy hasn't been as fun as I thought it would be.  But when I feel that lil peanut dancing away inside of me I can't help but feel thrilled and blessed to start a new family.