Five Months!

I am 22 weeks along, which means I've almost completed five months of pregnancy! It's gone by fast when I look back on everything. I've been feeling better lately. This last week I was battling a cold: sore throat, cough, congestion. Now I just have the cough left over that wants to keep hanging on. So I sound worse than I actually am. You know how that is. I took some Tylenol products while I was sick, but they didn't seem to help much. I even took a NyQuil pill one night to help me sleep, and it did work. I slept through the night and didn't even get up to pee :) I also bought these sore throat drops to ease the pain, and the temporary relief was heavenly. There was one night last week where I woke up every half hour in a coughing fit. My throat hurt so bad and it was so dry that I had to get a drink. But then I felt like I couldn't keep it down cause I was coughing so bad. I slept on the couch so Josh could get some sleep. It was a rough night, but it was only that one time, so I am very grateful. I was still able to enjoy Thanxgiving with the family, which I talked about in a previous post.

The baby is doing well. I feel him move every so often, and I always like those times. I can't wait until Josh can feel him move too. My belly has been more itchy lately, so I know that means I'm stretching out--bring on the lotion! My belly button is shallower too I noticed one day. I found it kind of funny. I mean, I know it's supposed to happen, but it's humorous to read about some of this stuff in books and then a few weeks later watch your body experience it. I'm more off-balance these days, so I have to take it slow when I'm getting up from a crouched position and things like that. According to my readings, this kid weighs almost a pound by now. Oh, speaking of pounds, that's going well too. I've developed a pattern of gaining two pounds one week and then nothing the next week. Which is ok, as long as I'm consistent. This week I lost a pound, but that's probably cause I was sick.

In non-baby news, we are pretty much done our Christmas shopping. We are waiting for some things to arrive by mail, and then I can start wrapping gifts! I love doing that :) I started to freak out about what to get Josh, because I haven't thought about it at all, but he reminded me that we already gave each other gifts. We went to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and we'll be going to a dinner theatre that's doing White Christmas next weekend. I told him I'd probably get a couple small things to put in his stocking, and he then asked me what I wanted in my stocking, and you know what I told him? Candy! Oh yeah, ya gotta have some candy in a stocking, right? Anybody who knows me knows that I love candy ;) FYI, chocolate and peanut butter is the best combination ever!

Alright, I'll leave you with my belly pictures for this month. Tootles!