23 Weeks: Hello 4AM on a Saturday

Well, this is a new symptom.....not sleeping! Hello crack of dawn Saturday morning! I have literally spent the last hour tossing and turning in my bed trying to get comfortable and get my mind to turn off so I could go back to sleep. Around 5AM however, when the Katy Perry song "I'm Wide Awake" began to make it's way into my brain, I decided enough was enough and I got up to start what is going to be a very long Saturday. I thought I'd watch the news, drink my one cup of coffee, and update this blog. Well guess what? The news isn't on yet! I'm up before the news! I'm not alone though, baby girl is kicking and I have fat kitty to keep me company.

Here is fat kitty sitting with me at 5:30

Well enough about me! What about my sweet baby girl? We are at 23 weeks and she weighs over a pound! I love this encouraging quote from my what to expect book. Andy and I both got a kick out of it (him more so then me) " Beginning this week baby begins to pack on the pounds (which means you will too!)" So encouraging! That's OK, I suppose if it means Annalise is growing healthily inside me I'll take one (or 5) for the team! It also says she has hanging skin and is transparent. Her movements are getting pretty consistent, which leads to me freaking out when I don't feel her move all day. I read it's normal to go some days and not feel her especially if I'm active, but I still like to feel the wiggles and kicks so I know she's doing well. 

Here are some 23 week pictures (22 weeks and 6 days technically)

Today marks the start of a busy weekend/upcoming week for Andy and I. It's moving day!!! We are moving into our Town Home and I couldn't be more excited! I hope everything goes smoothly for us and as planned. We already had a big Oh shit moment when we walked in after signing our lease yesterday. It is more space then we have now, but not as much as we expected. Because of this we are no longer able to take my Nana and Poppie's dining room furniture set. I'm super bummed, but there's just no room. Not to mention, in preparation for the move and the acquiring of the new dining set Andy sold his favorite kitchen table on Craig's list. So now we are without a table. It'll be OK though. We shall make it work! We ended up leaving and coming back with a measuring tape and actually blocked out and measured where everything was going to go, which helped. I am very exited about today and am looking forward to decorating and making a home with Andy. And then in 4 months (time is flying) bringing home our baby girl to live there.