23 weeks

Me and peanut #2 at 23 weeks.  We are both growing!

I'm happy to report that this little one moves MUCH more than Lillie ever did.  Although that doesn't say much, because I rarely felt Lillie move.  At this point she seems to be in a routine... and I'm pretty set in my own routine so it works out perfectly!  It has given me high hopes that she will come out ready for a schedule and looking a little like me.

Speaking of, I've gotten into a major hot chocolate morning routine... which is definitely a pregnancy thing.  I try to make it at home or I stop by Starbucks for a tall, nonfat, hot chocolate with no whip cream.  You should see the stares when I order that day after day.  It is hilarious.

I settle into my desk by 8:30am and right around 9am when I'm finishing up my hot chocolate this little one gives me a kick or two.  It is like the chocolate just woke her up- and she is saying good morning.  Then between 1pm and 2pm I usually feel a little squirm.  And then again around 9:30pm when I'm sitting down reading, writing or watching TV- I think she is settling in for the night too.  It is such a blessing and sweet reminder of the little life growing inside of me.

Brad was only able to feel Lillie move once or twice- so I'm hopeful that he will feel this little peanut move much more!  It is really hard to feel my little girls move from the outside, because my placenta is located on the outside wall (called: anterior placenta).  So, when they kick and squirm it oddly feels like it is all going on in the center of my body!

I could not love this little darlin growing inside of me any more than I already do!