It’s 17 weeks and I am less married to the couch, so it’s about time I start chronicling the fun adventures of growing butter bean number two!

How far along? 17 weeks!
Total weight gain/loss: 4 pounds
Sleep: I sleep like a complete rock, so hard that when I wake up every muscle and bone in my body is stiff and I walk like an old lady for a good hour.
Best moment this week: Watching Maddox’s eyes light up when he heard the baby’s heart beat at my last appointment.
Movement: A little flutter and poke here or there.
Symptoms: Hot mess. Sums it up. Hungry one minute, eat a cracker, so full I could explode, then hate all food. Nausea because hubby cooks onions, so tired, then so amped up, hips are so sore, I’ve already got a nice little waddle/limp going on…I could go on, but who likes a whiner 😉
Food cravings: Cookies, cakes and more recently a big five guys hamburger, that I would totally regret if I actually ate.
Food aversions: Onions, rice (this is totally weird, I can’t even stand the smell of rice), cereal, basically any bread, I think I want it, then totally hate it once I eat it. Oh, and this one is really bad, water, I can hardly drink water and that is so not me.
Gender: We find out Oct 28th…I’m so impatient!! I had a dream last night it was a boy…we will see.
Labor Signs: Nope! Totally shouldn’t be at this point.
Belly Button in or out? Outish, I blame this on the fact that it is totally stretched out from my first pregnancy.
What I miss: Starbucks coffee, turkey sandwiches and the ability to drink a ton of water.
What I am looking forward to: Finding out the baby’s gender!

Thanks for reading girlfriends!!

-Brooke