Did somebody say celery?!?!

Me and Seth are SO excited! Now that I'm showing and I can feel some movement it's just all hitting home. I am in my 18th week and will be finding out the sex of the baby in 3 weeks, just in time for some holiday shopping! They're never too young for you to teach them how to shop.

My stomach literally appeared out of nowhere! The weird part is, as large as my stomach is getting, I HAVEN'T GAINED MORE THAN ONE POUND!!! I don't know how that's possible, but of course, I'm already feeling like a cow. (I know I know, it only gets worse!) The Dr. says the lack of weight gain is nothing to worry about, that it's a good thing, and it just means I have my hunger and cravings under control. I know the weight gain will come, but I'm glad I have a handle on it and am not out of control. I still only really crave fresh veggies, sandwiches and soup. I started walking a couple of mornings a week too. I'm sure I dropped some weight too with all of the sickness from the first trimester. It's a strange thing to have a stomach grow that much, not be able to fit in most of your normal jeans, and to not have gained a pound on the scale. Did anyone else go this long without gaining weight???

I am headed to Cincinnati this weekend to visit the Creation Museum and to do some shopping of course... I'm sure I'll have some pics.

Here are some pictures from this past week...

SERIOUSLY, this thing popped out overnight!

This is me being VERY happy!!!!
(and having some very long hair! No coloring, just natural!)

Some Bonding time!!!

It's growing!!!

I already started decorating for Christmas, things are just too busy in November to wait. Also, without family here, I have to do what I can to make sure I get into the Christmas spirit. Well, I also decorated my cats. They didn't like it much but I'm sure they will thank me after this week's cold front!

Fall is upon us! The trees this year are just amazing!