22 Weeks

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 22 weeks this past Sunday

Baby size: 10.5 - 11.8 inches. She's about the size of a papaya, which is interesting because I'm pretty certain I've never seen a papaya in its original form, only cut up.

Maternity Clothes: Mostly just maternity pants and my normal shirts. I finally got my two new pairs of pants from Old Navy and I love them!

Gender: Female, Olivia Michele Bainbridge.

Movement: All the time.

Cravings: Food, nothing too specific. :)

Symptoms: Acid reflux. For some reason, mine burns in my throat and not my esophagus or stomach.

Bandelier

On President's Day, Russ and I went to visit Bandelier National Monument. We spent 2+ hours hiking around the area to see the different pueblos that were inhabited hundreds of years ago.

Here's a structure that was attached to a cave in the rock face.

 

Russ climbing into a cave.

A picture he took from inside it.

Here I am in one of the cave windows.

The remains of an ancient dwelling.

Here's the first ladder that Russ and I climbed to get to an ancient dwelling.

And here's the 2nd ladder we had to climb.

We made it up to the cave and found another cave dug underneath it.

 

These deer see so many visitors throughout the year that they let us get incredibly close to them.

Heater Love

Every morning when one of us is about to shower, we turn on a little floor heater and, immediately, Pirate is right there to warm up his old joints.

He'll lay with his face inches away from it, which dries out his eyes and face but it is his favorite place to be.

And then Roxy walks in the bathroom and requires that he share the heater. Pirate's peaceful sauna is no more.

Olivia Paraphernalia

Russ and I went to World Market this weekend and picked up some art work for Olivia's room. It was 50% off and we used a gift card I received for Christmas. (Thanks Aunt Leslie and Beth!)

 

I love the colors! Tons of blues and greens and aquas with bits of gold, orange and pink.

And here is a collection of some of the items that we've already collected for our girl: a monster hooded towel, a Mellow Johnny's onesie (Russ picked this out right after we found out we were pregnant), a Thunder bib and two fantastic books that my mom got from her school book fair. :)

21Weeks

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 21 weeks this past Sunday

Baby size: Size of a banana

Maternity Clothes: Maternity jeans and normal pants with the belly band. I have two new pairs of pants coming from Old Navy (hopefully, soon) because I'm definitely needing them.

Gender: Female. Olivia Michele Bainbridge.

Movement: Bunches.

Cravings: Frozen fruit

Symptoms: Acid reflux and learning to sleep on my side.

Valentine's Day Wreath

I know it's been a week since Valentine's Day but I wanted to put up a picture of a wreath I made.

It's just a styrofoam wreath with yarn wrapped around it and a flower made from some old fabric but I like it! :) I think I'll make another one for St.Patrick's Day, too.

Pregnancy Thoughts

Olivia has officially obliterated my hip bones. At the beginning of this last week, I'm certain that I could still feel the front of them and, now, no more.

Yesterday, I watched Olivia move for the first time. She was having a womb dance party and I could watch my belly bounce through my shirt.

 

Russ has already been looking at kiddie bikes. He's thinking about a gender neutral yellow so that it can work for all of our kids. :)