16 weeks!

This past week was so so great! I was able to really shift my attitude, and I started feeling baby moving a lot more which really helped too. I managed 3 whole workdays including one with extra hours since it got crazy busy. I had much more energy and only one really down day. I went to the temple to pray and read my scriptures daily to put me in a much better frame of mind and I honestly think that was the biggest help as it eased my anxiety and gave me peace.

We have our annual canyon pass now! and we bought a hammock which I am sooooo excited to hang in this week! William is up for all the canyon adventures and they are the best thing to do while pregnant. I just get to chill and cook and eat and just enjoy nature for awhile. It took me so long to really appreciate living in the mountains, but now that I learned the art of relaxing and cooking hotdogs on a fire life is good. I think I just don't actually like hiking lol I am much more of a leisurely walk and short hike kinda person with kids. Basically if a toddler would like it so will I! William and I spend time throwing rocks, finding bugs, and looking for animals and it's perfect. We even did an impromptu canyon evening Saturday when I got off work an hour early! So fun :)

We have names picked out for both a boy and a girl now! I refer to the baby as the boy name I have in my head most of the time. I will just think it's a boy unless they show me it's a girl in 4 weeks when we get our anatomy scan. I am scheduling that today!!!!!! Honestly I am just so happy to be this far along.

My cravings are starting to hit a little more and this baby is NOT a health nut like William was! This time I want hot dogs and chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream. But I do still love avocados and eggs just like with William! Also this baby LOVES rice and beans, I feel like I could eat those every day! I'm not nearly as interested in meat as with my first, fish is gross, and I'm not as big of a salad eater. I do sneak in loads of vegetables though since I definitely believe in eating as healthy as you can, though it is definitely ok to have hot dogs and ice cream a couple times a week! I feel like baby needs all the calories so as long as most of them are good I don't mind an extra 500 that are a little less "good for you" in a day. I am still not gaining super fast which is normal for me. I gained slow and steady with my last and was averaging 1-2 lbs a week the second half.

My sciatica is acting up some, and starting on the round ligament pain. But honestly, feeling the baby makes everything so worth it. Baby kicked me so hard yesterday that I thought Bradley had poked me! I seriously love the little rolls and kicks in there. I can feel them on the outside now.

Today is my 16 week appointment and I am excited to hear the heartbeat! It's been 4 weeks since my last appointment so it is always nice to get that little extra reassurance each month.

This weeks goal is to start my workouts back up! I will make them easy, but I definitely need to get my squat count back up and stretch out with some yoga so I am more comfortable. I was honestly just too sick till this past week to even consider working out, so I am excited to have a little more energy to get some more activity in!