22 weeks

Holy Baby Belly Batman!  Sometime during my 80 hr work week my belly exploded! (ok not really, but you get the point). I've gone from "hmm... wonder if she's pregnant" to "geez, when is she due?" 

My belly button is holding on by a thread. If I've just eaten and i pull my skin a teensy bit it becomes 100% flat or even slightly pooched out. 

I went to my nephews soccer game on Saturday and the first words out of my sister-in-law's mouth were about how much my belly has grown in just 2 weeks. I was like... umm.. yup :) 

I think the belly is partly related to my relationship with taco cabana breakfast burritos (who else is open at 5:00 am?) but it is also partly related to how quickly BAILEY is growing ;) I've gone from feeling "flutters" to oh my gosh how can something that weighs barely a pound kick so hard? I learned that my adrenaline affects her too. I was working on friday night (a 24 hr shift of course) and at about 2:00 am we were getting slammed so I was pumped but apparently so was Bailey. she was kicking and punching the crap out of me for about an hour or so! 

"Work" was pretty exhausting this week. I think I pushed myself a little too hard. Between last monday and this morning i worked over 84 hrs. Finally at 4:00 this morning the resident (who knows i'm pregnant) told me that it was ok and for me to go home to sleep in a real bed. I may or may not have been falling asleep sitting in a chair with a patient blanket on me at that point ;) It was quiet so they didn't really need me so I gladly listened and went home. 

I had a weird craving for chocolate cake last week at like 8:00 am. I made it to noon till I finally gave in. My sister-in-law couldn't stop laughing and even pulled out a camera when she saw my "dinner" saturday night. (this was in between my two 24 hr shifts). I had a plum, then a fiber 1 bar, and then chocolate cake, chocolate ice cream  and a Big red :)  

Weeks: 22
Fruit: Papaya  (hmm wish i knew how big that was lol)
Cravings: Chocolate cake
Other stuff: I love my husband and I miss him SO incredibly much. I really NEEDED to do this away rotation for so many reasons and I really do think my career & life choices will be better because of it, but at the same time it is so hard to leave him for this long. He's doing great and is still supportive though. He has cleaned out his office (HUGE TASK!) and even put in a BRAND NEW TILE FLOOR for Bailey's room! I'm so blessed to have him. I cannot wait to get back to the Beautiful sky's and Fall in Lubbock, and for him to be able to enjoy this part of the pregnancy with me. (as i'm pretty sure he could easily feel Bailey kicking from the outside now).