22 weeks

22 wk 1 day.  I have to stop taking photos before work.

Babycenter.com states that baby is about 1 lb and 11".

Everything is progressing in a pretty good way.  My back is feeling much better, but I haven't worked in 4 days. I work the next two nights and am hoping that my back is stronger from all the exercises I've been doing.  I can tell my tailbone is really moving and sometime sitting on the soft, squishy couch feels as if I'm sitting on concrete. I'm just thankful that I have the core exercises that help me not only cope, but live life!

My baby boy is so active.  This is really an understatement.  I don't know if he doesn't like what I eat or just wants to say hi all the time, but he rarely stops moving.  I loved it until yesterday when he kicked the same spot near my rib all day and it became very sore.  I was shocked since he isn't that big yet.  I was stretching, moving to different positions, and pushing him to go to the other side and that just made him more active and it just happened to be pushing in the same spot.  Maybe he was stuck ;)

He also moves if anything is touching my belly.  For example, if my arm is just barely touching my stomach, he kicks or punches right in that spot.  Yesterday Dan placed his hand on my abdomen and instead of the quick punch/kick, baby scraped by so Dan thought that was a weird feeling.

Christmas is almost here and I just decorated yesterday.  Dan's parents visit in January, so I thought it would be nice to have lights up when they arrive.  I'll be working until then except at school.  It is nice to have a break from night shift and then getting up early to teach.  Dan leaves to ND for a wedding too, so I'll probably sleep a lot.  Last night I slept 11 hours and I'm ready to go back to sleep for another 4 for tonight's shift.  Lazy!