Week 24

How far along: I can hardly believe it, already at 24 weeks!
Total weight gain: Unfortunately when I went to the (new) doctor on Monday, I had to face the enemy... the scale. Well this evil little device informed me I have gained a total of twenty ponds. I had to spell it out because I can't face the numbers! This freaks me out, I have never gained this much, this fast.  Man o man does this worry me!  Now I am thinking about doing some stretching as well as light exercise.  Nobody thinks a chubby pregnant lady is cute!!
Maternity clothes: Same as last time, full on maternity pants but shirts are still mix and match.
Stretch marks: Just the ones I have been carrying around for the last seven years.
Sleep: Getting better. Until last night, we have a mattress pad warmer on our bed. Last night I was cold so my loving husband turned my side of the heater up just a little. It was so toasty until about 2 am. I kept waking up, over and over and over. I had this unshakable feeling I was just too hot. I would fall back asleep and dream about heat, being too hot, fire etc... So this morning when I woke up (again) for the day, I promptly turned the heat down and kindly asked my husband not to turn up the heat again, no matter how cold I look.
Best moment: This week my son finally got to feel his little brother move. He was so excited. He felt about three rather large kicks and took off yelling "Dad! Dad! I felt Kamden kick about 13,000 times, it was awesome!!
Movement: Ever heard of the song "Everybody was kung fu fighting"? Well I am fairly certain I am carrying a ninja or quite possibly the next Chuck Norris. I can just be sitting and get this big smile on my face. That is usually when I lean over and inform my husband that I had just been physically assaulted. He just starts laughing and other people look at us like we are crazy.  Oh, also when I went to the doctor, they checked the little guy's heart beat with the doppler. I told the nurse that he was already up and going this morning and about where he was hanging out. Well she put the doppler on my stomache and withing a 20 second time span, not only did she get the heartbeat, she also got kicked twice!
Food cravings: Chocolate! Chocolate cookies with chocolate chips and dark chocolate M&M's. Dark chocolate brownies! I could go on and on...
Symptoms: Backache! Mainly upper back but also my lower spine where my right hip attaches is giving me trouble. I told the doctor about this pain. Telling her it literally feels like the bone keeps popping out of place every time I shift my weight from one foot to the other. I thought it might be because of the loosening of the ligaments and she agreed. Her medical advice was "move slowly". That cracked myself and my husband up when I told him.
Anything making me nauseous or sick: Not at the moment. Give me about five minutes.
Labor signs: Nope.
Temperament: Feeling good! Just loving this part of the pregnancy.

Well, I am tired so I am going to have one of my ridiculously chocolate cookies with a cold glass of milk and go to sleep in my not too hot bed! Night y'all!