Pregnancy update: Week 24

Yesterday, I went for my six month checkup and couldn't believe that I had gained 10 pounds in one month! I immediately said that their scale was wrong, but of course it wasn't. It's not that I'm afraid of gaining weight, it's just that it seemed too much for one month. Then the nurse said, "Well you only gained four pounds up until a month ago, so you're catching up."

She was right and put it all into perspective for me. My belly had been feeling really big lately and my legs, back and hips hurt all the time. As a matter of fact, my physical therapy appointments start tomorrow to help alleviate some of my discomfort.

My aches and pains have been so bad for the past three weeks that my business partner, Rachele, keeps teasing me about getting a motorized scooter to get around the area for our photo shoots. The other day while shopping at Costco the the motorized shopping carts looked really appealing to me, but since I no longer have a handicap card, I just couldn't bring myself to use the cart.

This morning I decided to measure my expanding girth and my waist is now 36 inches.
It's pretty amazing how far the skin can stretch.

Baby Boy Treder is doing very well. He kicks all the time and has a very strong heartbeat 140 beats per minute. That's about the same heart rate as a small dog.

My cravings have been mostly Mexican food with the latest addition of dill pickles and I love carbs. Mostly pasta with cream sauces. And I'm back on the boiled egg kick. Just can't get enough boiled eggs.

Finnegan has been trying to climb all over me when we are in bed or if I'm laying on the floor. We keep telling him about his little brother and Doug even got him a book about a new baby in the family. The next step is getting a baby doll for Finn to carry around and learn to be gentle with the new baby.

While we worry about Finnegan and the new baby we still haven't picked out a name. Doug says he'll take a look at the census bureau name statistics to look for unusual names. We need a good one to go with Finnegan, everyone loves his name.

So, that's it. Sixteen weeks to go and counting.