17 weeks

How far along? 17 weeks and Baby Beam is the size of a turnip.

Total weight gain: Holding steady at 2 lbs if the gym scale is correct.  I'll have to wait until next week to see what I way in at the doctor's office.  

Working out? Keeping up with my normal workouts this week.  I did push ups the other night and felt so tight in my abdomen.  It's a weird feeling for me.  

Maternity clothes?  Still in regular clothes but definitely needing some stretch to them.  I tried to wear a pair of maternity jeans the other night and it just wasn't working for me.  I don't need them yet so they felt so weird and were falling off.  I did, however, feel like my normal jeans were more comfortable when unbuttoned with a hair tie around the button :)

Sleep:  I've started sleeping with a pillow between my knees as sleeping on my side is not comfortable for me.  

Best moment this week:  Had to be girls night with some church friends.  We ate Mexican food (guacamole of course) and chatted all things babies for a good 3 hours. They were kicking us out of the restaurant, and we still stood around in the parking lot for another 30 minutes talking!  I love the community in my church.

Cravings:  Nothing to wild this week really.  I'm trying to cook more than I did last week aka I didn't cook at all last week!  Eek! but not really craving anything hard core this week..

Symptoms:  More dry skin so I'm lathering on the coconut oil & shea butter cream that my mom gave me.

Looking forward to:  All the elements coming together for my nursery.  I've ordered some bigger items and can't wait for them to come in so I can start putting it all together.  

Ok so when I decided to do bump updates, I had in my mind that I would do all these cute pictures with the same shirt and a chalkboard all done up, but in real life I'm lucky to get a picture.  So here is this week's bathroom selfie after a workout.  Just keeping it real around here :)