March 4, 2010 20 Week Belly Pictures

This is my belly at 20 weeks, half way point and my tattoo. I would say there is little to no movement on my heart but we will have to wait and see. The best thing about my belly so far is NO STRETCH MARKS! Thanks mom. (stretch marks are considered genetic no matter what lotions you use.)

This has been a really good week. Chris and I actually got our stuff together this weekend and went to the store and planed our meals. We both love to cook and we have made dinner at home every day so far. On Monday I made a pasta casserole. I cooked zucchini, red bell pepper, garlic, onions, cauliflower, broccoli, carrots and tomatoes together and then layered it with whole wheat pasta, part skim mozzarella cheese and tomato sauce. It turned out really good. On Tuesday Chris ground some chicken and we made tacos. Yesterday Lindsey and Shannon came over for sister night and we made meatball sandwiches. They were good along with the leftover broccoli, cauliflower and brussel sprouts. We ate dinner while watch American Idol which is Chris's favorite show. The talent this year has been a little disappointing and my favorite guy was voted off last week.

This weekend is really packed with Chris's gun club, a wedding reception and my friends combined 25th birthday party in Hollywood. And they are all on the same day! Some weeks I look more forward to going back to work than the weekends. The weekends are never really ours to do with what we want. Between all of our family and friends we can barley find time to clean our house and train Mali for the new arrival. I am hoping April might be a little slower and we can get some things done.

The tentative date for the baby shower has been set during the third week in May. Probably the 15 or 16th. I will be almost 32 weeks by then.

Everything seems to be going smoothly with the pregnancy. I will know more next Monday at my doctors appointment but I am feeling great and more like myself. Today I even went to a 5:30am spinning class. It was great and I did not have any trouble getting up that early. Because of the amazing deal the studio just had I am going to be able to cycle more often now. That just couldn't have come at a better time. I now have a way to stay in shape doing something I love for really cheap.