Some belly pics!

I don't know why it's so hard for me to update here with pictures, but it is. So here are a bunch of belly pics, some that I unfortunately took by myself while Mr. Beaver has been out of town.

May 22: 19 weeks

May 31: Almost 22 weeks

June 7:  21.5

June 8:  Almost 22 weeks...

(trying on a dress for a wedding- don't know if I actually got any pictures of me at the wedding??)

I'll try to remember to take one today and post it! The pictures are pretty kind- in person the belly is huge enough to get daily comments from coworkers about how much I'm showing already, and two people have made references to me carrying twins...

As a general pregnancy update: I am feeling fine other than feeling big and sad that I'm not working out at all. I found my yoga video from last time and am hoping to make that a nightly habit! Riley is very aware of the pregnancy and is constantly hugging and kissing the baby (aka my belly), and she agrees with me about exercise I guess... she told my family over dinner one night that "Mommy needs to exercise for the baby." But she is always saying silly things :)  Sleep has been rough because I am very congested, so I am pretty tired, but not to the point that I go to bed any earlier! I have not been eating any different or more than usual, no cravings just like last time. I am feeling plenty of movement now, which is great! Mr. Beaver even got to feel some hiccups last night which was fun. I haven't tried letting Riley feel yet, because I don't want her to get frustrated if she doesn't feel anything...I'm planning to wait until it's really obvious and more frequent. As you can see in the pictures, my belly button is super-out which is not much different from pre-pregnancy, thanks to the umbilical hernia that opened up when I was pregnant with Riley. I go back and forth about getting hers fixed when I see mine every day...

I am wearing maternity jeans, I don't really have much else besides long sleeves which aren't going to get any use this summer! Mostly I stick to my numerous sun dresses. Those are getting pretty short stretched over the bump, though, so I went out and got some capri-length leggings this week. I think I can make it through the summer with dresses, so hopefully won't really need maternity clothes! Luckily the maternity jeans still fit, even though my thighs and butt are much bigger this time around.

We had our "big" ultrasound a few weeks ago, and decided to be surprised by the gender again! I don't think we could've found out anyway- baby was very uncooperative, facing in and scrunching up the whole time. Luckily we were able to get all the necessary pictures and measurements for the doctor, though it was really, really painful at times when she was shoving the ultrasound wand deep into my sides and lower abdomen. Such a relief to hear the good news that everything looks great though!