17 Weeks

How far along: 17 Weeks

Total weight gain: 6.5 pounds total (.5lb this week/.5lb last week).

Food craving:  Subway! I've been eating it a lot for lunch. Don't worry, I am not eating cold deli meat. During this whole pregnancy I've been craving the comfort foods I used to eat growing up (family things like Mashed potatoes on toast w/cheese, Varner Dip, Dunham style pot roast, and hamburger cheese bake). At Subway, I get a peperoni and cheese sub which is probably an homage to WV peperoni rolls.

Food aversions: Luckily, none.

Maternity Clothes: Not quite yet. I am still getting away with using a rubber band on my pants button and wearing loose non-maternity tops. I tried on some maternity pants and they were too big in the belly still.

What I’m looking forward to:  Christmas! I can't believe it is only one week away. This year has flown by and I feel like it was just Thanksgiving.

Milestones: This week we complete the 4th month of pregnancy and enter the 5th. Just a few more weeks until I'm at the halfway point (assuming the baby stays put the whole 40 weeks)!  The baby is the size of an onion this week. I want to know who determines the fruit/vegetable of the week because I don't know of anyone who wants to think of their baby as an onion!

Best moment this week: Finding out that our baby is a boy!  Now we can really start planning and buying stuff. I had a dream last night that I was shopping for baby boy clothes and none of the outfits had pants.


I'm ready for Christmas, and I'm not ready for Christmas. We have bought all the presents, but haven't wrapped them. I put up the tree, but we haven't decorated it. We are headed up to Atlanta on Christmas Eve to spend the holiday with my family so I probably won't decorate the tree this year. Ward says the lights are enough and I'm trying not to get too stressed out about it. I'm just ready to have a few days off and to spend some time with the family.

We showed the ultrasound video to my SIL (sister-in-law) and niece this week when we dropped off their Christmas presents. My niece thought it was "so weird" and kept saying "that's in your belly!" Yes, I agree. The whole thing is surreal and it is so weird that there is a living thing in my belly.