25 weeks!

Baby Lamont(from BabyCenter): Head to heels, your baby now measures about 13 1/2 inches. Her weight — a pound and a half — isn't much more than an average eggplant, but she's beginning to exchange her long, lean look for some baby fat. As she does, her wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and she'll start to look more and more like a newborn. She's also growing more hair — and if you could see it, you'd now be able to discern its color and texture.

I can't believe that Baby L is now longer than the ruler I had been marking his/her growth on--OR that something that long fits in my belly!

Here's a pregnancy update:

Sleep: Getting worse. The pee breaks are waking me up 3-4 times a night and I'm having trouble falling back to sleep. On Sunday, my solution was to go to bed at 9:30....and then I was wide awake at 4am. But I think going to bed earlier still has the potential to help.

Gender: Still unknown, but (as you'll see tomorrow when we get pics), my bump is straight out in front and low, so I'm thinking it's a boy. I re-tried the online quiz and it said 67% boy, 33% girl.

Feeling: Great! I got tired spells and definitely get out of breath a lot easier, but other than that I'm happy :-). The blood flow to my face has definitely increased so I'm truly glowing now.

Health/Exercise: We're slower and walking more, but Mueller and I are still running! 45mins with walk breaks at 20 mins and whenever I need after that, but still going strong. The one day it rained I did a Jillian Michaels 30-Day Shred video on On Demand and even though it was only 20 mins, it kicked my butt!

Movement/Kicks: Lots of kicks on a daily basis. In fact, the baby is now kicking me on the lower right side of the bump. I can sometimes tell where the baby's head is because I feel it and then I'll look down and my bump will be lopsided! And Stephen and I can feel my bump and usually find a harder part where the baby's trunk or head must be. Today the baby was especially active in the morning between breakfast and lunch, but mostly doing a dance on my bladder.

Maternity Clothes: Ugh, I don't want to talk about them. Can someone please design a line of moderately-priced, attractive maternity clothes? I can still wear some tight tops (thanks to a straight-out-in-front bump), which is good, but I don't know what I'm going to do when they don't fit anymore. Most maternity clothes are NOT cute, and the ones that are halfway decent are expensive. There's a huge niche that needs to be filled.

Belly Button: Still in, but getting shallow.

Highlight of the week: Spending Sunday afternoon with Veronica & Josh and Jen & Brendan and their baby girl, Delaney. We caught up and talked babies a lot, and it was so nice to just hang out with old friends.

Upcoming milestones: 26 week appointment next Wednesday. And only 15 weeks to go!