Quick Update

How far along? 31 weeks 5 days

Total weight gain: 21 lbs

Maternity clothes? Oh yes.. At this point even they seem restricting. I've been wearing a lot of long flowy dresses, plus my Chef's clothes that don't fit anymore of course.

Stretch marks? Nope, I've went through about 7 gallons of Burts Bees and Cocoa butter with all this itching though!

Sleep: Super hot and sweaty, poor Ryan has to freeze everynight with the a/c turned way down.

Best moment this week: Finishing one of my 3 finals for school to graduate.

Miss Anything? Being able to see all my parts..

Movement: Less kicking and hitting probably because you're running out of room, but you are doing A LOT of rolling around and repositioning, and the hiccups of course.

Food cravings: Still craving the BBQ and lots and lots of STEAK, my iron is low so it only makes sense. 

Also, still loving the Fruit Loops with Marshmallows, and huge glasses of milk. Starting to want veggies a lot again like in the first trimester. And had a couple weeks there where I couldn't drink enough of Burger King's chocolate milkshakes.

Food aversions: Yellow cheeses. Even the word "cheese" makes me cringe, you must be taking after your Meme who also dislikes cheese. Bleh.. cheese YUCK!

Anything making you queasy or sick: Car sickness is a new one, which should make our drive to Bama here in a few weeks very interesting. Also been having a lot of blurred and shaky vision.

Labor Signs: Some braxton hicks, cramping. Hopefully I won't go into labor during my final practical exam at school this week. My friends and Chefs have made lots of jokes about delivering you in the kitchen... catching you in a pot, cutting the umbilical cord with a Chef's knife etc.. 

as funny as that all sounds.. it's a real fear of mine.

Symptoms:  Serious pregnancy brain and forgetfulness. Swelling and back pain/leg pain. Anemic.

Belly Button in or out? Out, probably will go even more out in the next month.

Happy or Moody most of the time: The tears have been very abundant. Good and Bad ones.

Looking forward to: Graduation, my 23rd birthday, and first baby shower all next week!!!
Song I've been listening to a lot: Always be my Baby - Mariah Carey. There are no words to explain my love for you but that song expresses a lot. Plus you seem to like it when I sing it to you and dance around ;)