23 Weeks!

So according to the What to expect when you're expecting book, I'm now in the 6th month! I'm afraid I'm about at that waddling stage. This week I've started to notice how much harder it is to do simple things like roll over in bed or especially get out of bed. I sat down on the floor and Caleb was giving me a hard time watching me maneuver my way back off the floor. I'm wondering how big and uncomfortable I'm going to be by the time July gets here. I'm definitely going to be one of those pregnant women that waddles though, I've already started noticing it some when I'm walking around.

I think I said this once before but I'm loving having some warm weather for a change. The first thing everyone says about my due date being in July though is "oh no, you're going to be so hot and miserable" so I may have a change of heart later but for now I love it. It's great to be able to wear my maternity clothes (which are all spring/summer items) and be comfortable instead of squeezing in my now unflattering non maternity tops. I've been walking the dogs everyday and trying to get some more of my exercise outside too. I read yesterday that exercise during pregnancy has been linked to higher IQ now so there's one more reason for me to keep it up.

We did finally get our gift registries done this weekend. We were the first ones in Babies R Us saturday so thankfully we missed the crowd. Then we did Target that night. Hopefully we got all the important things on there, I'm not sure how you are supposed to know exactly what you need (or don't need for that matter) being a first time parent. We did buy a gate and put that up so now the dogs can't get to the nursery. It's so nice now we can leave the door open, I love being able to see in there when we walk by. I went over to Rachael's sunday and basically robbed her of all her baby stuff that Hailey has outgrown. She is letting me borrow all kinds of things like a cradle, bouncy seat, clothes, and the list goes on. It is gonna be a huge help!

And if you read the last post you know we finally decided on her name. Carli Hope Saruse! We started to give her my middle name but we thought Hope sounded so much prettier than Faith with Carli. We both really like spelling it with an "I" better than a "Y". It's so fun to be able to call her by her name. Especially when I'm telling stories and can say Guess what Carli did? She kicked me all night. Her clock is definitely backwards right now so we are hoping that isn't the case come July!