22 Weeks!

We had our 22 week doctor appointment yesterday and everything looks great! The doctor says I am growing right on track and everything looks great with our son. I really like our doctor - he is super easy-going and calm and really puts me at ease. At our appointment, I talked to him about my issue with fainting. For those of you that know me well, you know that I faint VERY easily. Anything from getting my blood drawn to cutting my finger can make me pass out. I am not affected by blood or anything, it's actually a condition in which my blood vessels dilate too much and the blood rushes out of my head. It's a reflex called the Vasodilation Effect. Anyway, obviously I was concerned about this when it comes to labor but my doctor doesn't seem worried. He said that in the 30 years he has been delivering babies, he has never had a woman faint during labor, even women who are prone to it. I am very relieved.

This past weekend, Luke and I started the process of getting settled for the baby. We have been wanting to clean out and organize our garage for a while now and finally we just got it done. The before and after pictures are below. We feel so accomplished! :)

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In the next month or two, we plan to head to Home Depot to order new carpet for our condo and paint the little nook in our living room which will be the baby's space. Then we can start setting things up, like the crib for example. We don't have a lot of space in our condo for storage, so we are trying to set things up and get things organized as we go along.

Luke and I have several fun trips coming up that we are excited about. This weekend we are going camping just east of Issaquah at Salmon la Sac with some friends. Next weekend we are headed to Lake Tahoe for a family reunion with Luke's Dad's side of the family. In mid-September we are going to San Diego to visit some of our good friends. It's going to be an exciting next month or so.

Our baby is now the size of a papaya! He is settling into sleep cycles, snoozing about 12 to 14 hours a day. I need to start paying attention to when he is most active (awake!).



22 Week Bump Picture: