23 weeks and counting!!!!!

So had another appointment today and thought i would just catch you all up! Everything is great, sleep is getting harder and harder, my lung capacity is only a quarter of what it used to be, the little guy is pushing my organs up and out of the way and i swear my lungs cant extend past my sternum! Belly button hasnt popped yet, but the way my peanut is growing (first time i saw a picture of him he was almost as big and about the shape of a single little peanut!), i swear i will burst almost any day... its like the very full feeling after a huge thanksgiving feast, times 5, and it never goes away. Plus, this sounds weird, but my skin around my tummy hurts, cant explain it any other way. But all of that does not matter because he is healthy and strong (feel my stomach when hes kicking and you will see just how strong), and I am just so happy and excited, and totally going into nesting mode... i already made baby bumpers for the crib and am finishing cutting out the fabric for the quilt! (not to mention i have crocheted a number of blankets... not all for me, some for taylor too.) So yup here are the latest pictures of the peanut... today was side profile day since he would not gives us it last time! In the pictures you can see his mouth opening ... he was practicing his breathing by taking in amniotic fluid all during the ultrasound... really neat to see!

plus if you look at his nose... looks a bit like mine... the way it turns up at the end... but we will have to wait and see!

Smokers

So first off, we all know smoking is dumb, its causes cancer, COPD, bad breath, bad teeth, horrible looking fingernails, makes your lips wrinkle 30 years too early, ruins your skin, you get a really raspy voice, costs lots of money and makes you stink... but i have another reason to add to the list... because smoking when its below 55 degrees outside means you have to stand outside in the cold!!! i mean the people i see standing outside behind walmart or any other business when its 15 degrees outside and gusting arctic winds at 20 plus miles per hour (like yesterday) is incredibly stupid... is it really that worth it?! Plus, to top it off case and point over the last month or so, driving in multiple snow storms or below zero weather... who has their windows rolled down? Smoker. I mean they have to drive wherever they are going on icy roads in -4 degrees, all bundled up still just because they need to have their window cracked so they can hang their cigarette out the window and so the windshield does not get all fogged up! I mean to me that just screams stupidity, the rest of the world is trying to stay warm, and they are so addicted they cant go on a twenty minute car ride without a cigarette, so they roll down their windows and let in the snow and freezing wind!!!!AHHHH, okay, i could go on and on, but i think you get my point!