heres a little updated photo because i know the moms has been hearing some stuff from some family members... i wont name names... that i havent put up any pictures lately. so heres a sweet shot of my massive boobies and belly.

in other news, i got a call from the dr yesterday about the blood i had drawn last week for the possibility of icp. we are all good!!! no liver probs as of right now, so in celebration of our wonderful blood, i had a glass of wine with dinner last night! i had been boycotting alcohol of any kind with the chance of having a liver problem, but since we're good to go i figured a glass of wine wouldnt hurt anything, and it was fabulous!

ive also decided to get a leg up on the baby clothes and in doing so i realized that we have tons... i ended up splitting the clothes into lights and darks and it was two full loads, in a huge washer and dryer, and that is a lot when you think about how tiny some of these things are! my baby load was the equivalent to 17 full size towels... that is a lot of baby clothes. the little man is good to go!

blue balls.

yesterday, while laying on the couch watching my stomach do what i can only describe as twitch, i came to realize two things. 1) my son is a very, very active little man and might possibly have ADD, and 2) that i should change my belly button ring. but first, let me tell you of how this blog came to be titled in the way that it is...

im looking at my belly, thinking that i should change the color of the balls on my belly button ring from pink to blue to represent the little man that is currently somersaulting inside of me. and of course, being the ding ding that i am, i start speaking to my mom as though she has been witness to my entire mental thought process on the subject and say 'i should change to blue balls.' lucky for me, after years of experience with my craziness, my mom realizes what im talking about and decides that 'blue balls' would be a great title for my next blog, and in that also suggests that its about time for a new blog entry.

pillow talk.

we finally picked out a crib! yay! but, i think like most women, this is a huge decision and i would kinda like to see it in person before we take the plunge and purchase the baby's bed for the next 10 years or so... i think that a convertible crib is the only way to go. you get a crib, a toddler bed, and a full size bed all in one! so we find one we like at jc penny online and decide to go to the mall to check it out and we're told that we can see it at the fair oaks location, so we drive out there only to be told that all nursery furniture is only available online. seeing that im a little disappointed, wil wants to keep our evening fun so he takes me to gymboree (super cute kids clothing) where there is an awesome sale going on... wil was so adorable getting so excited about all the baby clothes i actually got teary. my husband is the cutest! i am so emo these days.

25 week update.

so there isnt much new to report but i figured i should at least write something since i havent blogged in a couple weeks...

i spent a wonderful weekend at bethany beach with some girlfriends and had a blast! but the last day of the trip i noticed that i had a little bit of weird colored discharge so i called my dr this morning to let them know. a couple hours later they called me back and had me come to make sure everything is ok. my blood pressure was kinda high but nothing that they were too concerned about. i had an internal exam which is absolutely never fun, especially when there is a baby kicking around in there... but everything is good to go! they did take some blood to check my liver functions because at my last appointment they thought i might be having some problems.

Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy

but overall everything seems to be good! the little man is constantly moving and kicking these days which is kinda weird feeling but very awesome at the same time. :)

tum tum = tom tom.

i am undoubtedly the gassiest woman in america.

for the past four days my stomach has been as hard and tight as a drum... and let me just inform you... in case you were wondering, it is absolutely not comfortable at all. and it always happens at night, which severly impairs comfortable sleeping. not cool. i have no idea what im eating or drinking to make the poor tum tum feel like a tom tom.

at our 22 week ultrasound the tech even pointed out how gassy and bloaty both avery and i were at the time. isnt that nice? the funniest part about it all is that i have never been one who is audibly gassy, until now. at least my pain is providing my family with some comic relief.

not only am i gassy, tired, and itchy, i got called 'fat' on a bus in ocean city. i really wanted to hit that woman... long story short, i could hear two people talking on the bus and the dude says to the lady 'i think shes pregnant,' to which the skank replied 'no, i think shes just FAT.' of course being the angry and vocal pregnant lady that i am i could not let these accusations go unpunished. i yell halfway across the length of the bus, 'excuse me, are you talking about me?' (the bus gets quiet... well, as quiet as a bus full of drunk people can be, and the terribly rude couple looks in my direction) 'because if you are talking about me, im six months pregnant, so im not JUST FAT.'

i get all fired up just thinking about it. people are rude.

week 23 survey...

How far along? 23 weeks!
Total weight gain/loss: starting to finally gain some but still below my start weight
Maternity clothes? still just sometimes...
Stretch marks? nothing new, but the og are super dark now that im getting tan...
Sleep: tired all the time, sleeping is not the easiest task, my poor husband
Best moment this week: wil finally feeling Avery and getting super excited about it!
Movement: everyday! he kicks and rolls around, i LOVE it!
Food cravings: nothing in particular... sometimes ice cream for the heart burn
Gender: baby boy
Labor Signs: too early for any of that
Belly Button in or out? in, even though wade freaked me out saying he thought it was starting to come out! ugh!
What I miss: sleeping on the belly...
What I am looking forward to: third trimester!
Weekly Wisdom: it is absolutely crazy how much i love this little man already! and i absolutely cannot wait to meet him!
Milestones: hes hiccupping now so its funny to see what he likes/doesnt like :)