25 weeks

How far along? 25. Freaking out thinking there's only 3 months to go!
This Week the baby is a size of a: Cauliflower. I know what you're thinking, "How big is a cauliflower?" because I also had no idea.  He's about 13-14 inches long and weighs 1.5 - 2.5 pounds.  
Total weight gain/loss: about 7 pounds... it depends on the day
Maternity clothes? nope but I wear gym shorts so that's practically the same thing
Belly button in or out? in, but it's stretching
Sleep: Starting to sleep better but I've been having the weirdest dreams
Best moment this week: Getting a pedicure and foot massage... soooo necessary 
Movement: yes, every few hours I'll feel him move for about 30 - 40 minutes
Symptoms: SCIATICA! I'm having sciatic nerve pain due to pregnancy which basically means my butt hurts and it's hard to make simple movements such as crossing my legs or standing up.
Symptoms I DON'T have: I'm not losing balance or swelling up yet
Food cravings: Carbs.  Donuts, pasta, bagels, cereal, sandwiches... and Mocha anything. 
Gender: I don't feel a need to answer this question anymore, I don't think gender will change... boy
What I miss: being able to move effortlessly and having energy. and not feeling hungry 24/7
What I am looking forward to: I'm actually excited about getting a big belly.
Weekly Wisdom: don't drink water after dinner so instead of waking up to pee 10 times, you'll only wake up 5.
Milestones: the baby knows equilibrium. Like, he actually knows which way is up and which way is down. He is getting fatter and growing more hair.  The nervous system is also in it's crucial stage of development. ALSO! We're cleaning out the attic so we can move all of the junk from our spare room to the attic so the spare room can become the nursery! Even though we're donating everything to GoodWill, I feel bad because most of it is probably junk from 10-20 years ago.
To Do List: the two big things I have to do is look into health insurance plans and get on waiting lists at daycares. 

24 Weeks

How far along? 24 weeks... my lacrosse number, so i know it'll be a good week
This Week the baby is a size of a: Cantaloupe! 
Total weight gain/loss: getting close to 7 pounds now
Maternity clothes? spandex all day, errday
Belly button in or out? in
Sleep: I feel like I sleep all the time but I'm always tired
Best moment this week: Buying some little baby clothes!
Movement: yeeuuup, but whenever I tell someone so they can feel it, he stops moving
Symptoms: a very increased appetite. a lot of back/hip/foot pain (no one wants to massage my feet-go figure!) Also, my hair and nails are growing super fast :)
Symptoms I DON'T have: I don't have that dark line that some women get down their stomach
Food cravings: Dunkin Donuts everything bagel and frozen mochas
Gender: I assume he hasn't morphed, so still a boy
What I miss: Having energy. Literally even thinking about making plans is exhausting
What I am looking forward to: nursery stuff!
Weekly Wisdom: talk to people, even about the hard stuff. and enjoy the little things in the pregnancy and in life.
Milestones: this week the baby is getting FAT! I love pudgy babies!
To Do List: E V E R Y T H I N G ... registering, nursery, health insurance, waiting list for day cares... i could go on and on and on and on and on..... and on

23 Weeks

How far along? 23 weeks
This Week the baby is a size of a: Large Mango (11 inches long and just over a pound)
Total weight gain/loss: just over 5 pounds
Maternity clothes? I haven't bought any yet, I think I have enough gym short to last the summer
Belly button in or out? still in, however I can tell it's stretching out because it's not as deep
Sleep: I wish I knew what that was
Best moment this week: Literally seeing the baby move, and having an appointment to say that all lab/test results can back BEAUTIFUL!
Movement: aahhhh, yes!
Symptoms: (to put a damper on everyone's day...) the changes in hormones have made me not able to process and deal with normal life and personal issues.  It's something that has been going on for a while now and my family has been very supportive and loving.  It's just hard with the hormones and not feeling like myself... on the other hand, my boobs are getting bigger, so that kind of makes me happy.
Symptoms I DON'T have: My feet aren't fat yet, and I don't have stretch marks either! No back aches, no bleeding gums. Can't complain!
Food cravings: CARBS!
Gender: still a boy
What I miss: Having energy. I literally never want to do anything.
What I am looking forward to: a growing belly
Weekly Wisdom: talk to people, even about the hard stuff
Milestones: This is a fun fact: the skin pigment is starting to show now. I assumed from the get-go it was going to be whatever color it is, but it's just this week that skin color is determined. Isn't that weird? Well, this is what I read online anyway
To Do List: E V E R Y T H I N G ... registering, nursery, cleaning, etc

Family Fun

Pregnancy has given me a very eventful week. Besides feeling like there's an alien inside of me, now I can actually see the alien inside of me.  As scary as that may sound, most people don't think I'm from Earth anyway so it doesn't phase me.  The other night while my mom and I were feeling for the little nug, all of a sudden he moved so strongly that he physically moved my mom's hand.  It was midnight so I'm sure it was a "Get off me! Leave me alone, I'm tired!" kick.  So then we just started watching my stomach and sure enough every now and then we saw a quick buldge and an occassional wave.  Now I literally feel like one of those guys from Men In Black (shout out to Will Smith) who looks like a human but actually has a little alien inside of them.

Besides feeling like a character in M.I.B.'s fourth movie, there's been some family milestones this week.  I'd like to give a special shout out to my cousin, and probably my number one blog reader, Caroline! She graduated High School this week.  Now I know there's literally millions of people who graduate each year, but she has a special story.  During her junior year she was diagnosed with Devic's, and doctor's weren't sure if she would ever be able to walk again.  With Caroline's "F that" attitude, which I admire, she shocked the world when she started walking again and began her senior year.  After facing a few setbacks and not being sure if she could walk across the stage to recieve her diploma, just a few days before graduation she was cleared to walk! OH. MY. GOD. It was like a movie moment.  There was a dramatic pause and then she recieved a standing ovation which seemed to last for hours.  The arena erupted and went nuts! Of course when I went to clap my earring fell out, and I was crying and had snot running from my nose while somebody asked if I dropped my earring... Like, you couldn't have waited til I sat down and blowed my nose or something?! I seriously can't even express how amazing that moment was. Not my earring moment, Caroline's walk across the stage moment.

Then of course the Hinckley's know how to throw one hell of a celebration!  Food was flowing all day (the baby enjoyed that... and by the "baby" I mean that I liked the food).  There was music, dancing, an enormous fire and of course plenty of drinking games for the 21+ crowd.  Let's just say I enjoyed playing beer pong sober so I could hit shots and have my parner drink double (insert an evil grin here).  I once again enjoyed performing Busta Rhyme's "Look At Me Now" rap, which one year later still impresses people.  I also did my fair share of dougie-ing.  I love the fact that I'm almost 23 weeks pregnant and can still move/act a fool like my pre-pregnancy days.




So to sum it up: The baby's moving, I'm getting fatter, my cousin graduated, I miss shot gunning beers and my family is FANTASTIC.

22 Weeks

How far along? 22 weeks, 18 to go!
This Week the baby is a size of a: Spaghetti Squash/Papaya.  Different websites tell you different foods to compare to.  Basically he is  about 1 pound and up to 11 inches long.
Total weight gain/loss: I think I've gained around 4 pounds now. But with Memorial Day cookouts and a bridal shower is this weeks extra 2 pounds fat or baby weight, who knows?!
Maternity clothes? I did have to wear my Belly Band yesterday! My pants were high wasted (like up around my belly button) and I couldn't zip or button.  It was depressing but exciting.
Belly button in or out? innie (I'm trying to keep my belly button ring in as long as possible!)
Sleep: There's two reasons I'm not sleeping.  1) I like to feel him move so I stay awake just in hopes I'll feel something.  2) It's the NBA playoffs.  Late night games = no sleep.
Best moment this week: Feeling him move! Turns out I've been feeling him for a while but just didn't know it. Silly me. 
Movement: Yeeeuuuuup! It feels like waves moving across my stomach. 
Symptoms: Well obviously my belly is growing and I've been pretty tired. I've also had some pretty drastic mood swings. My hips hurt like crazy sometimes. Nothing too exciting to report
Symptoms I DON'T have: No cravings or weird dreams.  I don't think in the second trimester there are major symptoms
Food cravings: Junk food, but I craved that before pregnancy anyway.
Gender: macho man
What I miss: i don't think anything has changed so drastically that I "miss" something. I guess I've become pretty lazy and I've been flakey lately... I actually really hate that but to be honest, sometimes I just would rather sit on the couch.
What I am looking forward to: My doctor's appointment on Tuesday.  I always like hearing the heart beat.
Weekly Wisdom: Use Palmer's Cocoa Butter for Stretch Marks, so far I'm stretch mark free!
Milestones: Growing tiny little tooth buds under his gums. 
To Do List: We've started registering and have settled on a name.  I guess the biggest thing is to start planning the nursery, but we have to clean it first. 

"Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle, Yeah"

I've been wanting to blog everyday but I realize I don't have anything overwhelmingly exciting to blog about.  It would just be a bunch of the same thing over and over again.  However, over the past week a lot of exciting things have happened.

This week I have decided that I have DEFINITELY felt the baby move, and turns out I have been feeling it for weeks without realizing it.  So if you're wondering what the title of this entry is about, it is quoting an infamous lyric from the groundbreaking LMFAO song "Sexy and I know it."  To be honest, I find that song obnoxious, but it seemed fitting.  From what people have told me and what I have read, when you first feel your baby move it feels like little bubbles popping or fluttering.  I didn't feel that at all.  I kept feeling something similar to muscle twitches.  I thought it was from my stomach muscles stretching, but nope, turns out it's the babe.  You can feel these weird waves when you put your hand on my stomach.  Basically, it's awesome.

The other exciting thing that has happened is that we think we have come up with a name.  The grandparents know but THAT. IS. IT.  We decided that we're not going to tell people the name (for a while anyway) because there's always going to be that one person who tell you they don't like it and it totally ruins it for you.  However, if we just wait until he's here and the names on the birth certificate nobody can tell us not to name him that!  Most importantly it passes my Dad's name test.  He uses an NBA announcer voice and says "Baaaasket byyyy ....." and we see if it sounds good or not.  There was one where my Dad's voice cracked, so then we knew it was a sucky name.  This name flowed, sounds good with the middle name we want and we can use his initials as a nick name.  We're starting to call him by his name just to make sure we really like it and don't get sick of it.  

So that's that.  Two pretty big things.