21 weeks.

week: 21

baby stats: trigger now weighs in at about 3/4 of a pound and is the length of a carrot - 10.5 inches or so.  eyebrows and eyelids are in full effect and baby is starting to look more and more like the baby we will see in a few months.  whoa.  

symptoms: nothing really this week.  we were back to work after our vacation, so lots of stress and catching up, but baby-wise, all is well.  

aversions: i'm 100% back into food.  still trying to keep my appetite within the normal range, but it is nice to be hungry and to like food all the time.  i'm into sweets again...when my dad was in town last week, we got some peanut butter fudge ice cream from target as a little treat, and i swear i can hear it whispering to me from the freezer....

bump: still plugging away.  i think i'm carrying more forward and out this time, but i've been too lazy to look at the round 1 pictures to do a compare/contrast.  

worries: i think i'm keeping the kidney situation in perspective.  i think about it and pray about it, but for the most part, i am not exceedingly worried about it...perhaps because i know there is literally nothing i can do but wait and pray.  the knowledge that my placenta is anterior has helped a lot with my worries about how much/how big movement i'm feeling.  

looking forward to: fall!  i know it's only labor day weekend, but football season and september mean fall is close at hand.  fall means sweaters and scarves.  yes, please!

boy or girl?: this is the first week i've kind of felt girl.  maybe it's the sweets cravings (i loved sweets with emme), or that the movement feels similar to ek.  or maybe it's just that i spent several hours going through baby girl clothes this weekend and it got me thinking about all the cute stuff i'd be able to put on another girl...

missing the most: advil.  i'm not one to take medication that often - even OTC stuff - but i have had wicked headaches this pregnancy (i blame part hormones and part allergies) and, though i refuse to take anything, i feel like it would be so great to just pop two ibuprofen and be done with it.  

pregnancy milestone: i don't think we have one this week.  still no linea negra.  still no outside-the-belly movements (though i think i saw a little thump last night, but i was the only one).  

what's different this time: time is FLYING this go-round.  i mean, seriously...we are already in september.  i've felt like january was so far away, but it's just not.  i also know that with all the activity and holidays coming up, the rest of this pregnancy is going to go by even faster.  i should probably start making some to do lists....