The Bump Makes It's Appearance

I wish I had started earlier, but not being a fan of bare belly mirror pictures I was determined to find a way to track the bump that I would feel comfortable showing.  Pinterest, yet again to the rescue...cue chalkboard tracker! I found an inexpensive mirror, primed and coated it with chalkboard paint and voila!

Unfortunately, I started a bit late in the game.  15 weeks has come and gone, and since I didn't have anyone to take a picture of ME in front of the chalkboard I will have to start next week (which is actually today...where is time going???)

The second trimester has been treating me much better than the first.  My morning all day and all night sickness has nearly diminished completely and I am finally gaining an appetite.  Food aversions are slowly getting better (though even just a whiff of pepper still makes me gag), and I have luckily been craving mostly healthy things such as fruit and lemonade. I'm no longer passing out by 6 PM each day and overall I feel better than I have in a couple months!  The second day of week 15 baby decided to push my belly out and each day I swear it gets bigger and bigger.  Here is a picture of week 13 vs week 15 (yes, it's a mirror shot but I felt like I needed to document somehow!):

13 Weeks

15 Weeks

 16 week update coming soon!