Need.....water....

     I am sooooooo thirsty these past couple weeks. I can honestly down a whole 24 oz and fill it up, just to drink the whole thing again a few minutes later.  And Repeat. I don't know if it's because I started doing an hour of easy exercise a few times a week, or if baby is just draining me.  Hmmm, maybe a good question to ask the doc at my next appointment in 3+ weeks!!!!!!!  Yay!  I am just so excited about finally getting an ultrasound.  I know I should be happy that I haven't gotten one thsu far, because that means I wasn't high risk or potentially carrying multiples or anything out of the ordinary.  I've read and been told that 20 weeks is pretty standard for the first ultrasound with a normal pregnancy. 
   Last night I overheard Zach talking to his mom about our appointments and the scheduled U.S.  and he seemed sooooooo excited!  I can tell he's very ecstatic about the whole thing.  I can't wait to see our baby on the screen- it will be such a different feeling, especially for Zach.  He hasn't been able to experience any of the bodily changes that I have, so it's super-exciting for him to hear our baby's heartbeat and will be even more exciting to actually see our baby.  Just wait til he holds our baby for the first time; he's not a cry-er, but I guarantee the tears will flow :-)

New Cravings

   So, I guess it's not really a NEW craving, more like a revisit to previous cravings.  thanks to my Aunt Barb I've been wanting smoothies every day now.  The other night I wanted one so badly, but I had to find our blender amongst the boxes still packed from moving.  Let me tell you, I was one determined pregnant lady....I dug through those boxes until I found that darn blender :-)  I told Zach that I had put my mind to it and I was going to look until I found the blender to make my delicious smoothie, haha.  Ah the lengths we will go to for food when pregnant.
   I actually made my own individual servings of frozen fruit for smoothies...the prepackaged ones in the store were sooooo pricey.  I just chopped up some bananas and washed up some strawberries, then threw them in small freezer baggies.  I was too lazy to make orange juice so instead I added 1/2 cup frozen juice concentrate, 1/2 -1 cup water, and 1 cup of yogurt to the mix and blended 'er right up....very yummy.  I've had three in the past 3 days :-)
  Another craving: I want a big salad for lunch today...we shall see how far that takes me- probably just across the street to Subway for a sub or over to PickNSave for their huge salad bar (2nd one seems like a better option).  Heck, at least I'm craving good-for-us foods and not fries ALLLLL the time, just sometimes.  :-)