24 weeks and counting!!

This week we are 24 weeks pregnant! The picture below was taken two weeks ago, at which time I had a total weight gain of 8 pounds. I am feeling pretty good, but my back has been hurting more than I would expect it to at this point. I guess that is the trade off for not having morning sickness in my first trimester.

School has started again, but is much more relaxed than the three previous semesters. I only have school on Thursdays and my clinicals have been few and far between. Precepting will start in October so I assume I will be more busy then, but I am just enjoying my schedule for now.

Trip to TN

For my anniversary present, Jayson gave me a ticket to Tennessee to visit my friend Becky! She is three weeks ahead of me in her pregnancy so you can imagine how we spent much of our time! That's right--we ate really good food almost every day! This first picture is of some of my friends from the Murfreesboro ward at Miller's Grocery; very good southern cooking!We did some shopping, went to a comedy club and mostly just talked about nursing school, being a nurse, or anything else we could think of. This is a shot of us at a huge outside mall in Huntsville, Alabama. We stayed with Becky's parents for the day and again had some great home cooking! Thanks Momma Nelson!! This was from the last day of my trip. We wanted a comparison of our bellies. As it turns out, she's having another girl and ours is another boy. It's great to be pregnant with your best friend!! I just wish we still lived around the corner from each other :(