Hello stretchy pants!

Well, I'm 23 weeks pregnant today and am officially on to maternity pants! It was a good run while it lasted, but it seems I need to retire my non-maternity jeans for a while. I can still wear them with the rubber band trick, but as many of my friends who have been there have told me, the maternity pants with the stretchy waist are really just way more comfortable! :)

Speaking of friends, I just have to say that I have some of the best girlfriends ever! They have just been awesome through this whole experience so far! Alison has let me borrow a ton of maternity clothes already and is sending me more this weekend! Also, she is sending me some baby boy clothes, so I'm excited about that! Mandi, Sara, and Jaime are planning a baby shower for me and I can't wait to get together with all of my friends! Jaime is also reviewing my registry to help me figure out what I've missed and what I do and don't need, and Carrie helped me find a free breastfeeding class that I'm going to take in June and sent me a great list that I used when creating my registry. Jenny is currently pregnant and due in April and it has been wonderful to follow behind her on this journey! So, thank you ladies!

I have recently discovered the joys of consignment shopping. So far I've really only been shopping for clothes, but it's so fun! I went to a store this weekend that has both maternity clothes and baby clothes on consignment and I bought a few things for myself and a few things for baby. So fun!

Speaking of shopping, MrKLB took me to see Confessions of a Shopaholic this weekend and I really enjoyed it. Funny thing is the baby was kicking through the entire movie! I think that means he liked it. :) The kicks were so strong that MrKLB was able to feel many of the kicks. Until then, he had only managed to feel him kick once because it seemed that any time I felt the strong kicks I was at work or away from home. Anyway, most of the kicks are strong now and MrKLB has felt a lot of them. Very cool!

What else? I'm still running and have actually been running with the dogs twice in the past 3 days. I also tried out a prenatal yoga DVD workout that Alison gave me and I think I really enjoyed it. I've never done yoga before, so it was different, but after I finished I felt really stretched out, which was great! I think I'm going to try to do it a couple of times a week to make sure I stretch well. I plan to do it today when I get home from work!

That's all for now. My next OB appointment is scheduled for next Monday, but I think it's going to be a boring appointment. No ultrasound and nothing exciting other than a checkup. Then my next appointment at 28 weeks is the one where I'll be tested for gestational diabetes. Let's hope that goes well so that I don't have to take the 3 hour glucose test!