Day off and Arizona Summer!

Well I have been living in Arizona for over a year now and it has been great but definitely a little rough in the summer. When we first moved here I thought " This is great, I am going to be so tan!" Well the opposite is actually true! I have managed to make it through a long AZ summer and am one of the most pasty people I know! It is not fun to lay out in the sun at the pool when it is 120 degrees!! Its actually not fun being outside at all! So the bummer part of summer is that I have been cooped up indoors with the A/C on blast! I miss being able to sit out on our patio or lay at the pool and read my book! It has been even harder because being pregnant makes me even more sensitive to the sun and heat. I am really looking forward to October when the weather is perfect and we can sit outside and go on walks!

Well today it is only 100 degrees and there is actually a nice breeze! So after I dropped Saleem off at work I decided i would actually put my swimsuit on and hit the pool! It was great because swimming is my favorite exercise during pregnancy! It is so low impact and I get the weightless feeling in the water. So i swam slowly back and forth for awhile and I was even able to lay out in the shade and read my book! You can check out the latest book I am reading here! Our townhouse has a great pool area, and the even better part is unless it is a weekend, there is hardly ever anybody there so it is like having your own private pool. 

The Pool!

Life Right Now

Hey everybody! Well I thought it was cooling down here in Phoenix because we had 1 week of weather below 100 but it looks like we are back to a week full of temps between 102 and 108! I really can't wait for this summer to finally be over! Looking forward to the beautiful fall and winter we have here in Arizona. Well I found this little questionnaire on somebody else's blog and thought it would be fun to try to keep a week by week log of how our little one is changing and how Mommy is changing as well! So here it goes...

Pregnancy Questionnaire #1:

How far along? 16 weeks!! (4 months) 
Total weight gain/loss: 4 or 5 lbs.
Maternity clothes? Right now only for my work pants but just got a pair of jeans because I will need them soon! 
Stretch marks? None so far! Knock on wood!
Sleep: Sleep is not something I can get a lot of. This little one likes to sit right on my bladder so I end up getting up 5 to 6 times a night and it is becoming harder to get a comfortable sleeping position. 
Best moment this week: Hearing little ones heartbeat and movement at the doctor!
Movement: Still can't feel movement but do occasionally feel small flutters and pressure.

Cravings: Lots of them but I think the biggest cravings are for gummy candies and Starbuck's strawberries and cream frappes right now. 
Gender: We find out September 19th!!! CANT WAIT
Labor Signs: None yet
Belly Button in or out? In, but the very center of it is slowly starting to look like it is starting to move out :( 
What I miss: I really miss being able to drink an unlimited amount of caffeine! 
What I am looking forward to: Our gender ultrasound!

Milestones: My stomach is slowing starting to round out so I am actually starting to look pregnant instead of just a little chubbier! 

New Blog

Hey everybody! I decided to start a blog and keep everybody updated on life here in the Lewis Family! Look forward to a lot more posts and updates!!