So I've been pregnant half a year

This week marks 6 months for this little corn-sized baby in my uterus.

SIX MONTHS!!!

I can't believe how fast it's going. I like this whole pregnancy thing.
(Also, isn't it weird that she's corn-sized?! That's a weird shape to be).

+ She is kicking like CRAZY and I freaking love it so much!! It's nice since I am a paranoid freak. Now I know she is alive and well in there. But I also just love feeling her move around in me and beat me up a little bit. It's so precious. Sometimes she wakes me up in the middle of the night and I don't even care. I'll just lay there and feel her move. It's so precious. Also, I like the feeling of a real kick way better than the flutters I was feeling before. Those are weird.

+ Nathan gets to feel her kick all the time too. She is mostly active at night which I don't mind since I don't see Nathan during the day. We can also see her move from the outside. It's nuts! Sometimes we will just lay in bed and watch my stomach for 30 minutes while she kicks and punches the crap out of it. She is a strong one. And a hyper one. 

+ Sometimes if Nathan pushes on my belly, she kicks him back. I think it's hilarious. It's so fun to see her little personality already.

+ All of those bullet points had to do with her kicking. Can you tell I love it?

+ I don't really have any food aversions anymore but fast food makes me feel sick after I eat it. Which makes me sad because it tastes so good while I am eating it.

+ I haven't started swelling yet.. I just keep waiting for it.

+ Sleeping is getting harder but still manageable. My hips have started to hurt pretty bad. But I have about a billion pillows all around me. Poor Nathan. I have taken over the bed. It's like my own island of pillows.

+ I still crave string cheese 24/7. It's really the only thing I have craved. And I want it so bad. All the time. 

+ I do also occasionally crave grapes. Good thing they aren't in season right now and cost way too much money.

 + I go in for my big diabetes test thing on Friday. I am not all that worried about the drink. Fingers crossed for good results!

+ Stangers notice I am pregnant now and ask me about it. It's fun! I always want to pretend that I'm not pregnant and watch them get uncomfortable. That's mean though.

+ A student from last year came in to see me and freaked out when he saw my stomach, even though he knew I was pregnant. He said, "I mean, I knew there was a baby in there, but now I can actually tell. I just never saw you as the pregnant type!" I'm not sure what that means.

+ I spend hours online designing the nursery. It's a sickness.

+ She likes to hang out on my left side. Always. My left side sticks out further because she likes it better over there. It's probably because my bangs sweep to the left. There must be some scientific connection between bangs and babies.
+ It is slowly, very slowly, starting to feel a tiny bit real. I still can't wrap my mind around the fact that I am making a human that I get to keep forever, but feeling her move has taken this to a whole new level.
+ I really love being pregnant. Of course I want her here, but I love this time to be so close to her and to enjoy the alone time with my husband and to think about the amazing thing my body is doing.

I don't know how to just stand and smile normal. I can't control myself.