a kicking schedule?

It almost seems now like Baby Jordan has a kicking schedule. About an hour or 2 after I wake up I feel a series of kicks. I've noticed this over the past 3 days including this morning. After that, it's kind of random and sparse. Baby Jordan has kicked me quite a bit today though, I almost feel as though I have a soccer player in my belly!

Recently I've been experiencing persistent headaches for the past week or 2. Today it hasn't been so bad....yet....They start on the right temple, and if they get bad enough they make my right eye feel like it's about to explode. It's not a normal headache as I only feel it on that one side. Sometimes it's accompanied by my eye twitching. And sometimes the pain spreads to the back of my head on the same side. I've thought seriously about calling the advice nurse to see what she'll say. I know she would just make me an appointment to see a doctor anyway...so I haven't called. If it gets much worse before my next appointment I may do just that though. I'm not sure if it's pregnancy related or not, but it's worth at least mentioning at my next appointment. It doesn't seem to be caused by anything I can think of. Yesterday I had a pounding in my ear, like someone was pounding on my ear drum. It makes me think I have some sort of blockage behind my ear that may be causing the headaches...but I'm unsure. So far today, I feel fine.

I've also noticed lately that my kitty V.V. will not leave me alone! I mean she usually follows me to the bathroom, but now, she's around me all the time! She keeps demanding my attention, and I feel it's b/c she somehow knows I won't have much time for her when the baby comes. Today though she's content just to be within paws reach of me. I let her lay on my chest this morning, and she turned herself around and laid herself face and paws on my stomach. While she was up there Baby Jordan kicked twice. I wasn't petting her, I was just letting her lay there, and she was so content to do just that. Today I feel as though she's becoming protective of the baby. Animals are such amazing creatures....they know when you're sick or hurt, and they can sense your hormone level changes when you're pregnant. V.V. knows something is coming, I can tell by her change in attitude around me recently. I just wish I could tap into that brain and understand what she thinks.

I'll be 22 weeks along come this Monday (7/14/14). When I'm 23 weeks and 3 days will be my next appointment, and I assume at that point they're going to schedule me for a visit when I'm 28 weeks along to check on my marginal previa to see if the placenta has moved by then. I really hope it does move, I'd really hate to have to give birth early (despite the fact that I'm a very impatient woman, and it's killing me that I have to wait to meet my baby) or have to schedule a c-section. In some ways this pregnancy is moving along quite quickly, and in other ways, it seems like forever before I'll be in the birthing room awaiting the arrival of this little bundle of joy. It's amazing that I'll be 6 months along soon, excitement is building all around this. Mine and hubby's families are all so very excited to meet the little one and spoil him/her.

I recently started a baby book, I decided that I don't like the pre-made ones in the stores....they're far too generic and not suited to my tastes. Plus you never end up filling the whole thing out, so it's kind of a waste. I like the idea of putting in everything I want to put in, and nothing else. I have quite a few pages completed, though I do need to go back and give them a more personal touch when I get some money to do so. I also have the gender announcement page set up.

Right now I'm waiting to get the money so I can start buying a few things for the gender reveal party in September. Hubby's aunt wants to go with me to get supplies, though I feel like I need to have some of my own money before we go out and start shopping. One place I may go is the dollar store. Cheap as it sounds, there are a few things at the dollar store that would be perfect for the party.