How Far Along: 17 weeks
Total Weight Gain: 9 pounds. I gained no weight this week. I think my body was recovering from the lack of exercising and intense amount of eating out I did while in Dallas. I am suprised, however, that the cookie dough we made did not implant itself on my saddle bags to live forever. I would have thought that alone would have been a 2 pound gain. Thank you Jesus for sparing me that disaster.
Maternity Clothes: Jake and I went to Gap Outlet last week, but I struck out on pants. I must have gone at a bad time because all they had available were bad 90's jeans and army green cargo pants. Vom. I did get 2 v-necks and a workout zip up jacket for $20 total. Saturday I went to the actual Gap and saw the same jacket for $60 so I think I made out pretty well. In addition to trying on every pair of black pants in Motherhood Maternity on Saturday before finally deciding on least horrible of all of them (a girl needs work clothes!), I also bought a pair of skinny jeans and a pair of straight leg jeans. I'm ready to rock some flats with my straight leg jeans and some boots with my skinnies in the fall. Woo!
Sleep: I've really never been able to sleep all the way through the night unless I am just dead tired and pass out. I'm always up peeing or readjusting my sleep position because my back hurts. But I think right now it's worse than it's ever been. I don't even have a belly yet and my back is killing me. I hate to think what it's going to feel like when I've gained 30 pounds. I guess like every other mother in the history of the universe, I will just deal with it.
Best Moment(s) This Week: As lame as it sounds, I think my best moment was finally buying our crib. I have been literally flipping out for the last month and a half about what I'm going to do about buying this nursery furniture. Mine and Jake's bed cost $400 when we bought it and it was our 1-year anniversary gift to each other. Every other piece of furniture in our house other than our couch is a hand me down. I was having a really hard time processing spending $2,000 to outfit a baby's room when the baby isn't even going to care or remember what it looks like! However, thanks to my aunt and uncle who apparently hang on to baby furniture for 15 years, I now have a free changing table and dresser that we can use. The finish on both pieces scream mid 80's (it was the honey colored oak stuff my mom picked out when I was a baby), but with a little help from Pinterest and a few coats of paint, I think we can refinish them to look really cute in the nursery. Before and after pictures will follow once my project is complete.
Gender: 3 more weeks until the big reveal date. Jake said he's more excited to find out what Monkey is than for Monkey to actually get here. I guess I'm glad we decided we'll find out. Ha!
Movement: People have really started kicking up the "have you felt any movement" question lately. Everything I've read said it can take up to 23 weeks before I'll be able to feel anything. I remain freaked out by the prospect of it, so if Monkey wants to remain still and sleeping for the next 6 weeks, I won't argue. My iPhone apps this week told me that Monkey is the size of a turnip, onion, sweet potato, or mango. I am beginning to think they are just making stuff up so I can wander through the grocery store studying random produce like an idiot. Maybe it's their cruel way of messing with pregos.
Food Cravings: I want sushi. Thankfully most sushi served in the U.S. is actually cooked fish (so if there are any pregos reading this who are also craving sushi but think they can't eat it because every book in America tells you not to, you can still eat it if the fish is cooked. Hello tempura shrimp!). I need a trip to Cloud 9 or Dancing Wasabi asap...ahem Jake.
Symptoms: This has not changed. My boobs are gigundo. They don't even fit in my sports bras anymore. Is this a good excuse to stop working out? Haha - just kidding! I do need to find a new sports bra though, maybe just one will get me through the next 5 months. The thing that really sucks is that I bought a new bigger bra, but it was so expensive that I only bought one. So this one bra basically needs to be clean at all times or I end up shoving these monsters into a bra that doesn't fit and walk around readjusting myself all day like a dude does with his junk. #annoying
What I Miss: In addition to everything I listed last week (yeah, I don't really love being pregnant if you can't tell), I have one more thing to add. I was warned about this when I got pregnant, and I know I complained about it in the first month or two, but it was nothing compared to how I feel now. I'm talking about bloating. Oh. My. God. You know how sometimes you go to an Italian restaurant and you drink 3 glasses of wine, have an entire loaf of bread, a salad that could be a meal by itself, a large portion of lasagna, and then share dessert to top it all off? And then you leave and you feel like someone should roll you out of there because you have just stuffed so much food into your stomach that you think you might explode? Yeah, I feel like that when I eat a cup of cereal in the morning. This baby isn't even that big and I think my stomach has shrunk by half because my expanding uterus is squishing it down. Now you might be thinking "oh this is wonderful - you don't have to eat as much so you won't gain as much weight!" No, it goes like this: Damn, I'm hungry I think I'll eat. Proceed to eat a bowl of cereal. Feel obnoxiously, uncomfortably full for 2 hours. Realize you are kind of hungry. 10 minutes pass by. You start searching high and low for something to stuff in your mouth because you might pass out or die of starvation. Eat granola bar. Feel obnoxiously, uncomfortably full. Repeat all day. It BLOWS.
So to sum up, I miss eating a normal amount of food without feeling like I've been stuffed full of an Italian feast. I also would just really like to get hammered college style with my friends. Is that too much to ask? I think it is. Oh well.
What I am Looking Forward to: We are going to the Reds game on Friday with Jake's whole fam to celebrate his grandparents' anniversary. I also hope to start some painting this weekend (hey worrywarts chill out, I bought surgical masks so I don't breathe the fumes and I'll open the windows).
Noteworthy Items:
-Update on The Hunger Games: MS warned me the third one was hard to get into. She wasn't lying. I think I'm on page 95 and I'm still not digging it. Suzanne Collins needs to pick it up stat or I'm going to give up.
-I. Freaking. Love. The. Olympics. I could sit and watch it all day. That being said, I'd like to give whoever made up these gymnastics rules a piece of my mind. Jordyn Wieber crying on national television because her TEAMMATE (during the TEAM competition nonetheless) is competing in the all-around and she is not, even though she has one of the top 24 scores, absolutely broke my heart. Is this the socialist Olympics? Let's send 2 from each team because that's totally more fair than all of the BEST gymnasts competing for the top title. FALSE! Did Barry Obama come up with this rule? Wouldn't be surprised! Get it together Olympic Gymnastics Committee!! This is horseshit! (Steps off of soapbox...)
-It is almost August. Where did summer go? I'm sure all of my teacher friends are in freak-out mode right now. Good luck to all of you!
-Jake and I went and looked at some houses for sale in Fort Thomas on Sunday. No, we're not moving. We just wanted to see what a few more dollars would buy us in Fort Thomas. The answer is: not much. We've pretty much decided we need to start socking money away so we can do some things we need to do to our house to make it liveable for a family of (insert TBA # here) to function for a while. So we'll get right on that after we finish unloading our savings on baby stuff and college funds.
-I can't believe I'm saying this because I love summer SO much. But I think I'm ready for fall. Unless Mother Nature decides to be normal and give me some 85 degree days instead of 98 degree days. I'm really over this heat stroke that's been going on, and being in a bathing suit while you look like you just ate 7 burritos really isn't my idea of a great time. I need to either have normal summer weather or start transitioning into fall. Thanks.
-How about them Redlegs? I am LOVING THIS!!! I could also watch them all day every day! It is so fun to cheer for a team who is tearing it up. Let's go win a World Series boys!!
-Happy Birthday to my beautiful little sister!! I can't believe you are 24! When did we get so old? Monkey loves you already!!
Monday, July 30, 2012
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Sixteen.
(a day late and a dollar short y'all)
How Far Along: 16 weeks
Total Weight Gain: 9 pounds. Ew. I gained 4 pounds over the last two weeks. Considering I was out of town last week (and gained 6 pounds in 8 days two years ago when I was in Jamaica and NOT knocked up), I think this is a small victory. Although I have now reached my "it's time to freak out unless you're pregnant" number and I freaked out anyway. Not surprising.
Maternity Clothes: I finally bought some maternity jeans. They are God's gift to women. Can someone please tell me why we don't all wear elastic waisted jeans with lycra built into them all the time? Like, why do I have to be pregnant in order to not have a zipper and button digging into my stomach? They were well worth all $40 (especially since I returned the $75 pair after I freaked out about spending more on maternity jeans than I do on regular jeans). I am excited to buy more elastic waisted pants and maybe continue wearing them even after Monkey comes...bahahaha.
Sleep: I am back to normal pre-pregnancy tiredness. Tired around 2:30 every day, but I can typically get through the day functioning with only one dose of caffeine rather than the two I had before I started cooking a baby in my belly.
Best Moment(s) This Week: The single best moment I had last week was seeing Jake smile when he saw me at the Rochester airport. I flew from Dallas to Chicago on Friday and was supposed to fly from there to Syracuse so my fam could pick me up and we could head on to Cooperstown. When I landed in Chi-town, my flight to Syracuse had been cancelled. I spent 45 minutes running around the airport worried that I might not make it to NY at all and would have to wait until Monday to see Jake. But by the grace of God, I flew standby on a flight to Rochester (literally got on the plane as it was leaving the tarmack) that landed at 7pm. Seeing Jake smile to see me after being away from each other for 6 days was so awesome. Warning: mush nation. Absence really does make the heart grow fonder. Seeing him waiting for me melted my heart. I am so happy to be home.
Cooperstown was also fantastic, more on that later.
Gender: Jake's uncles are also convinced that it's a boy. I continue to call Monkey a "he". I remain anxiously awaiting the gender reveal in August.
Movement: Still nothing. I'm not surprised though. I'm convinced the first time I feel a kick I am going to be so weirded out. The thought is so foreign to me, no matter how awesome everybody tells me it is. I think having a body move around inside of my stomach is going to completely freak me out and to be honest I am not looking forward to it. I kind of wish Monkey would just hang out and sit still until he's ready to come out. Monkey is now the size of an avocado. My mom thinks that seems smaller than a navel orange - I say the scientists disagree with her. We went to the store tonight and checked out both, I think they are the same size.
Food Cravings: All food, all the time. I talked to another prego who said she can go for hours without eating and not realize it because the babies (she's carrying twins) are squishing her stomach and it's basically like she had lap band surgery. I wish I had that problem. This baby may be squishing my bladder, but my stomach is definitely NOT being squished. I eat approximately every 2 hours or else I'm afraid I'll have another sweaty episode. Speaking of cravings - we just made cookie dough with egg beaters so I could sit on my couch and shovel it into my mouth.
Symptoms: HUGE BOOBS. As if they weren't big enough to begin with. They better shrink after this baby comes, or Jake is going to need to start saving for a breast reduction for his lovely wife. I am not dealing with these mammaries for the rest of my life.
What I Miss: The list continues to grow. I miss working out to the point of complete exhaustion, pushing my body to its limit and I feel like I just can't take it anymore. I miss having a seemingly endless closet full of clothes to choose from in the morning. I miss sleeping on my stomach if I want to. I miss my smaller boobs. I miss being able to make it from lunch to 2pm without eating. And yes I still miss boozing - SORRY ABOUT IT. I think knowing that I can't have or do stuff makes me feel like I miss it even more.
What I am Looking Forward to: My baby brother has been in London for 7 and a half weeks, and I am so excited for him to come home this weekend!
Noteworthy Items:
-Traveling alone and pregnant is terrible. I do not recommend.
-I finished the first two Hunger Games books last week on my plane rides - yes I am a bandwagon book reader. They are so good. I am pumped to read the last one.
-Coming back from a week off of work, whether it's for vacation or training, is so miserable. My desk looks like a hurricane hit it. I want to scream. If I get through this week it will be a miracle.
-After driving a Mustang for a week, my Pilot seems like a Army tanker. And I'm not going to lie, I love it.
-After I found out I was knocked up and realized we had already paid for and planned our trip to Cooperstown, I seriously considered bailing and finding someone to fill my shoes and go with Jake. I am SO GLAD I didn't bail. It was one of those once in a lifetime trips that I would have never known I was sad to miss. My dad raised me as a baseball fan, and since we grew up in NKY, we've always loved our Redlegs. Barry Larkin was one of my all-time favorites, and being able to experience his induction into the Hall was truly an awesome experience. Walking through the Hall of Fame with Jake, my dad, and my mom together (it was everyone's first time there), was also incredible and I wouldn't trade it for the world. The history of baseball in the U.S. is pretty remarkable and experiencing Cooperstown is something I would recommend to any baseball fan out there - it's worth it!
-Note to self: when planning to sit outside for 4 hours in an open field in 80 degree weather watching a Hall of Fame induction ceremony, please bring sunscreen. If not, you will look like Rudolph for a week, followed by a peeling nosed freakshow. Yikes.
How Far Along: 16 weeks
Total Weight Gain: 9 pounds. Ew. I gained 4 pounds over the last two weeks. Considering I was out of town last week (and gained 6 pounds in 8 days two years ago when I was in Jamaica and NOT knocked up), I think this is a small victory. Although I have now reached my "it's time to freak out unless you're pregnant" number and I freaked out anyway. Not surprising.
Maternity Clothes: I finally bought some maternity jeans. They are God's gift to women. Can someone please tell me why we don't all wear elastic waisted jeans with lycra built into them all the time? Like, why do I have to be pregnant in order to not have a zipper and button digging into my stomach? They were well worth all $40 (especially since I returned the $75 pair after I freaked out about spending more on maternity jeans than I do on regular jeans). I am excited to buy more elastic waisted pants and maybe continue wearing them even after Monkey comes...bahahaha.
Sleep: I am back to normal pre-pregnancy tiredness. Tired around 2:30 every day, but I can typically get through the day functioning with only one dose of caffeine rather than the two I had before I started cooking a baby in my belly.
Best Moment(s) This Week: The single best moment I had last week was seeing Jake smile when he saw me at the Rochester airport. I flew from Dallas to Chicago on Friday and was supposed to fly from there to Syracuse so my fam could pick me up and we could head on to Cooperstown. When I landed in Chi-town, my flight to Syracuse had been cancelled. I spent 45 minutes running around the airport worried that I might not make it to NY at all and would have to wait until Monday to see Jake. But by the grace of God, I flew standby on a flight to Rochester (literally got on the plane as it was leaving the tarmack) that landed at 7pm. Seeing Jake smile to see me after being away from each other for 6 days was so awesome. Warning: mush nation. Absence really does make the heart grow fonder. Seeing him waiting for me melted my heart. I am so happy to be home.
Cooperstown was also fantastic, more on that later.
Gender: Jake's uncles are also convinced that it's a boy. I continue to call Monkey a "he". I remain anxiously awaiting the gender reveal in August.
Movement: Still nothing. I'm not surprised though. I'm convinced the first time I feel a kick I am going to be so weirded out. The thought is so foreign to me, no matter how awesome everybody tells me it is. I think having a body move around inside of my stomach is going to completely freak me out and to be honest I am not looking forward to it. I kind of wish Monkey would just hang out and sit still until he's ready to come out. Monkey is now the size of an avocado. My mom thinks that seems smaller than a navel orange - I say the scientists disagree with her. We went to the store tonight and checked out both, I think they are the same size.
Food Cravings: All food, all the time. I talked to another prego who said she can go for hours without eating and not realize it because the babies (she's carrying twins) are squishing her stomach and it's basically like she had lap band surgery. I wish I had that problem. This baby may be squishing my bladder, but my stomach is definitely NOT being squished. I eat approximately every 2 hours or else I'm afraid I'll have another sweaty episode. Speaking of cravings - we just made cookie dough with egg beaters so I could sit on my couch and shovel it into my mouth.
Symptoms: HUGE BOOBS. As if they weren't big enough to begin with. They better shrink after this baby comes, or Jake is going to need to start saving for a breast reduction for his lovely wife. I am not dealing with these mammaries for the rest of my life.
What I Miss: The list continues to grow. I miss working out to the point of complete exhaustion, pushing my body to its limit and I feel like I just can't take it anymore. I miss having a seemingly endless closet full of clothes to choose from in the morning. I miss sleeping on my stomach if I want to. I miss my smaller boobs. I miss being able to make it from lunch to 2pm without eating. And yes I still miss boozing - SORRY ABOUT IT. I think knowing that I can't have or do stuff makes me feel like I miss it even more.
What I am Looking Forward to: My baby brother has been in London for 7 and a half weeks, and I am so excited for him to come home this weekend!
Noteworthy Items:
-Traveling alone and pregnant is terrible. I do not recommend.
-I finished the first two Hunger Games books last week on my plane rides - yes I am a bandwagon book reader. They are so good. I am pumped to read the last one.
-Coming back from a week off of work, whether it's for vacation or training, is so miserable. My desk looks like a hurricane hit it. I want to scream. If I get through this week it will be a miracle.
-After driving a Mustang for a week, my Pilot seems like a Army tanker. And I'm not going to lie, I love it.
-After I found out I was knocked up and realized we had already paid for and planned our trip to Cooperstown, I seriously considered bailing and finding someone to fill my shoes and go with Jake. I am SO GLAD I didn't bail. It was one of those once in a lifetime trips that I would have never known I was sad to miss. My dad raised me as a baseball fan, and since we grew up in NKY, we've always loved our Redlegs. Barry Larkin was one of my all-time favorites, and being able to experience his induction into the Hall was truly an awesome experience. Walking through the Hall of Fame with Jake, my dad, and my mom together (it was everyone's first time there), was also incredible and I wouldn't trade it for the world. The history of baseball in the U.S. is pretty remarkable and experiencing Cooperstown is something I would recommend to any baseball fan out there - it's worth it!
-Note to self: when planning to sit outside for 4 hours in an open field in 80 degree weather watching a Hall of Fame induction ceremony, please bring sunscreen. If not, you will look like Rudolph for a week, followed by a peeling nosed freakshow. Yikes.
Monday, July 16, 2012
Fifteen.
How Far Along: 15 weeks
Total Weight Gain: Thanks to being in Dallas this morning and in Lexington yesterday morning, I didn't weigh myself this week. Here's hoping next Tuesday morning brings a 2 pound or less gain since my last weigh in.
Maternity Clothes: The belly bands aren't really working anymore. When I sit, I have major whale tail going on in the back - nobody wants to see that shit - especially on a growing prego. I'm going to shop in Dallas on Tuesday for some jeans and a pair of black dress pants. I rocked one of my college dresses to a wedding this weekend and after dinner I felt like my boobs were going to explode out of the top and flash everyone present (nothing like naked boobs to take all of the attention off the bride). Thankfully they didn't, but I think I'll be sticking to maternity dresses from here on out. I had actually packed another dress in the car in case I actually did bust the dress open. Always be prepared!
Sleep: While I'm in Dallas this week, I have every intention of going to bed around 9pm and waking up at 7:15am. Can't. Freaking. Wait.
Best Moment(s) This Week: Jake and I spent all day Saturday with our college friends. Every time we are together I am reminded how incredibly blessed I was to have joined a sorority almost ten years ago (YIKES I'M OLD) that served, among other things, as an outlet to find some of the best friends a girl could ask for. We always pick up right where we left off, and leave each other with sore abs from all the laughing we did while we were together. I loved every second and can't wait to see them again.
Gender: The five week countdown has begun.
Movement: "They" say I could be starting to feel some fluttering soon, but I have felt zero anything so far. Also, Monkey is the size of a navel orange. I'm not sure how big a navel orange is compared to a regular orange, or if there's even a difference (who comes up with this crapola anyway?), but that seems pretty big to me! And in other good news, Monkey actually looks like a human now instead of some creepy weird alien rolling around in my belly.
Food Cravings: Everyone keeps asking me about my weird cravings, but I have nothing to report. I do have a really funny hunger story from today though: I am in a training class in Dallas this week, and I have been really anxious about how I'm going to handle my desperate need to eat every two hours. I made it until about 11am this morning before I started to feel the hunger kick in. By 11:30 when the instructor released us for lunch, my shirt was soaking wet, my hair was wet, and I had beads of sweat dripping down my face. I had to go in the bathroom and literally wipe all of my makeup off of my face because I had sweated it all off. I went through 3 paper towels sopping up all the sweat on my face, neck, and chest. I got in my car and shoved about 10 starbursts in my mouth as fast as I could because I needed food and I needed it ASAP and those were the only thing in my purse. Talk about your embarrassing pregnancy moments. I'll be heading to Walmart tonight to stock up on inconspicuous snacks so this doesn't happen again.
Symptoms: Day sweats caused by hunger. Gross. I also have an abnormally high amount of boogers in my nose (also gross, I know), but it's like they just don't stop reproducing. I feel like I could be that 2 year old with his finger up his nose all day and still never be able to breathe without obstruction. I've also noticed the need to take more deep breaths than normal and I'm wondering if this is the beginning of the wheezing/not being able to breathe stage. I am only 15 weeks along, it's going to be a long 5 more months for Jake if that is the case.
What I Miss: My clothes. Drinking wine at weddings. Drinking beer at the pool. Drinking wine with dinner. Drinking beer on Monday nights after Jake's softball games. I am fully aware I sound like an alcoholic. I don't care. Refraining from alcohol in the summer BLOWS. Next time (godwilling) I'm getting pregnant in August.
What I am Looking Forward to: After this horrible week alone in Dallas, I am so excited to spend the weekend in Cooperstown with my hubby and parents watching Barry Larkin get inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Noteworthy Items:
-All of my anxiety about this trip to Dallas by myself has come true during the first 24 hours. My flight was delayed last night. I didn't get to the hotel until 11:30pm. I had to move rooms because the assholes next door were watching some obnoxiously loud movie in the adjoining room next to me loud enough that I had no chance of sleeping. I got lost on my way to the training center this morning but luckily still got there on time. And lastly, see the day sweats story I recently divulged. It's going to be a long 3 and a half more days.
-Staying completely sober at a wedding is not the most exciting thing in the world, but I managed to have a good time with my friends anyway. Sadly, I am very proud of myself.
-Not only did Fifty Shades single handedly bring back my pregnant libido, it served as great dinner conversation with my friends on Saturday at the wedding. "Get me some chicken and a Gatorade."
-My rental car in Dallas is a bright red Ford Mustang. I cannot think of a car that is less me. I'm positive I look hysterical driving around in a little red sports car, especially since I pull a U-turn or change lanes about every 100 feet because I have no clue where the eff I'm going.
-Being on a business trip alone and pregnant is no fun. I miss my husband. And my dog. That's all folks.
Total Weight Gain: Thanks to being in Dallas this morning and in Lexington yesterday morning, I didn't weigh myself this week. Here's hoping next Tuesday morning brings a 2 pound or less gain since my last weigh in.
Maternity Clothes: The belly bands aren't really working anymore. When I sit, I have major whale tail going on in the back - nobody wants to see that shit - especially on a growing prego. I'm going to shop in Dallas on Tuesday for some jeans and a pair of black dress pants. I rocked one of my college dresses to a wedding this weekend and after dinner I felt like my boobs were going to explode out of the top and flash everyone present (nothing like naked boobs to take all of the attention off the bride). Thankfully they didn't, but I think I'll be sticking to maternity dresses from here on out. I had actually packed another dress in the car in case I actually did bust the dress open. Always be prepared!
Sleep: While I'm in Dallas this week, I have every intention of going to bed around 9pm and waking up at 7:15am. Can't. Freaking. Wait.
Best Moment(s) This Week: Jake and I spent all day Saturday with our college friends. Every time we are together I am reminded how incredibly blessed I was to have joined a sorority almost ten years ago (YIKES I'M OLD) that served, among other things, as an outlet to find some of the best friends a girl could ask for. We always pick up right where we left off, and leave each other with sore abs from all the laughing we did while we were together. I loved every second and can't wait to see them again.
Gender: The five week countdown has begun.
Movement: "They" say I could be starting to feel some fluttering soon, but I have felt zero anything so far. Also, Monkey is the size of a navel orange. I'm not sure how big a navel orange is compared to a regular orange, or if there's even a difference (who comes up with this crapola anyway?), but that seems pretty big to me! And in other good news, Monkey actually looks like a human now instead of some creepy weird alien rolling around in my belly.
Food Cravings: Everyone keeps asking me about my weird cravings, but I have nothing to report. I do have a really funny hunger story from today though: I am in a training class in Dallas this week, and I have been really anxious about how I'm going to handle my desperate need to eat every two hours. I made it until about 11am this morning before I started to feel the hunger kick in. By 11:30 when the instructor released us for lunch, my shirt was soaking wet, my hair was wet, and I had beads of sweat dripping down my face. I had to go in the bathroom and literally wipe all of my makeup off of my face because I had sweated it all off. I went through 3 paper towels sopping up all the sweat on my face, neck, and chest. I got in my car and shoved about 10 starbursts in my mouth as fast as I could because I needed food and I needed it ASAP and those were the only thing in my purse. Talk about your embarrassing pregnancy moments. I'll be heading to Walmart tonight to stock up on inconspicuous snacks so this doesn't happen again.
Symptoms: Day sweats caused by hunger. Gross. I also have an abnormally high amount of boogers in my nose (also gross, I know), but it's like they just don't stop reproducing. I feel like I could be that 2 year old with his finger up his nose all day and still never be able to breathe without obstruction. I've also noticed the need to take more deep breaths than normal and I'm wondering if this is the beginning of the wheezing/not being able to breathe stage. I am only 15 weeks along, it's going to be a long 5 more months for Jake if that is the case.
What I Miss: My clothes. Drinking wine at weddings. Drinking beer at the pool. Drinking wine with dinner. Drinking beer on Monday nights after Jake's softball games. I am fully aware I sound like an alcoholic. I don't care. Refraining from alcohol in the summer BLOWS. Next time (godwilling) I'm getting pregnant in August.
What I am Looking Forward to: After this horrible week alone in Dallas, I am so excited to spend the weekend in Cooperstown with my hubby and parents watching Barry Larkin get inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Noteworthy Items:
-All of my anxiety about this trip to Dallas by myself has come true during the first 24 hours. My flight was delayed last night. I didn't get to the hotel until 11:30pm. I had to move rooms because the assholes next door were watching some obnoxiously loud movie in the adjoining room next to me loud enough that I had no chance of sleeping. I got lost on my way to the training center this morning but luckily still got there on time. And lastly, see the day sweats story I recently divulged. It's going to be a long 3 and a half more days.
-Staying completely sober at a wedding is not the most exciting thing in the world, but I managed to have a good time with my friends anyway. Sadly, I am very proud of myself.
-Not only did Fifty Shades single handedly bring back my pregnant libido, it served as great dinner conversation with my friends on Saturday at the wedding. "Get me some chicken and a Gatorade."
-My rental car in Dallas is a bright red Ford Mustang. I cannot think of a car that is less me. I'm positive I look hysterical driving around in a little red sports car, especially since I pull a U-turn or change lanes about every 100 feet because I have no clue where the eff I'm going.
-Being on a business trip alone and pregnant is no fun. I miss my husband. And my dog. That's all folks.
Monday, July 9, 2012
Fourteen.
How Far Along: 14 weeks
Gender: Still nothing on this front. I am super anxious for the end of August though. If this poor baby is a girl, she's going to have a complex because I have been calling her "he" and "him" for the last 2 months.
Food Cravings: I think I'm craving sweets more than salty. All this ice cream every night is going to catch up to me eventually, but I guess it's worth it :)
Symptoms: Still feeling pretty symptom free. My back has been sort of locking up when I bend over to pick stuff up, but I'm not sure if that's pregnancy related or just some of my sore/tight back symptoms I've had for most of my life.
What I Miss: Beer, duh. I have still been eating lunch meat, but I've been careful about where and when and how often I will eat it. I do kind of miss just walking over to Subway at lunch and ordering whatever I want and not worrying about the meat having been out for too long. I also miss fitting in my clothes.
What I am Looking Forward to: Going to Lexington this weekend for a friend's wedding and getting to see all of my besties! I can't wait! Not so looking forward to being away from Jake next week while I'm in Dallas for work, but a woman's gotta do what a woman's gotta do.
Noteworthy Items:
-We went crib shopping at Treehouse Kids Company on Friday while Jake and I were off work. Can you say "sticker shock"? I really want this nursery to be adorable, and I'm slowly accepting the fact that I'm going to have to spend more money on this baby's furniture in 6 months than I've spent on our bedroom over 5 years of marriage. On another note - I highly recommend all Cincinnati/NKY pregos checking this place out when starting your registry. The service there was fantastic and the stuff they have is so cute you could ooh and ahh the whole time you're there.
-Speaking of registries, I'm going to start loading up on some books (thanks to some advice from an old friend) and researching some stuff on the internet. I still have no clue where to start and I'm feeling extremely overwhelmed by the prospect of putting this thing together.
-Contrary to my whining at the beginning of this post, I am starting to get very sick of this "I ate too many burritos for lunch" look I'm currently rocking, and am anxiously awaiting the actual baby bump look. Hopefully by the end of July I will actually look pregnant. I am currently anti swimsuit in public places. I packed all of my "no chance these will fit by the time that season rolls around" clothes into two large bins over the weekend. I really love my clothes and it was pretty depressing to pack them up and hide them away for the next 6 months, but hopefully as soon as the babe comes I will be able to pull them out and use them for motivation to get back into shape. Fingers crossed.
-Congrats to my cute husband on his new job! He started today and I am really excited for him to be doing something new at a different bank :) He also did some house projects for us last week, one of which was installing a new ceiling fan in our bedroom (the plan is to move the old one to the guest bedroom, and install one in the nursery). He thought he was going to be able to do it on Thursday while he was off work, but because of the crap wiring in our house, it took 2 days and 2 extra sets of hands and brains (thanks Dad and Grandpa). The new fan is fab though, and our old fan is now sitting on the floor of our already crowded guest bedroom/office. Maybe Jake will install it next week while I'm out of town (hint, hint)?
Total Weight Gain: 5 pounds so far. I am struggling bad with the numbers on the scale. I know it's healthy weight gain, and I know it's good for Monkey, but my "please don't ever let me weigh that much again unless I'm pregnant" number is fast approaching and even though I'm definitely pregnant, I'm still just having a hard time wrapping my head around this being a good thing. I hope other pregos can relate and I'm not just being a selfish crazy biatch!
Maternity Clothes: Well, the maternity dresses I ordered from asos.com are too small. I should have known that European sizes are for skinny bitches and they wouldn't fit these big mammaries, but I kind of assumed they would make the boobage area a little bigger since they are maternity clothes. KH and I went shopping on the 4th of July though and I got 3 dresses for $20/piece, which is about $90 less than what I spent on those dresses from Asos, so it's probably a good thing those other ones didn't fit! I think when I'm in Dallas next week I'll start searching for some good maternity pants since I'll be all alone with nothing to do but my favorite thing - SHOP!
Sleep: I'm happy to report that I think I have all my energy back. The sun and this 100 degree heat has definitely been draining me, but I'm thanking my lucky stars I'm not 9 months pregnant and ready to pop during this god-awful heat wave we've been dealing with the last 2-3 weeks.
Best Moment(s) This Week: Friday night we watched "21 Jump Street" (best movie I've seen in a long time by the way), and during the movie someone rang our doorbell and pounded loudly on the door. Jake walked outside to find our house had been sabotaged by balloons and streamers, with a little fruit baby sitting on the porch. Some of our favorite players had punked our house and we ended up finding them in our side yard and talking to them for about 20 minutes. It was really great to see them, and the food baby was adorable! We are going to miss them soooooo much next year while we're changing diapers and feeding a hundred times a day. Maybe then the teenager tude won't seem so bad :)
Gender: Still nothing on this front. I am super anxious for the end of August though. If this poor baby is a girl, she's going to have a complex because I have been calling her "he" and "him" for the last 2 months.
Movement: Nada. Monkey is the size of a lemon now. That is pretty big - how come I don't have a noticeable bump yet?
Food Cravings: I think I'm craving sweets more than salty. All this ice cream every night is going to catch up to me eventually, but I guess it's worth it :)
Symptoms: Still feeling pretty symptom free. My back has been sort of locking up when I bend over to pick stuff up, but I'm not sure if that's pregnancy related or just some of my sore/tight back symptoms I've had for most of my life.
What I Miss: Beer, duh. I have still been eating lunch meat, but I've been careful about where and when and how often I will eat it. I do kind of miss just walking over to Subway at lunch and ordering whatever I want and not worrying about the meat having been out for too long. I also miss fitting in my clothes.
What I am Looking Forward to: Going to Lexington this weekend for a friend's wedding and getting to see all of my besties! I can't wait! Not so looking forward to being away from Jake next week while I'm in Dallas for work, but a woman's gotta do what a woman's gotta do.
Noteworthy Items:
-We went crib shopping at Treehouse Kids Company on Friday while Jake and I were off work. Can you say "sticker shock"? I really want this nursery to be adorable, and I'm slowly accepting the fact that I'm going to have to spend more money on this baby's furniture in 6 months than I've spent on our bedroom over 5 years of marriage. On another note - I highly recommend all Cincinnati/NKY pregos checking this place out when starting your registry. The service there was fantastic and the stuff they have is so cute you could ooh and ahh the whole time you're there.
-Speaking of registries, I'm going to start loading up on some books (thanks to some advice from an old friend) and researching some stuff on the internet. I still have no clue where to start and I'm feeling extremely overwhelmed by the prospect of putting this thing together.
-Contrary to my whining at the beginning of this post, I am starting to get very sick of this "I ate too many burritos for lunch" look I'm currently rocking, and am anxiously awaiting the actual baby bump look. Hopefully by the end of July I will actually look pregnant. I am currently anti swimsuit in public places. I packed all of my "no chance these will fit by the time that season rolls around" clothes into two large bins over the weekend. I really love my clothes and it was pretty depressing to pack them up and hide them away for the next 6 months, but hopefully as soon as the babe comes I will be able to pull them out and use them for motivation to get back into shape. Fingers crossed.
-Congrats to my cute husband on his new job! He started today and I am really excited for him to be doing something new at a different bank :) He also did some house projects for us last week, one of which was installing a new ceiling fan in our bedroom (the plan is to move the old one to the guest bedroom, and install one in the nursery). He thought he was going to be able to do it on Thursday while he was off work, but because of the crap wiring in our house, it took 2 days and 2 extra sets of hands and brains (thanks Dad and Grandpa). The new fan is fab though, and our old fan is now sitting on the floor of our already crowded guest bedroom/office. Maybe Jake will install it next week while I'm out of town (hint, hint)?
Monday, July 2, 2012
Thirteen.
How Far Along: 13 weeks
Total Weight Gain: This kid must have a metabolism like his/her momma. I swear I have been eating an extra 3000 calories a day and I still only gained one more pound this week. I hope it doesn't catch up to me soon...YIKES. I guess the mostly healthy eating is what's keeping my weight gain in check. Total so far: 4 pounds. (Sidebar: how "they" expect pregnant women to eat only an extra 300 calories a day is beyond me. I eat an extra 300 calories before lunch, and if I don't, I'm on the verge of passing out or throwing up because I'm so sick I can hardly stand it. Somebody needs to check their research.)
Maternity Clothes: I ordered my first maternity dresses last week. I wore one on Friday night and was loving the lack of pressure on my expanding midsection. Friday of last week was the first day I looked in the mirror and really felt like wow there is an actual bump there instead of just extra flubby looking stuff. I'm still waiting on 3 more dresses from asos.com, and the belly bands are still serving their purpose for my work pants.
Sleep: I'm not nearly as sleepy anymore. But can I please pretend like I am so I have an excuse to nap whenever I damn well please?
Best Moment(s) This Week: We had a really great weekend celebrating the engagement of a long time friend, and hanging out with all of Jake's family on Saturday at their annual 4th of July party. I also really really enjoyed watching all of the gymnastics that was on TV this weekend and dreaming that my butt looks as cute as the gymnasts butts do in a high cut leotard. I love the Olympics and can't wait until they start! I might start a USA chant in my house by myself if I have to.
Gender: Friday night AL, TN and I played the "dangle a ring above your belly and see which way it swings" game. You would think I'm having quintuplets by the way the ring just went whack all over the place. I hope it's not a hermaphrodite in there :) What was super weird though is that we hung the ring over both of their not-pregnant bellies, and the ring just stayed still. Creepy.
Movement: Monkey is the size of a peach now. And I can definitely tell that he or she is taking up more room in my belly! Supposedly he or she is moving around a lot in there, but I can't feel anything yet.
Food Cravings: All food. All the time. I don't think this is going to change.
Symptoms: I am still fairly symptom free and feel extremely lucky. I have a feeling that if/when I'm pregnant with #2 down the road, I'm going to be completely and utterly miserable the whole time.
What I Miss: Sitting by the pool in a bikini (yes, a binkini, not a tankini with a bulge that just looks like fat and not a baby growing inside of me), drinking an ice cold Bud Light Lime. YUM. Next year my friends, next year.
What I am Looking Forward to: Getting my hair colored. Oh. My. God. I look like some trailer trash idiot walking around with no hair style and 2 inch roots. I'm going to feel like a new woman on Tuesday around 4pm! Also - A FOUR DAY WORK WEEK!!! I could get used to this - hint hint.
Noteworthy Items:
-I feel like it's about time to start working on a registry. I want to be able to just add things when I want to, rather than trying to cram it all into one session. This is way more nerve-racking than a wedding registry. I have no clue what a baby needs, but I knew I liked the Vera Wang china I picked out when we got married. I am anxiety nation over here about which bottles to buy, which stroller will be best for running, and which diapers won't give Monkey a rash.
-Callie continues to be the fabulous dog I knew she could be. Highfive Miss Thang!
-In case anyone was wondering, I wore 4.5 inch heels to work today. Thankyouverymuch.
-I am fully ready to have an actual BUMP on my belly. Since I carry my weight in my bottom half (see: fat ass & thunder thighs), I have always thought my small-ish waist and rib cage were my best bodily asset. Well, now my boobs are even more ginormous and my waist is expanding, so I really just feel like a little fat kid. The legitimate baby bump that screams "I AM PREGNANT NOT JUST PACKING ON SOME EXTRA LBS" cannot come soon enough.
-We did find the baby's heartbeat on the fetal doppler after two nights of trying. I had to have a full bladder (that was really fun, pushing a doppler wand on my stomach while I was about to pee myself), but Jake got to hear Monkey's heartbeat, so that was cool for him.
-We are about 90% sure we have decided on names. But don't ask me (or Jake!) what they are, because we are both on lock-down until at least until we find out what Monkey is. And we might just keep it a secret until the end, who knows :)
Total Weight Gain: This kid must have a metabolism like his/her momma. I swear I have been eating an extra 3000 calories a day and I still only gained one more pound this week. I hope it doesn't catch up to me soon...YIKES. I guess the mostly healthy eating is what's keeping my weight gain in check. Total so far: 4 pounds. (Sidebar: how "they" expect pregnant women to eat only an extra 300 calories a day is beyond me. I eat an extra 300 calories before lunch, and if I don't, I'm on the verge of passing out or throwing up because I'm so sick I can hardly stand it. Somebody needs to check their research.)
Maternity Clothes: I ordered my first maternity dresses last week. I wore one on Friday night and was loving the lack of pressure on my expanding midsection. Friday of last week was the first day I looked in the mirror and really felt like wow there is an actual bump there instead of just extra flubby looking stuff. I'm still waiting on 3 more dresses from asos.com, and the belly bands are still serving their purpose for my work pants.
Sleep: I'm not nearly as sleepy anymore. But can I please pretend like I am so I have an excuse to nap whenever I damn well please?
Best Moment(s) This Week: We had a really great weekend celebrating the engagement of a long time friend, and hanging out with all of Jake's family on Saturday at their annual 4th of July party. I also really really enjoyed watching all of the gymnastics that was on TV this weekend and dreaming that my butt looks as cute as the gymnasts butts do in a high cut leotard. I love the Olympics and can't wait until they start! I might start a USA chant in my house by myself if I have to.
Gender: Friday night AL, TN and I played the "dangle a ring above your belly and see which way it swings" game. You would think I'm having quintuplets by the way the ring just went whack all over the place. I hope it's not a hermaphrodite in there :) What was super weird though is that we hung the ring over both of their not-pregnant bellies, and the ring just stayed still. Creepy.
Movement: Monkey is the size of a peach now. And I can definitely tell that he or she is taking up more room in my belly! Supposedly he or she is moving around a lot in there, but I can't feel anything yet.
Food Cravings: All food. All the time. I don't think this is going to change.
Symptoms: I am still fairly symptom free and feel extremely lucky. I have a feeling that if/when I'm pregnant with #2 down the road, I'm going to be completely and utterly miserable the whole time.
What I Miss: Sitting by the pool in a bikini (yes, a binkini, not a tankini with a bulge that just looks like fat and not a baby growing inside of me), drinking an ice cold Bud Light Lime. YUM. Next year my friends, next year.
What I am Looking Forward to: Getting my hair colored. Oh. My. God. I look like some trailer trash idiot walking around with no hair style and 2 inch roots. I'm going to feel like a new woman on Tuesday around 4pm! Also - A FOUR DAY WORK WEEK!!! I could get used to this - hint hint.
Noteworthy Items:
-I feel like it's about time to start working on a registry. I want to be able to just add things when I want to, rather than trying to cram it all into one session. This is way more nerve-racking than a wedding registry. I have no clue what a baby needs, but I knew I liked the Vera Wang china I picked out when we got married. I am anxiety nation over here about which bottles to buy, which stroller will be best for running, and which diapers won't give Monkey a rash.
-Callie continues to be the fabulous dog I knew she could be. Highfive Miss Thang!
-In case anyone was wondering, I wore 4.5 inch heels to work today. Thankyouverymuch.
-I am fully ready to have an actual BUMP on my belly. Since I carry my weight in my bottom half (see: fat ass & thunder thighs), I have always thought my small-ish waist and rib cage were my best bodily asset. Well, now my boobs are even more ginormous and my waist is expanding, so I really just feel like a little fat kid. The legitimate baby bump that screams "I AM PREGNANT NOT JUST PACKING ON SOME EXTRA LBS" cannot come soon enough.
-We did find the baby's heartbeat on the fetal doppler after two nights of trying. I had to have a full bladder (that was really fun, pushing a doppler wand on my stomach while I was about to pee myself), but Jake got to hear Monkey's heartbeat, so that was cool for him.
-We are about 90% sure we have decided on names. But don't ask me (or Jake!) what they are, because we are both on lock-down until at least until we find out what Monkey is. And we might just keep it a secret until the end, who knows :)
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