Size of Peanut: Mango
Total Weight Gain: Unknown. I'm still feeling pretty good in my current size maternity pants so hopefully any weight gain has gone straight to my stomach and/or chest rather than resting permanently on my ass and thighs like usual.
Maternity Clothes: Speaking of maternity pants, why does every pair of maternity pants I own have to be a lint magnet? It's like these stupid maternity companies make me buy ugly pants with no butt pockets that make my ass look like something from a 1980s commercial (yes, none of my work pants have butt pockets - wtf), and then to top it off they make it out of a material that attracts every bit of lint that floats through the air. I never have this problem with my regular work pants or leggings, but every pair of maternity pants I own needs a lint roller every 10 minutes. Even my workout capris that should attract no lint whatsoever have lint all over them!
Sleep: It is official. I hate Halloween. Look, I know that taking an almost 3 year old trick-or-treating carries an inherent risk of her being scared of things she might see while she's out. And I accept that. But when you are dressed in a Jason mask and looking creepily out your front window and see a 3 year old dressed in a puppy costume with a tutu, would it be possible for you to at least lift the mask up as you hand her the candy so she knows you're just a person and not some creep that's going to sneak into her room at night? Every night since Halloween, Sam has come out of her room 2 or 3 times at bedtime because she is scared of "shadows, witches, and monsters". Usually by the 3rd round of tucking her in, she is so tired she just falls asleep. Then around 2 or 3am she is usually in our room crying because she is scared. Since we'll be out of our house in a few weeks anyway, I'm not too concerned with creating a habit of her sleeping on our floor because she doesn't want to be in her own room. However, an uninterrupted night of sleep would be nice. Oh and PS, one of my friends sent me this and it's so, so true. Screw you daylight savings time:
Best Moment(s) this week: Hello, my sister had a baby! This is the second most exciting thing to having your own baby. Little miss Charlotte is the squishiest, cutest, snuggliest little babe and I just want to love on her all the time. Sam is completely smitten and obsessed. It's so exciting and fun to have a new little one around! My sister and her hubby are already great parents and Charlotte is so lucky to have them. Yay for babies!
Gender: We're in the final countdown. Now that we are just a week away from finding out, I have to admit that I don't think I could have held out until birth and I'm pretty excited to learn this baby's sex. During my last pregnancy, I felt a little more connected and a little less annoyed with pregnancy once I could give her a name and start to form some hopes and dreams for my sweet little girl. Hopefully that will happen this time around too. Now we just need to decide on some names!
Movement: I have been feeling some movement, but it's still really inconsistent. I even got a few kicks in the bladder one morning this week, thanks baby! It's nothing that can be seen or felt from the outside still, but each little flutter gives me some reassurance that everything's still okay in there!
Food Cravings: All the food. I think one day soon I will document everything I put in my mouth throughout the course of a day. It should give everyone a good laugh. When you're eating every hour or two, it's basically impossible (yes, impossible) to eat healthy foods all day long. I'm sorry that I'm not sorry that I ate a brownie at 10am this morning.
Symptoms: As soon as I tell someone that I really don't have any current pregnancy complaints, something starts bothering me again. This time it's my headaches and they are back with a vengeance. I've been on a steady dose of Tylenol for the last 48 hours because I really can't function without it. I also have been starting to get sciatic pain again. That started around 35 weeks last time, so I'm really SUPER HAPPY AND EXCITED about the fact that it's starting at 19 weeks this time. I LOVE PREGNANCY!
What I Miss: I'm going to go back to sounding like my alcoholic self again and admit that I really miss booze right now. Life has been pretty stressful around our house lately between selling our house, signing a contract with a builder, trying to get a garage sale together, and packing up 8 years of CRAP. I'd like nothing more than to settle down each night with a nice glass of wine, but I've been trying to save my wine-o nights for special occasions. I can't really call a random Wednesday a special occasion. My department is also going to the Bengals game tonight, and I'm definitely going to miss throwing back a few beers with my co-workers tonight. Life is so hard (that's supposed to be sarcasm, but only kind of).
What I am Looking Forward to: Even though I'll be sober Sally, I'm looking forward to the Bengals game tonight (7-0 Who Dey baby!). I'm also looking forward to our yard sale on Saturday so we can unload some of the things that are taking up space in our garage. Packing has sucked, but making progress makes me happy!
Sam Tidbits:
-I already mentioned it, but Daylight Savings "fall back" can go play in traffic. This week has been miserable with Sam in the morning. I think we may have moved past the scared of monsters phase and entered the "my body thinks 6am is 7am phase" and I don't appreciate being woken up 30 precious minutes before my alarm is about to go off. Grrrrr.
-Now I'm going to go back on what I just said. When Sam does wake us up in the morning, sometimes I will invite her to get in bed and snuggle with me for a few minutes before we walk her back to her bed. She always gets in and lays her head on her pillow with her face in mine and says "I love you Mommy". It kiiiinda makes the waking up before my alarm goes off completely, totally, 150% worth it.
-Trick-or-treating was so adorable. I took a little video of her tutu bouncing as she walked between houses, and I think you can hear her say trick-or-treat at one of the houses.
We cancelled Callie's appointment with the holistic vet this week. She had a really bad night on Monday night before her scheduled appointment on Tuesday. Jake had to take her downstairs to sleep because she kept licking the carpet, making weird noises, and sounded like she was going to vom. She did end up puking, but she has seemed kind of okay ever since then. She has what feels like a pretty big mass on her right shoulder, so our plan is to take her back to our regular vet to have that checked out. My poor little babe just looks so sad and helpless and I wish we could make it all better for her.
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