Baby Update: 22 1/2 weeks

Another few weeks have gone by so I figure I better do another update so I don't kick myself later!

How far along: 22 weeks. Technically if we get down to the nitty gritty it is July 7th and the baby's due date is November 7th. So exactly 4 months until baby time!

Baby size: Papaya...or in people fruit challenged...8 inches long and 1.2(ish) pounds

Weight Gain: I'm embarassed to say this but at my appointment today I am up 19 pounds. Holy hell. In the last 2 1/2 weeks I have put on 9 pounds. I'm not sure what to do to curb that. I think I need to cut back on the amount of sweets I am eating. Nothing major but I have taken to eating an ice cream cone here or an apple pie from McDonalds there. I think that is going to have to go out the window. Along with the pop drinking. My doctor said I need to be drinking lots of water so I think I am going to try to limit myself to 1 pop every 2 days.

Maternity Clothes: I am still wearing them and they are fitting better than ever. I am nicely filling them out now! :)

Sleep: Sleep has been normal other than the wake-up in the middle of the night between my dog and my bladder. Freckles is getting up there in age and so she seems to need to go out in the middle of the night (off topic but does anyone want a 14 year old dog that pees and poops on the floor sometimes even though she doesn't bark to get anyone to take her out even though they will get their pregnant arses out of bed to do it?! Anyone...anyone?). And if it's not the dog it's my bladder. I'm hoping that if I can arrange myself differently to sleep then then I can get a better night's sleep.

Best moments: The best moment in the past 2 weeks has been when Leo was giving me a hug and had his head resting on my belly and he felt the baby move. He was pretty excited but of course that emotion subsided when he remembered he had 17 billion toys to play with.

Movement: This baby is a moving machine. He hangs out pretty low so I feel him moving quite a bit below my belly button. He also seems to move the most when I am laying on my back trying to relax.

Cravings: If you see weight gain you can see that I have been eating more sweets than I am used to. So yeah, no more sweets!

Looking forward to: Of course getting to meet the sweet baby boy. But more importantly trying to get everything ready for the baby! I've been buying stuff on clearance from Target and Babies-R-Us when they have sales so I have some really cute clothes for this new bebe! And finally...figuring out a name. We have nothing on the horizon. Gah.

Symptoms: No symptoms really. So that's nice!

Stretch marks: No new ones that I've noticed. And I'm trying to get out to the pool a little more because don't they say tan skin looks better than pale skin?! Ok...maybe I just say that but I think it's working!

And no picture today because my photographer (AKA Leo) was already in bed when I got home from work! haha! Maybe next time!

Forgive and Forget

Forgiveness is a funny thing. Because you have to do something to someone to cause them to grant you forgiveness or you have to be wronged to be able to give forgiveness to someone. And sometimes you think you’ve done nothing wrong but the other party feels completely different or vice versa.

I think in a marriage forgiveness is the most difficult of topics because you are so in-tune to each other that usually if you do something to the other you will know that it will cause hurt feelings before you even do them. Or you think that you are right and they are wrong so when you say something (as stupid as it may be) it could very easily cause hard feelings over the simplest of things. But I also think that in a marriage forgiveness is taken for granted. Of course I’m talking about the small things…not like hiding huge amounts of debt, cheating, etc. I think that when a spouse says or does something that they know will cause an issue they just let it linger because they think…hey, we’re married. They know this is how I act, speak, etc. and so they should be more willing to allow these actions to slide. But at the same time they have to realize that yes, the other person knew about these behaviors and while they can’t/wouldn’t change it sometimes those behaviors should be changed. Only to better themselves or to better their relationships.

So while this was not where I originally thought my thoughts were going to go when Jen gave us the prompt forgiveness I think that it’s definitely something to think about if you are in a relationship. Take a deep breath and clear your thoughts before you do or say that stupid thing because it may save you the step of asking for forgiveness tomorrow! And go see Jen and other spins...or she might not forgive you!

RTT: Holiday weekend recap

Whew with the holiday it threw off my day for random! But here I am but just a little bit later in the day!

Our 4^th weekend was really nice. I had to work Saturday but got Sunday and Monday off so that was nice. A 2-day weekend when I had to work Saturday. Woot woot! The in-laws came into town so Saturday after work we headed to see and eat dinner with them.

Sunday was spent with my family. In the morning Leo and I went over to my parents and laid out by the pool and played in the sandbox (I’m sure you know which one did which!) for a few hours. It was nice and I got some color. It was pretty red Sunday evening but by today it has gone to a nice shade of brown! Ahhhh summer-time color! And then Sunday evening we went to my grandma’s 80^th birthday party. It was a nice time and we got to see some extended family.

And then on Monday we headed back to the in-laws to spend the 4^th. I got a little antsy just sitting around watching TV all afternoon so I hit up Babies-R-Us and picked up a new stroller/car-seat combo on uber-discount so I was pretty stoked about that. Then we grilled out and watched fireworks. It was a pretty nice weekend.

­There is a Dairy Queen right across the street from our bank branch and they started serving Orange Julius drinks. If you’ve never had a strawberry Julius you are just plain missing out. But I decided that I wanted that for lunch so I went over there today. I was a little disappointed in it though because it didn’t have enough ice in it so it was pretty liquidy. But it was still pretty tasty!

I’ve had an ear ache in both ears since last Thursday and I think I need to go to the doctor. I don’t get ear infections so this has been very weird. It’s not a pain all the time but when I yawn or swallow or something random like that my ears pop and then hurt. But I work a crazy schedule this week so it will be an off-doctor who will see me. Or I can wait until Thursday when I go to my baby-doctor but I didn’t know if that was the right protocol to ask her to randomly look in my ears. Who knows…I just don’t want to pay an additional co-pay if I didn’t have to!

Only 4 more months until baby time! Eeeeee! It’s getting down to crunch time. Ok …not really crunch time but there is a lot of stuff that still needs to be done to get ready.

I guess I’m short on random this week so this is all I have. Don’t forget to visit Stacy to see more random!